System and method for location-based targeted notifications using wireless communication devices

• US 9,049,542 B1
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intrado Life & Safety Incorporated
• Original Assignee: West Corporation
• Inventors: Steinbeck, Michelle L., Patel, Ashish, Adams, Steven D., Ciesielski, Stephen John, Creigh, James C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): STERNBANE, LAURENCE J
• Application Number:
  US11/863,436
• Time in Patent Office: 2,804 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.2, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/414.3, 455/456.3, 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.4, 455/456.5
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A system, method and computer readable medium for targeting messages delivered by wireless communication comprising determining at least one target space within at least one wireless communications network, determining a notification list comprising at least one recipient in said at least one target space, determining at least one notification message, and transmitting said at least one notification message through said at least one wireless communications network to at least one recipient on said notification list.

Claims

1. A method for targeting messages delivered by wireless communication, the method comprising:

determining at least one target space by retrieving the at least one pre-defined target space from a memory of at least one computing system within at least one wireless communications network;

determining a notification list via a processor of at least one computing system comprising at least one recipient in said at least one target space;

determining at least one mobile station corresponding to said at least one recipient on said notification list is currently active in the at least one target space by sequential query of each serving station of the at least one wireless communications network;

determining at least one notification message from a database of at least one computing system; and

transmitting said at least one notification message through said at least one wireless communications network via the processor pushing the at least one notification message to each recipient on said notification list associated with respective mobile stations that are determined to be currently active.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein said at least one notification message is transmitted to each recipient on said notification list.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein determining said notification list comprises determining the recipients within said target space.

4. The method according to claim 3 further comprising determining the recipients within said target space that are eligible recipients.

5. The method according to claim 3 wherein determining the recipients within said target space comprises:

determining one or more serving stations providing wireless communication service to said target space;

determining at least one mobile station registered to a recipient receiving wireless communications service from said one or more serving stations.

6. The method according to claim 5 further comprising determining a wireless communications network associated with said one or more serving stations and executing a query to said wireless communications network to determine at least one mobile station receiving wireless communications service from said one or more serving stations.

7. The method according to claim 6 comprising executing said query to each wireless communications network providing wireless communications service to said target space.

8. The method according to claim 3 wherein at least the steps of determining the recipients within said target space and transmitting at least one notification message to at least one recipient on said notification list are performed in accordance with a schedule.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein determining said notification message comprises retrieving a notification message from a database.

10. The method according to claim 8 wherein retrieving a notification message from a database comprises accessing said database to retrieve a link to an external database and retrieving said notification message from said external database.

11. The method according to claim 1 wherein determining a notification message comprises receiving a message from a user through a user interface.

12. The method according to claim 1 wherein determining said notification list is performed in response to a recipient entering said at least one target space.

13. A wireless communications system comprising:

at least one wireless communications network;

at least one mobile station registered on said wireless communications network;

at least one processor; and

at least one memory;

wherein said memory stores at least one target space;

wherein said processor;

determines at least one mobile station serviced by said wireless communications network within said target space;

determines a notification list comprising at least one recipient in said at least one target space;

determines at least one mobile station corresponding to said at least one recipient on said notification list is currently active in the at least one target space by sequential query of each serving station of the at least one wireless communications network; and

transmits the at least one notification message to each recipient on said notification list associated with respective mobile stations that are determined to be currently active through said at least one wireless communications network.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein said at least one wireless communications network comprises at least one of a home location register and a visitor location register and wherein said processor queries at least one of said home location register and said visitor location register to determine at least one mobile station within said target space.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein said at least one wireless communications network comprises a plurality of serving stations, wherein said memory stores an association between at least one of said serving stations and said target space, and wherein said processor queries at least one of said home location register and said visitor location register by providing said wireless communication network with one or more of said serving stations associated with said target space.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein said memory stores at least one link to at least one external notification message database and wherein said processor retrieves at least one notification message from said at least one external notification message database.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable on at least one processor for:

receiving a definition of a target space via input through at least one interface;

determining a list of mobile stations within the defined target space by retrieving the least one pre-defined target space from a memory;

determining a notification list via a processor of at least one computing system comprising at least one recipient in said at least one target space;

determining the list of mobile stations corresponding to said at least one recipient on said notification list is currently active in the defined target space by sequential query of each serving station of at least one wireless communications network; and

causing at least one wireless communications network to provide the at least one notification message to at least one of said mobile stations in said list of mobile stations via the processor pushing the at least one notification message to each recipient on said notification list associated with respective mobile stations that are determined to be currently active.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17 further comprising instructions for determining one or more serving stations that provide wireless communications to said defined target space.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 18 further comprising instructions for retrieving from a memory an association between a plurality of serving stations and an area serviced by said plurality of serving stations and processing said association to determine one or more serving stations that service said defined target space.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17 further comprising instructions for providing an interface and for receiving at least one of a notification message and a link to a notification message through said interface.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 17 further comprising instructions for providing an interface and receiving a notification schedule through said interface.

22. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 21 further comprising instructions for causing at least one wireless communications network to provide at least one notification message to at least one of said mobile stations in said list of mobile stations in accordance with a schedule received through said interface.