System and method for targeted messaging, workflow management, and digital rights management for geofeeds

• US 8,850,531 B1
• Filed: 03/07/2013
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tai Technologies Inc. (Crisis24)
• Original Assignee: Geofeedia, Inc.
• Inventors: Harris, Philip B., Mitchell, Scott K., Mulroy, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cervetti, David Garcia
• Assistant Examiner(s): ABEDIN, SHANTO
• Application Number:
  US13/788,909
• Publication Number:
  US 20140259113A1
• Time in Patent Office: 572 Days
• Field of Search: 709204-207, 709213-219, 709/202, 709/203, 726 1- 4, 726/21, 705/14.29, 705/14.58, 705/14.5, 705/14.67
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/105 Arrangements for software license management or administration, e.g. for managing licenses at corporate level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1078 Logging; Metering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging

Abstract

The disclosure relates to systems and methods for targeted messaging, workflow management, and digital rights management for geofeeds, including content that is related to geographically definable locations and aggregated from a plurality of social media or other content providers. The system may facilitate targeted messaging to users who create content. The targeted messaging may be based on the content (or location related to the content) such as a request for additional information or a promotional message. The system may generate workflows that allow management of the content with respect to operational processes of an entity that wishes to use the content and facilitates the management of usage rights related to the content as well as payments related to such usage rights. For example, the system may store whether content requires permission to use the content and/or whether such permission was obtained and facilitates payment.

Claims

1. A system of providing targeted messaging based on a plurality of social media content items obtained from a plurality of social media content providers, the system comprising:

a computing device having one or more processors programmed by one or more computer program instructions to;

aggregate the plurality of social media content items from the plurality of social media content providers, the social media content items including;

(i) a first set of social media content items from a first social media content provider based on a first request that is formatted in a first format specifically for the first social media content provider, and (ii) a second set of social media content items from a second social media content provider based on a second request that is formatted in a second format specifically for the second social media content provider, wherein the first format is different than the second format;

identify at least one content item to serve as a basis for one or more targeted messages, the at least one content item being identified from among the plurality of social media content items and is relevant to one or more geographically definable locations, wherein the at least one content item was uploaded to the first social media content provider and/or the second social media content provider;

identify a geo-location at which the at least one content item was created;

identify one or more users that created the at least one content item;

generate the one or more targeted messages to be communicated to the identified one or more users based on the at least one content item and the geo-location at which the at least one content item was created;

determine that an event is occurring at the geo-location at which the at least one content item was created, wherein the one or more targeted messages are generated to gather additional information related to the event; and

cause the one or more targeted messages to be communicated to the identified one or more users.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

identify the one or more users based on a social media account that was used by the one or more users to upload the at least one content item to the first social media content provider and/or the second social media content provider.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

cause the one or more targeted messages to be communicated as a social media message that is posted to the social media account of the identified one or more users.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more targeted messages include a request to the identified user to provide additional content, and wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

receive from the identified one or more users the additional content from the geo-location at which the at least one content item was created.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

store an exchange of communications to and from the identified one or more users; and

provide the stored exchange of communications.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more targeted messages comprise a poll to the one or more users, the poll including a prompt to provide further information related to the geo-location at which the at least one content item was created.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

obtain a message template from among a plurality of message templates, wherein the message template includes at least one formatting instruction; and

generate the one or more targeted messages based on the message template.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the message template specifies a communication channel to be used for the one or more targeted messages to be communicated.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the event comprises a social event or a breaking news event.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

identify at least a second content item that was created by a second user, the second user being different than the one or more users; and

determine that the second user and the one or more users are at the same event, wherein the one or more targeted messages comprise a poll broadcast to the second user and the one or more users that includes one or more questions to obtain additional information related to the event.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

identify one or more keywords from the at least one content item; and

determine a topic based on the one or more keywords, wherein the one or more targeted messages are generated based on the topic.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

identify a registered user other than the one or more users who created the at least one content item; and

cause the one or more targeted messages to be communicated to the registered user.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

determine that the geo-location at which the at least one content item was created corresponds to a retail location of a retailer; and

identify one or more promotions related to the retailer location and/or the retailer, wherein the one or more targeted messages comprise the one or more promotions.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one content item was uploaded to the first social media content provider and/or the second social media content provider by the one or more users that created the at least one content item.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more targeted messages comprise a request for permission to use the at least one content item from the one or more users that created the at least one content item, wherein the one or more processors are further programmed to:

process a consent from the one or more users to use the at least one content item; and

cause the consent to be stored.

16. A method of providing targeted messaging based on a plurality of social media content items obtained from a plurality of social media content providers, the method being implemented in a computer that includes one or more processors programmed by computer program instructions, the method comprising:

aggregating, by one or more processors programmed by computer program instructions, the plurality of social media content items from the plurality of social media content providers, the social media content items including;

(i) a first set of social media content items from a first social media content provider based on a first request that is formatted in a first format specifically for the first social media content provider, and (ii) a second set of social media content items from a second social media content provider based on a second request that is formatted in a second format specifically for the second social media content provider, wherein the first format is different than the second format;

identifying, by the one or more processors, at least one content item to serve as a basis for one or more targeted messages, the at least one content item being identified from among the plurality of social media content items and is relevant to one or more geographically definable locations, wherein the at least one content item was uploaded to the first social media content provider and/or the second social media content provider;

identifying, by the one or more processors, a geo-location at which the at least one content item was created;

identifying, by the one or more processors, one or more users that created the at least one content item;

generating, by the one or more processors, the one or more targeted messages to be communicated to the identified one or more users based on the at least one content item and the geo-location at which the at least one content item was created;

determining that an event is occurring at the geo-location at which the at least one content item was created, wherein the one or more targeted messages are generated to gather additional information related to the event; and

causing, by the one or more processors, the one or more targeted messages to be communicated to the identified one or more users.

17. The method of claim 16, the method further comprising:

identifying the one or more users based on a social media account that was used by the one or more users to upload the at least one content item to the first social media content provider and/or the second social media content provider.

18. The method of claim 16, the method further comprising:

causing the one or more targeted messages to be communicated as a social media message that is posted to the social media account of the identified one or more users.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more targeted messages include a request to the identified user to provide additional content, and the method further comprising:

receiving from the identified one or more users the additional content from the geo-location at which the at least one content item was created.

20. The method of claim 16, the method further comprising:

storing an exchange of communications to and from the identified one or more users; and

providing the stored exchange of communications.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more targeted messages comprise a poll to the one or more users, the poll including a prompt to provide further information related to the geo-location at which the at least one content item was created.

22. The method of claim 16, the method further comprising:

obtaining a message template from among a plurality of message templates, wherein the message template includes at least one formatting instruction; and

generating the one or more targeted messages based on the message template.

23. The method of claim 16, wherein the message template specifies a communication channel to be used for the one or more targeted messages to be communicated.

24. The method of claim 16, the method further comprising:

identifying at least a second content item that was created by a second user, the second user being different than the one or more users; and

determining that the second user and the one or more users are at the same event, wherein the one or more targeted messages comprise a poll broadcast to the second user and the one or more users that includes one or more questions to obtain additional information related to the event.

25. The method of claim 16, the method further comprising:

identifying one or more keywords from the at least one content item; and

determining a topic based on the one or more keywords, wherein the one or more targeted messages are generated based on the topic.

26. The method of claim 16, the method further comprising:

identifying a registered user other than the one or more users who created the at least one content item; and

causing the one or more targeted messages to be communicated to the registered user.

27. The method of claim 16, the method further comprising:

determining that the geo-location at which the at least one content item was created corresponds to a retail location of a retailer; and

identifying one or more promotions related to the retailer location and/or the retailer, wherein the one or more targeted messages comprise the one or more promotions.

28. The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more targeted messages comprise a request for permission to use the at least one content item from the one or more users that created the at least one content item, the method further comprising:

processing a consent from the one or more users to use the at least one content item; and

causing the consent to be stored.