Communications device, system and method for personalized content delivery

• US 7,831,243 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2005
• Issued: 11/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Thomas, Gary D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah; Charles N
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOLLIDAY, JAIME MICHELE
• Application Number:
  US11/160,221
• Publication Number:
  US 20070019795A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,974 Days
• Field of Search: 455/411, 455/456.3
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A method, system and/or computer program product for personalized content delivery may include transmitting a signal to request a user'"'"'s personal preferences, wherein the user'"'"'s personal preferences may be stored in one of a memory of a communications device, a SIM or a U-SIM or the like. The method, system and/or computer program product may further include delivering a specific content in response to one of the user'"'"'s personal preferences or personal preferences of a majority of users.

Claims

1. A method for personalized content delivery, comprising:

receiving personal preferences that are transmitted from a plurality of users'"'"' mobile cellular phones, the personal preferences being stored in the plurality of users'"'"' mobile cellular phones and relating to content that each user prefers to receive in accordance with any security rules established by the user and applied to the user'"'"'s personal preferences;

delivering from a content delivery device a specific content to the plurality of users corresponding to the personal preferences of a majority of the users in a predetermined area;

polling, after a predetermined time period after delivery from the content delivery device of the specific content to the users, to determine any changes in the user personal preferences of the majority of the users in the predetermined area; and

delivering from the single content delivery device a new specific content to the users in response to detecting a change in the user personal preferences of the majority of users in the predetermined area and after delivery from the content delivery device of the previously presented specific content to the users.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a signal to request the user'"'"'s personal preferences, wherein the signal to request the user'"'"'s personal preferences is limited to a specific category or categories based on a content delivery system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined area is a waiting area.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting from a fixed location content provider source a signal to interrogate whether any mobile communications devices that includes a personalized content delivery feature including a user'"'"'s personal preferences available for delivery to the signal transmission source are in a vicinity of the signal transmission source;

detecting at the fixed location content provider source at least one mobile communications device that includes the personalized content delivery feature including the user'"'"'s personal preferences available for delivery to the signal transmission source in response to transmitting the interrogation signal; and

transmitting a signal from the fixed location content provider source to request the user'"'"'s personal preferences in response to detecting at the signal transmission source at least one mobile communications device that includes the personalized content delivery feature, wherein the user'"'"'s personal preferences are stored in one of a mobile communications device, a SIM or a U-SIM.

5. A system for performing the method of claim 1.

6. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the method of claim 1.

7. A method for personalized content delivery, comprising:

transmitting users'"'"' personal preferences from a plurality of users'"'"' mobile cellular phones to a content delivery system, the personal preferences being stored in the mobile cellular phones and relating to content that each user prefers to receive;

receiving a specific content from a content delivery device corresponding to personal preferences of a majority of the users in a predetermined area;

receiving a polling message, after a predetermined time period after receiving the specific content from the content delivery device, to determine any changes in the personal preferences of the majority of the users in the predetermined area; and

receiving, from the content delivery device, new specific content in response to a change being detected in the personal preferences of the majority of the users in the predetermined area and after receiving, from the content delivery device, the previously-presented specific content.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein transmitting the requested user'"'"'s personal preferences comprises transmitting a prioritized list of the user'"'"'s personal preferences.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising applying any security rules to the user'"'"'s personal preferences prior to transmitting.

10. A mobile cellular phone, comprising:

a personalized content delivery feature for personalized content delivery based on a user'"'"'s personal preferences;

a transmitter to transmit from the mobile cellular phones of a plurality of mobile phones user'"'"'s personal preferences to a requesting system, the personal preferences being stored in the mobile cellular phones and relating to content that each user prefers to receive; and

a user interface to present specific content based on personal preferences of a majority of users in a predetermined area;

a receiver for receiving a polling message, after a predetermined time period after the specific content is presented, to determine any changes in the personal preferences of the majority of the users in the predetermined area; and

wherein new specific content is presented by the user interface in response to a change being detected in the user personal preferences of the majority of users in the predetermined area and after receiving from the content delivery device the previously-presented specific content.

11. The communications device of claim 10, wherein the user'"'"'s personal preferences are prioritizable for transmission to the requesting system.

12. The communications device of claim 10, further comprising a set of security rules applicable to the user'"'"'s personal preferences.

13. The communications device of claim 10, further comprising an interactive interview to obtain the user'"'"'s personal preferences.

14. A computer program product for personalized content delivery, the computer program product comprising:

computer readable program code configured to retrieve the user'"'"'s personal preferences from a mobile cellular phone;

computer readable program code configured to transmit the user'"'"'s personal preferences to a content delivery system, the personal preferences being stored in the mobile cellular phones and relating to content that each user prefers to receive;

computer readable program code configured to receive a specific content from a single content delivery device corresponding to personal preferences of a majority of the users in a predetermined area;

computer readable program code configured to receive a polling message, after a predetermined time period after receiving the specific content from the single content delivery device, to determine any changes in the personal preferences of the majority of the users in the predetermined area; and

wherein new specific content is received from the content delivery device in response to a change being detected in the personal preferences of the majority of the users in the predetermined area and after receiving from the single content delivery device the previously-presented specific content.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising computer readable program code configured to permit a user'"'"'s personal preferences to be prioritized.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising computer readable program code configured to apply any security rules to the user'"'"'s personal preferences prior to transmitting.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising computer readable program code configured to interactively interview a user to obtain the user'"'"'s personal preferences.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising computer readable program code configured to interactively interview a user to obtain any security rules.

19. A method of personalized content delivery comprising:

retrieving a user'"'"'s personal preferences from a mobile cellular phone, the mobile cellular phone being one of a plurality of mobile cellular phones;

presenting an interface for the user to always allow or always disallow transmission of the user'"'"'s personal preferences; and

periodically transmitting the user'"'"'s personal preferences to any personalized content delivery provider or providers that may be in a vicinity of the communications device without the communications device first being requested to do so by a personalized content delivery device in response to the user always allowing the user'"'"'s personal preferences to be transmitted;

receiving a polling message, after a predetermined time period after receiving specific content from the personalized content delivery device corresponding to personal preferences of a majority of the users in a predetermined area, to determine any changes in the personal preferences of the majority of the users in the predetermined area; and

receiving, from the personalized content delivery device, new specific content in response to a change being detected in the personal preferences of the majority of the users in the redetermined area and after receiving the previously-presented specific content from the personalized content delivery device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein transmitting the requested user'"'"'s personal preferences comprises transmitting a prioritized list of the user'"'"'s personal preferences.

21. A method for personalized content delivery, comprising:

scanning for a broadcasted signal or signals indicating a user'"'"'s personal preferences, wherein the user'"'"'s personal preferences are stored in a cellular telecommunications device;

receiving personal preferences that are transmitted from a plurality of users'"'"' mobile cellular phones, the personal preferences being stored in the mobile cellular phones and relating to content that each user prefers to receive;

delivering a specific content corresponding to personal preferences of a majority of users in a predetermined area;

polling, after a predetermined time period after delivery of the specific content to the users, to determine any changes in the user personal preferences of the majority of the users in the predetermined area; and

delivering new specific content to the users in response to detecting a change in the user personal preferences of the majority of users in the predetermined area and after delivery of the previously-presented specific content to the users.

22. A system for performing the method of claim 21.

23. A method for personalized content delivery comprising:

receiving personal preferences from a user'"'"'s cellular telecommunications device proximate to a retail store, the personal preferences being stored in the mobile cellular phones and relating to shopping preferences of the user;

delivering, from a content delivery device, shopping content corresponding to the personal preferences of the user in the predetermined area;

polling, after a predetermined time period after delivery from the content delivery device of the specific content to the user, to determine any changes in the personal preferences of users in the predetermined area; and

delivering from the single content delivery device new specific content to the user in response to detecting a change in the personal preferences of the users in the predetermined area and after delivery from the single content delivery device of the previously-presented specific content to the user.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the content delivery device comprises one of a computer system or a kiosk associated with the retail store, and wherein the shopping content relates to at least one of articles and shopping items of the retail store.

25. A method for personalized content delivery comprising:

receiving personal preferences from a plurality of users'"'"' cellular telecommunications devices in a waiting room, the waiting room comprising a television in a predetermined area proximate to the plurality of users, the personal preferences being stored in the mobile cellular phones and relating to multimedia content that each user prefers to the television to play;

playing, from the television, television content corresponding to the personal preferences of a majority of the plurality of the users in the predetermined area;

polling, after a predetermined time period after delivery of the specific content from the television to the users, to determine any changes in the personal preferences of the majority of the users in the predetermined area; and

delivering from the television new specific content to the users in response to detecting a change in the user personal preferences of the majority of users in the predetermined area and after delivery of the previously-presented specific content from the television to the users.