DIGITAL PUBLICATION MONITORING BY GEO-LOCATION

• US 20150031399A1
• Filed: 07/22/2014
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Echosec Systems Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Echosec Systems Ltd.
• Inventors: Fernandes, James Conal, Swannie, Karl Alexander, Turner, Nicholas James, Anderson, Michael Robert, Jubinville, Jason Paul
• Granted Patent: US 9,704,169 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90 Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging

Abstract

A digital publication monitoring by geo-location is disclosed. A server system obtains publication information from one or more server devices of one or more publication data providers, for example, via respective APIs of the publication data providers. The publication information includes geo-location data. The server system stores the publication information in a database in association with the geo-location data. The server system authenticates a client and receives a query initiated by the client. The query indicates a geo-location or a geo-region of interest. The server system references the database to retrieve applicable publication information based on and responsive to the query for the geo-location or geo-region of interest. The server system responds to the query by initiating a response to the client containing response information that includes or is based on the retrieved publications for the geo-location or geo-region of interest.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring digital publications by geo-location, the method comprising:

obtaining digital publication information from one or more server devices of one or more digital publication data providers, the publication information including geo-location data;

storing the publication information in a database in association with the geo-location data;

authenticating a client and receiving a query initiated by the client, the query indicating a geo-location or geo-region of interest;

referencing the database to retrieve applicable publication information based on and responsive to the query for the geo-location or geo-region of interest; and

responding to the query by initiating a response to the client containing response information that includes or is based on the retrieved publication information for the geo-location or geo-region of interest.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

wherein obtaining the publication information from the one or more server devices includes requesting and receiving the publication information via respective application programming interfaces of the one or more publication data providers over a communications network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the publication information from the one or more server devices includes requesting and receiving the publication information in the form of a subset of publication information attributed to the geo-location or geo-region of interest based on and responsive to the query received from the client;

and

wherein the response information includes the subset of publication information attributed to the geo-location or geo-region of interest.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

filtering the publication information obtained from the one or more server devices based on and responsive to the geo-location or geo-region of interest indicated by the query to obtain a subset of publication information attributed to the geo-location or geo-region of interest; and

wherein the response information includes the subset of publication information attributed to the geo-location or geo-region of interest.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

filtering the publication information based on and responsive to one or more filter parameters contained in the query, the filter parameters including one or more of a keyword, a time range, a user identifier, a publication data provider identifier, or a threshold deviation in a volume and/or a frequency of publications relative to a historic baseline.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

annotating one or more publications included in the retrieved publication information based on an annotation request initiated by the client and saved in the database with the associated publication.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sharing one or more publications, one or more responses, one or more queries initiated by the original client, or other information generated by the system with another client.

9. The system of claim 6, further comprising:

wherein the module is configured to obtain the publication information from the one or more server devices includes requesting and receiving the publication information via respective application programming interfaces of the one or more publication data providers over a communications network.

10. The system of claim 6,

wherein the module is configured obtain the publication information from the one or more server devices includes requesting and receiving the publication information in the form of a subset of publication information attributed to the geo-location or geo-region of interest based on and responsive to the query received from the client;

and

wherein the response information includes the subset of publication information attributed to the geo-location or geo-region of interest.

11. The system of claim 6, the system is further configured to:

filter the publication information obtained from the one or more server devices based on and responsive to the geo-location or geo-region of interest indicated by the query to obtain a subset of publication information attributed to the geo-location or geo-region of interest; and

wherein the response information includes the subset of publication information attributed to the geo-location or geo-region of interest.

12. The system of claim 6, the system is further configured to:

filter the publication information based on and responsive to one or more filter parameters contained in the query, the filter parameters including one or more of a keyword, a time range, a user identifier, a publication data provider identifier, or a threshold deviation in a volume and/or a frequency of publications relative to a historic baseline.

13. The system of claim 6, the system is further configured to:

annotate one or more publications included in the retrieved publication information based on an annotation request initiated by the client and saved in the database with the associated publication.

14. The systems claim of 6, the system is further configured to:

share one or more publications, one or more responses, one or more queries initiated by the original client, or other information generated by the system with another client.

8. A system for monitoring digital publication by geolocation, the system comprising:

a module configured to;

obtain digital publication information from one or more server devices of one or more digital publication data providers, the publication information including geo-location data;

store the publication information in a database in association with the geo-location data;

authenticate a client and receiving a query initiated by the client, the query indicating a geo-location or geo-region of interest;

reference the database to retrieve applicable publication information based on and responsive to the query for the geo-location or geo-region of interest; and

respond to the query by initiating a response to the client containing response information that includes or is based on the retrieved publication information for the geo-location or geo-region of interest.