SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATIONAL MESSAGING

• US 20130346205A1
• Filed: 08/27/2013
• Published: 12/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intercept Incorporated (Fidelity National Financial Incorporated), Jason J. Hogg
• Original Assignee: Jason Jude Hogg, Nicholas Eugene Kleinjan, Nicholas Patrick Johns
• Inventors: Johns, Nicholas Patrick, Hogg, Jason Jude, Kleinjan, Nicholas Eugene, Anderson, Blaine, Kenas, Jamie R.
• Application Number:
  US14/011,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20130346205A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.58
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

Positional communication systems and methods include receiving a definition of a first geographic area including a first commercial location by a computer system and storing the first geographic area in a memory. The location of a mobile device in the possession of a customer is determined, and if the mobile device is determined to be at a location within the first geographic area, an incentive message for the customer to leave the location and go to a second commercial location is sent to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A computerized method of providing a customer incentive to leave a first commercial location and to arrive at a second commercial location, the method comprising:

receiving a definition of a first geographic area including the first commercial location by a computer system and storing the first geographic area in a memory;

determining a location of a mobile device in the possession of the customer; and

if the mobile device is determined to be at a location within the first geographic area,

then sending to the mobile device an incentive message for the customer to leave the location and go to the second commercial location.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the mobile device has come to rest at a location within the first geographic area.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the incentive message on the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

sending a first alert message to the mobile device;

displaying the first alert message on the mobile device; and

displaying the incentive message on the mobile device in response to an input on the first alert message.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a definition of a second geographic area including the second commercial location by the computer system and storing the second commercial location in a memory;

determining the location of the mobile device; and

if the mobile device is determined to be at a location within the second geographic area, then sending to the mobile device a voucher for a merchant located at the second commercial location.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

sending a second alert message to the mobile device;

displaying the second alert message on the mobile device; and

displaying the voucher on the mobile device in response to an input on the second alert message.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying a bar code representing the voucher on the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a map including the first commercial location;

displaying a grid including a plurality of cells on the map;

wherein receiving the definition of the first geographic area includes selecting cells of the grid.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the location of the mobile device includes receiving an indication of the location of the mobile device from the mobile device.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

defining a first geographic region object that includes the first geographic area; and

sending the geographic region object to the mobile device in response to the mobile device entering the first geographic region.

11. A system, comprising:

a back-end including a server and a memory;

a front-end including a mobile device application;

a communications interface accessible by the back-end and the front-end;

the back-end being configured to determine a location of a mobile device including the mobile device application, and if the mobile device is determined to be at a location within a first geographic area, then sending to the mobile device an incentive message for a customer to leave the location and go to a second commercial location.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the front-end includes a merchant application configured to receive a definition of the first geographic area.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the back-end includes an API service, wherein the back end is configured to access a map including the first commercial location, and wherein the map is displayed by the merchant application to receive the definition of the first geographic area.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the back-end stores a definition of the first geographic area in the memory.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the mobile device application is configured to determine the location of the mobile device and send the location of the mobile device to the back-end.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the mobile device application is configured to determine whether the mobile device is at rest within the first geographic area.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the mobile device application is configured to display the incentive message on the mobile device.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the back-end is configured to send a voucher to the mobile device for a merchant located at the second commercial location if the mobile device is determined to be at a location within a second geographic area containing the second commercial location.

19. A storage medium including an application for a mobile device, the application executing program instructions that implement a method comprising:

determining a location of the mobile device;

if the mobile device is determined to be at a location within a first geographic area, then sending a notification to a back-end;

receiving an incentive message for a customer to leave the location and go to a second commercial location; and

displaying the incentive message on the mobile device.

20. The storage medium of claim 19, wherein the executed method further comprises:

caching a definition of the first geographic area.

21. The storage medium of claim 19, wherein the executed method further comprises:

accessing a GPS unit of the mobile device to determine the location of the mobile device.

22. The storage medium of claim 19, wherein the executed method further comprises:

determining whether the mobile device has come to rest at a location within the first geographic area

23. The storage medium of claim 19, wherein the executed method further comprises:

displaying the incentive message in response to receiving an input from a user.

24. The storage medium of claim 19, wherein the executed method further comprises:

caching a definition of a second geographic area including the second commercial location;

if the mobile device is determined to be at a location within the second geographic area, then receiving a voucher for a merchant located at the second commercial location; and

displaying the voucher on the mobile device.