System and method for providing information based on geographic position

• US 8,442,550 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2008
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Smarter Agent LLC
• Original Assignee: Smarter Agent LLC
• Inventors: Blumberg, Brad W., Blumberg, Eric M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Figueroa, Marisol
• Application Number:
  US12/275,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20090163228A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,635 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-457, 705/1.1, 705/26.1, 705/313, 705/314
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0639 Item locations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/163 Real estate management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• 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: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A system and method for providing position information using a three-dimensional based grid is provided. The position information may be relayed to an electronic device by providing location information to a database and receiving location-centric information at the electronic device. The system may include a network for continuously updating the database in real-time.

Claims

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

provide to an information system information related to a geographic location associated with a position of an electronic device, the geographic location being located within a base grid;

receive a location identifier associated with a property at the geographic location from the information system;

receive a first menu of location-centric information associated with the property directly from the information system, the first menu having a first plurality of selectable icons;

transmit data associated with a selection of an icon from the first plurality of icons to the information system; and

receive a second menu of location-centric information based on the selection, the second menu having a second plurality of selectable icons, at least one selectable icon from the second plurality of selectable icons including an icon to search for a property for sale within a select distance from the geographic location of the electronic device.

2. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the code is congifured to associate a geocode based on the geographic location with the location-centric information.

3. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the code for receiving the first menu of location-centric information includes code for receiving the first menu of location-centric information in real time.

4. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the code for receiving the first menu of location-centric information includes code for receiving a first menu of location-centric information that has been dynamically updated via a network.

5. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the code for receiving the first menu of location-centric information includes code for receiving a first menu of location-centric sensor information, the sensor information being dynamically updated via a network.

6. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the information system is located at a geographic position different from the geographic position of the electronic device.

7. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the information system is located at a geographic position different from the geographic position of the property.

8. A method, comprising:

providing from an electronic device to an information system information related to a geographic location associated with a position of the electronic device, the geographic location being located within a base grid;

receiving at the electronic device from the information system device a location identifier associated with a property at the geographic location;

receiving at the electronic device a first menu of location-centric information associated with the property directly from the information system, the first menu having a first plurality of selectable icons;

transmitting from the electronic device data associated with a selection of an icon from the first plurality of icons to the information system; and

receiving at the electronic device from the information system a second menu of location-centric information based on the selection, the second menu having a second plurality of selectable icons, at least one selectable icon from the second plurality of selectable icons including an icon to search for a property for sale within a select distance from the geographic location of the electronic device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

associating a geocode with the location-centric information based on the geographic location.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the receiving the first menu of location-centric information includes receiving the first menu of location-centric information in real time.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the receiving the first menu of location-centric information includes receiving a first menu of location-centric information that has been dynamically updated via a network.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the code for receiving the first menu of location-centric information includes code for receiving a first menu of location-centric sensor information, the sensor information being dynamically updated via a network.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the information system is located at a geographic position different from the geographic position of the electronic device.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the information system is located at a geographic position different from the geographic position of the property.