Combining markers with location information to deliver domain-specific content to mobile devices
First Claim
1. A method for providing content to a mobile device, comprising:
- receiving from the mobile device data representative of a marker;
receiving data representative of a geographic location of the mobile device, the data representative of the geographic location derived independently of the data representative of the marker;
analyzing the geographic location of the mobile device to determine a domain for the marker;
determining content responsive to the marker and the domain for the marker, wherein the content is determined by a one-to-one mapping of the marker to the domain; and
providing the determined content to the mobile device.
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Abstract
A system and method provides content to a mobile device in response to a marker received from the device and an associated context. A mobile device user initiates delivery of content or another action by entering the marker into the mobile device. The mobile device transmits the marker to a mobile network support system having a context server for supplying a context for the marker. The support system forms a message including the marker and context, and sends it to a content server. The content server uses the context to map the marker to a domain, retrieves from a content database the content identified by the marker and domain, and sends the content to the mobile network support system or performs another action with the content. The mobile network support system then transmits the content back to the mobile device.
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58 Claims
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1. A method for providing content to a mobile device, comprising:
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receiving from the mobile device data representative of a marker;
receiving data representative of a geographic location of the mobile device, the data representative of the geographic location derived independently of the data representative of the marker;
analyzing the geographic location of the mobile device to determine a domain for the marker;
determining content responsive to the marker and the domain for the marker, wherein the content is determined by a one-to-one mapping of the marker to the domain; and
providing the determined content to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 40)
receiving, by the mobile network support system from the mobile device, the data representative of the marker; and
accessing a context server in communication with the mobile network support system to determine the data representative of the geographic location of the mobile device.
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8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining content responsive to the marker and the domain comprises the step of:
accessing a content database holding content associated with a plurality of markers for a plurality of domains, wherein the database specifies one-to-one mappings describing specific content associated with specific markers in specific domains.
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9. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing step comprises the step of:
correlating data received via a data feed with the geographic location of the mobile device to determine a likely domain for the marker.
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10. The method of claim 1, wherein the domain is a geographic area and/or a volumetric region.
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11. The method of claim 10, wherein the geographic area and/or volumetric region is discontiguous.
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12. The method of claim 1, wherein the data representative of the marker comprises a numeric value.
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13. The method of claim 1, wherein the data representative of the marker comprises a text string.
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14. The method of claim 1, wherein the data representative of the marker comprises data representative of a spoken word or phrase.
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15. The method of claim 1, wherein the data representative of the marker comprises data representative of a selection of a pictogram.
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16. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing step comprises the step of:
providing textual data to the mobile device.
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17. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing step comprises the step of:
providing audio and/or visual data to die mobile device.
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18. The method of claim 1, wherein the marker does not have an intrinsic meaning related to the determined content.
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19. The method of claim 1, wherein the marker is visibly displayed on a physical object.
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20. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing occurs alter receipt of the data representative of the marker from the mobile device.
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21. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing step comprises the step of:
selecting a domain for the marker from among a plurality of possible domains for the marker.
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28. The system of claim 20, wherein the data representative of the geographic location of the mobile device is not received from the mobile device.
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40. The system of claim 20, wherein the content database stores content associated with a plurality of domains.
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22. A system for providing content to a mobile device, comprising:
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a content database storing content for a plurality of markers, the content associated with one or more of a plurality of domains and storing mappings describing specific content associated with specific markers in specific domains; and
a content server for receiving from the mobile device data representative of a marker and receiving data representative of a geographic location of the mobile device, the data representative of the geographic location derived independently of the data representative of the marker, for analyzing the geographic location for the marker to determine a domain for the marker, for accessing the content database to determine content associated with the marker and the domain from a one-to-one mapping of the marker to the domain, and for sending the determined content to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
a module for receiving a data feed, wherein the content server correlates data received via the data feed with the geographic location of the mobile device to determine a likely domain for the marker.
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24. The system of claim 22, wherein the domain is a geographic area and/or a volumetric region.
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25. The system of claim 24, wherein the geographic area and/or volumetric region is discontiguous.
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26. The system of claim 22, wherein the data representative of the geographic location of the mobile device is received from the mobile device.
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27. The system of claim 26, wherein the mobile device utilizes the global positioning system to generate the data representative of the geographic location of the mobile device.
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29. The system of claim 22, wherein the data representative of the geographic location of the mobile device indicates a particular cell in a cellular telephone system.
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30. The system of claim 22, further comprising:
a mobile network support system in communication with the mobile device and the content sewer for passing the data representative of the marker from the mobile device to the content sewer, for providing the data representative of the geographic location of the mobile device to the content server, ad for passing the determined content from the content server to the mobile device.
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31. The system of claim 30, wherein the mobile network support system further comprises:
a context server for generating the data representative of the geographic location of the mobile device.
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32. The system of claim 22, wherein the determined content sent by the content server to the mobile device comprises textual data.
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33. The system of claim 22, wherein the determined content sent by the content server to the mobile device comprises audio and/or visual data.
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34. The system of claim 22, wherein the data representative of the marker comprises a numeric value.
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35. The system of claim 22, wherein the data representative of the marker comprises a text string.
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36. The system of claim 22, wherein the data representative of the marker comprises data representative of a spoken word or phrase.
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37. The system of claim 22, wherein the data representative of the marker comprises data representative of a selection of a pictogram.
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38. The system of claim 22, wherein the marker does not have an intrinsic meaning related to the determined content.
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39. The system of claim 22, wherein the marker is visibly displayed on a physical object.
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41. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer-usable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for providing content to a mobile device, the computer-readable code comprising;
a module for receiving from the mobile device data representative of a marker;
a module for receiving data representative of a geographic location of the mobile device, the data representative of the geographic location derived independently of the data representative of the marker;
a domain mapping module for analyzing the geographic location of the mobile device to determine a domain for the marker and for accessing the content database to determine content associated with the marker and the domain, wherein the content is determined by a one-to-one mapping of the marker to the domain; and
a module for providing the determined content to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
a module for receiving, by the mobile network support system from the mobile device, the data representative of the marker; and
a module for accessing a context server in communication with the mobile network support system to determine the data representative of the geographic location of the mobile device.
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48. The computer program product of claim 41, wherein the domain mapping module further comprises:
a module for correlating data received via a data feed with the geographic location of the mobile device to determine a likely domain for the marker.
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49. The computer program product of claim 41, wherein the domain is a geographic area and/or a volumetric region.
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50. The computer program product of claim 49, wherein the geographic area and/or volumetric region is discontiguous.
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51. The computer program product of claim 41, wherein the module for providing the determined content to the mobile device comprises:
a module for providing textual data to the mobile device.
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52. The computer program product of claim 41, wherein the module for providing the determined content to the mobile device comprises:
a module for providing audio and/or visual data to the mobile device.
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53. The computer program product of claim 41, wherein the data representative of the marker comprises a numeric value.
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54. The computer program product of claim 41, wherein the data representative of the marker comprises a text string.
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55. The computer program product of claim 41, wherein the data representative of the marker comprises data representative of a spoken word or phrase.
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56. The computer program product of claim 41, wherein the data representative of the marker comprises data representative of a selection of a pictogram.
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57. The computer program product of claim 41, wherein the marker does not have an intrinsic meaning relaxed to the determined content.
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58. The computer program product of claim 41, wherein the marker is visibly displayed on a physical object.
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