Venue-oriented social functionality via a mobile communication device
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1. A system comprising:
- an access device located at a commercial venue, the access device being communicatively coupled via a local area network with a mobile communication device located at the commercial venue; and
a communication node communicatively coupled to the access device via a wide area network, the communication node to provide a social networking service directed to a plurality of users located at the commercial venue to a user of the mobile communication device, the social networking service being made available by the communication node to the user via the access device in response to a communication connection being established between the mobile communication device and the access device via the local area network;
the access device to exchange information between the communication node and the mobile communication device, the information relating to the social networking service;
the social networking service comprising access to a social network, the communication node to receive at least one of a location and a current status of the user from the mobile communication device via the access device, the communication node to forward the at least one of the location and the current status of the user to other mobile communication devices located at the commercial venue via the access device in response to receiving the at least one of the location and the current status of the user.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for social functionality via a mobile communication device are presented. An example system may include an access device and a communication node. The access device may be located at a commercial venue and communicatively coupled via a local area network with a mobile communication device located at the venue. The communication node may be communicatively coupled to the access device via a wide area network to provide a social networking service related to the venue to a user of the mobile communication device. The access device may exchange information relating to the social networking service between the communication node and the mobile communication device.
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24 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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an access device located at a commercial venue, the access device being communicatively coupled via a local area network with a mobile communication device located at the commercial venue; and a communication node communicatively coupled to the access device via a wide area network, the communication node to provide a social networking service directed to a plurality of users located at the commercial venue to a user of the mobile communication device, the social networking service being made available by the communication node to the user via the access device in response to a communication connection being established between the mobile communication device and the access device via the local area network; the access device to exchange information between the communication node and the mobile communication device, the information relating to the social networking service; the social networking service comprising access to a social network, the communication node to receive at least one of a location and a current status of the user from the mobile communication device via the access device, the communication node to forward the at least one of the location and the current status of the user to other mobile communication devices located at the commercial venue via the access device in response to receiving the at least one of the location and the current status of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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an access device located at a commercial venue, the access device being communicatively coupled via a local area network with a mobile communication device located at the commercial venue; and a communication node communicatively coupled to the access device via a wide area network, the communication node to provide a social networking service directed to a plurality of users located at the commercial venue to a user of the mobile communication device, the social networking service being made available by the communication node to the user via the access device in response to a communication connection being established between the mobile communication device and the access device via the local area network; the access device to exchange information between the communication node and the mobile communication device, the information relating to the social networking service; the access device to receive a plurality of digital audio streams from a plurality of video display devices located at the commercial venue, each of the digital audio streams corresponding to video content being presented by a video display device of the plurality of video display devices to the user, and to transmit wirelessly the received digital audio streams to the mobile communication device, each of the plurality of video display devices being separate from the mobile communication device. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. An access device comprising:
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at least one receiver to receive a plurality of digital audio streams from a plurality of video display devices located at a commercial venue shared with the access device, each of the digital audio streams corresponding to video content being displayed by a corresponding video display device of the plurality of video display devices; a wireless transceiver to transmit, to a mobile communication device for presentation to a user, a plurality of wireless digital audio streams, each of the wireless digital audio streams corresponding to one of the received digital audio streams, the mobile communication device being separate from the video display devices; and control logic to exchange information with the mobile communication device via the wireless transceiver to provide a social networking service directed to a plurality of users located at the commercial venue to the user of the mobile communication device, the social networking service being made available to the user via the access device in response to a communication connection being established between the mobile communication device and the access device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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receiving, at an access device located at a commercial venue, a plurality of digital audio streams from a plurality of video display devices located at the commercial venue, each of the digital audio streams corresponding to video content displayed to a user via a video display device of the plurality of video display devices; transmitting wirelessly, from the access device, the plurality of digital audio streams to a mobile communication device of the user, the mobile communication device being separate from the video display devices; and providing, via the access device, at least one social networking service directed to a plurality of users located at the commercial venue to the user via the mobile communication device, the at least one social networking service being made available to the user via the access device in response to a communication connection being established between the mobile communication device and the access device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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