PROVIDING DIGITAL CONTENT FOR MULTIPLE VENUES

• US 20160242010A1
• Filed: 02/02/2016
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tourblend Innovations, LLC
• Original Assignee: Tourblend Innovations, LLC
• Inventors: PARULSKI, Kenneth A., COLOSKY, William James, O'KEEFE, Brian J., MOORE, Leslie G.
• Granted Patent: US 10,142,795 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings

Abstract

Disclosed herein are, among other things, systems and methods for providing digital content for multiple venues to mobile devices. In some embodiments, venue location data defining a geographic boundary of each of a plurality of venues and venue content data for a plurality of different attractions associated with the venue is stored. A processing device system may be configured to determine a current location of the mobile device, and provide at least some of the venue content data based at least on an analysis of the venue location data, or attraction location data, and the current location.

Claims

1. A method executed by a data processing device system, the method comprising:

storing, in a processor-accessible memory device system communicatively connected to the data processing device system, venue location data defining a geographic boundary of each of a plurality of venues;

storing, in the processor-accessible memory device system, venue content data for each of the plurality of venues, the venue content data for each of the plurality of venues including digital content for a plurality of different attractions associated with the venue;

determining a current location of a mobile device;

analyzing at least the venue location data to determine whether or not the current location of the mobile device is inside the geographic boundary of one or more of the plurality of venues; and

if it is determined that the current location of the mobile device is inside the geographic boundary of one or more of the plurality of venues, providing at least some of the venue content data for one of the one or more of the plurality of venues to the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing in the processor-accessible memory device system communicatively connected to the data processing device system, attraction location data defining a geographic location for at least some of the plurality of different attractions associated with at least some of the plurality of venues.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the attraction location data further defines a geographic boundary for at least some of the plurality of different attractions associated with at least some of the plurality of venues, and wherein the method further comprises:

analyzing at least the attraction location data to determine whether or not the current location of the mobile device is inside the geographic boundary of one of the plurality of different attractions; and

if it is determined that the current location of the mobile device is inside the geographic boundary of one of the plurality of different attractions, automatically presenting, via the mobile device, at least some of the digital content associated with the one of the plurality of different attractions.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the digital content includes audio content, video content, or both audio content and video content, and the method further comprises:

storing, in the processor-accessible memory device system, at least one user preference associated with a user of the mobile device; and

analyzing at least the at least one user preference to determine whether to automatically present the audio content, the video content, or both the audio content and the video content.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a plurality of venue accounts associated with the plurality of venues, wherein the venue accounts enable a plurality of different individuals or organizations to manage the venue content data for each of the plurality of venues.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital content for at least some of the plurality of different attractions includes venue link data which identifies a different one of the plurality of venues, and further comprising:

providing the venue content data for the different one of the plurality of venues to the mobile device responsive to an action by a user of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing at least the venue location data to determine whether or not the current location of the mobile device is inside the geographic boundaries of at least two of the plurality of venues; and

if it is determined that the current location of the mobile device is inside the geographic boundaries of at least two of the plurality of venues, determining which of the at least two of the plurality of venues is a highest priority venue; and

providing the venue content data for the highest priority venue to the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

storing, in the processor-accessible memory device system, venue priority data for each of the plurality of venues; and

analyzing at least the venue priority data to determine the highest priority venue.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

analyzing at least a size of the geographic boundary of each of the at least two of the plurality of venues to determine the highest priority venue.

10. A method executed by a data processing device system, the method comprising:

storing, in a processor-accessible memory device system communicatively connected to the data processing device system, respective venue content data for each respective venue of a plurality of venues, each respective venue associated with a respective set of attractions of a plurality of different attractions, each respective venue content data including respective digital content for the respective set of attractions associated with the respective venue, and each respective venue content data including respective attraction location data specifying a respective location of each attraction of the respective set of attractions;

determining a current location of a mobile device;

determining, based at least on an analysis of each respective attraction location data, a particular venue of the plurality of venues, the particular venue associated with a closest attraction of the plurality of different attractions that is closest to the current location of the mobile device; and

providing, to the mobile device, at least some of the respective venue content data for the particular venue.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein each respective attraction location data further defines a respective geographic boundary for each of at least some of the respective set of attractions, and wherein the method further comprises:

analyzing at least each respective attraction location data to determine whether or not the current location of the mobile device is inside the respective geographic boundary of one of the plurality of different attractions; and

if it is determined that the current location of the mobile device is inside the geographic boundary of one of the plurality of different attractions, automatically presenting, via the mobile device, at least some of the digital content associated with the one of the plurality of different attractions.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least some of the digital content associated with the one of the plurality of different attractions includes audio content, video content, or both audio content and video content, the method further comprising:

storing, in the processor-accessible memory device system, at least one user preference associated with a user of the mobile device, and analyzing at least the at least one user preference to determine whether to automatically present the audio content, the video content, or both the audio content and the video content.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

providing a plurality of venue accounts associated with each of the plurality of venues, wherein the venue accounts enable a plurality of different individuals or organizations to manage the venue content data for each of the plurality of venues.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the digital content for at least some of the plurality of different attractions includes venue link data which identifies a different one of the plurality of venues, the method further comprising:

providing at least some of the venue content data for the different one of the plurality of venues to the mobile device responsive to an action by a user of the mobile device.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the mobile device is a particular mobile device, and the method further comprises:

storing, in the processor-accessible memory device system, a plurality of visitor profiles associated with a plurality of mobile devices including the particular mobile device, wherein each of at least some of the visitor profiles include respective primary venue data identifying a respective primary venue of the plurality of venues;

determining if the visitor profile associated with the particular mobile device includes respective primary venue data; and

if it is determined that the visitor profile associated with the particular mobile device includes respective primary venue data, providing at least some of the venue content data for the respective primary venue to the particular mobile device.

16. A system comprising:

a network-accessible storage device system storing respective venue content data for each respective venue of a plurality of venues, each respective venue associated with a respective set of attractions of a plurality of different attractions, each respective venue content data including digital content for the respective set of attractions associated with the respective venue, and each respective venue content data including respective attraction location data specifying a respective location of each attraction of the respective set of attractions;

a location determination unit configured to determine a current geographic location of a mobile device; and

a data processing device system which is configured to at least;

determine, based at least on an analysis of each respective attraction location data, a particular venue of the plurality of venues, the particular venue associated with a closest attraction that is closest to the current geographic location of the mobile device; and

provide, to the mobile device, at least some of the respective venue content data for the particular venue.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein each respective attraction location data further defines a respective geographic boundary for each of at least some of the respective set of attractions, and wherein the data processing device system is further configured to at least:

analyze at least each respective attraction location data to determine whether or not the current geographic location of the mobile device is inside the respective geographic boundary of one of the plurality of different attractions; and

if it is determined that the current geographic location of the mobile device is inside the geographic boundary of one of the plurality of different attractions, automatically present, via the mobile device, at least some of the digital content associated with the one of the plurality of different attractions.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the at least some of the digital content associated with the one of the plurality of different attractions includes audio content, video content, or both audio content and video content, and wherein the data processing device system is further configured to at least:

store, in the network-accessible storage device system, at least one user preference associated with a user of the mobile device; and

analyze at least the at least one user preference to determine whether to automatically present the audio content, the video content, or both the audio content and the video content.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the data processing device system is further configured to at least:

store, in the network-accessible storage device system, a plurality of venue accounts associated with each of the plurality of venues, wherein the venue accounts enable a plurality of different individuals or organizations to manage the venue content data for each of the plurality of venues.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the digital content for at least some of the plurality of different attractions includes venue link data which identifies a different one of the plurality of venues, and wherein the data processing device system is further configured to at least:

provide at least some of the venue content data for the different one of the plurality of venues to the mobile device responsive to an action by a user of the mobile device.