Cellular Phone with Automatic Advertising

• US 20140329565A1
• Filed: 05/06/2014
• Published: 11/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nuvo LLC
• Original Assignee: Nuvo LLC
• Inventors: Mannix, Thomas John, Murphy, David K., Kelly, Ian, Donaghy, Joseph M.
• Application Number:
  US14/271,007
• Publication Number:
  US 20140329565A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72484 wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events

Abstract

A device such as a cellular phone configured to automatically display one or more messages, such as advertisements, upon activation of certain features of the phone.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

an audio and visual display; and

,

a processor running an operating system coupled to the display, the device configured to initiate a select message file upon implementation of a predetermined feature of the phone.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the device is wireless.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein the device is a cellular phone.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the predetermined feature is a user-initiated interaction.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein the user-initiated interaction is answering a phone call.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the predetermined feature is a select condition of the device being met.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein the select condition of the device being met is device being proximate a specified GPS coordinate.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein the predetermined feature is operator defined rule.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein the operator defined rule is a predetermined time interval.

10. The device of claim 1 wherein the select message file is an audio and/or visual file.

11. The device of claim 1 wherein the predetermined feature is a display swipe to activate the phone.

12. The device of claim 1 wherein the message file is selected based on geographical data relating to the device'"'"'s position.

13. The device of claim 2 wherein the message file is selected based on text data sent from or received by the device.

14. The device of claim 1 wherein the message file is an advertisement.

15. The device of claim 1 wherein the message file is a survey.

16. A cellular phone messaging system comprising:

a cellular phone having a display; and

,

software in the cellular phone configured to initiate a message on the display upon a user activated feature of the phone.

17. The cellular phone of claim 16 wherein the user activated feature is a display swipe to initiate operation of the cellular phone.

18. The cellular phone of claim 16 wherein the message is an advertisement.

19. The cellular phone of claim 16 wherein the advertisement is selected based on user data from the cellular phone.

20. The cellular phone of claim 16 wherein the advertisement to be displayed is based on a geographic location of the cellular phone.