System, Method And Device For Creation And Notification Of Contextual Messages

• US 20140222929A1
• Filed: 02/06/2013
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brent Grossman
• Original Assignee: Brent Grossman
• Inventors: Grossman, Brent
• Application Number:
  US13/761,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20140222929A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area

Abstract

System, method and device for the creation and notification of contextual messages are described. When creating or authoring a message, a sender can define a context in which the message is to be delivered to a recipient. Accordingly, after receiving the message, the recipient'"'"'s device does not notify the recipient of the receipt of the message until the context is fulfilled. The recipient'"'"'s device monitors conditions and determines whether the context is fulfilled, and notifies the recipient of the receipt of the message when the context is fulfilled. The recipient can configure common locations associated with the recipient and the information thereof is available in a non-specific way to a message sender for defining the context.

Claims

1. A method related to creation and notification of contextual messages, the method comprising:

receiving locational context information related to a first user;

presenting the locational context information related to the first user to a second user;

receiving input from the second user to create a message to the first user according to the input;

receiving at least one contextual condition from the second user, the at least one contextual condition defining one or more conditions to be fulfilled in order for the message to be presented to the first user by a first device operated by the first user; and

transmitting the message along with the at least one contextual condition to the first device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the locational context information related to the first user comprises a plurality of categories of locations associated with the first user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one contextual condition is derived from the locational context information related to the first user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one contextual condition comprises a time of day, an event, a location, or a combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one contextual condition comprises a location defined by a geographic point and a radius around the geographic point.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one contextual condition further comprises a minimum duration for which the first device needs to be within the radius around the geographic point in order for the first device to present the message to the first user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the message comprises text, image, video data, audio data, or a combination thereof.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving locational context information related to a first user comprises receiving a label representative of a location associated with the first user from a server where locational information entered by the first user is stored.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user is the second user, and wherein the message comprises a self-reminder for the first user.

10. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, perform operations comprising:

receiving user information of a first user from a first device operated by the first user, the user information comprising a name of the first user, a user identification (ID) of the first user, a phone number of the first user, locational context information related to the first user, or a combination thereof;

storing the user information of the first user; and

providing data indicative of at least part of the user information of the first user to a second device operated by a second user.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the locational context information related to the first user comprises a plurality of categories of locations associated with the first user.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein providing data indicative of at least part of the user information of the first user to a second device operated by a second user comprises providing the locational context information related to the first user to the second device operated by the second user.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, from the second device, a request for information related to the first user,

wherein providing data comprises providing the data in response to receiving the request.

14. A device, comprising:

a memory unit configured to store one or more sets of instructions;

a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data including messages;

a user interface unit configured to receive input form a first user and present information to the first user; and

a processor coupled to the memory unit, the communication unit and the user interface unit, the processor configured to execute the one or more sets of instructions and perform operations comprising;

receiving, through the communication unit, a message from a device operated by a second user, the message including at least one contextual condition defined by the second user;

determining whether the at least one contextual condition is fulfilled; and

providing, through the user interface unit, an indication to the first user to indicate receipt of the message in response to determining the at least one contextual condition is fulfilled.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the at least one contextual condition comprises a time of day, an event, a location, or a combination thereof.

16. The device of claim 14, wherein the at least one contextual condition comprises a location defined by a geographic point and a radius around the geographic point within which the device needs to be in order for the at least one contextual condition to be fulfilled.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the at least one contextual condition further comprises a minimum duration for which the device needs to be within the radius around the geographic point in order for the at least one contextual condition to be fulfilled.

18. The device of claim 14, wherein the message comprises text, image, video data, audio data, or a combination thereof.

19. The device of claim 14, wherein the processor is further configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving, through the user interface unit, user information of the first user, the user information comprising a name of the first user, a user identification (ID) of the first user, a phone number of the first user, locational context information related to the first user, or a combination thereof; and

transmitting, through the communication unit, the user information to a server.

20. The device of claim 14, further comprising:

a location determination unit configured to determine an approximate geographic location of the device and output locational data indicative of the approximate geographic location of the device,

wherein the processor is configured to determine whether the at least one contextual condition is fulfilled using the locational data.