GPS publication application server

• US 8,892,117 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2008
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silver State Intellectual Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Silver State Intellectual Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Obradovich, Michael L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Lee
• Application Number:
  US12/075,403
• Publication Number:
  US 20080248810A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,444 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-4566, 455/457, 455/461, 342/357.01, 342/357.09
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• 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 8/08 Mobility data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/14 between corresponding nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A GPS publicaton application server. A mobile location knowledgeable device is in communication with a server. The server provides indications of the device'"'"'s location to a home page associated with the device. The home page includes information about a user of the device and methods of contacting the user at any particular time. The server is also in communication with a variety of application servers. The application servers push information to the device depending on the device location and preferences listed in the home page of the device.

Claims

1. A location relevant server system comprising:

a server receiving information indicating a location of a mobile communication device, and data related to a proximity of the location of the mobile communication device, the server being connected to a network;

memory accessible to the server, the memory storing information relating to a user of the mobile communication device, the memory including data concerning the location of the mobile communication device, personalized data regarding points of interest to the user of the mobile communication device, and data concerning establishment of communication with the mobile communication device; and

wherein the server executes a program allowing access to the memory storing the information relating to the user of the mobile communication device, the program allowing different people different access to the memory based on the identity of the user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the location of the mobile communication device comprises GPS coordinates of the mobile communication device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory includes a photograph of the user.

4. The system of claim 1 additionally comprising a database comprising information provided by the user relating to a specific location.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the program executed by the server allows access to information relating to the location of the user and information provided by the user relating to the location.

6. A method of communication with a location relevant server system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a server connected to a network, information indicating a location of a mobile communication device and data related to a proximity of the location of the mobile communication device;

storing the information in memory accessible to the server, the memory storing information relating to a user of the mobile communication device, the memory including data concerning the location of the mobile communication device, personalized data regarding points of interest to the user of the mobile communication device, and data concerning establishment of communication with the mobile communication device;

receiving by the server a request by the user to modify the personalized data;

storing modified personalized data in the memory;

receiving by the server a request by a different user to access the information; and

executing a program allowing the different user access to the memory storing information relating to the user of the mobile communication device based on the identity of the different user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the location of the mobile communication device comprises GPS coordinates of the mobile communication device.

8. method of claim 6, wherein executing the program comprises providing the different user the specific location of the user and information provided by the user related to the specific location.

9. A location relevant server system comprising:

a server receiving information indicating a location of a mobile communication device, the server being connected to a network;

memory accessible to the server, a user-specific portion of the memory storing information relating to a user of the mobile communication device, the user-specific portion of the memory including data concerning the location of the mobile communication device, personalized data regarding points of interest to the user of the mobile device, the personalized data being populated by the user and being modifiable by the user, and data concerning establishment of communication with the mobile communication device; and

wherein the server executes a program publishing information stored in the user-specific portion of the memory to different people based on a user-defined access list. the user-defined access list being modifiable by the user and identifying different people that may or may not have access to the user-specific portion of the memory.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the location of the mobile communication device comprises GPS coordinates of the mobile communication device.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the user-specific portion of the memory includes a photograph of the user.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the program publishes the user'"'"'s location and a photograph of the user to people on the user-defined access list.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the user sends a visited location to the user-specific portion of the memory.

14. The system of claim 13 additionally comprising a GPS server configured to determine the visited location.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the user-specific memory includes a movie file.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the user-specific memory includes a tagged movie file.

17. The system of claim 9, wherein the user-specific memory comprises an individual home page populated by the user.

18. The system of claim 9, comprising a mobile service system comprising a plurality of subscribers and a plurality of subscriber-specific portions of the memory, each susbscriber-specific portion of the memory comprising data concerning the associated subscriber'"'"'s location and other data concerning the subscriber.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the system is configured so that the subscriber can set a plurality of security levels to limit which data concerning the subscriber is available to be accessed by which requestors.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the requestors are other subscribers.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the subscriber can identify other parties as friends.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the system comprises a database comprising information provided by subscribers relating to specific locations.