System and method for providing a virtual presence while securely managing and applying user profile data

• US 9,014,963 B1
• Filed: 02/03/2012
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ubetterknowme.com Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Ubetterknowme.com Incorporated
• Inventors: Naqvi, Shamim A., Kolton, Claudine
• Primary Examiner(s): Jabr, Fadey
• Assistant Examiner(s): WEEKS, MARTIN A
• Application Number:
  US13/365,515
• Time in Patent Office: 1,173 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/456.6, 707/3, 707/9, 701/300
• US Class Current: 701/300
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/173 using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star, snowflake
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/00 Payment architectures, schemes or protocols apparatus for performing or posting payment transactions G07F7/08, G07F19/00; electronic cash registers G07G1/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Systems and methods for responding to the arrival of a person within a defined geographic area after receiving a virtual presence of the person at a target destination before actual arrival at the target destination are defined. A mobile electronic device stores user profile data and periodically outputs a unique device identification number and position data. A host server monitors the position data and when it is within the defined geographic area, the user profile data is received from the mobile electronic device and transmitted to subscribing terminals. The terminals display the user profile data so that customer service may be enhanced upon the user'"'"'s arrival. When the user leaves the defined geographic area, the profile data is removed.

Claims

1. A system for responding to the arrival of a person within a defined geographic area after receiving a virtual presence of the person at a target destination before actual arrival at the target destination comprising:

a mobile electronic device configured to output a unique device identification number comprising;

a space-based satellite navigation system that outputs position data;

a first radio transmitter;

a first radio receiver;

an input device for inputting user profile data that contains personal attributes and preferences for service personnel to recognize;

a first memory for storing user profile data;

a second memory for storing an application that transmits position data, the device identification number and user profile data; and

a third memory for receiving a request profile signal that indicates that the mobile electronic device has entered the defined geographic area;

a host server comprising;

a second radio transmitter;

a second radio receiver;

a fourth memory for storing device identification numbers; and

a fifth memory for storing an application that recognizes device identification numbers and transmits a request profile signal to the mobile electronic device and that receives user profile data from the mobile electronic device, reformats the user profile data into a screen image and transmits the screen image without storing the user profile data in memory on the host server and that transmits data to clear the screen image; and

a terminal comprising;

a display;

a sixth memory comprising a screen buffer for storing the screen image that appears on the display; and

a third radio receiver for receiving the screen image and storing the screen image in the sixth memory screen buffer without storing the screen image in any other memory on the terminal so that the user profile data is maintained privately and securely only on the mobile electronic device;

wherein the mobile electronic device periodically transmits its device identification number and position data to the host server;

wherein when the host server receives a recognized device identification number and position data indicating that the mobile electronic device is within the defined geographic area, the host server sends a request profile signal to the mobile electronic device;

wherein when the mobile electronic device receives a request profile signal, the mobile electronic device transmits user profile data to the host server;

wherein when the host server receives user profile data, the host server transmits the user profile data to the terminal; and

wherein when the terminal receives the user profile data, it places the user profile data into the sixth memory so that the user profile data appears on the terminal display.

2. The system recited in claim 1 wherein user profile data is encrypted on the mobile electronic device and decrypted on the terminal.

3. The system recited in claim 1 wherein the space-based satellite navigation system is a space-based global navigation satellite system (GNSS), such as Global Positioning System (GPS).

4. The system recited in claim 1 wherein the mobile electronic device is one of a mobile phone, iPad™

, tablet PC, and a laptop computer and wherein the terminal is one of a mobile phone, iPad™

, tablet PC, a laptop computer, and a dumb terminal.

5. The system recited in claim 1 wherein when the host server receives a device identification number and one of position data indicating that the mobile electronic device was but no longer is within the defined geographic area and a disconnect signal, the host server transmits data to the terminal that clears the user profile data from the terminal.

6. The system recited in claim 1 further comprising a third radio transmitter in the terminal for transmitting data through the host server to the mobile electronic device.

7. The system recited in claim 1 wherein the terminal is attachable to a person'"'"'s wrist.

8. The system recited in claim 1 further comprising a seventh memory in the terminal for storing an application that controls the interface for viewing user profile data.

9. The system recited in claim 1 wherein the device identification number and position data are transmitted from the mobile electronic device to a third-party location server, which broadcasts the device identification number and position data and wherein the host server is a subscriber device of the location server broadcasts.

10. The system recited in claim 9 wherein the application in the fifth memory detects the position of the mobile electronic device over time and accelerates the rate at which the application retrieves data from the location server if the mobile electronic device is approaching the defined geographic area.

11. A system for responding to the arrival of a person within a defined geographic area after receiving a virtual presence of the person at a target destination before actual arrival at the target destination comprising:

an adjacent network wherein the adjacent network is defined as a primary device, a service node and a secondary device;

wherein the primary device comprises;

a mobile electronic device configured to output a unique device identification number comprising;

a space-based satellite navigation system that outputs position data;

a first radio transmitter;

a first radio receiver;

an input device for inputting user profile data that contains personal attributes and preferences for service personnel to recognize;

a first memory for storing user profile data;

a second memory for storing an application that transmits position data, the device identification number and user profile data; and

a third memory for receiving a request profile signal that indicates that the mobile electronic device has entered the defined geographic area;

wherein the service node comprises;

a host server comprising;

a second radio transmitter;

a second radio receiver;

a fourth memory for storing device identification numbers; and

a fifth memory for storing an application that recognizes device identification numbers and transmits a request profile signal to the mobile electronic device and that receives user profile data from the mobile electronic device, reformats the user profile data into a screen image and transmits the screen image without storing the user profile data in memory on the host server and that transmits data to clear the screen image; and

wherein the secondary device comprises;

a terminal comprising;

a display;

a sixth memory comprising a screen buffer for storing the screen image that appears on the display; and

a third radio receiver for receiving the screen image and storing the screen image in the sixth memory without storing the screen image in any other memory on the terminal so that the user profile data is maintained privately and securely only on the mobile electronic device;

wherein the primary device periodically transmits its device identification number and position data to the service node;

wherein when the service node receives a recognized device identification number and position data indicating that the primary device is within the defined geographic area, the service node sends a request profile signal to the primary device;

wherein when the primary device receives a request profile signal, the primary device transmits user profile data to the service node;

wherein when the service node receives user profile data, the service node transmits the user profile data to the secondary device;

wherein when the secondary device receives the user profile data, it places the user profile data into the sixth memory so that the user profile data appears on the secondary device display; and

wherein the adjacent network assembles when the person arrives within the defined geographic area, and the adjacent network dissembles when the person leaves the defined geographic area.

12. The system recited in claim 11 wherein user profile data is encrypted on the primary device and decrypted on the secondary device.

13. The system recited in claim 11 wherein when the service node receives a device identification number and one of position data indicating that the primary device was but no longer is within the defined geographic area and a disconnect signal, the service node transmits data to the secondary device that clears the user profile data from the secondary device and the adjacent network dissembles.

14. The system recited in claim 11 further comprising a third radio transmitter in the secondary device for transmitting data through the service node to the primary device.

15. The system recited in claim 11 further comprising a seventh memory in the secondary device for storing an application that controls the interface for viewing user profile data.

16. The system recited in claim 11 wherein the device identification number and position data are transmitted from the primary device to a third-party location server, which broadcasts the device identification number and position data and wherein the service node is a subscriber device of the location server broadcasts.

17. The system recited in claim 16 wherein the application in the fifth memory detects the position of the primary device over time and accelerates the rate at which the application retrieves data from the location server if the primary device is approaching the defined geographic area.

18. A method for responding to the arrival of a person within a defined geographic area after receiving a virtual presence of the person at a target destination before actual arrival at the target destination comprising:

providing a mobile electronic device configured to output a unique device identification number comprising;

a space-based satellite navigation system that outputs position data;

said mobile electronic device configured to store user profile data;

an application that transmits position data, the device identification number and user profile data with the mobile electronic device configured to receive a request profile signal that indicates that the mobile electronic device has entered the defined geographic area;

providing a host server comprising;

an application that recognizes device identification numbers and transmits a request profile signal to the mobile electronic device and that receives user profile data from the mobile electronic device, with the host server configured to reformat the user profile data into a screen image and configured to transmit the screen image without storing the user profile data in memory on the host server and further configured to thereafter transmit data that clears the screen image; and

providing a terminal comprising;

a display; and

a screen buffer for receiving and storing the screen image that appears on the display

without storing the user profile data in any other memory on the terminal so that the user profile data is maintained privately and securely only on the mobile electronic device responsive to the data transmitted from the host server that clears the screen image.

19. The method recited in claim 18 further comprising:

transmitting a device identification number and position data from the mobile electronic device to the host server periodically;

receiving a recognized device identification number and position data on the host server from the mobile electronic device indicating that the mobile electronic device is within the defined geographic area;

sending a request profile signal from the host server to the mobile electronic device;

receiving a request profile signal on the mobile electronic device from the host server;

transmitting user profile data to the host server from the mobile electronic device;

receiving user profile data on the host server from the mobile electronic device;

reformatting the user profile data into a screen image;

transmitting the screen image from the host server to the terminal;

receiving the screen image on the terminal;

placing the screen image into the screen buffer so that the user profile data appears on the terminal display;

encrypting the user profile data on the mobile electronic device before sending it to the host server;

decrypting the user profile data on the terminal when it is received from the host server;

sending data from the host server that clears user profile data from the terminal when the host server receives a device identification number and position data from the mobile electronic device indicating that the mobile electronic device was but no longer is within the defined geographic area;

sending data from the host server that clears user profile data from the terminal when the host server receives a device identification number and a disconnect signal from the mobile electronic device; and

providing in the terminal an application that controls the interface for viewing user profile data.

20. The method recited in claim 18 further comprising:

transmitting a device identification number and position data from the mobile electronic device to the host server periodically;

receiving a recognized device identification number and position data on the host server from the mobile electronic device indicating that the mobile electronic device is within the defined geographic area;

sending a request profile signal from the host server to the mobile electronic device;

receiving a request profile signal on the mobile electronic device from the host server;

transmitting user profile data to the host server from the mobile electronic device;

receiving user profile data on the host server from the mobile electronic device;

reformatting the user profile data into a screen image;

transmitting the screen image from the host server to the terminal;

receiving the screen image on the terminal;

placing the screen image into the screen buffer so that the user profile data appears on the terminal display;

transmitting the device identification number and position data from the mobile electronic device to a third-party location server;

broadcasting the device identification number and position data from the third-party location server;

receiving the broadcast device identification number and position data on the host server;

detecting the position of the mobile electronic device over time; and

accelerating the rate at which the application retrieves data from the location server if the mobile electronic device is approaching the defined geographic area.