Location based system and method for exchanging videos or notes

• US 9,094,518 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2007
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Marilly, Emmanuel, Delgue, Gerard
• Primary Examiner(s): Iqbal, Khawar
• Application Number:
  US11/747,894
• Publication Number:
  US 20080280598A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,999 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/41.2, 4554561-4566, 455/466, 370/310, 370/313, 725/80, 725/81, 725/109, 725/112, 725/110, 725/131
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4509 Unified messaging with single point of access to voicemail and other mail or messaging systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/15 Information service where the information is dependent on the location of the subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A system and method are described herein for enabling end-users of mobile terminals to exchange messages that are associated with a specific geographical location. In one embodiment, a first end-user can use their mobile terminal to submit a message (text, voice, video . . . ) about a specific piece of art located in a museum. Then, a second end-user can use their mobile terminal to retrieve the message (which was previously provided by the first end-user) that is associated with the specific piece of art while they are located in the museum.

Claims

1. A method for enabling end-users of mobile terminals to exchange messages that are associated with a specific geographical location, said method comprising:

enabling a first end-user of a first mobile terminal to submit a message associated with the specific geographical location and storing the submitted message in a service platform that creates a separate carousel for each set-top box that communicates with the service platform; and

enabling a second end-user of a second mobile terminal to retrieve the stored message originating from the first mobile terminal when the second mobile terminal is located near the specific geographical location and filtering the stored message at the second mobile terminal to limit its size.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the second mobile terminal is located near the specific geographical location when communications are initiated between a set-top box and said second mobile terminal where said set-top box is located at the specific geographical location.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the second mobile terminal is located near the specific geographical location after analyzing a cell identification number located within a signal which was transmitted from the second mobile terminal.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the second mobile terminal is located near the specific geographical location by utilizing an assisted global positioning system.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising deleting the stored message from the said service platform if no end-user consults the message, or if the message has been stored for a predetermined time, or if an administrator wants to delete the message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said message is a text message, a voice message or a video message that is associated with tourism information, cultural information, shopping information and/or gaming information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said specific geographical location is a museum, a shop, a tourist place or a radio network cell.

8. A system, comprising:

a service platform; and

a set-top box, wherein;

said service platform comprises;

a multimedia data storage manager which builds a separate carousel for the set-top box and for each set-top box, the carousel for the set-top box includes messages received from said set-top box; and

said set-top box comprises;

a multimedia data downloader unit which downloads the carousel from said service platform;

a carousel broadcast unit which broadcasts the messages within the carousel;

a multimedia data uploader unit which collects a new message and transmits the new message to said service platform; and

a location unit which determines a geographic location of said set-top box.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said multimedia data uploader unit further adds an end-user identifier and a location identifier to the collected new message before transmitting the collected new message to said service platform.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising a mobile terminal which comprises:

a multimedia data listener unit which detects said set-top box, receives the broadcasted messages within the carousel from said set-top box, and filters the received messages to limit their size to enable the received messages to be presented to an end-user; and

a multimedia data editor unit which collects the new message from the end-user and transmits the collected new message to said set-top box.

11. A system, comprising:

a service platform; and

a mobile terminal, wherein said service platform and said mobile terminal communicate with one another via a core network and a radio access network, and wherein;

said service platform comprises;

a multimedia data storage manager which builds a separate carousel of messages for each set-top box in the system, the messages associated with a specific geographical location;

a carousel server which enables a broadcast of the messages within the carousel; and

a location unit which determines a geographic location of said mobile terminal; and

said mobile terminal comprises;

a multimedia data listener unit which detects said service platform and filters the broadcasted messages to limit their size;

a multimedia data downloader unit which receives the broadcasted messages and enables the received messages to be presented to an end-user of said mobile terminal;

a multimedia data editor unit which collects a new message from the end-user; and

a multimedia data uploader unit which transmits the collected new message to said service platform.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said service platform broadcasts messages which are relevant to the geographic location of said mobile terminal.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein said terminal location unit determines the geographic location of said mobile terminal by analyzing a cell identification number located within a signal which was transmitted from the said mobile terminal.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein said terminal location unit determines the geographic location of said mobile terminal by utilizing an assisted global positioning system.

15. A service platform, comprising:

a multimedia data storage manager which builds a separate carousel of messages for each set-top box communicating with the platform, the messages associated with a specific geographical location;

a location unit which determines a geographic location of a mobile terminal; and

a carousel server which broadcasts the messages within the carousel when said mobile terminal is located near the specific geographical location.