Mobile location aware search engine and method of providing content for same

• US 7,599,795 B1
• Filed: 10/14/2005
• Issued: 10/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Smarter Agent LLC
• Original Assignee: Smarter Agent LLC
• Inventors: Blumberg, Brad W., Blumberg, Eric M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Beaulieu; Yonel
• Application Number:
  US11/249,733
• Time in Patent Office: 1,453 Days
• Field of Search: 701200-202, 701213-215, 701207-208, 701/24, 340/988, 340/995.1, 342/357.06, 342/357.12, 342/357.09, 342/357.13
• US Class Current: 701/213
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/23 for mobile advertising

Abstract

A method includes identifying a geographic position of a wireless device. Data input by a user while the user is located at the geographic position of the wireless device is received. The data is associated with a landmark at the geographic position. The data is provided to a database based on the geographic position. A wireless device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a geographic position of the wireless device to a database. A receiver is configured to receive data input by a user of the wireless device while the user is located at the geographic position of the wireless device. The data is associated with a landmark at the geographic position of the wireless device. The receiver is configured to automatically receive information associated with the landmark from the database.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying a geographic position of a wireless device;

receiving data input by a user while the user is located at the geographic position of the wireless device, the data being associated with a landmark at the geographic position;

providing the data to a database based on the geographic position; and

based on the identifying, automatically receiving location-centric information associated with the landmark from the database while the user is located at the geographic position.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying a geographic position includes identifying latitude and longitude coordinates associated with the landmark.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is associated with a sale of the landmark.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is associated with an advertisement associated with the landmark.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data includes a review associated with the landmark.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request from the user for information associated with the landmark; and

transmitting the request to the database.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the landmark is a first landmark from a plurality of landmarks, the method further comprising:

displaying an identity for a plurality of landmarks located at the geographic position.

8. A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to:

identify a geographic position of a wireless device;

receive data input by a user while the user is at the geographic position of the wireless device, the data being associated with a landmark at the geographic position;

provide the data to a database based on the geographic position; and

based on the identified geographic position, automatically receive information associated with the landmark from the database when the wireless device is located at the geographic position.

9. The processor-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the identify a geographic position includes identify a latitude and a longitude coordinate associated with the landmark.

10. The processor-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the data is associated with a sale associated with the landmark.

11. The processor-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the data is associated with an advertisement associated with the landmark.

12. The processor-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the data includes a review associated with the landmark.

13. The processor-readable medium of claim 8, further comprising code to:

receive a request from the user for information associated with the landmark; and

transmit the request to the database.

14. The processor-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the landmark is a first landmark from a plurality of landmarks, the processor-readable medium further comprising code to:

display an identity for a plurality of landmarks located at the geographic position.

15. A wireless device, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a geographic position of the wireless device to a database; and

a receiver configured to receive data input by a user of the wireless device while the user is located at the geographic position of the wireless device, the data associated with a landmark at the geographic position of the wireless device, the receiver configured to automatically receive information associated with the landmark from the database when the receiver is located at the geographic position.

16. The wireless device of claim 15, further comprising:

a display configured to display the received information associated with the landmark, and

an input device.

17. A system, comprising:

an information database including location-centric information; and

a wireless device configured to provide a geographic position of the wireless device to the database and to automatically receive from the database location-centric information associated with a landmark at the geographic position when the wireless device is located at the geographic location, the wireless device configured to receive data associated with the landmark that is input by a user of the wireless device while the user is located at the geographic position, the wireless device configured to transmit the data to the database, the information database configured to automatically associate the data with the geographic position substantially simultaneously with the transmitted data being uploaded to the database.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the landmark is a first landmark from a plurality of landmarks, the wireless device is configured to display information associated with the first landmark from the plurality of landmarks based on an input by the user.

19. A method, comprising:

receiving an indication of a geographic position associated with a location of a wireless device;

receiving data input by a user of the wireless device while the user is located at the geographic position, the data associated with at least one landmark at the geographic position; and

after the receiving an indication of a geographic position, automatically transmitting location-centric information associated with the at least one landmark to the wireless device when the wireless device is located at the geographic position.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

receiving a request from the wireless device, the request associated with a landmark from the at least one landmarks at the geographic location.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the data input by a user includes a review associated with a landmark from the at least one landmarks.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the data input by a user is automatically associated with the geographic position substantially simultaneously with the data being input by the user.