Method, medium, and system for providing location aware classified content

• US 9,129,317 B2
• Filed: 07/08/2008
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Dasgupta, Sudeep
• Primary Examiner(s): ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E
• Application Number:
  US12/169,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20100010907A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,618 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/27, 705/14.56
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include receiving, from a seller system, seller classified profile information via a network, receiving, from a buyer system, buyer classified profile information via the network, receiving, from a Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled device associated with a buyer, polling information via the network, matching the buyer classified profile information to the seller classified profile information in response to receiving the polling information based on at least one of the seller classified profile information, the buyer classified profile information, and the polling information, and transmitting a notification of the match to the Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled device via the network.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, from a seller system, seller classified profile information via a network;

receiving, from a buyer system, buyer classified profile information via the network, wherein the buyer classified profile information comprises one or more user rules that indicate a transmission preference for transmission of a notification of a match;

receiving, from a Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled device associated with a buyer, polling information via the network, wherein the polling information comprises an approximate location of the GPS enabled device;

matching, in response to receiving the polling information, the buyer classified profile information to the seller classified profile information based on at least one of the seller classified profile information, the buyer classified profile information, and the polling information;

applying the one or more user rules to the notification of the match, wherein the one or more user rules specify one or more predetermined types of content associated with the notification of the match that are automatically transmitted;

performing a distance determination by determining whether the approximate location of the GPS enabled device is within a specified distance from a location associated with the matched seller classified profile information;

determining, by at least one computer processor, based on the one or more applied user rules and the distance determination, whether to receive input from the buyer associated with the GPS enabled device prior to transmitting the content associated with the notification of the match;

transmitting the notification of the match and the content associated with the notification of the match to the GPS enabled device via the network in accordance with the determination and the transmission preference indicated by the applied one or more user rules;

receiving purchase request information that comprises a request to purchase one or more items of interest associated with the match from the GPS enabled device via the network; and

billing the buyer associated with the GPS enabled device based on at least the purchase request information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving seller classified profile information further comprises receiving, from the seller system, data associated with selling at least one of a product and a service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving buyer classified profile information further comprises receiving, from the buyer system, data associated with purchasing at least one of a product and a service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein matching the buyer classified profile information to the seller classified profile information further comprises comparing at least one field of a buyer classified profile information graphical user interface to at least one field of a seller classified profile information graphical user interface.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the notification of the match further comprises transmitting at least one of seller contact information and purchase information to the GPS enabled device.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined types of content associated with the notification of the match that are automatically transmitted comprises at least one of:

content that has a price less than a predetermined maximum amount, and content that has a location that is within a predetermined range from the approximate location of the GPS enabled device.

6. A non-transitory computer readable media comprising computer executable code, when run by a Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled device, instruct the GPS enabled device, to perform the acts of:

receiving, from a seller system, seller classified profile information via a network;

receiving, from a buyer system, buyer classified profile information via the network, wherein the buyer classified profile information comprises one or more user rules that indicate a transmission preference for transmission of a notification of a match;

receiving, from the Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled device associated with a buyer, polling information via the network, wherein the polling information comprises an approximate location of the GPS enabled device;

matching, in response to receiving the polling information, the buyer classified profile information to the seller classified profile information based on at least one of the seller classified profile information, the buyer classified profile information, and the polling information;

applying the one or more user rules to the notification of the match, wherein the one or more user rules specify one or more predetermined types of content associated with the notification of the match that are automatically transmitted;

performing a distance determination by determining whether the approximate location of the GPS enabled device is within a specified distance from a location associated with the matched seller classified profile information;

determining, based on the one or more applied user rules and the distance determination, whether to receive input from the buyer associated with the GPS enabled device prior to transmitting the content associated with the notification of the match;

transmitting the notification of the match and the content associated with the notification of the match to the GPS enabled device via the network in accordance with the determination and the transmission preference indicated by the applied one or more user rules;

receiving purchase request information that comprises a request to purchase one or more items of interest associated with the match from the GPS enabled device via the network; and

billing the buyer associated with the GPS enabled device based on at least the purchase request information.

7. A system, comprising:

a database for storing data associated with at least one of buyer classified profile information and seller classified profile information; and

a network element, including at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to a network, configured to;

receive, from a seller system comprising a first computer processor, seller classified profile information via the network;

receive, from a buyer system comprising a second computer processor, buyer classified profile information via the network, wherein the buyer classified profile information comprises one or more user rules that indicate a transmission preference for transmission of a notification of a match;

receive, from a Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled device associated with a buyer, polling information via the network, wherein the polling information comprises an approximate location of the GPS enabled device;

match, in response to receiving the polling information, the buyer classified profile information to the seller classified profile information based on at least one of the seller classified profile information, the buyer classified profile information, and the polling information;

apply the one or more user rules to the notification of the match, wherein the one or more user rules specify one or more predetermined types of content associated with the notification of the match that are automatically transmitted;

perform a distance determination to determine whether the approximate location of the GPS enabled device is within a specified distance from a location associated with the matched seller classified profile information;

determine, based on the one or more applied user rules and the distance determination, whether to receive input from the buyer associated with the GPS enabled device prior to transmission of the content associated with the notification of the match;

transmit the notification of the match and the content associated with the notification of the match to the GPS enabled device via the network in accordance with the determination and the transmission preference indicated by the applied one or more user rules;

receive purchase request information that comprises a request to purchase one or more items of interest associated with the match from the GPS enabled device; and

bill the buyer associated with the GPS enabled device based on at least the purchase request information.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the GPS enabled device is one of:

a cellular phone, a portable computer, a gaming device, a personal media player, a portable television, GPS navigation device, and a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the network element is further configured to match the buyer classified profile information to the seller classified profile information by at least comparing at least one field of a buyer classified profile information graphical user interface to at least one field of a seller classified profile information graphical user interface.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the network element is further configured to transmit the notification of the match comprising at least one of seller contact information and purchase information.

16. The system of claim 7, wherein the predetermined types of content associated with the notification of the match that are automatically transmitted comprises at least one of:

content that has a price less than a predetermined maximum amount, and content that has a location that is within a predetermined range from the approximate location of the GPS enabled device.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving, from a seller system, seller classified profile information via a network;

receiving, from a buyer system, buyer classified profile information via the network, wherein the buyer classified profile information comprises one or more user rules that indicate a transmission preference for transmission of a notification of a match;

receiving, from a Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled device, polling information via the network, wherein the polling information comprises an approximate location of the GPS enabled device;

matching, in response to receiving the polling information, the buyer classified profile information to the seller classified profile information based on the seller classified profile information, the one or more user rules associated with the buyer classified profile information, and the polling information;

applying the one or more user rules to the notification of the match, wherein the one or more user rules specify one or more predetermined types of content associated with the notification of the match that are automatically transmitted;

performing a distance determination by determining whether the approximate location of the GPS enabled device is within a specified distance from a location associated with the matched seller classified profile information;

determining, by at least one computer processor, based on the one or more applied user rules and the distance determination, whether to receive input from the buyer associated with the GPS enabled device prior to transmitting the content associated with the notification of the match;

transmitting the notification of the match and the content associated with the notification of the match to the GPS enabled device via the network in accordance with the determination and the transmission preference indicated by the applied one or more user rules;

receiving purchase request information that comprises a request to purchase one or more items of interest associated with the match from the GPS enabled device via the network; and

billing a buyer associated with the GPS enabled device based on at least the purchase request information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving seller classified profile information further comprises receiving, from the seller system, data associated with selling at least one of a product and a service.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving buyer classified profile information further comprises receiving, from the buyer system, data associated with purchasing at least one of a product and a service.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined types of content associated with the notification of the match that are automatically transmitted comprises at least one of:

content that has a price less than a predetermined maximum amount, and content that has a location that is within a predetermined range from the approximate location of the GPS enabled device.

14. A non-transitory computer readable media comprising computer executable code, when run by a Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled device, instruct the GPS enabled device, to perform the acts of:

receiving, from a seller system, seller classified profile information via a network;

receiving, from a buyer system, buyer classified profile information via the network, wherein the buyer classified profile information comprises one or more user rules that indicate a transmission preference for transmission of a notification of a match;

receiving, from the GPS enabled device, polling information via the network, wherein the polling information comprises an approximate location of the GPS enabled device;

matching, in response to receiving the polling information, the buyer classified profile information to the seller classified profile information based on the seller classified profile information, the one or more user rules associated with the buyer classified profile information, and the polling information;

applying the one or more user rules to the notification of the match, wherein the one or more user rules specify one or more predetermined types of content associated with the notification of the match that are automatically transmitted;

performing a distance determination by determining whether the approximate location of the GPS enabled device is within a specified distance from a location associated with the matched seller classified profile information;

determining, based on the one or more applied user rules and the distance determination, whether to receive input from the buyer associated with the GPS enabled device prior to transmitting the content associated with the notification of the match;

transmitting the notification of the match and the content associated with the notification of the match to the GPS enabled device via the network in accordance with the determination and the transmission preference indicated by the applied one or more user rules;

receiving purchase request information that comprises a request to purchase one or more items of interest associated with the match from the GPS enabled device via the network; and

billing a buyer associated with the GPS enabled device based on at least the purchase request information.