DYNAMIC CONTENT SELECTION THROUGH TIMED FINGERPRINT LOCATION DATA

• US 20130007058A1
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Meredith, Sheldon, Austin, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 8,612,410 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/770
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

The disclosed subject matter provides for employing timed fingerprint location (TFL) information in dynamically selecting a subset of content from a set of content. TFL information can provide location information for user equipment without employing conventional location techniques. As such, TLF information can provide for location-centric selection of content. Further, secondary information correlated to TFL information can be received and employed in dynamic content subset selection. In an aspect, rules can be employed to predict the future location of a user equipment such that dynamic content selection can be tailored to the predicted future position of the user equipment. Moreover, privacy components can be employed to limit the propagation of sensitive information.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a timed fingerprint location component configured to receive timed fingerprint location information; and

a content selection component configured to dynamically select a subset of content from a set of content based on the timed fingerprint location information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the timed fingerprint location information includes a location of a user equipment.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the location of the user equipment satisfies a predetermined condition related to selection of the subset of content from the set of content.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the timed fingerprint location information includes a set of historic location and time information of a user equipment.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the set of historic location and time information of the user equipment is employed to generate a prediction of a future location of the user equipment.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the timed fingerprint location information includes a location of a first user equipment and a second user equipment.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the location of the first user equipment and the location of the second user equipment mutually satisfy a predetermined condition related to selection of the subset of content from the set of content.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising a rule component configured to receive a rule associated with a determination of satisfaction of a condition related to selection of the subset of content from the set of content based on the timed fingerprint location information.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a privacy component configured to limit the propagation of information designated as private information.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a profile information component configured to receive secondary information correlated to the timed fingerprint location information.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the secondary information includes a user preference.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the secondary information includes historical user information.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the secondary information includes user demographic information.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving timed fingerprint location information associated with a user equipment in a timed fingerprint location environment; and

dynamically selecting a subset of content from a set of content based on the timed fingerprint location information satisfying a predetermined condition.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the receiving includes receiving historic location information of the user equipment.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

predicting a future location of the user equipment based on the historic location information.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving secondary information correlated to the timed fingerprint location information and wherein the dynamically selecting the subset of content from the set of content is based on the secondary information satisfying an other predetermined condition.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the secondary information includes a user preference.

19. A computing device, comprising a processor located at a wireless carrier network, the processor configured to:

support location services for a user equipment operating in a timed fingerprint location environment;

process timed fingerprint location information to determine satisfaction of a predetermined condition;

dynamically select a subset of content from a set of content based on the satisfaction of the predetermined condition; and

facilitate access to the subset of content by a presentation component external to the computing device.

20. The computing device of claim 19, wherein the predetermined condition is related to a predicted future location of the user equipment.