System and Method for Presenting Application Data by Data Processing System(s) in a Vicinity

• US 20130337836A1
• Filed: 08/21/2013
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BillJCo LLC
• Original Assignee: William J. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, William J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,923,806 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/16 Arrangements for broadcast or for distribution of identical information repeatedly
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/244 using a network of reference devices, e.g. beaconing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Provided is a distributed system and method for enabling new and useful location dependent features and functionality to mobile data processing systems. Mobile data processing Systems (MSs) interact with each other as peers in communications and interoperability. Data is shared between mobile data processing systems to carry out novel Location Based eXchanges (LBX) of data for new mobile applications. Information transmitted inbound to, transmitted outbound from, is in process at, or is application modified at a mobile data processing system triggers processing of actions in accordance with user configured permissions, charters, and other configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a user configurable platform is provided for quickly building well behaving LBX applications at MSs and across a plurality of interoperating MSs. Tools, triggered interfaces and integrated applications are disclosed for a breadth of MS LBX configurations and functionality.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a receiving data processing system, a plurality of data records for a plurality of other data processing systems wherein each record of the plurality of data records is associated to a particular data processing system, the each record containing particular physical location information for the particular data processing system and particular match criteria information for the particular data processing system;

storing, by the receiving data processing system, searchable information for the each record to a collection of record information;

providing application information to a user interface of a mobile data processing system for presenting a plurality of application data items wherein the application information is not arranged according to the particular physical location information prior to a vicinity request, and wherein each application data item of the plurality of application data items includes item content information and item match criteria information;

is recognizing the vicinity request for presenting information for at least one application data item of the plurality of application data items having the item match criteria information matching the particular match criteria information of at least one particular data processing system of the plurality of data records determined to be physically located in the vicinity of a requested location of the vicinity request;

determining the particular match criteria information of the at least one particular data processing system being physically located in the vicinity of the requested location by searching the collection;

associating the at least one particular data processing system to the plurality of application data items by matching the particular match criteria information with the item match criteria information; and

providing information to alter the user interface of the mobile data processing system for presenting the at least one application data item determined to match the at least one particular data processing system being physically located in the vicinity of the requested location.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the determining the particular match criteria information of the at least one particular data processing system being physically located in the vicinity of the requested location includes determining the particular match criteria information for a sorted order of the at least one particular data processing system being physically located in the vicinity of the requested location.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the sorted order is determined with sorting by a distance between the particular data processing system and the requested location, and wherein the providing information to alter the user interface of the mobile data processing system for presenting the at least one application data item determined to match the at least one particular data processing system being physically located in the vicinity of the requested location includes providing information to alter the user interface of the mobile data processing system for presenting according to the sorting by the distance between the particular data processing system and the requested location.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the distance is user specified.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the sorted order is determined with sorting by time information associated to the particular data processing system being physically located in the vicinity of the requested location, and wherein the providing information to alter the user interface of the mobile data processing system for presenting the at least one application data item determined to match the at least one particular data processing system being physically located in the vicinity of the requested location includes providing information to alter the user interface of the mobile data processing system for presenting according to the sorting by time information associated to the particular data processing system being physically located in the vicinity of the requested location.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the time information is user specified.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the item match criteria information includes at least one of:

an identifier, a source address, a recipient address, a user identifier, a data processing system identifier, an owner identifier, a creator identifier, an editor identifier, an assignor identifier, a group identifier, or an identifier associated to a user of an application.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the particular match criteria information contains a plurality of identifiers.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the requested location is a location of the mobile data processing system.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the requested location is a specified location.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the requested location is a user specified location.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the requested location is a location determined for a remote data processing system by searching the collection using a requested match criteria specified with the vicinity request for matching to particular match criteria information of a particular data record received from the remote data processing system.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the vicinity of the requested location is the vicinity within a specified distance of the requested location.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the recognizing the vicinity request includes recognizing the vicinity request upon a new arrival of the at least one application data item.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the recognizing the vicinity request includes recognizing the vicinity request from automated polling of the collection.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the recognizing the vicinity request includes recognizing the vicinity request from a user configured action.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein the recognizing the vicinity request includes recognizing the vicinity request from an application programming interface invocation by a particular application of the mobile data processing system, and wherein the application programming interface includes processing for:

the determining the particular match criteria information of the at least one particular data processing system being physically located in the vicinity of the requested location by searching the collection;

the associating the at least one particular data processing system to the plurality of application data items by matching the particular match criteria information with the item match criteria information; and

the providing information to alter the user interface of the mobile data processing system for presenting the at least one application data item determined to match the at least one particular data processing system being physically located in the vicinity of the requested location.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving data processing system is the mobile data processing system and all processing of the method is performed by the mobile data processing system.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one application data item is at least one of:

one or more email application data items, one or more messaging application data items, one or more calendar application data items, one or more address book application data items, one or more phone application data items, one or more map application data items, one or more storage application data items, one or more file system application data items, one or more database application data items, one or more search application data items, one or more internet browser application data items, one or more emergency application data items, one or more RFID application data items, one or more hotspot application data items, one or more services application data items, one or more traffic application data items, one or more appliance application data items, one or more device application data items, one or more account management application data items, one or more public transportation application data items, one or more carpool application data items, one or more advertising application data items, one or more news application data items, one or more picture application data items, one or more video application data items, one or more parking lot application data items, one or more employment application data items, or one or more real estate application data items.

20. A receiving data processing system comprising:

one or more processors;

a user interface;

at least one memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the at least one memory includes executable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, results in the system;

receiving, by a receiving data processing system, a plurality of data records for a plurality of other data processing systems wherein each record of the plurality of data records is associated to a particular data processing system, the each record containing particular physical location information for the particular data processing system and particular match criteria information for the particular data processing system;

storing, by the receiving data processing system, searchable information for the each record to a collection of record information;

providing application information to a user interface of a mobile data processing system for presenting a plurality of application data items wherein the application information is not arranged according to the particular physical location information prior to a vicinity request, and wherein each application data item of the plurality of application data items includes item content information and item match criteria information;

recognizing the vicinity request for presenting information for at least one application data item of the plurality of application data items having the item match criteria information matching the particular match criteria information of at least one particular data processing system of the plurality of data records determined to be physically located in the vicinity of a requested location of the vicinity request;

determining the particular match criteria information of the at least one particular data processing system being physically located in the vicinity of the requested location by searching the collection;

associating the at least one particular data processing system to the plurality of application data items by matching the particular match criteria information with the item match criteria information; and

providing information to alter the user interface of the mobile data processing system for presenting the at least one application data item determined to match the at least one particular data processing system being physically located in the vicinity of the requested location.