METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE MOBILE OFFER SYSTEM BASED ON PROXIMITY OF MOBILE DEVICE TO MEDIA SOURCE
First Claim
1. A system for enabling desired content related to content being provided by at least one media source to be sent to a mobile device comprising:
- a) a location detection process server configured to receive location information from said mobile device and determine a location of a nearest one of said at least one media source, and determine whether the mobile device is within a predetermined distance from said determined location;
b) a media content lookup server coupled to said location detection process server configured to determine if predetermined content exists which corresponds to content provided by said at least one media source at said determined location and said mobile device is determined to be within said predetermined distance;
c) a media source data management server configured to operate in coordination with said location detection process server, said media content lookup server, and a related content server to cause said related content server to send data to said mobile device which is related to said content provided by said media source at said determined location if said mobile device is determined to be within said predetermined distance.
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Abstract
Content which is related to content being provided by a media source is synchronized with content being provided by the media source. A mobile device operates to receive content which is related to the content being provided by the media source. The system operates based on mobile device location, and the media source location. Based on the location, a server can determine what content is being provided by the media source and can therefore serve related content based on that to the mobile device. It works passively with periodic regular updates of the mobile device location or actively through the use of a button (touch screen, keyboard, etc.) on the mobile device to signal the server to check its location and therefore identifying which media source the mobile device is near.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for enabling desired content related to content being provided by at least one media source to be sent to a mobile device comprising:
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a) a location detection process server configured to receive location information from said mobile device and determine a location of a nearest one of said at least one media source, and determine whether the mobile device is within a predetermined distance from said determined location; b) a media content lookup server coupled to said location detection process server configured to determine if predetermined content exists which corresponds to content provided by said at least one media source at said determined location and said mobile device is determined to be within said predetermined distance; c) a media source data management server configured to operate in coordination with said location detection process server, said media content lookup server, and a related content server to cause said related content server to send data to said mobile device which is related to said content provided by said media source at said determined location if said mobile device is determined to be within said predetermined distance. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18, 21, 24, 27)
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2. A method for providing content to a mobile device which is related to content provided by a media source comprising:
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a) sending a location and content provided by said media source; b) determining a location of the mobile device by receiving location information from said mobile device; c) if said media source location and mobile device location are within a predetermined distance of each other, sending content to said mobile device which is related to said content provided by said media source. - View Dependent Claims (11, 19, 20, 22, 25, 28)
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3. A method for enabling desired content related to content provided by at least one media source to be sent to a mobile device comprising:
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a) receiving location information from said mobile device; b) determining a location of a nearest one of said at least one media source to said received location; c) determining whether the mobile device is within a predetermined distance from said determined location; d) determining if predetermined content exists which corresponds to said content provided by said media source at said determined location; e) sending data to said mobile device which is related to said content provided by said media source at said determined location if said mobile device is determined to be within said predetermined distance. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23, 26, 29)
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