System and method for situational location relevant invocable speed reference

• US 7,710,290 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2007
• Issued: 05/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Johnson, William J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mullen; Thomas J
• Application Number:
  US11/767,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20080030308A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,047 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.13, 340/995.24, 340/825.49, 455/414.1, 455/456.3, 701/207, 707/1, 707/2, 707/9, 709/217, 709/219
• US Class Current: 340/8.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 2205/02 Indoor
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/02 using radio waves using satellite radio beacon systems for determining position G01S19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/444 Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0239 Online discounts or incentives
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• 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 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/14 with services dependent on location where the service is an information service H04M2242/15; services independent of location H04M3/42229
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/15 Information service where the information is dependent on the location of the subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 : Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 : Services making use of location information
• 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 4/024 : Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 : using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 : for indoor environments, e.g. buildings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 : Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 : Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99952 : Coherency, e.g. same view to multiple users
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 : Recoverability

Abstract

Situational location dependent information is transmitted from a server data processing system to a receiving data processing system. The server data processing system communicates with the receiving data processing system in a manner by pushing content when appropriate. A candidate delivery event associated with a current positional attribute of the receiving data processing system is recognized and a situational location of the remote data processing system is determined. The candidate delivery event may be a location and/or direction change, device state change, or movement exceeding a movement tolerance. The situational location of the remote data processing system may be its location, direction, location and direction, proximity to a location, state change, or location and/or direction relative to a previous location and/or direction, or combinations thereof. A set of delivery content from a deliverable content database is transmitted from the server data processing system to the receiving data processing system according to the situational location of the receiving data processing system, and according to delivery constraints. The delivery content is configurable by authorized administrators on an instant activation basis for proactive delivery.

Claims

1. A speed reference invocation method in a data processing system, said method comprising:

receiving an invocable speed reference according to a situational location of a user of said data processing system;

presenting information for said invocable speed reference to said user; and

automatically invoking said speed reference upon selection for invocation by said user,

wherein said invocable speed reference is a phone number and wherein said step of automatically invoking said speed reference upon selection for invocation by said user includes automatically making a call with said phone number upon selection for invocation by said user.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said situational location is automatically detected using global positioning system data.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said situational location is automatically detected using a radio wave triangulated location.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said situational location is automatically detected using a network cell identifier.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said situational location is automatically detected using proximity to a location.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said situational location is automatically detected using a telephone number.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein said situational location is automatically detected using a network address.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of receiving an invocable speed reference according to a situational location of a user of said data processing system further includes receiving information for said invocable speed reference according to said situational location.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of receiving an invocable speed reference according to a situational location of a user of said data processing system further includes receiving said invocable speed reference to a local cache of said data processing system for later access.

10. The method of claim 1 further including the step of maintaining said invocable speed reference to history data.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein said history data is browsed by said user and said invocable speed reference is invoked by said user from said history data.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein said invocable speed reference is a web page address and wherein said step of automatically invoking said speed reference upon selection for invocation by said user includes automatically transposing to said web page address upon selection for invocation by said user.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein said invocable speed reference is configured in a deliverable content database, said deliverable content database configurable by a plurality of users through an administration interface over an internet connection.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of receiving an invocable speed reference according to a situational location of a user of said data processing system further includes receiving said invocable speed reference according to a system delivery constraint.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of receiving an invocable speed reference according to a situational location of a user of said data processing system further includes receiving said invocable speed reference according to a user configured delivery constraint.

16. A method in a data processing service, said method comprising the steps of:

determining a situational location of a user of a receiving data processing system; and

sending an invocable speed reference to said receiving data processing system according to said situational location, said invocable speed reference for being invoked by said user for automatically communicating to another data processing system,

wherein said invocable speed reference is a phone number for being selected by said user for automatically making a call.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein said situational location is automatically detected using global positioning system data.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein said situational location is automatically detected using a radio wave triangulated location.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein said situational location is automatically detected using a network cell identifier.

20. The method of claim 16 wherein said situational location is automatically detected using proximity to a location.

21. The method of claim 16 wherein said situational location is automatically detected using a telephone number.

22. The method of claim 16 wherein said situational location is automatically detected using a network address.

23. The method of claim 16 further including the step of maintaining information to history data that said invocable speed reference was sent to said receiving data processing system.

24. The method of claim 16 wherein said invocable speed reference is a web page address for being selected by said user for automatically transposing to said web page address.

25. The method of claim 16 wherein said invocable speed reference is configured in a deliverable content database, said deliverable content database configurable by a plurality of users through an administration interface over an internet connection.

26. The method of claim 16 wherein said step of sending an invocable speed reference to said receiving data processing system according to said situational location further includes sending said invocable speed reference according to a system delivery constraint.

27. The method of claim 16 wherein said step of sending an invocable speed reference to said receiving data processing system according to said situational location further includes sending said invocable speed reference according to a user configured delivery constraint.

28. The method of claim 16 wherein said step of sending an invocable speed reference to said receiving data processing system according to said situational location further includes sending said invocable speed reference to a local cache of said receiving data processing system for later access.

29. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving an invocable speed reference according to a situational location of a user of said data processing system;

presenting information for said invocable speed reference to said user; and

automatically invoking said speed reference upon selection for invocation by said user,

wherein said invocable speed reference is a phone number and wherein said step of automatically invoking said speed reference upon selection for invocation by said user includes automatically making a call with said phone number upon selection for invocation by said user.

30. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

memory coupled to the one or more processors and including instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

receiving an invocable speed reference according to a situational location of a user of said data processing system;

presenting information for said invocable speed reference to said user; and

automatically invoking said speed reference upon selection for invocation by said user,

wherein said invocable speed reference is a phone number and wherein said step of automatically invoking said speed reference upon selection for invocation by said user includes automatically making a call with said phone number upon selection for invocation by said user.

31. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining a situational location of a user of a receiving data processing system; and

sending an invocable speed reference to said receiving data processing system according to said situational location, said invocable speed reference for being invoked by said user for automatically communicating to another data processing system,

wherein said invocable speed reference is a phone number for being selected by said user for automatically making a call.

32. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

memory coupled to the one or more processors and including instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising;

determining a situational location of a user of a receiving data processing system; and

sending an invocable speed reference to said receiving data processing system according to said situational location, said invocable speed reference for being invoked by said user for automatically communicating to another data processing system,

wherein said invocable speed reference is a phone number for being selected by said user for automatically making a call.

33. A speed reference invocation method in a mobile receiving system, the method comprising:

launching a web browser on a mobile receiving system;

presenting a transmission history in the browser, the transmission history including one or more speed references previously transmitted to the mobile receiving system based on a situational location of a user of the mobile receiving system, where at least one of the one or more speed references is a phone number configured to be automatically dialed from the mobile receiving system in response to user invocation of the speed reference;

receiving user selection of a speed reference from the one or more speed references included in the transmission history; and

responsive to the user selection, invoking the user selected speed reference.

34. The method of claim 33, where at least one of the one or more speed references is a web address and invoking the user selected speed reference, further comprises:

automatically invoking a web page in the web browser using the web address.

35. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

launching a web browser on a mobile receiving system;

presenting a transmission history in the browser, the transmission history including one or more speed references previously transmitted to the mobile receiving system based on a situational location of a user of the mobile receiving system, where at least one of the one or more speed references is a phone number configured to be automatically dialed from the mobile receiving system in response to user invocation of the speed reference;

receiving user selection of a speed reference from the one or more speed references included in the transmission history; and

responsive to the user selection, invoking the user selected speed reference.

36. The computer-readable medium of claim 35, where at least one of the one or more speed references is a web address and invoking the user selected speed reference, further comprises:

automatically invoking a web page in the web browser using the web address.