System and method for pushing information to a mobile device

• US 7,076,244 B2
• Filed: 07/23/2002
• Issued: 07/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Brown, Michael S., Mousseau, Gary P., Lazaridis, Mihal
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang, Fan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Win, Aung T.
• Application Number:
  US10/201,495
• Publication Number:
  US 20030026231A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,449 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 455/414.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A system for pushing information to a mobile device includes a information source, a wireless network, and a proxy content server. The information source stores information. The wireless network sends and receives transmissions to and from the mobile device. The proxy content server is coupled to information source and the wireless network and receives information from the information source. In addition, the proxy content server stores information received from the information source to one of a plurality of channels based on predefined information categories, and automatically transmits information from a selected channel over the wireless network to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method of displaying advertising content on a mobile device, comprising:

receiving advertising data;

categorizing the advertising data as either static advertising content, dynamic advertising content, or default advertising content;

static advertising content being advertising data that relates to an identity of an advertiser;

dynamic advertising content being advertising data that is time-sensitive and that includes information relating to one or more specific advertisements from the advertiser;

default advertising content being advertising data that is not time-sensitive and that includes information relating to one or more specific advertisements from the advertiser;

combining static advertising content with either dynamic advertising content or default advertising content to generate an advertising message; and

displaying the advertising message on the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the advertising data is received and stored on the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1,further comprising:

receiving computer instructions identifying advertising content for display on the mobile device; and

in response to receiving the computer instructions, determining if dynamic advertising content is stored on the mobile device;

if dynamic advertising content is stored on the mobile device, then combining the dynamic advertising content with static advertising content to generate the advertising message; and

if dynamic advertising content is not stored on the mobile device, then combining default advertising content with static advertising content to generate the advertising message.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the computer instructions are included in information received over a wireless network by the mobile device from a server operating on a computer network.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the computer instructions are included in meta data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the static advertising content includes one or more of a logo, a company banner and an address.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the dynamic advertising content includes one or more of a time-sensitive offering, a discount, a coupon, and a sale.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the default advertising content includes one or more of a price list and a menu.

9. A mobile device configured to receive information over a wireless network from a server operating on a computer network, comprising:

advertising information software instructions configured to receive advertising data and categorize the advertising data as either static advertising content, dynamic advertising content or default advertising content;

static advertising content being advertising data that relates to an identity of an advertiser;

dynamic advertising content being advertising data that is time-sensitive and that includes information relating to one or more specific advertisements from the advertiser;

default advertising content being advertising data that is not time-sensitive and that includes information relating to one or more specific advertisements from the advertiser; and

channel viewing software instructions configured to combine static advertising content with either dynamic advertising content or default advertising content to generate an advertising message for display on the mobile device.

10. The mobile device of claim 9, further comprising:

a database configured to store the categorized advertising data.

11. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the database comprises:

a first memory location for storing static advertising content;

a second memory location for storing dynamic advertising content; and

a third memory location for storing default advertising content.

12. The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the channel viewing software instructions are further configured to:

receive computer instructions identifying advertising content for display on the mobile device; and

in response to receiving the computer instructions, determine if dynamic advertising content is stored in the database;

if dynamic advertising content is stored in the database, then combining the dynamic advertising content with static advertising content to generate the advertising message; and

if dynamic advertising content is not stored in the database, then combining default advertising content with static advertising content to generate the advertising message.

13. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the computer instructions are included in information received over a wireless network by the mobile device from a server operating on a computer network.

14. The mobile device of claim 13, wherein the computer instructions are included in meta data.