PROXIMITY NAVIGATION

• US 20140282134A1
• Filed: 03/13/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Transform Sr Brands, LLC (ESL Investments, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sears Brands LLC (Sears Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hudson, Robert C.
• Granted Patent: US 10,545,022 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence

Abstract

A system and method that that triggers actions or sets of actions within a software application executed on a mobile device based at least in part on location identifiers.

Claims

1. A system configured to navigate a software application, the system comprising:

at least one processing unit configured to;

execute the software application;

receive a location identifier identifying a location of the system;

apply a navigation rule based at least in part on the received location identifier to determine a software application action; and

execute the determined software application action to select information of the software application.

2. The system according to claim 1, comprising a display configured to display the selected information.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the selected information comprises a page of the software application.

4. The system according to claim 1, comprising a memory configured to store at least one of the software application and the navigation rule.

5. The system according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of navigation rules sets, wherein the navigation rule is associated with one of the plurality of navigation rule sets.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein each of the plurality of navigation rule sets is associated with at least one of:

one of a plurality of users,

one of a plurality of user groups, and

one of a plurality of software applications.

7. The system according to claim 1, comprising at least one of a user input device and a communication connection configured to provide the at least one processing unit with the location identifier.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the user input device comprises at least one of:

a Near Field Communication (NFC) reader, and

a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the location identifier comprises at least one of:

tag information,

geo-location information, and

Wi-Fi triangulation information.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the system is a mobile device.

11. A method for navigating a software application, the method comprising:

executing, by at least one processing unit of a mobile computing system, the software application;

receiving, by the at least one processing unit, a location identifier identifying a location of the mobile computing system;

applying, by the at least one processing unit, a navigation rule based at least in part on the received location identifier to determine a software application action; and

executing, by the at least one processing unit, the determined software application action to select information of the software application.

12. The method according to claim 11, comprising displaying the selected information.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the selected information comprises a page of the software application.

14. The method according to claim 11, comprising storing at least one of the software application and the navigation rule in a memory.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the navigation rule is associated with one of a plurality of navigation rule sets.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein each of the plurality of navigation rule sets is associated with at least one of:

one of a plurality of users,

one of a plurality of user groups, and

one of a plurality of software applications.

17. The method according to claim 11, comprising selecting the software application for execution, wherein the selecting is based on at least one of:

a default setting,

a user selection, and

login information.

18. The method according to claim 11, comprising selecting a set of navigation rules comprising the navigation rule based on at least one of:

a default setting,

a user selection, and

login information.

19. The method according to claim 11, wherein the location identifier comprises at least one of:

tag information,

geo-location information, and

Wi-Fi triangulation information.

20. The method according to claim 11, comprising:

receiving, by the at least one processing unit, a user input;

applying, by the at least one processing unit, a navigation rule based at least in part on the received user input to determine a software application action; and

executing, by the at least one processing unit, the determined software application action to select information of the software application to display.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a set of instructions for execution on a computer, the set of instructions comprising:

a software execution routine configured to execute a software application on the computer;

a location receive routine configure to receive a location identifier identifying a location of the computer;

a location rule application routine configured to apply a navigation rule based at least in part on the received location identifier to determine a software application action; and

a navigation routine configured to execute the determined software application action to select information of the software application.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with the set of instructions according to claim 21, comprising a display routine configured to display the selected information.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with the set of instructions according to claim 21, wherein the selected information comprises a page of the software application.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with the set of instructions according to claim 21, comprising a storage routine configured to store at least one of the software application and the navigation rule in a memory.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with the set of instructions according to claim 21, wherein the navigation rule is associated with one of a plurality of navigation rule sets.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with the set of instructions according to claim 25, wherein each of the plurality of navigation rule sets is associated with at least one of:

one of a plurality of users,

one of a plurality of user groups, and

one of a plurality of software applications.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with the set of instructions according to claim 21, comprising an application selection routine configured to select the software application for execution, wherein the selecting is based on at least one of:

a default setting,

a user selection, and

login information.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with the set of instructions according to claim 21, comprising a navigation rule selection routine configured to select a set of navigation rules comprising the navigation rule based on at least one of:

a default setting,

a user selection, and

login information.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with the set of instructions according to claim 21, wherein the location identifier comprises at least one of:

tag information,

geo-location information, and

Wi-Fi triangulation information.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with the set of instructions according to claim 21, comprising:

a user input receive routine configured to receive a user input;

a user input application routine configured to apply a navigation rule based at least in part on the received user input to determine a software application action; and

an action routine configured to execute the determined software application action to select information of the software application to display.