Location based recommendation method for mobile station content
First Claim
1. A method comprising the steps of:
- identifying a location for a mobile station;
identifying, in a content usage database, records of one or more other mobile stations that have been within a set distance of the identified location at any time within a set time frame;
from each identified record of another mobile station, identifying content resident on the other mobile station; and
transmitting through a wireless communications network to the mobile station a recommendation for a user of the mobile station comprising information about the identified content resident on the one or more other mobile stations.
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Abstract
A location based method of offering a recommendation of content to a user of a mobile station includes receiving information identifying a current location for the mobile station. Then, in a content usage database, records of other mobile stations that have recently been near that location are identified. For each identified record of another mobile station, content resident on an used by the other mobile station in the content usage database is identified. Then, for example, responsive to at least one inquiry received from the mobile station, a recommendation is transmitted through a wireless communications network to the mobile station of the user. The recommendation includes information about the identified content resident on and used by one or more of the other mobile stations.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
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identifying a location for a mobile station; identifying, in a content usage database, records of one or more other mobile stations that have been within a set distance of the identified location at any time within a set time frame; from each identified record of another mobile station, identifying content resident on the other mobile station; and transmitting through a wireless communications network to the mobile station a recommendation for a user of the mobile station comprising information about the identified content resident on the one or more other mobile stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising steps of:
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receiving probe gathered information from mobile stations identifying locations of the mobile stations and content resident on and used on the mobile stations at the locations; from the probe gathered information, creating records in a content usage database associating locations of the mobile stations with content resident on and used by the other mobile stations; receiving, through a wireless communications network, an inquiry from one mobile station identifying a location; in response to receiving the inquiry, determining, from the records in the content usage database, a list of content resident and used on other mobile stations within a set distance of the identified location; and transmitting the list of content through the wireless communications network to the one mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A method comprising steps of:
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identifying a location for a user'"'"'s mobile station; receiving a user input of a distance restriction and a time frame via the user'"'"'s mobile device; transmitting an inquiry, from the user'"'"'s mobile station though a wireless communications network, the inquiry including identification of the location, the distance restriction and the time frame; responsive to the inquiry, receiving at the mobile station through the wireless communications network, a recommendation for the user identifying content resident and used on one or more other mobile stations within the distance restriction of the identified location within the time frame; and providing the received recommendation to the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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