COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE NOTIFICATION BASED UPON PERSONAL INTEREST INFORMATION AND CALENDAR EVENTS

• US 20120172019A1
• Filed: 03/06/2012
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Scott, Sherryl Lee Lorraine, Griffin, Jason T., Church, Mark, Reeve, Scott, Brown, Michael K.
• Granted Patent: US 8,929,869 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4931 Directory assistance systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5322 for recording text messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53383 Message registering commands or announcements; Greetings

Abstract

A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device for storing personal interest information for respective contacts and for storing calendar event data. The system may further include a notification server communicating with the at least one mobile wireless communications device via a wireless communications network and configured to access the personal interest information and calendar event data from the at least one mobile wireless communications device, and send notifications to the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the personal interest information and the calendar event data.

Claims

1-24. -24. (canceled)

25. A communications system comprising:

at least one mobile wireless communications device configured to

store personal interest information,

store calendar event data, and

exchange electronic mail (email) messages with contacts; and

a notification server configured to

access the personal interest information and calendar event data from said at least one mobile wireless communications device, and

send notifications to said at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the personal interest information, the calendar event data, and the email messages.

26. The communications system of claim 25 wherein said notification server is configured to send the notifications to said at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon proximity to an upcoming calendar event.

27. The communications system of claim 25 wherein the notifications comprise advertisements.

28. The communications system of claim 25 wherein the personal interest information comprises contact interest information for respective contacts.

29. The communications system of claim 25 wherein said notification server is configured to operate over the Internet for accessing additional contact interest information, and send the notifications based upon the additional contact interest information.

30. The communications system of claim 29 wherein said at least one mobile wireless communications device is configured for storing Internet addresses for the additional contact interest information;

and wherein said notification server is configured to further access the stored Internet addresses from said at least one mobile wireless communications device.

31. The communications system of claim 25 wherein the personal interest information relates to one or more products.

32. The communications system of claim 25 wherein said at least one mobile wireless communications device comprises at least one cellular communications device.

37. The notification server of claim 25 wherein the personal interest information relates to one or more products.

33. A notification server for a communications system comprising:

a processor and a memory cooperating therewith being configured to

access the personal interest information and calendar event data from at least one mobile wireless communications device, the at least one mobile wireless communications device configured to store personal interest information, store calendar event data, and exchange electronic mail (email) messages with contacts; and

send notifications to the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the personal interest information, the calendar event data, and the email messages.

34. The notification server of claim 33 wherein said processor and memory are configured to send the notifications to the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon proximity to an upcoming calendar event.

35. The notification server of claim 33 wherein the notifications comprise advertisements.

36. The notification server of claim 33 wherein the personal interest information comprises contact interest information for respective contacts.

38. A communications system comprising:

at least one mobile wireless communications device configured to

store contact interest information for respective contacts,

store calendar event data, and

exchange electronic mail (email) messages with contacts; and

a notification server configured to

access the contact interest information and calendar event data from said at least one mobile wireless communications device, and

send advertisements to said at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the contact interest information, the calendar event data, and the email messages.

39. The communications system of claim 38 wherein said notification server is configured to send the advertisements to said at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon proximity to an upcoming calendar event.

40. The communications system of claim 38 wherein the contact interest information relates to products for respective contacts.

41. The communications system of claim 38 wherein said notification server is configured to operate over the Internet for accessing additional contact interest information, and send the advertisements based upon the additional contact interest information.

42. A communications method comprising:

storing calendar event data and personal interest information in at least one mobile wireless communications device;

exchanging electronic mail (email) messages between the at least one mobile wireless communications device and contacts;

accessing the personal interest information and calendar event data from the at least one mobile wireless communications device using a notification server; and

sending notifications to the at least one mobile wireless communications device from the notification server via the wireless communication network based upon the personal interest information, the calendar event data, and the email messages.

43. The method of claim 42 wherein sending the notifications comprises sending the notifications based upon proximity to an upcoming calendar event.

44. The method of claim 42 wherein the notifications comprise advertisements.

45. The method of claim 42 wherein the personal interest information comprises contact interest information for respective contacts.

46. The method of claim 42 further comprising using the notification server for accessing additional contact interest information over the Internet;

and wherein sending comprises sending the notifications based upon the additional contact interest information.

47. The method of claim 42 wherein the personal interest information relates to one or more products.