SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING, ANALYZING, AND TRANSMITTING INFORMATION RELEVANT TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A method of communicating electronically, comprising:
- (a) acquiring location information for a plurality of mobile communicants;
(b) identifying a particular mobile communicant;
(c) accessing a personal profile for said particular mobile communicant; and
(d) delivering digital content to said particular mobile communicant based upon preferences identified in said personal profile and location information for the particular communicant.
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Abstract
When individual persons or vehicles move through a transportation network, they are likely to be both actively and passively creating information that reflects their location and current behavior. In this patent, we propose a system that makes complete use of this information. First, through a broad web of sensors, our system collects and stores the full range of information generated by travelers. Next, through the use of previously-stored data and active computational analysis, our system deduces the identity of individual travelers. Finally, using advanced data-mining technology, our system selects useful information and transmits it back to the individual, as well as to third-party users; in short, it forms the backbone for a variety of useful location-related end-user applications.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of communicating electronically, comprising:
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(a) acquiring location information for a plurality of mobile communicants; (b) identifying a particular mobile communicant; (c) accessing a personal profile for said particular mobile communicant; and (d) delivering digital content to said particular mobile communicant based upon preferences identified in said personal profile and location information for the particular communicant.
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2. A method of communicating electronically, comprising:
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(a) acquiring location information for a plurality of mobile communicants; (b) identifying a particular mobile communicant; (c) accessing a personal profile for said particular mobile communicant; (d) determining a current location and a predicted future location of said particular mobile communicant; and (e) delivering digital content to said particular mobile communicant based upon preferences identified in said personal profile and at least one of;
(1) said current location, and (2) said predicted future location.
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3. A method of communicating electronically, comprising:
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(a) acquiring location information for a plurality of mobile communicants; (b) identifying a particular mobile communicant; (c) accessing a personal profile for said particular mobile communicant, wherein said personal profile includes a travel route history database; and (d) delivering digital content to said particular mobile communicant based upon preferences identified in said personal profile and information from said travel route history database.
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4. A method of communicating electronically, comprising:
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(a) acquiring location information for a plurality of mobile communicants; (b) identifying a particular mobile communicant; (c) accessing a personal profile for said particular mobile communicant; and (d) delivering digital content to said particular mobile communicant based upon preferences identified in said personal profile, wherein said digital content includes combinations of a public information stream and a private information stream.
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5. A method of communicating electronically, comprising:
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(a) acquiring location information for a plurality of mobile communicants; (b) identifying a particular mobile communicant; (c) accessing a personal profile for said particular mobile communicant; (d) generating a current trip vector based upon acquired location information; and (e) delivering digital content to said particular mobile communicant based upon preferences identified in said personal profile and said current trip vector.
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6. A method of communicating electronically, comprising:
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(a) acquiring location information for a plurality of mobile communicants; (b) identifying a particular mobile communicant; (c) utilizing conditional probability to identify a plurality of potential future locations for said particular mobile communicant; (d) accessing a personal profile for said particular mobile communicant; (e) delivering digital content to said particular mobile communicant based upon preferences identified in said personal profile; and (f) delivering digital content to selected ones of said plurality of potential future locations for pre-caching in memory for future use.
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7. A method of communicating electronically, comprising:
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(a) acquiring location information for a plurality of mobile communicants; (b) identifying a particular mobile communicant; (c) accessing a personal profile for said particular mobile communicant; (d) utilizing autonomous user-side agents to negotiate terms and conditions for the receipt of an advertisement; and (e) delivering digital content to said particular mobile communicant based upon preferences identified in said personal profile and said negotiated terms and conditions.
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8. A method of communicating electronically, comprising:
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(a) acquiring location information for a plurality of mobile communicants; (b) identifying a particular mobile communicant; (c) acquiring sensor data from a vehicle associated with said particular mobile communicant at a location remote from the vehicle; (d) accessing a personal profile for said particular mobile communicant; and (e) delivering digital content to said particular mobile communicant based upon preferences identified in said personal profile.
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9. A system for communicating content to a mobile user using a communications network, the system comprising:
one or more network nodes on the communications network operative to acquire location information corresponding to the mobile user, to determine content to deliver to the mobile user based at least in part on the location information, and to communicate the determined content to the mobile user.
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10. A method of communicating electronically, comprising:
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(a) acquiring location information for a plurality of mobile communicants; (b) identifying a particular mobile communicant; (c) accessing a personal profile for said particular mobile communicant; and (d) delivering digital content, which corresponds to predicted information needs of said particular mobile communicant, to said particular mobile communicant based upon preferences identified in said personal profile.
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11. A method of communicating content to a mobile user, the method comprising computer-implemented acts of:
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(a) acquiring location information corresponding to the mobile user; (b) determining content to deliver to the mobile user based at least in part on said location information; and (c) communicating the determined content to the mobile user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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