MOBILE DEVICE ESTABLISHMENT SYSTEM

• US 20140278589A1
• Filed: 03/12/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.), Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.), Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Rados, Steven R., Draznin, Sagiv, Chang, Patricia R., Aksu, Arda, Haynes, Thomas W., Kakadia, Deepak, Lau, Priscilla, Macias, John F., Polehn, Donna L.
• Application Number:
  US13/795,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20140278589A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants

Abstract

A method and system and may receive an information request from a user device. An establishment list may be transmitted to the user device in response to the information request, wherein the establishment list includes at least one subscribing establishment. An establishment selection may be received and an establishment option associated with the establishment selection may then be transmitted to the user device. An option selection may then be received from the user device and an establishment record may be updated in response to the selected option, wherein the user device and the subscribing establishments have a pre-existing relationship within the establishment record.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying at least one subscribing establishment based on attributes associated with the at least one establishment;

transmitting an identification of the at least one subscribing establishment to a mobile device;

receiving a selection of the at least one subscribing establishment from the mobile device;

transmitting at least one establishment option associated with the at least one subscribing establishment to the mobile device in response to the selection; and

transmitting, to the at least one subscribing establishment, a response to the at least one establishment option from the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a request for at least one establishment from the mobile device before identifying the at least one subscribing establishment.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the request identifies at least one preference and wherein the at least one preference is used to identify the at least one subscribing establishment based on attributes associated with the at least one subscribing establishment.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one preference is maintained in a user record and is associated with the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising instructing the at least one subscribing establishment to fulfill the selected at least one establishment option.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the selected at least one establishment option includes at least one of making a purchase or making a reservation.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising detecting a location of the mobile device within a predefined region before identifying the at least one subscribing establishment.

8. A system comprising:

a computing device configured to;

transmit to a user device an establishment list in response to a request from the user device, wherein the establishment list includes at least one subscribing establishment;

receive an establishment selection associated with and in response to transmitting the establishment list from the user device;

transmit establishment options associated with and in response to receiving the establishment selection to the user device;

receive an option selection among the establishment options from the user device; and

update an establishment record in response to receiving the selected option.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the establishment record includes a plurality of establishment attributes associated with the at least one subscribing establishment.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the establishment options include at least one of making a reservation at the selected establishment, placing an order with the selected establishment, or reviewing a menu associated with the selected establishment.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the option selection includes reviewing a menu associated with the selected establishment and wherein the computing device is further configured to transmit a menu to the user device.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the option selection includes a request for a reservation at the at least one subscribing establishment.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the computing device is configured to compare the request for a reservation with attributes associated with the at least one subscribing establishment and update the establishment record in response to accepting the request for a reservation.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying computer-executable instructions, comprising:

detecting that a mobile device has crossed a geographic threshold;

transmitting a targeted message to the mobile device in response to the geographic threshold being crossed, the targeted message including at least one option related to at least one subscribing establishment related to the geographic threshold;

transmitting a request to an establishment of the at least one subscribing establishment based on a received response to the targeted message;

receiving an indication that the request has been fulfilled by the establishment; and

generating a fee based on the fulfilled request.

15. The medium of claim 14, wherein the targeted message includes at least one of a Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message to the mobile device.

16. The medium of claim 14, further comprising applying the fee to at least one of a user record related to the mobile device and an establishment record related to the establishment.

17. The medium of claim 14, wherein the request includes a request for a retail transaction.

18. The medium of claim 14, wherein the targeted message is generated based on preferences defined within a user record related to the mobile device.

19. The medium of claim 18, wherein the preferences include at least one of a time of day and location.

20. The medium of claim 14, wherein the preferences include at least one of an item associated with a specific subscribing location.