Systems and methods for monitoring, managing, and facilitating location- and/or other criteria-dependent targeted communications and/or transactions

• US 20120323690A1
• Filed: 05/01/2012
• Published: 12/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael, Joseph
• Original Assignee: Michael, Joseph
• Inventors: Michael, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US13/461,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20120323690A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.58
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3461 Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types, segments such as motorways, toll roads, ferries
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3492 employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

A method for monitoring, managing, and facilitating location- and/or other criteria-dependent targeted communications and/or transactions includes: receiving signals and/or information that include or provide, or facilitate or initiate a process of providing access to, location information and one or more criteria, requirements, preferences, and/or other inputs pertaining to, or initiating or facilitating, one or more desired or requested communications and/or transactions, the information including, or being associated or established in association with, one or more identifiers at least one of which is mobile, floating, or transportable in relation to one or more of a machine, an apparatus, a device, an object, and a sentient entity with which the identifier is associated; and processing the signals and/or information to identify in association with at least one of the one or more identifiers one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications that satisfy one or more criteria, requirements, and/or preferences.

Claims

1-30. -30. (canceled)

31. A method for monitoring, managing, and facilitating location- and/or other criteria-dependent targeted communications and/or transactions, the method comprising:

receiving signals and/or information including, associated with, or in association with identifier information, the signals and/or information including or providing, or facilitating or initiating a process of providing access to, location information and one or more criteria and/or other inputs pertaining to one or more desired or requested communications and/or transactions;

processing the signals and/or information to identify in association with the identifier information one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications that satisfy one or more of one or more transaction criteria, one or more transaction requirements and/or preferences specified in, determined from, or generated in consideration of the location information, and one or more communications criteria, requirements, and/or preferences; and

controlling or utilizing one or more electronic communications and/or display devices to facilitate or initiate a process of applying the identifier information to determine and/or provide one or more amounts, charges and/or non-monetary considerations associated with or in association with the one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the signals and/or information include or provide, or facilitate or initiate a process of providing access to, information relating to and/or provided by one or more of members and/or participants of a marketplace,

purchasers and/or prospective purchasers of goods or services, sellers and/or prospective sellers of goods or services, and transaction facilitators, assistants, and/or advisors.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications include, utilize, or involve one or more of telemetry, and

location-dependent targeted information.

34. The method of claim 31, wherein processing the signals and/or information includes:

associating members and/or participants of a marketplace with the identifier information depending upon one or more of a location provided by or determined from the location information, goods and/or services identified or specified in, or selected in response to, the one or more transaction criteria, and

members and/or participants identified as being able to satisfy the one or more transaction criteria.

35. The method of claim 31, wherein one or more criteria, requirements, and or preference specify, or facilitate providing, an identification of one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications involving, or in relation to, one of more of one or more preferred, specified, or otherwise identified persons and/or group(s), prior purchasers,

current purchasers,

prospective purchasers,

VIPs,

contest winners,

members of a mailing list, fan club, organization, school, or social network, persons having indicated or otherwise determined interests, experiences, skills, credentials, behaviors, possessions, instances and/or patterns of consumption, affiliations, characteristics, conditions, personal/situational/environmental circumstances, needs, or challenges, and

government, military, political, special interest, social, professional, trade, labor, occupational, industry, community, religious, athletic, recreational, artistic, and charitable groups and organizations and/or members thereof.

36. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

facilitating or initiating one or more transactions that satisfy the one or more transaction criteria, and/or the one or more transaction requirements and/or preferences.

37. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

facilitating or initiating a process of transmitting and/or receiving one or more advertisements, messages, and/or communications that satisfy the one or more transaction criteria,

the one or more transaction requirements and/or preferences, the one or more communications criteria, requirements, and/or preferences.

38. The method of claim 31, wherein the one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications include, utilize or involve one or more of a targeted communication that is receivable only by members and/or participants satisfying one or more of one or more transaction match criteria,

one or more recipient criteria, and

one or more location or proximity criteria,

a conditional offer, and

a time-limited offer.

39. method of claim 31, wherein the one or more communications criteria, requirements, and/or preferences are specified in, determined from, or generated in consideration of one or more of the location information,

the one or more transaction criteria,

broadcast and/or receipt criteria, instructions, protocols, and/or preferences, a level/tier of service or membership, and

an identification of mutually-specified subject matter as between criteria and/or other inputs associated with or provided by broadcasting and receiving members/participants, respectively.

40. The method of claim 31, wherein the criteria, requirements, and/or preferences include at least one location-dependent criteria specifying, or facilitating or initiating a process of identifying or otherwise determining, one or more targeted areas that include one or more portions of a route or path within a marketplace.

41. The method of claim 40, wherein the one or more targeted areas include at least one portion the boundary of which is selected or otherwise determined in relation to the route or path, or one or more portions thereof, and/or one or more locations along the route or path.

42. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

facilitating or initiating a process of presenting a visual representation of one or more of the signals and/or information,

the one or more desired or requested communications and/or transactions, one or more criteria, requirements, preferences, and/or other inputs, one or more communication and/or transaction criteria, requirements, and/or preferences,

one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications, the one or more amounts, charges and/or non-monetary considerations, the one or more electronic communications and/or display devices, one or more accounts,

a marketplace,

members and/or participants of one or more marketplaces, locations of the members and/or participants, marketplace utilization information,

one or more targeted areas and/or groups within one or more marketplaces, the identifier information,

a vehicle, a personal computing or communications device, an entity, and/or a person,

the location information,

an acknowledgement that a start time, a stop time, and/or an association between an identifier and one or more communications and/or transactions has been established, a prompt or request for additional information or user inputs, information and/or instructions,

a notification, and

a warning.

43. The method of claim 31, wherein the location information is provided or determined by one or more of an electronic tracking device,

a mobile telephone, a smartphone, or one or more computing or communications devices,

a device that generates, transmits, or reads code and/or other information in relation to providing or obtaining information identifying and/or pertaining to a vehicle, a personal computing or communications device, an entity, and/or a person, an authorized or approved source or device,

a processor or controller,

a biometric data acquisition device,

a user-input mechanism,

a RFID device,

a NFC device,

a camera,

a code reader or generator, and

a parking meter.

44. The method of claim 31, wherein the one or more desired or requested communications and/or transactions includes charging an account associated with one or more of a vehicle, a personal computing or communications device, an entity, and/or a person,

a marketplace,

one or more members and/or participants of a marketplace, and an event, activity, or enterprise involving or associated with a marketplace and/or one or more members and/or participants thereof.

45. The method of claim 31, wherein controlling or utilizing one or more electronic communications and/or display devices includes providing access to or utilizing a custom add-in or plug-in system application which functions as an extension and overlay to an existing system application or other platform that facilitates one or more of traffic management,

vehicle navigation,

communications and/or transactions relating to transportation infrastructure and/or marketplace utilization,

an on-line auction or other electronic communications network-facilitated interface, platform, or service that allows buyers and sellers of goods and/or services to offer or request transactions and/or communications with each other, communications and/or transactions involving one or more transaction facilitators, assistants, and/or advisors,

communications and/or transactions launched or initiated directly from an on-line or other electronic communications network-facilitated social or professional network interface or platform,

communications and/or transactions launched or initiated directly from an on-line or other electronic communications network-facilitated search or question answering interface or platform, and

activation of and/or management of one or more identifiers.

46. A method for monitoring, managing, and facilitating location- and/or other criteria-dependent targeted communications and/or transactions, the method comprising:

receiving signals and/or information that include or provide, or facilitate or initiate a process of providing access to, location information and one or more criteria, requirements, preferences, and/or other inputs pertaining to, or initiating or facilitating, one or more desired or requested communications and/or transactions, the information including, or being associated or established in association with, one or more identifiers at least one of which is mobile, floating, or transportable in relation to one or more of a machine, an apparatus, a device, an object, and a sentient entity with which the identifier is associated; and

processing the signals and/or information to identify in association with at least one of the one or more identifiers one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications that satisfy one or more criteria, requirements, and/or preferences.

47. The method of claim 46, wherein at least one of the inputs includes one or more of an identifier that is provided or obtained by a device that is not secured to a vehicle,

an identifier that is selectable from a plurality of identifiers, an identifier that expires after an amount of time and/or only usable in a location or area,

an identifier that is activated and/or designated as a primary identifier in response to one or more inputs,

an identifier that is activated and/or designated as a primary identifier in response to an output of a switch or an electronic circuit, an identifier that is activated and/or designated as a primary identifier in response to an indication or determination that another identifier is altered, compromised, damaged, deactivated, disabled, inoperable, malfunctioning, modified, out of range, suspended, unauthorized, unavailable, or unreadable, one or more identifiers at least one of which is mobile, floating, or transportable in relation to a vehicle,

multiple identifiers,

multiple identifiers only one of which is operable, or activated or authorized to serve, at a given time, as a primary identifier, multiple identifiers at least one of which is operable, or activated or authorized to serve, as an imprimatur identifier,

multiple identifiers, members of which are changeably assigned statuses as a primary identifier and one or more secondary identifiers, respectively, a primary identifier and a secondary identifier, multiple different identifiers,

multiple different identifiers, at least one which includes, or facilitates or initiates a process of accessing, information identifying and/or pertaining to a vehicle, multiple different identifiers, at least one which is provided or obtained by a personal computing or communications device or other auxiliary device, and multiple different identifiers, at least one which is provided or obtained by a biometric data acquisition device, a user-input mechanism, a RFID device, a NFC device, a camera, or a code reader or generator.

48. The method of claim 46, wherein the one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications include, utilize or involve one or more of a targeted communication that is receivable only by members and/or participants satisfying one or more of one or more transaction match criteria,

one or more recipient criteria, and

one or more location or proximity criteria,

a conditional offer, and

a time-limited offer.

49. The method of claim 46, wherein processing the signals and/or information includes processing the signals and/or information to identify one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications that satisfy one or more communications criteria, requirements, and/or preferences that are specified in, determined from, or generated in consideration of one or more of the location information,

one or more transaction criteria,

broadcast and/or receipt criteria, instructions, protocols, or preferences, a level/tier of service or membership, and

an identification of mutually-specified subject matter as between criteria and/or other inputs associated with or provided by broadcasting and receiving members/participants, respectively.

50. The method of claim 46, wherein the criteria, requirements, and/or preferences include at least one location-dependent criteria specifying, or facilitating or initiating a process of identifying or otherwise determining, one or more targeted areas that include one or more portions of a route or path within a marketplace.

51. The method of claim 50, wherein the one or more targeted areas include at least one portion the boundary of which is selected or otherwise determined in relation to the route or path or one or more portions thereof, and/or one or more locations along the route or path.

52. The method of claim 46, further comprising:

accessing, or facilitating or initiating a process of providing access to an interface facilitating modifications/updates to information pertaining to one or more of one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications, the location information,

one or more criteria, requirements, preferences, and/or other inputs, one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications, a marketplace,

members and/or participants of one or more marketplaces, locations of the members and/or participants, one or more targeted areas and/or groups within one or more marketplaces, one or more identifiers with which at least one of the inputs is associated or established in association with,

marketplace utilization information,

a vehicle, a personal computing or communications device, an entity, and/or a person,

one or more amounts, charges, and/or non-monetary considerations, one or more accounts, and

funds transferred between the accounts and/or one or more non-monetary tenders.

53. The method of claim 46, further comprising:

accessing, or facilitating or initiating a process of providing access to, an interface that allows a user to perform actions including one or more of accessing information pertaining to the location information and one or more criteria, requirements, preferences, and/or other inputs, activating one or more selected searches and/or broadcasts, deactivating one or more selected searches and/or broadcasts, adding or creating a new search or broadcast, modifying one or more selected searches and/or broadcasts, selecting, or otherwise providing or determining, criteria and/or inputs utilized in generating a visual presentation of search results and/or responses to broadcasts, selecting, or otherwise providing or determining, criteria and/or inputs utilized in arranging and grouping search results and/or responses to broadcasts within a visual presentation,

selecting, or otherwise providing or determining, criteria and/or inputs utilized in establishing and controlling an order in which different groups of search results and/or responses to broadcasts are presented in relation to each other, selecting, assigning, importing, or otherwise determining visual styles utilized in presenting different groups of search results and/or responses to broadcasts, selecting, assigning, importing, or otherwise determining weightings for the location information and the one or more criteria, requirements, preferences, and/or other inputs, individually or as groups,

selecting, or otherwise providing or determining, one or more paths and/or locations within a visual presentation and the manner in which distances from the one or more paths and/or locations to locations associated with the search results and/or responses to broadcasts are to be utilized for purposes of generating and updating the visual presentation, modifying boundaries of a visual representation of the location information and/or selecting, or otherwise providing or determining, criteria and/or inputs utilized in defining different and/or additional areas, thereby effecting corresponding changes to the location information,

selecting, or otherwise providing or determining, criteria and/or inputs utilized in sorting one or more groups of search results and/or responses to broadcasts, selecting, or otherwise providing or determining, criteria and/or inputs utilized in an automated process for generating a sequence of visual presentations of one or more search results and/or responses to broadcasts,

pausing a sequence of visual presentations of one or more search results and/or responses to broadcasts in response to a user input and automatically resuming the visual presentation when a new search result or response to a broadcast or an update to the one or more search results and/or responses to broadcasts is identified, and selecting, or otherwise providing or determining, criteria and/or inputs utilized for establishing or generating a sequence of visual presentations of, or in relation to, one or more of results of multiple searches including multiple different searches and/or searches made at different times,

responses to multiple broadcasts including multiple different broadcasts and/or broadcasts made at different times,

multiple different modifications and/or sorts of a search result, multiple different modifications and/or sorts of responses to at least one broadcast,

a group of visual presentations associated with one or more search results and multiple different modifications and/or sorts of at least one of the search results, and a group of visual presentations associated with one or more search results and multiple different modifications and/or sorts of at least one of the search results.

54. The method of claim 46, further comprising:

providing access to or utilizing a custom add-in or plug-in system application which functions as an extension and overlay to an existing system application or other platform that facilitates one or more of traffic management,

vehicle navigation,

communications and/or transactions relating to transportation infrastructure and/or marketplace utilization,

an on-line auction or other electronic communications network-facilitated interface, platform, or service that allows buyers and sellers of goods and/or services to offer or request transactions and/or communications with each other, communications and/or transactions involving one or more transaction facilitators, assistants, and/or advisors,

communications and/or transactions launched or initiated directly from an on-line or other electronic communications network-facilitated social or professional network interface or platform, and

communications and/or transactions launched or initiated directly from an on-line or other electronic communications network-facilitated search or question answering interface or platform, and

activation of and/or management of the one or more identifiers.

55. A method for monitoring, managing, and facilitating location- and/or other criteria-dependent targeted communications and/or transactions, the method comprising:

accessing information including one or more inputs and/or parameters for one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications, at least one of the inputs and/or parameters being associated with or established in association with one or more identifiers, the information including marketplace utilization information associating one or more members and/or participants of a marketplace with at least one of the one or more identifiers; and

applying the one or more identifiers to facilitate or initiate a process of providing or determining one or more amounts, charges, and/or non-monetary considerations associated with the one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications depending upon the marketplace utilization information and the one or more inputs and/or parameters.

56. The method of claim 55, wherein the one or more identifiers include one or more of an identifier that is provided or obtained by a device that is not secured to a vehicle,

an identifier that is selectable from a plurality of identifiers, an identifier that expires after an amount of time and/or only usable in a location or area,

an identifier that is activated and/or designated as a primary identifier in response to one or more inputs,

an identifier that is activated and/or designated as a primary identifier in response to an output of a switch or an electronic circuit, an identifier that is activated and/or designated as a primary identifier in response to an indication or determination that another identifier is altered, compromised, damaged, deactivated, disabled, inoperable, malfunctioning, modified, out of range, suspended, unauthorized, unavailable, or unreadable, one or more identifiers at least one of which is mobile, floating, or transportable in relation to a vehicle,

multiple identifiers,

multiple identifiers only one of which is operable, or activated or authorized to serve, at a given time, as a primary identifier, multiple identifiers at least one of which is operable, or activated or authorized to serve, as an imprimatur identifier,

multiple identifiers, members of which are changeably assigned statuses as a primary identifier and one or more secondary identifiers, respectively, a primary identifier and a secondary identifier, multiple different identifiers,

multiple different identifiers, at least one which includes, or facilitates or initiates a process of accessing, information identifying and/or pertaining to a vehicle, multiple different identifiers, at least one which is provided or obtained by a personal computing or communications device or other auxiliary device, and multiple different identifiers, at least one which is provided or obtained by a biometric data acquisition device, a user-input mechanism, a RFID device, a NFC device, a camera, or a code reader or generator.

57. The method of claim 55, further comprising:

transferring funds and/or transferring, or providing access to, one or more non-monetary tenders in relation to the one or more amounts, charges, and/or non-monetary considerations.

58. The method of claim 55, further comprising:

accessing, or facilitating or initiating a process of providing access to an interface facilitating modifications and/or updates to information pertaining to one or more of the one or more inputs and/or parameters,

one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications, location information,

one or more criteria, requirements, and/or preferences, one or more transactions, advertisements, messages, and/or communications, the marketplace,

members and/or participants of one or more marketplaces, locations of the members and/or participants, one or more targeted areas and/or groups within one or more marketplaces, the one or more identifiers,

a location of at least one of the one or more identifiers, marketplace utilization information,

a vehicle, a personal computing or communications device, an entity, and/or a person,

the one or more amounts, charges, and/or non-monetary considerations, one or more of the accounts, and

funds transferred between the accounts and/or one or more non-monetary tenders.

59. The method of claim 55, further comprising:

accessing, or facilitating or initiating a process of providing access to, an interface that allows a user to perform actions including one or more of accessing information pertaining to the one or more identifiers, activating a selected identifier,

deactivating a selected identifier,

adding or creating a new identifier,

copying or replicating an identifier,

relocating or reassigning an identifier,

changing a prioritization as between a plurality of the identifiers, managing, selecting, or otherwise providing or determining, criteria and/or inputs utilized by or in relation to multiple identifiers, selecting, or otherwise providing or determining, criteria and/or inputs utilized in an automated process for activating and/or deactivating one or more identifiers, managing fund transfers and/or accounts associated with the one or more identifiers, and

managing communications associated with the one or more identifiers.

60. The method of claim 55, further comprising:

providing access to or utilizing a custom add-in or plug-in system application which functions as an extension and overlay to an existing system application or other platform that facilitates one or more of traffic management,

vehicle navigation,

communications and/or transactions relating to transportation infrastructure and/or marketplace utilization,

an on-line auction or other electronic communications network-facilitated interface, platform, or service that allows buyers and sellers of goods and/or services to offer or request transactions and/or communications with each other, communications and/or transactions involving one or more transaction facilitators, assistants, and/or advisors,

communications and/or transactions launched or initiated directly from an on-line or other electronic communications network-facilitated social or professional network interface or platform, and

communications and/or transactions launched or initiated directly from an on-line or other electronic communications network-facilitated search or question answering interface or platform, and

activation of and/or management of the one or more identifiers.