System and method for location based exchanges of data facilitating distributed location applications

• US 8,634,796 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2009
• Issued: 01/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: BillJCo LLC
• Original Assignee: William J. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, William J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Miah, Liton
• Application Number:
  US12/590,831
• Publication Number:
  US 20100069035A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,530 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.1, 455/414.1, 455/566
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 1/16 Devices for hanging or supporting pictures, mirrors, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 13/00 Dowels or other devices fastened in walls or the like by inserting them in holes made therein for that purpose nails F16B15/00; self-locking pins or bolts in general, stud-and-socket releasable fastenings F16B21/00; dowels or bolts for railroad sleepers E01B9/00; ans means for anchoring structural elements or bulkheads specially adapted to foundation engineering E02D5/74; bolts or dowels used while laying bricks or casting concrete sleepers E04B1/38; setting anchoring bolts in shafts, tunnels or galleries E21D20/00; anchoring bolts for shafts, tunnels or galleries E21D21/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 45/00 Hooks; Eyes if the attaching parts or means are concerned, groups F16B13/00, F16B15/00, F16B19/00, F16B25/00, F16B35/00, F16B47/00 take precedence; for hanging pictures or the like A47G1/16; towing hooks for ships B63B21/58; for hoisting or hauling purposes B66C; hooks or eyes with integral parts designed to facilitate quick attachment to cables or ropes at any point F16G11/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

Provided is a distributed system and method for enabling new and useful location dependent features and functionality to mobile data processing systems. Mobile data processing systems (MSs) interact with each other as peers in communications and interoperability. Indirectly located mobile data processing systems are located relative other mobile data processing systems, and are automatically located using whereabouts data of directly located mobile data processing systems and/or whereabouts data of other indirectly located mobile data processing systems. A mobile data processing system may dynamically take on roles of being directly located or indirectly located, depending on the environment and capabilities available at a particular time. Data is shared between mobile data processing systems to carry out novel Location Based eXchanges (LBX) of data for new mobile applications. Information transmitted inbound to, transmitted outbound from, is in process at, or is application modified at a mobile data processing system triggers processing of actions in accordance with user configured permissions, charters, and other configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a user configurable platform is provided for quickly building well behaving LBX applications at MSs and across a plurality of interoperating MSs. Tools, triggered interfaces and integrated applications are disclosed for a breadth of MS LBX configurations and functionality.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving transmitted location-based application data at a receiving mobile data processing system from a sending mobile data processing system in a direct wireless transmission connecting the receiving mobile data processing system with the sending mobile data processing system;

processing the transmitted location-based application data at the receiving mobile data processing system in accordance with a user configuration of the receiving mobile data processing system stored within the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data includes invoking a user interface at the receiving mobile data processing system and, as at least one result of processing the transmitted location-based application data, providing location-based information related to the transmitted location-based application data to a user of the receiving mobile data processing system via the user interface;

storing in one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system a sending peer record in association with a sender user identity corresponding to a user of the sending mobile data processing system, wherein the sending peer record includes at least a portion of the transmitted location-based application data from the sending mobile data processing system and wherein, in response to receiving the transmitted location-based application data, the sending peer record triggering additional processing of the transmitted location-based application data at the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein the additional processing is determined based on the user configuration, the sending peer record, and the transmitted location-based application data; and

storing in the one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system a plurality of peer records regarding a plurality of peer mobile data processing systems wherein each record of the plurality of peer records is stored in association with at least one user identity corresponding to at least one user of a respective mobile data processing system of the plurality of peer mobile data processing systems and includes peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system wherein the each record of the plurality of peer records triggering respective processing at the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein the respective processing is determined based on one or more of the user configuration, one or more records of the plurality of peer records, and one or more of the peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system, and wherein the peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system contains one or more portions of data in kind to the transmitted location-based application data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving transmitted location-based application data at a receiving mobile data processing system from a sending mobile data processing system in a direct wireless transmission connecting the receiving mobile data processing system with the sending mobile data processing system comprises receiving the transmitted location-based application data in a broadcast transmission by the sending mobile data processing system, wherein the broadcast is not solicited by the receiving mobile data processing system.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting the sending mobile data processing system in the vicinity of the receiving mobile data processing system and automatically initiating wireless communications between the receiving mobile data processing system and the sending mobile data processing system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the user configuration includes conditions under which processing by the receiving mobile data processing system will include actions taken by the receiving mobile data processing system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the peer location-based information includes one or more portions of the transmitted location-based application data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user configuration includes conditions for processing by the receiving mobile data processing system based on the sender user identity corresponding to the sending mobile data processing system.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting receiving system location-based application data to the sending mobile data processing system from the receiving mobile data processing system in a direct wireless transmission connecting the sending mobile data processing system with the receiving mobile data processing system.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising sending the receiving system location-based application data in a broadcast transmission by the receiving mobile data processing system wherein the broadcast transmission is not solicited by the sending mobile data processing system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data includes producing a visual or audible indication for perception by the user of the receiving mobile data processing system.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted location-based application data includes information regarding the user of the sending mobile data processing system used in providing the user interface to the user of the receiving mobile data processing system.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface provides subsequent application interaction between the sending mobile data processing system and the receiving mobile data processing system.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains data describing an emergency.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains data describing a phone application.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains scheduling data for a calendar application.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data includes producing a visual or audible indication for perception by a user of the sending mobile data processing system.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains public transportation information for matching a customer with a public transportation automobile.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains service directory information regarding routing service requests from the receiving mobile data processing system to a service by way of the sending mobile data processing system.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains data describing a common application to both the receiving mobile data processing system and the sending mobile data processing system, said common application having a user interface at both of the receiving mobile data processing system and the sending mobile data processing system.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data at the receiving mobile data processing system from the sending mobile data processing system further comprising notifying the user of the receiving mobile data processing system that the sending mobile data processing system is in communication with the receiving mobile data processing system and is ready to accept user actions at the receiving mobile data processing system for controlling processing at the sending mobile data processing system.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data at the receiving mobile data processing system from the sending mobile data processing system further comprising the receiving mobile data processing system transmitting user actions at the receiving mobile data processing system to the sending mobile data processing system, wherein the sending mobile data processing system responds to the user actions at the receiving mobile data processing system by processing, at the sending mobile data processing system, receiving system location-based application data or transmitted location-based application data.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted location-based application data is transmitted from the sending mobile data processing system in response to a user request.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted location-based application data is transmitted from the sending mobile data processing system by periodic background processing at the sending mobile data processing system.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitted location-based application data is embedded in a service bound data transmission sent by the sending mobile data processing system to a remote service data processing system.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data further includes determining at the receiving mobile data processing system a situational location of the receiving mobile data processing system using information of the transmitted location-based application data.

25. The method of claim 1, wherein the user configuration includes a geofence configuration maintained in one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system.

26. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing for enabling the user of the receiving mobile data processing system to paste information for the transmitted location-based application data into an application context for edit or data entry.

27. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data further includes automatically administrating a usability feature of the receiving mobile data processing system.

28. The method of claim 1, further comprising application record sorting wherein a plurality of application records are sorted in accordance with information of the transmitted location-based application data upon determining at least one of the plurality of application records is associated to the sending mobile data processing system.

29. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically determining at the receiving mobile data processing system a vicinity status of the sending mobile data processing system with the transmitted location-based application data and presenting the vicinity status in at least one vicinity monitor executing at the receiving mobile data processing system.

30. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a wireless communication interface, coupled to the processor and configured to be coupled to at least one wireless communication channel; and

one or more memory devices coupled to the processor, wherein one or more memory devices includes instructions, which when executed by the processor results in the system;

receiving transmitted location-based application data at a receiving mobile data processing system from a sending mobile data processing system in a direct wireless transmission connecting the receiving mobile data processing system with the sending mobile data processing system;

processing the transmitted location-based application data at the receiving mobile data processing system in accordance with a user configuration of the receiving mobile data processing system stored within the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data includes invoking a user interface at the receiving mobile data processing system and, as at least one result of processing the transmitted location-based application data, providing location-based information related to the transmitted location-based application data to a user of the receiving mobile data processing system via the user interface;

storing in one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system a sending peer record in association with a sender user identity corresponding to a user of the sending mobile data processing system, wherein the sending peer record includes at least a portion of the transmitted location-based application data from the sending mobile data processing system and wherein, in response to receiving the transmitted location-based application data, the sending peer record triggering additional processing of the transmitted location-based application data at the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein the additional processing is determined based on the user configuration, the sending peer record, and the transmitted location-based application data; and

storing in the one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system a plurality of peer records regarding a plurality of peer mobile data processing systems wherein each record of the plurality of peer records is stored in association with at least one user identity corresponding to at least one user of a respective mobile data processing system of the plurality of peer mobile data processing systems and includes peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system wherein the each record of the plurality of peer records triggering respective processing at the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein the respective processing is determined based on one or more of the user configuration, one or more records of the plurality of peer records, and one or more of the peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system, and wherein the peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system contains one or more portions of data in kind to the transmitted location-based application data.

31. The system of claim 30, further comprising detecting the sending mobile data processing system in the vicinity of the receiving mobile data processing system and automatically initiating wireless communications between the receiving mobile data processing system and the sending mobile data processing system.

32. The system of claim 30, wherein the user configuration includes conditions for processing by the receiving mobile data processing system based on the sender user identity corresponding to the sending mobile data processing system.

33. The system of claim 30, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data includes producing a visual or audible indication for perception by the user of the receiving mobile data processing system.

34. The system of claim 30, wherein the transmitted location-based application data includes information regarding the user of the sending mobile data processing system used in providing the user interface to the user of the receiving mobile data processing system.

35. The system of claim 30, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains data describing an emergency.

36. The system of claim 30, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains data describing a phone application.

37. The system of claim 30, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains scheduling data for a calendar application.

38. The system of claim 30, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data includes producing a visual or audible indication for perception by a user of the sending mobile data processing system.

39. The system of claim 30, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains public transportation information for matching a customer with a public transportation automobile.

40. The system of claim 30, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains service directory information regarding routing service requests from the receiving mobile data processing system to a service by way of the sending mobile data processing system.

41. The system of claim 30, wherein the transmitted location-based application data is transmitted from the sending mobile data processing system in response to a user request.

42. The system of claim 30, wherein the transmitted location-based application data is transmitted from the sending mobile data processing system by periodic background processing at the sending mobile data processing system.

43. The system of claim 30, wherein the transmitted location-based application data is embedded in a service bound data transmission sent by the sending mobile data processing system to a remote service data processing system.

44. The system of claim 30, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data further includes determining at the receiving mobile data processing system a situational location of the receiving mobile data processing system using information of the transmitted location-based application data.

45. The system of claim 30, wherein the user configuration includes a geofence configuration maintained in one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system.

46. The system of claim 30, further comprising processing for enabling the user of the receiving mobile data processing system to paste information for the transmitted location-based application data into an application context for edit or data entry.

47. The system of claim 30, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data further includes automatically administrating a usability feature of the receiving mobile data processing system.

48. The system of claim 30, further comprising application record sorting wherein a plurality of application records are sorted in accordance with information of the transmitted location-based application data upon determining at least one of the plurality of application records is associated to the sending mobile data processing system.

49. The system of claim 30, further comprising automatically determining at the receiving mobile data processing system a vicinity status of the sending mobile data processing system with the transmitted location-based application data and presenting the vicinity status in at least one vicinity monitor executing at the receiving mobile data processing system.

50. A computer readable memory device that includes instructions, which when executed by a processor results in the processor:

receiving transmitted location-based application data at a receiving mobile data processing system from a sending mobile data processing system in a direct wireless transmission connecting the receiving mobile data processing system with the sending mobile data processing system;

processing the transmitted location-based application data at the receiving mobile data processing system in accordance with a user configuration of the receiving mobile data processing system stored within the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data includes invoking a user interface at the receiving mobile data processing system and, as at least one result of processing the transmitted location-based application data, providing location-based information related to the transmitted location-based application data to a user of the receiving mobile data processing system via the user interface;

storing in one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system a sending peer record in association with a sender user identity corresponding to a user of the sending mobile data processing system, wherein the sending peer record includes at least a portion of the transmitted location-based application data from the sending mobile data processing system and wherein, in response to receiving the transmitted location-based application data, the sending peer record triggering additional processing of the transmitted location-based application data at the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein the additional processing is determined based on the user configuration, the sending peer record, and the transmitted location-based application data; and

storing in the one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system a plurality of peer records regarding a plurality of peer mobile data processing systems wherein each record of the plurality of peer records is stored in association with at least one user identity corresponding to at least one user of a respective mobile data processing system of the plurality of peer mobile data processing systems and includes peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system wherein the each record of the plurality of peer records triggering respective processing at the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein the respective processing is determined based on one or more of the user configuration, one or more records of the plurality of peer records, and one or more of the peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system, and wherein the peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system contains one or more portions of data in kind to the transmitted location-based application data.

51. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, further comprising detecting the sending mobile data processing system in the vicinity of the receiving mobile data processing system and automatically initiating wireless communications between the receiving mobile data processing system and the sending mobile data processing system.

52. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein the user configuration includes conditions for processing by the receiving mobile data processing system based on the sender user identity corresponding to the sending mobile data processing system.

53. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data includes producing a visual or audible indication for perception by the user of the receiving mobile data processing system.

54. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein the transmitted location-based application data includes information regarding the user of the sending mobile data processing system used in providing the user interface to the user of the receiving mobile data processing system.

55. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains data describing an emergency.

56. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains data describing a phone application.

57. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains scheduling data for a calendar application.

58. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data includes producing a visual or audible indication for perception by a user of the sending mobile data processing system.

59. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains public transportation information for matching a customer with a public transportation automobile.

60. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein the transmitted location-based application data contains service directory information regarding routing service requests from the receiving mobile data processing system to a service by way of the sending mobile data processing system.

61. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein the transmitted location-based application data is transmitted from the sending mobile data processing system in response to a user request.

62. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein the transmitted location-based application data is transmitted from the sending mobile data processing system by periodic background processing at the sending mobile data processing system.

63. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein the transmitted location-based application data is embedded in a service bound data transmission sent by the sending mobile data processing system to a remote service data processing system.

64. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data further includes determining at the receiving mobile data processing system a situational location of the receiving mobile data processing system using information of the transmitted location-based application data.

65. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein the user configuration includes a geofence configuration maintained in one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system.

66. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, further comprising processing for enabling the user of the receiving mobile data processing system to paste information for the transmitted location-based application data into an application context for edit or data entry.

67. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data further includes automatically administrating a usability feature of the receiving mobile data processing system.

68. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, further comprising application record sorting wherein a plurality of application records are sorted in accordance with information of the transmitted location-based application data upon determining at least one of the plurality of application records is associated to the sending mobile data processing system.

69. The computer-readable memory device of claim 50, further comprising automatically determining at the receiving mobile data processing system a vicinity status of the sending mobile data processing system with the transmitted location-based application data and presenting the vicinity status in at least one vicinity monitor executing at the receiving mobile data processing system.