LOCATION CONTROLLED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20140274153A1
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hook Me Mobile, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hook Me Mobile, Inc.
• Inventors: Greco, Michael
• Application Number:
  US14/208,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20140274153A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings

Abstract

A location-controlled communication system for individualized communication between each of a plurality of customer PDA associated with a specific location at an event venue and selected Internet websites. Each physical location in the venue includes at least one location-identifier device. The customer PDA receives location information from the location-identifier device. Information on the PDA including its location is communicated to an EIS server. The EIS server can send particularized data to the PDA that may be based on the location, event, venue or other data and may send other data from the Internet.

Claims

1. A location based communication system for individualized communication with one or more from a plurality of a customer PDAs each having a different PDA address, each customer PDA selectively associated with a specific physical location in a venue during the period of an event at the venue, the customer PDA having a transceiver for communicating customer request information to selected Internet websites in the Internet, the system comprising:

at least one location-identifier device associated with each of the plurality of physical locations in the venue, location-identifier information being associated with each location-identifier device, and a web address, being selectively communicated to the customer PDA from the location-identifier device;

an EIS server accessible by the web address, the EIS server positioned in a communication path between each customer PDA in communication relationship with the EIS server, and the Internet, to receive communication of a customer information set from the customer PDA, the customer information set including at least the PDA address, the web address, the location-identifier information and any customer request information from the customer PDA, the EIS server processing the customer information set according to a first protocol to define a proxy customer identifier for each customer PDA and a customer Internet request, communicating the proxy customer identifier and the customer Internet request to the Internet, receiving response information from the Internet, processing the response information according to a second predefined protocol, and replacing the proxy customer identifier with the PDA address for communicating the processed response information to the customer PDA.

2. The location based communication system of claim 1 wherein the customer information set further includes PDA supplied information.

6. The method of claim 2 comprising the further steps by the EIS server of receiving an Internet initiated request initiated from one or more of the websites;

processing the Internet initiated request according to a third processing protocol to define processed request information; and

using the processed request information to modify the customer intelligence information in the EIS server.

3. A method for anonymous communication with Internet resources from a physical location associated with a customer PDA having a PDA address comprising the steps of:

associating at least one location-identifier device with each specific physical location at an event venue, where the location-identifier device is characterized by location-identifier information for the specific physical location;

associating the customer PDA with the specific physical location by enabling communication of the location-identifier information to the customer PDA;

communicating a network web address of an EIS server to the customer PDA;

initiating a communication session between the customer PDA and the EIS server when the EIS server receives from the customer PDA a customer information set which includes the location-identifier information, the network web address of the EIS server, the PDA address of the customer PDA and customer request information from the customer PDA;

processing the customer information set and customer intelligence information stored in the EIS server according to a first protocol, the first protocol substituting a proxy customer PDA identifier for the PDA address, processing the customer information set and the stored customer intelligence information to define a customer Internet request;

communicating the customer Internet request and the proxy customer PDA identifier to one or more websites in the Internet;

receiving response information to the customer Internet request from the one or more websites, the response information including customer response information and the proxy customer PDA identifier;

processing the response information in the EIS server according to a second protocol which substitutes the PDA address for the proxy customer PDA address and modifies the customer response information to define an Internet response information set (36b); and

communicating the Internet response information set generated by the EIS server to the customer PDA having the PDA address.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising the step of modifying the customer intelligence information stored in the EIS server in response to processing according to the first protocol.

5. The method of claim 3 further comprising the step of modifying the customer intelligence information stored in the EIS server in response to processing according to the second protocol.

10. The method of claim 3 wherein the venue is a moveable vehicle with a vehicle position location device for communicating location information of the vehicle, the EIS server further performing the steps of:

receiving the location information communicated by the vehicle position location device,

selecting a message to be sent to one or more customer PDA according to the location information received, and

communicating the message to a selected set of the customer PDAs at the venue vehicle.

11. The method of claim 3 further comprising the steps of:

receiving an Internet initiated request by the EIS server to communicate information from the Internet to a set of customer PDAs in communication relationship with the EIS server;

processing the Internet initiated request by the EIS server according to a third processing protocol to define a processed request information set; and

communicating the processed request information set to the set of customer PDAs.

7. The method of claim further comprising the further steps by the EIS server of receiving an Internet initiated request by the EIS server;

processing the Internet initiated request by the EIS server according to a third processing protocol to define processed request information; and

communicating the processed request information to one or more selected customer PDAs.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the Internet initiated request includes an advertisement to be directed to the selected customer PDAs.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the Internet initiated request further includes an identifier code associated with each advertisement.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the set of customer PDAs is selected based on one or more of the following:

the physical location with which a location-identifier device is associated;

an event at the venue;

a defined time period; and

a technical feature of the customer PDA.