CONFIGURABLE POINT OF INTEREST ALERTS
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Abstract
Receiving point of interest zones and alerts on user devices comprises communicating, by a user computing device to a remote computing device, a request for point of interest data corresponding to points of interest within a proximity of the user device; presenting the received point of interest data; identifying a particular point of interest; and outputting an alert regarding the particular point of interest. Receiving point of interest zones on user devices comprises communicating a request for point of interest data; receiving the point of interest data from the remote network device wherein a size of the point of interest zone is determined based on a density of points of interest in the proximity of the user, and wherein the shape of the point of interest zone is expanded in a direction of travel and contracted in the opposite direction; and presenting the received point of interest data.
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27 Claims
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9. A computer program product, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable storage device having computer-executable program instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to deliver server-controlled point of interest alerts to user computing devices, the computer-executable program instructions comprising; computer-executable program instructions to receive initial user account configuration from a user computing device; computer-executable program instructions to establish a database of points of interest for the user account and one or more offers associated with one or more of the points of interest; computer-executable program instructions to receive location data from a user computing device associated with the user account; computer-executable program instructions to search the database for points of interest proximate to the user computing device based on the location data and the one or more offers associated with the points of interest; computer-executable program instructions to transmit point of interest data to the user computing device, the point of interest data comprising at least a portion of a point of interest identity, a point of interest location, and point of interest marketing data for each of a plurality of points of interest in a point of interest zone defined by the computer wherein the point of interest zone is determined based at least in part on the location data associated with the user computing device; computer-executable program instructions to receive an identification of a particular point of interest at such time as the user computing device enters within a configured range of the particular point of interest; computer-executable program instructions to transmit point of interest data for the particular point of interest. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system to receive server-controlled point of interest alerts on user computing devices, comprising:
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a user computing device comprising a processor and a point of interest alert application executed by the processor; and a point of interest location computing system comprising a processor and a point of interest location system application executing therein; the point of interest alert application configured to; communicate a request for point of interest data corresponding to points of interest within a proximity of the user computing device, the request comprising location data associated with the user computing device; receive the point of interest data from the point of interest location computing system, the point of interest data comprising at least a portion of a point of interest identity, a point of interest location, and point of interest marketing data for each of a plurality of points of interest in a point of interest zone defined by the point of interest location system, wherein the point of interest zone is determined based at least in part on the location data associated with the user computing device; identify a particular point of interest at such time as the user computing device enters within a configured range of the particular point of interest; output an alert regarding the particular point of interest, wherein the alert is provided by the user computing device in a manner based at least in part on an alert format received from the point of interest location computing system, and wherein the alert comprises point of interest data for the particular point of interest, and the point of interest location system application configured to; receive initial user account configuration from the user computing device; establish a database of points of interest for the user account and one or more offers associated with one or more of the points of interest; receive location data from the user computing device associated with the user account; search the database for points of interest proximate to the user computing device based on the location data and the one or more offers associated with the points of interest; transmit point of interest data to the user computing device, the point of interest data comprising at least a portion of a point of interest identity, a point of interest location, and point of interest marketing data for each of a plurality of points of interest in a point of interest zone defined by the point of interest location computing system, wherein the point of interest zone is determined based at least in part on the location data associated with the user computing device; receive an identification of a particular point of interest at such time as the user computing device enters within a configured range of the particular point of interest; and transmit point of interest data for the identified point of interest. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-implemented method to deliver server-controlled point of interest alerts to user computing devices, comprising:
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receiving, using one or more computing devices, initial user account configuration from a user computing device; establishing, using the one or more computing devices, a database of points of interest for the user account and one or more offers associated with one or more of the points of interest; receiving, using the one or more computing devices, location data from a user computing device associated with the user account; searching, using the one or more computing devices, the database for points of interest proximate to the user computing device based on the location data and the one or more offers associated with the points of interest; transmitting, using the one or more computing devices, point of interest data to the user computing device, the point of interest data comprising at least a portion of a point of interest identity, a point of interest location, and point of interest marketing data for each of a plurality of points of interest in a point of interest zone defined by the one or more computing devices, wherein the point of interest zone is determined based at least in part on the location data associated with the user computing device; receiving, using the one or more computing devices, an identification of a particular point of interest at such time as the user computing device enters within a configured range of the particular point of interest; and transmitting, using the one or more computing devices, the point of interest data for the particular point of interest. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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