Mobile device for venue-oriented communications

• US 8,929,922 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2012
• Issued: 01/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amg Ip LLC, Andrew Lentvorski, Carolyn Newbold, Chapman A. Michael, Keith Newbold, Lshadi Partners, Ltd., Margaret Martinson William, Jr., Rock Systems Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Airborne Media Group, Inc.
• Inventors: Danford, Ryan, Lile, Chip, Brown, Cordell, Ginn, Justin
• Primary Examiner(s): SAMS, MATTHEW C
• Application Number:
  US13/485,806
• Publication Number:
  US 20120311642A1
• Time in Patent Office: 950 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-457, 455/426.1, 455/3.06, 348/157, 348/158, 725/62, 725/81, 725/85, 725/114, 381/78, 381/79
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25841 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; arrangements for identifying locations of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/51; location of the user terminal in data switching networks H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25866 Management of end-user data customer care in data networks H04L41/5077
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41415 involving a public display, viewable by several users in a public space outside their home, e.g. movie theatre, information kiosk
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

Methods and systems associated with a mobile device for venue-oriented communications are presented. An example mobile communication device may include a wireless transceiver, a user interface, and control logic. The wireless transceiver may receive a plurality of digital audio streams from an access device located at a venue. The user interface may receive a selection of one of the digital audio streams from a user of the mobile communication device. The control logic includes a channel selection module that may generate an audio signal representing the selected one of the digital audio streams. The user interface may provide the generated audio signal for presentation to the user.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device comprising:

control logic comprising;

a geographic location module to;

determine a current location of the mobile communication device,

determine a plurality of access devices currently available for communication with the mobile communication device;

transmit, not using the plurality of access devices, to a communication node external to the mobile communication device, an indication of the current location of the mobile communication device and a first list indicating the plurality of access devices,

receive, from the communication node, information identifying at least one of the access devices of the first list that provides a plurality of digital audio streams, each of the plurality of digital audio streams corresponding to video content presented to the user via at least one of a plurality of video presentation devices located at a venue that includes the mobile communication device, and

select one of the plurality of access devices from the identifying information; and

a communication connection module to facilitate creation of a communication connection between the mobile communication device and the selected access device;

a wireless transceiver to receive the plurality of digital audio streams from the selected access device via the communication connection; and

a user interface to receive a selection of one of the digital audio streams from a user of the mobile communication device;

the control logic further comprising a channel selection module to generate an audio signal representing the selected one of the digital audio streams; and

the user interface to provide the generated audio signal for presentation to the user.

2. The mobile communication device of claim 1, the user interface to present an identity of each of the plurality of digital audio streams to the user prior to receiving the selection of the one of the digital audio streams.

3. The mobile communication device of claim 1, the user interface to present to the user an identity of at least one of the plurality of video presentation devices for each corresponding one of the plurality of digital audio streams prior to receiving the selection of the one of the digital audio streams.

4. The mobile communication device of claim 1, the communication connection module to facilitate creation of a second communication connection, via the selected access device, between the mobile communication device and a communication node communicatively coupled with the selected access device via a wide area network.

5. The mobile communication device of claim 1, further comprising geographic location circuitry to generate an indication of the current location of the mobile communication device for the geographic location module.

6. The mobile communication device of claim 5, the geographic location circuitry comprising global positioning system circuitry.

7. The mobile communication device of claim 1, the control logic to provide a service delivered by the selected access device to the user based on the current location of the mobile communication device.

8. The mobile communication device of claim 7, the user interface to capture an image of a graphical code located in the venue, the geographic location module to decipher the graphical code from the captured image, the geographic location module to determine the current location of the mobile communication device within the venue based on the deciphered graphical code.

9. The mobile communication device of claim 7, the wireless transceiver to read location information from a radio-frequency identifier circuit located in the venue, the geographic location module to determine the current location of the mobile communication device within the venue based on the location information.

10. A method of operating a mobile communication device, the method comprising:

communicating with a communication node to determine a wireless access device at a venue shared with the mobile communication device based on the wireless access device being configured to provide a plurality of digital streams corresponding to video content presented by a plurality of video presentation devices located at the venue;

establishing a communication connection with the wireless access device;

receiving the plurality of digital audio streams from the wireless access device after establishing the communication connection;

receiving information identifying the plurality of digital audio streams;

presenting, using at least one processor of a machine, the information identifying the plurality of digital audio streams to a user of the mobile communication device;

receiving a selection of one of the plurality of digital audio streams from the user;

presenting the selected digital audio stream to the user;

receiving, from the communication node through the wireless access device via the communication connection, advertising information for a business located at the venue; and

presenting the advertising information to the user.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

presenting information identifying the video presentation device corresponding to each of the plurality of digital audio streams to the user of the mobile communication device.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a mobile communication device, cause the mobile communication device to:

determine a plurality of wireless access nodes available to the mobile communication device;

determine a current location of the mobile communication device;

transmit, not using the plurality of wireless access nodes, a list indicating the plurality of wireless access nodes and an indication of the geographic location of the mobile communication device to a communication node external to the mobile communication device;

receive, from the communication node, information identifying at least one wireless access node from the list, the at least one wireless access node being available to provide a service from the communication node to the mobile communication device at the indicated geographic location, the at least one available wireless access node comprising a wireless access device;

establish a communication connection with the wireless access device in response to receiving the identifying information;

receive a plurality of digital audio streams from the wireless access device over the communication connection, each of the plurality of digital audio streams being generated at a venue shared with the mobile communication device;

receive information identifying each of the plurality of digital audio streams;

present the information identifying the plurality of digital audio streams to a user of the mobile communication device;

receive a selection of one of the plurality of digital audio streams from the user; and

present the selected digital audio stream to the user.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, the instructions further causing the mobile communication device to:

transmit the selection of the one of the plurality of digital audio streams to the wireless access device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, the instructions further causing the mobile communication device to:

receive advertising information from the communication node via the wireless access device; and

present the advertising information to the user.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the advertising information being associated with the venue.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the instructions further causing the mobile communication device to transmit the selection of the one of the plurality of digital audio streams to the wireless access device, the advertising information being based on the selected one of the plurality of digital audio streams.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the advertising information being based on a demographic group associated with the user.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, the instructions further causing the mobile communication device to:

transmit user identification information associated with the user to at least one of the wireless access device and the communication node;

in response to transmitting the user identification information, receive an indication from at least one of the wireless access device and the communication node that at least one chat room is available for communication;

present the indication to the user;

receive from the user a request to establish a communication link with one of the at least one chat room; and

establish the communication link between the user and the one of the at least one chat room via the wireless access device in response to the request.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, the instructions further causing the mobile communication device to:

receive the indication of the geographic location of the mobile communication device from geographic location circuitry of the mobile communication device, the geographic location circuitry being in communication with a global positioning system external to the mobile communication device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, the instructions further causing the mobile communication device to:

receive from the communication node an indication that none of the wireless access nodes from the list are available to provide the service, and an indication of at least one out-of-range wireless access node near the geographic location of the mobile communication device that is capable of providing the service.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, the instructions further causing the mobile communication device to:

determine a location of the mobile communication device within the venue;

transmit an indication of the location to the communication node; and

communicate with the communication node with respect to a service provided via the wireless access device, the service being based on the indication of the location.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, the instructions further causing the mobile communication device to:

receive information for a venue-oriented service from the wireless access device;

present the information for the venue-oriented service to the user;

establish a secure connection with the wireless access device; and

transmit response information for the venue-oriented service to the wireless access device via the secure connection.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, the venue-oriented service comprising at least one of a point-of-sales service, a mobile commerce service, and a customer loyalty service.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, the venue-oriented service comprising a gaming service.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, the venue-oriented service comprising a social networking service.