Systems and methods for associating communication information with a geographic location-aware contact entry

• US 8,478,295 B1
• Filed: 05/21/2012
• Issued: 07/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Concert Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Modena Enterprises, LLC (Concert Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: Katpelly, Ravi Reddy, Kandekar, Kunal, Curtis, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US13/476,229
• Time in Patent Office: 407 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141-418, 455/445, 4554561-457, 455/563, 455/412, 455/422, 455/566, 379/230, 379/114, 379/142, 379/88
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for associating communication information with a geographic location-aware contact entry. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include identifying a geographic location. The method may also include receiving a communication including identification information and originating from the geographic location. Further, the method may include associating the identification information with a contact entry.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a mobile computing device comprising;

a display; and

a processor of configured to;

determine that the mobile computing device is located at a geographic location;

associate contextual information with the geographic location in response to determining that the mobile computing device is located at the geographic location;

receive a selection of a representation of the geographic location on a graphical map on the display;

receive a communication originating from the geographic location; and

present the contextual information in response to receiving the communication,

wherein the contextual information is captured at the geographic location.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the contextual information is video data.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the contextual information is audio data.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein contextual information is text.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the contextual information is image data.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the representation is a circular shape.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the representation is a custom shape.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the representation is a plurality of shapes overlaid on the graphical map.

9. The system of claim 1 further comprising a communication interface configured to process 4G wireless signals received via an antenna.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein a plurality of communication rules are stored in the system and which specify functions of the system in response to the receipt of the communication.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein association of a communication rule with a geographic location is indicated by an indicia near the representation of the geographic location on the graphical map on the display.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to present the contextual information only within a predetermined time period as specified by a stored communication rule.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to present notification of the communication according to a stored communication rule that specifies a mode of presenting the notification of the communication.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to override an incoming communication restriction upon receipt of the communication from the geographic location as specified by a stored communication rule.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to block communications originating from the geographic location as specified by a stored communication rule.

16. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to present a notification captured when located at the geographic location in response to receiving the communication from the geographic location as specified by a stored communication rule.

17. The system of claim 1 wherein the representation is capable of being created through a drag and drop operation on the graphical map on the display.

18. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to send a text identifying a time and telephone number associated with the communication as specified by a stored communication rule.

19. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to send an email identifying a time and telephone number associated with the communication as specified by a stored communication rule.

20. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to send a voicemail to a source of the communication as specified by a stored communication rule.

21. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to send a text to a source of the communication as specified by a stored communication rule.

22. The system of claim 1 further comprising:

storage including historical data of a plurality of communications originating from the geographic location,

wherein the processor is further configured to use the hierarchical data as criteria in applying at least one process to the communication.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein the at least one process includes updating a contact entry.

24. The system of claim 22 wherein the at least one process includes providing a notification of a confidence level for updating a contact entry.

25. The system of claim 1 wherein the display is configured to be depressed to select icons presented on the display.

26. The system of claim 1 further comprising a keypad, wherein the processor is further configured to effect presentation of icons on the display and enable selection of the icons via the keypad.

27. The system of claim 1 wherein the representation is an automatically generated custom shape.