Systems and methods for associating contextual information and a contact entry with a communication originating from a geographic location

• US 9,026,131 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2010
• Issued: 05/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Concert Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Modena Enterprises, LLC (Concert Technology Corporation)
• Inventors: Katpelly, Ravi Reddy, Curtis, Scott, Kandekar, Kunal
• Primary Examiner(s): Eng, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAMMONDS, MARCUS C
• Application Number:
  US12/835,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20120135716A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,756 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-457
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods and systems for associating contextual information with data identifying a geographic location. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication originating from the geographic location may be received at a computing device. In response to receiving the communication originating from the geographic location, the contextual information may be presented to the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at a mobile device;

displaying a graphical map of a geographic location;

receiving user input on the graphical map defining a graphical representation of the geographic location, the graphical representation defining an area surrounding the geographic location;

receiving contextual information to tag to the graphical representation while the mobile device is located at the geographic location;

in response to receiving the contextual information, tagging the contextual information to the geographical representation of the geographic location, the tagged contextual information comprising data identifying a time when the mobile device is located at the geographic location;

receiving user input that specifies a communication rule to apply to every communication originating from the graphical representation of the geographic location, the communication rule comprising an instruction to present the tagged contextual information;

receiving a communication originating from the defined area surrounding the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation; and

in response to receiving the communication originating from the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation, presenting, to a user of the mobile device, the contextual information tagged to the graphical representation of the geographic location by applying the communication rule and the data indicating the time when the mobile device was located at the geographic location.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the contextual information comprises user-specified information.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating data based on the communication, wherein the contextual information comprises the generated data.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein tagging the contextual information to the graphical representation of the geographic location comprises associating at least one of text, video, audio, and image data with the graphical representation of the geographic location, and

wherein presenting the contextual information tagged to the graphical representation of the geographic location comprises presenting the at least one of text, video, audio, and image data to the user.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving contextual information to tag to the graphical representation of the geographic location comprises receiving user input that specifies the contextual information.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving user input on the graphical map defining a graphical representation of the geographic location comprises receiving user input that specifies at least one of a coordinate and area of the geographic location.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the communication originating from the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation comprises receiving at least one of a telephone call, an email, a text message, and an instant message from a source located at the geographic location.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving information identifying the geographic location from where the communication originated.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

determining whether the communication originated from the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation using the graphical representation of the geographic location and the information identifying the geographic location from where the communication originated; and

in response to determining that the communication originated from the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation, presenting the contextual information tagged to the graphical representation of the geographical location by applying the communication rule.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication rule specifies overriding an incoming communication restriction upon receipt of a communication originating from the defined area surrounding the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation, and

wherein the method further comprises overriding the incoming communication restriction.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication rule specifies a time for accepting communications originating from the defined area of the graphical representation of the geographic location, and

wherein the method further comprises notifying the user of the communication originating from the geographic location at the time for accepting communications from the defined area of the graphical representation of the geographic location.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving contextual information to tag to the graphical representation comprises receiving a user input to store a current time when the mobile device is located at the geographic location.

13. A method comprising:

at a mobile device;

determining a geographic location of the mobile device;

displaying a graphical map of the geographic location;

receiving user input on the graphical map defining a graphical representation of the geographic location, the geographical representation defining an area surrounding the geographic location;

receiving contextual information to tag to the graphical representation while the mobile device is located at the geographic location;

in response to receiving the contextual information, tagging the contextual information to the geographical representation of the geographic location, the tagged contextual information comprising data identifying a time when the mobile device is located at the geographic location;

receiving user input that specifies a communication rule to apply to every communication originating from the graphical representation of the geographic location, the communication rule comprising an instruction to present the tagged contextual information;

receiving a communication originating from the defined area surrounding the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation; and

in response to receiving the communication originating from the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation, presenting, to a user of the mobile device, the contextual information tagged to the graphical representation of the geographic location by applying the communication rule and the data indicating the time when the mobile device was located at the geographic location.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the contextual information comprises user-specified information.

15. The method of claim 13 further comprising generating data based on the communication, wherein the contextual information comprises the generated data.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein tagging the contextual information to the graphical representation of the geographic location comprises associating at least one of text, video, audio, and image data with the graphical representation of the geographic location, and

wherein presenting the contextual information tagged to the graphical representation of the geographic location comprises presenting the at least one of text, video, audio, and image data to the user.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein receiving contextual information to tag to the graphical representation of the geographic location comprises receiving user input that specifies the contextual information.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein receiving user input on the graphical map defining a graphical representation of the geographic location comprises receiving user input that specifies at least one of a coordinate and area of the geographic location.

19. The method of claim 13 wherein receiving the communication originating from the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation comprises receiving at least one of a telephone call, an email, a text message, and an instant message from a source located at the geographic location.

20. The method of claim 13 further comprising receiving information identifying the geographic location from where the communication originated.

21. The method of claim 13 wherein the communication rule specifies a mode of notifying the user about a communication originating from the defined area surrounding the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation, and

wherein the method further comprises notifying the user of the communication on the mobile device in accordance with the specified mode.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the mode is one of a ringer mode, a vibrate mode, and a display mode.

23. The method of claim 21 wherein notifying the user comprises at least one of ringing the mobile device, vibrating the mobile device, and displaying a notification indicator on a display of the mobile device.

24. The method of claim 21 wherein notifying the user comprises communicating at least one of a text message and an email to the mobile device for notifying the user of the communication.

25. The method of claim 13, wherein receiving contextual information to tag to the graphical representation comprises receiving a user input to store a current time when the mobile device is located at the geographic location.

26. A system comprising:

a communication interface of a mobile device configured to receive a communication that originated from a geographic location; and

a communication manager of the mobile device configured to;

display a graphical map of the geographic location;

receive user input on the graphical map that defines a graphical representation of the geographic location, the graphical representation defining an area surrounding the geographic location;

receive contextual information to tag to the graphical representation while the mobile device is located at the geographic location;

in response to receiving the contextual information, tag the contextual information to the geographical representation of the geographic location, the tagged contextual information comprising data identifying a time when the mobile device is located at the geographic location;

receive user input that specifies and a communication rule to apply to every communication originating from the graphical representation of the geographic location, the communication rule comprising an instruction to present the tagged contextual information; and

present the contextual information tagged to the graphical representation of the geographic location and the data indicating the time when the mobile device was located at the geographic location by applying the communication rule in response to receiving the communication originating from the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation.

27. A system comprising:

a communication interface of a mobile device configured to receive a communication from a computing device; and

a communication manager of the mobile device configured to;

determine a geographic location from where the communication originated;

display a graphical map of a geographic location;

receive user input on the graphical map that defines a graphical representation of the geographic location, the graphical representation defining an area surrounding the geographic location;

receive contextual information to tag to the graphical representation while the mobile device is located at the geographic location;

in response to receiving the contextual information, tag the contextual information to the geographical representation of the geographic location, the tagged contextual information comprising data identifying a time when the mobile device is located at the geographic location;

receive user input that specifies a communication rule to apply to every communication originating from the graphical representation of the geographic location, the communication rule comprising an instruction to present the tagged contextual information;

and

present the contextual information tagged to the graphical representation of the geographic location and the data indicating the time when the mobile device was located at the geographic location by applying the communication rule in response to receiving the communication originating from the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation.

28. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing the following steps:

displaying, on a mobile device, a graphical map of a geographic location;

receiving, at the mobile device, user input on the graphical map that specifies a graphical representation of the geographic location, the graphical representation defining an area surrounding the geographic location;

receiving, at the mobile device, contextual information to tag to the graphical representation while the mobile device is located at the geographic location;

tagging, at the mobile device, the contextual information to the geographical representation of the geographic location in response to receiving the contextual information, the tagged contextual information comprising data identifying a time when the mobile device is located at the geographic location;

receiving, at the mobile device, user input that specifies a communication rule to apply to every communication originating from the graphical representation of the geographic location, the communication rule comprising an instruction to present the tagged contextual information;

receiving, at the mobile device, a communication originating from the defined area surrounding the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation; and

in response to receiving the communication originating from the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation, presenting, to a user of the mobile device, the contextual information tagged to the graphical representation of the geographic location by applying the communication rule and the data indicating the time when the mobile device was located at the geographic location.

29. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing the following steps:

determining, at a mobile device, a geographic location of a computing device;

displaying, on a mobile device, a graphical map of a geographic location;

receiving, at the mobile device, user input on the graphical map that specifies a graphical representation of the geographic location, the graphical representation defining an area surrounding the geographic location;

receiving, at the mobile device, contextual information to tag to the graphical representation while the mobile device is located at the geographic location;

tagging, at the mobile device, the contextual information to the geographical representation of the geographic location in response to receiving the contextual information, the tagged contextual information comprising data identifying a time when the mobile device is located at the geographic location;

receiving, at the mobile device, user input that specifies a communication rule to apply to every communication originating from the graphical representation of the geographic location, the communication rule comprising an instruction to present the tagged contextual information;

receiving, at the mobile device, a communication originating from the defined area surrounding the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation; and

in response to receiving the communication originating from the geographic location corresponding to the graphical representation, presenting, to a user of the mobile device, the contextual information tagged to the graphical representation of the geographic location by applying the communication rule and the data indicating the time when the mobile device was located at the geographic location.