Zone Oriented Applications, Systems and Methods
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1. A zone management system comprising:
- a zone database configured to store zone objects owned by different zone owners, eachzone object representative of a zone and having;
zone context criteria defined according to zone attributes adhering to an attribute space, andat least one zone service;
a device interface configured to communicatively coupled with an electronic device; and
a zone server coupled with the zone database and the device interface, and configured to;
allow a zone owner to instantiate a zone object as an instantiated zone from the zone database by activating the at least one service as a persistent service according the zone object'"'"'s context criteria;
obtain device attributes from the electronic device via the device interface;
derive a device context from the device attributes;
identify the persistent service as being contextually relevant to the device context by comparing the device attributes to the zone object'"'"'s zone context criteria; and
configure the electronic device to participate with the persistent service according the device context and the zone context criteria.
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Abstract
Zone management infrastructure systems and methods are presented. A zone comprises a set of boundary conditions, which can include a geographic boundary. Zones further comprise a zone object representing the nature of the zone and the services or applications offered by the zone. Zone objects have intrinsic value based on their boundary conditions as well as the services they offer. Zone owners can allow third parties to offer services for the zone in exchange for a fee.
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1. A zone management system comprising:
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a zone database configured to store zone objects owned by different zone owners, each zone object representative of a zone and having; zone context criteria defined according to zone attributes adhering to an attribute space, and at least one zone service; a device interface configured to communicatively coupled with an electronic device; and a zone server coupled with the zone database and the device interface, and configured to; allow a zone owner to instantiate a zone object as an instantiated zone from the zone database by activating the at least one service as a persistent service according the zone object'"'"'s context criteria; obtain device attributes from the electronic device via the device interface; derive a device context from the device attributes; identify the persistent service as being contextually relevant to the device context by comparing the device attributes to the zone object'"'"'s zone context criteria; and configure the electronic device to participate with the persistent service according the device context and the zone context criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. The system of claim 30, wherein the navigation service configures the electronic device to be receptive to contextual zone markers deployed within a geographical boundary of the zone.
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