User defined location based notification for a mobile communications device systems and methods
First Claim
1. A system for providing user defined notification information using the location of a mobile communications device, which comprises:
- the mobile communications device configured to;
receive a set of data identifying the location of the device; and
transmit the set of data;
a mobile communications base station, in communication with the mobile communications device via a wireless connection; and
a server computer system in communication with the base station, the server computer system configured to;
maintain a database containing;
a user profile for a user of the device, wherein the user profile includes;
a listing of contact preferences of the user of the device; and
a listing of sharing preferences of the user of the device that vary depending upon the location of the device; and
data related to a plurality of product and service providers, wherein each of the plurality of product and service providers are associated with reception preferences for receiving data from the user profile of the user of the device, the reception preferences based at least in part on both the location of the device and one or more user characteristics in the user profile;
receive the set of data identifying the location of the device transmitted from the device;
associate the set of data with the user profile to identify the sharing preferences of the user of the device;
correlate the location of the device, the listing of sharing preferences of the user of the device, and the listing of reception preferences for receiving data from the user profile;
create a set of sharing data according to the correlated data, the set of sharing data including a subset the user profile; and
transmit the set of sharing data to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers.
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Abstract
A communication system is described, including a mobile communications device, a mobile communications base station, and a server computer system. The location of the device may be correlated with certain user preferences stored on the server computer system. The components of the larger system are also described. In some cases, various location related mapping functions for a device are discussed. In other cases, systems and methods which provide for activities to be undertaken based on the location of a device are described. The disclosure also addresses systems and methods of efficiently determining the location of a mobile device. In some cases, different notification schemes based on the location of a device and specified preferences are described. The disclosure also addresses systems and methods for keyword monitoring based on the location of a device.
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28 Claims
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1. A system for providing user defined notification information using the location of a mobile communications device, which comprises:
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the mobile communications device configured to; receive a set of data identifying the location of the device; and transmit the set of data; a mobile communications base station, in communication with the mobile communications device via a wireless connection; and a server computer system in communication with the base station, the server computer system configured to; maintain a database containing; a user profile for a user of the device, wherein the user profile includes; a listing of contact preferences of the user of the device; and a listing of sharing preferences of the user of the device that vary depending upon the location of the device; and data related to a plurality of product and service providers, wherein each of the plurality of product and service providers are associated with reception preferences for receiving data from the user profile of the user of the device, the reception preferences based at least in part on both the location of the device and one or more user characteristics in the user profile; receive the set of data identifying the location of the device transmitted from the device; associate the set of data with the user profile to identify the sharing preferences of the user of the device; correlate the location of the device, the listing of sharing preferences of the user of the device, and the listing of reception preferences for receiving data from the user profile; create a set of sharing data according to the correlated data, the set of sharing data including a subset the user profile; and transmit the set of sharing data to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for providing user information from a mobile communications device, which comprises:
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maintaining a database which contains; a user profile for a user of the device, wherein the user profile includes preferences of the user regarding sharing location data and other data in the user profile, wherein the sharing preferences vary depending upon the location of the device; and data related to a plurality of product and service providers, wherein each of the plurality of product and service providers are associated with reception preferences for receiving data from the user profile based at least in part on both the location of the device and the sharing preferences of the user; receiving a set of data identifying the location of the device, the set of data transmitted from the device and stored in the database; associating the set of data with the user of the device to identify the preferences of the user regarding sharing location data and other data in the user profile, the associated preferences selected based upon the location of the device; correlating the location of the device, preferences of the user regarding sharing location data and other data in the user profile, and the reception preferences for at least one of the plurality of product and service providers for receiving data from the user profile based at least in part on both the location of the device and the sharing preferences of the user; transmitting the location data and the other data in the user profile to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for providing user defined notification information using the location of a mobile communications device, which comprises:
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maintaining a database which contains; a user profile for a user of the device, wherein the user profile includes; a listing of contact preferences of the user of the device; a listing of sharing preferences of the user of the device that vary depending upon the location of the device; and data related to a plurality of product and service providers, containing reception preferences for receiving data from the user profile of the user of the device, the reception preferences based at least in part on both the location of the device and one or more user characteristics in the user profile; receiving a set of data identifying the location of the device, the data transmitted from the device and stored in the database; associating the set of data with the user of the device and the user profile to identify the sharing preferences of the user of the device; correlating the location of the device, the listing of sharing preferences of the user of the device, and the listing of reception preferences for receiving data from the user profile; and transmitting at least a subset of the sharing data to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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