Systems and Methods to Determine the Name of a Business Location Visited by a User of a Wireless Device and Provide Suggested Destinations
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Abstract
In general, the invention relates to methods and systems that record the location of a user and determine the corresponding physical named location (e.g. business location) visited by the user. The system further provides suggested destinations, routes, and advertisements to the user. A network includes a server programmed with a database of location information, a database of user information, payment account information, and a wireless communication system capable of communicating with the user'"'"'s mobile device. The location of the mobile device is ascertained and recorded. The system determines the physical named location (e.g. business location) visited by the user at a particular time and stores the information in a location history. The system further provides suggested destinations based on the users current location and location history. Routes and advertisements along routes may further be provided based upon information associated with the user.
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44 Claims
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21. A method, used by a location based service system including at least one server having at least one network interface, of maintaining a location history of identified physical named locations visited by a user of a wireless device having a wireless communication interface and a geographic location sensor, comprising the acts of:
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a) receiving, from the wireless device, geographic location information corresponding to the geographic location of the wireless device determined using the geographic location sensor of the wireless device; b) storing, in a memory of the location based service system, the geographic location information and a time associated with the geographic location information in a data structure associated with the user; c) transmitting, to the wireless device, at least one of a plurality of named locations near the received geographic location of the wireless device based on a database including named locations and associated geographic location information; d) receiving, from the wireless device, an indicated named location, selected from the at least one of a plurality of named locations, corresponding to the physical named location visited by the user of the wireless device to register the physical named location visited by the user of the wireless device; and
,e) storing information indicating that the user of the wireless device visited the physical named location in a location history associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system that maintains a history of identified physical named locations visited by a user of a wireless device, comprising:
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a) at least one server including a central processing unit, network interface, and memory; b) a memory containing information associated with a plurality of named locations including the name and geographic location information; c) the system configured to use a network interface to receive data corresponding to the geographic location of the wireless device; d) the system configured to store, in a data structure associated with the user in a memory of the system, the geographic location information and a time associated with the geographic location information; e) a central processing unit of the system configured to generate data containing at least one named location corresponding to physical named locations near the geographic location of the wireless device; f) the system configured to use a network interface to transmit the data containing at least one named location to the wireless device; g) the system configured to use a network interface to receive an indicated named location from the data including at least one named location, the indicated named location corresponding to the physical named location visited by the user of the wireless device; and h) the system configured to store the indicated named location as the physical named location visited by a user of a wireless device in a location history associated with the user in a memory of the system. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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