PROFILE MESSAGE COMMUNICATIONS

• US 20120278399A1
• Filed: 04/27/2011
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: TURNER, Andre R., XIAO, Hong, WANG, Dongchen
• Granted Patent: US 9,002,957 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

A first user device receives user profile data from a user of the first user device, generates a user profile based on the user profile data, receives profile availability data from the user of the first user device, and designates a user profile availability status based on the profile availability data. A second user device receives target profile data from a user of the second user device, generates a profile message based on the target profile data, and communicates the profile message. The first user device receives the profile message, determines whether the target profile data corresponds to the user profile data of the first user device, generates a user alert when the target profile data corresponds to the user profile data, and enables the user of the first user device to respond to the profile message via a dynamic dashboard.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a user device, a profile message comprising target profile data and geographic data, the target profile data comprising at least one key word selected by an originator of the profile message to correspond to a user profile of at least one user of interest within a geographic distance, from the originator, defined by the geographic data;

determining, by the user device, whether the target profile data corresponds to user profile data associated with a user of the user device;

determining, by the user device, whether a current geographic location of the user device is within the geographic distance defined by the geographic data;

notifying, by the user device, the user when the target profile data corresponds to the user profile data and the current location of the user device is within the geographic distance defined by the geographic data; and

enabling, by the user device, the user to respond to the profile message via a dynamic dashboard.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the profile message corresponds to a previously received profile message; and

ignoring the profile message when the profile message corresponds to a previously received profile message.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accessing a memory comprising response history data corresponding to the profile message; and

communicating at least some of the response history data to the user via the dynamic dashboard.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

updating the memory in accordance with a response of the user, via the dynamic dashboard, regarding the profile message.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining geographic data corresponding to an origin of the profile message; and

providing the user with the obtained geographic data via the dynamic dashboard.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating at least one contact profile, where each of the at least one contact profile comprises contact availability data;

accessing the contact availability data corresponding to the at least one contact;

determining whether the at least one contact is available; and

communicating the profile message to each of the at least one contact when the at least one contact is available.

7. The method of claim 1, where the dynamic dashboard comprises an user device interface enabling the user to respond to the profile message by contacting an originator of the profile message via text, telephone call, or video conference, or by displaying a map comprising a current geographic location of the user device, a current geographic location of the originator, and a route for traveling from the current geographic location of the user device to the current geographic location of the originator.

8. The method of claim 1, where enabling the user to respond to the profile message includes at least one of:

providing, via the dynamic dashboard, an option to place a telephone call to the originator,

receiving selection of the option to place the telephone call, and

initiating the telephone call to the originator in response to the selection;

providing, via the dynamic dashboard, an option to send a voicemail message to the originator,

recording the voicemail message, and

sending the voicemail message to the originator in response to a selection to send the recorded voicemail;

providing, via the dynamic dashboard, an option to send a text message to the originator,

receiving a text message input from the user,

sending the text message to the originator in response to a selection to send the text message;

providing, via the dynamic dashboard, an option to send an instant message to the originator,

receiving an instant message input from the user, and

sending the instant message to the originator in response to a selection to send the instant message;

or

providing, via the dynamic dashboard, an option to initiate a video conference,

receiving selection of the option to initiate the video conference, and

initiating the video conference in response to the selection.

9. A user device, comprising:

a memory to store user profile data corresponding to a user of the user device;

a processor, connected to the memory, to;

receive a profile message comprising target profile data;

determine whether the target profile data corresponds to the user profile data;

notify the user when the target profile data corresponds to the user profile data; and

enable the user to respond to the profile message via a dynamic dashboard, where the dynamic dashboard is to enable the user to respond to the profile message by contacting an originator of the profile message via text, telephone call, or video conference, or by displaying a map comprising a current geographical location of the user device, a current geographical location of the originator, and a route for traveling from the current geographic location of the user to the current geographic location of the originator.

10. The user device of claim 9, where the processor is to:

determine whether the profile message corresponds to a previously received profile message, and

ignore the profile message when the profile message corresponds to a previously received profile message.

11. The user device of claim 9, where the processor is to:

access a response history data corresponding to the profile message, and

communicate at least some of the response history data to the user via the dynamic dashboard.

12. The user device of claim 11, where the processor is to:

update the memory in accordance with a response of the user, via the dynamic dashboard, regarding the profile message.

13. The user device of claim 9, where the processor is to:

receive user profile data from the user of the user device,

generate the user profile based on the user profile data,

receive profile availability data from the user of the user device, and

designate a user profile availability status based on the profile availability data, the user profile availability status specifying whether the user will be notified of profile messages with target profile data corresponding to the user profile data.

14. The user device of claim 9, where the processor is to:

generate at least one contact profile, where each of the at least one contact profile comprises contact availability data,

access the contact availability data corresponding to at least one contact of the user,

determine whether the at least one contact is available, and

communicate the profile message to each of the at least one contact when the contact is available.

15. The user device of claim 9, where the processor is to:

receive target profile data from the user of the user device,

generate a profile message based on the target profile data, and

broadcast the profile message based on geographic data received from the user.

16. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a user device, a profile message comprising target profile data and geographic data, the target profile data comprising at least one key word selected by an originator of the profile message to correspond to a user profile of at least one person of interest within a geographic distance from the originator defined by the geographic data;

determining, by the user device, whether the target profile data corresponds to user profile data associated with a user of the user device;

determining, by the user device, whether a current geographic location of the user device is within the geographic distance defined by the geographic data;

notifying, by the user device, the user when the target profile data corresponds to the user profile data and the current geographic location of the user device is within the geographic distance defined by the geographic data; and

enabling, by the user device, the user to respond to the profile message via a dynamic dashboard, where the dynamic dashboard enables the user to respond to the profile message by contacting the originator of the profile message via text, telephone call, or video conference, or by displaying a map comprising the current geographic location of the user device, a current geographic location of the originator, and a route for traveling from the current geographic location of the user to the current geographic location of the originator.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

determining whether the profile message corresponds to a previously received profile message; and

ignoring the profile message when the profile message corresponds to a previously received profile message.

18. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

accessing a memory comprising response history data corresponding to the profile message, the history data comprising a previous response to the profile message from another user; and

communicating at least some of the response history data to the user via the dynamic dashboard.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

updating the memory in accordance with a response of the user, via the dynamic dashboard, regarding the profile message.

20. The method of claim 16, where enabling the user to respond to the profile message includes at least one of:

providing, via the dynamic dashboard, an option to place a telephone call to the originator,

receiving selection of the option to place the telephone call, and

initiating the telephone call to the originator in response to the selection;

providing, via the dynamic dashboard, an option to send a voicemail message to the originator,

recording the voicemail message, and

sending the voicemail message to the originator in response to a selection to send the recorded voicemail;

providing, via the dynamic dashboard, an option to send a text message to the originator,

receiving a text message input from the user, and

sending the text message to the originator in response to a selection to send the text message;

providing, via the dynamic dashboard, an option to send an instant message to the originator,

receiving an instant message input from the user, and

sending the instant message to the originator in response to a selection to send the instant message;

or

providing, via the dynamic dashboard, an option to initiate a video conference,

receiving selection of the option to initiate the video conference, and

initiating the video conference in response to the selection.

21. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

generating at least one contact profile, where each of the at least one contact profile comprises contact availability data;

accessing contact availability data corresponding to at least one contact of the user;

determining whether the at least one contact is available; and

sending the profile message to each of the at least one contact when the contact is available.

22. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a user device, user profile data comprising at least one key word selected by a user to correspond to target profile data of at least one profile message of interest;

generating, by the user device, a user profile based on the user profile data, the user profile comprising the at least one key word;

receiving, by the user device, profile availability data; and

designating, by the user device, a user profile availability status based on the profile availability data, the user profile availability status specifying whether the user will be notified of profile messages with target profile data corresponding to the at least one key word.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

receiving a profile message comprising target profile data and geographic data, the target profile data selected by an originator of the profile message to correspond to a user profile of at least one person of interest within a geographic distance from the originator defined by the geographic data;

determining whether the target profile data corresponds to the at least one key word;

determining whether a current geographic location of the user device is within the geographic distance defined by the geographic data;

notifying the user when the target profile data corresponds to the at least one key word and the current location of the user is within the geographic distance defined by the geographic data; and

enabling the user to respond to the profile message via a dynamic dashboard.

24. The method of claim 23, where the dynamic dashboard enables the user to respond to the profile message by contacting an originator of the profile message via text, telephone call, or video conference, or by displaying a map comprising a current geographic location of the user device, a current geographic location of the originator, and a route for traveling from the current geographic location of the user device to the current geographic location of the originator.