System and method for providing location-based video content

• US 8,914,360 B1
• Filed: 09/15/2006
• Issued: 12/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Gailloux, Michael A., Biere, Devon L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Obisesan, Augustine K
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mitiku, Berhanu
• Application Number:
  US11/521,130
• Time in Patent Office: 3,014 Days
• Field of Search: 707 2- 3, 707/10, 707/104.1, 707/913, 707918-920, 455/412, 455/414, 455/466, 455/517, 709/206, 709/231, 709/223, 725/53, 725/91, 725/114, 725/131, 725/70, 725/110, 725/32, 725/36, 725/62, 379/88.13, 386/252, 386/260, 386/356, 705/725
• US Class Current: 707/724
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/78 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

To display a multimedia presentation together with location-based content, a client device reports its location to a content server. The device receives and displays video content from the content server. The device also receives location-based information related to the multimedia presentation. This location-based information may be textual data in an XML (extensible markup language) format. In some embodiments, the multimedia presentation is video content that includes an advertisement for a good or service, and the location-based content identifies a nearby establishment offering the good or service. The client device renders the video and textual data together.

Claims

1. A method performed by one or more computer servers, comprising:

receiving a request for media content from a first client device;

sending the media content to the first client device, wherein the media content includes a tag operative to trigger the sending of location information;

receiving first location information from the first client device, wherein the first location information identifies the location of the first client device;

depending on the first location information, identifying first location-based information that corresponds to the media content;

sending the first location-based information to the first client device;

receiving a second request for the media content from a second client device different from the client device;

sending the media content to the second client device;

receiving second location information from the second client device, wherein the second location information identifies the location of the second client device;

depending on the second location information, identifying second location-based information that corresponds to the media content; and

sending the second location-based information to the second client device,

wherein the media content sent to the first client device and the second client device is the same media content, and the location-based information sent to the second client device is different from the location-based information sent to the first client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for media content and the location information are received in a single message from the client device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the location-based information is text-based content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the media content is video content.

5. A method comprising:

sending video content to a first client device, wherein the video content includes a tag operative to trigger the sending of location information;

responsively receiving a location of the first client device;

selecting, from a pre-stored set of text-based content, first text-based content associated with the location of the first client device and with the video content;

sending the first text-based content to the first client device;

sending the video content to a second client device different from the first client device;

selecting, from the pre-stored set of text-based content, second text-based content associated with a location of the second client device and with the video content; and

sending the second text-based content to the second client device,

wherein the location of the second client device is different from the location of the first client device, and wherein the second text-based content is different from the first text-based content.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the video content is an advertisement for a product, and the text-based content includes an address of an establishment that makes the product available.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the address is of a type selected from the group consisting of a street address, a uniform resource locator, and a telephone number.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the address is a street address and the selected text-based content is associated with the location of the client device by virtue of proximity of the client device to the street address.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein at least one entry in the pre-stored set of text-based content is associated with a geographic area, and wherein the selection of the selected text-based content includes identifying at least one entry associated with a geographic area in which the client device is located.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein the selected text-based content includes extensible markup language content.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the selected text-based content includes hypertext markup language content.

12. The method of claim 5, wherein the video content is streaming media content.