Interactive advisory system for prioritizing content

• US 9,237,416 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2013
• Issued: 01/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Locator IP LP
• Original Assignee: Locator IP LP
• Inventors: Root, Steven A., Root, Michael R.
• Primary Examiner(s): MEHRA, INDER P
• Application Number:
  US14/095,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20140099931A1
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/12.1, 455/3.01, 455/414.1, 455/434, 455/566, 455/404.1, 455/410, 455/456.2, 370/352, 370/329, 370/495, 370/230, 370/328, 370/338, 370/341, 370/395.4
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 2203/00 Real-time site-specific personalized weather information, e.g. nowcasting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/205 Broadcasting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2083 Confirmation by serviced party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/353 where the information comprises non-audio but is provided over voice channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42187 Lines and connections with preferential service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A method for passing content to at least one communicator device. The user of a communicator device registers with at least one service provider for delivering a plurality of different types of content to be passed to the at least one communicator device. A user defined priority is assigned to the at least one type of content. The user defined priority is stored on a computer readable medium. The different types of content are passed to the at least one communicator device based on the user defined priority.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a service provider configured to output content, including a first content and a second content, to a communication network, the communication network configured to transmit the content to a communicator device; and

a prioritization unit configured to;

receive real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the communicator device, the real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the communicator device being a spatial location dynamic code determined using global positioning satellite technology or a mobile phone network; and

associate priority information with the content based on the spatial location of the communicator device, including associating first priority information with the first content based on the spatial location of the communicator device and associating second priority information with the second content based on the spatial location of the communicator device,

wherein the first content is transmitted to the communicator device based on the first priority information and the second content is not transmitted to the communicator device based on the second priority information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the prioritization unit is further configured to determine whether the spatial location of the communicator device is within a predetermined geographic area.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the prioritization unit associates the first priority information with the first content based on a determination that the spatial location of the communicator device is within the predetermined geographic area.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the prioritization unit associates the second priority information with the second content based on a determination that the spatial location of the communicator device is within the predetermined geographic area.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the service provider is further configured to output the content to a second communicator device; and

the prioritization unit is further configured to;

receive real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the second communicator device;

associate priority information with the content based on the spatial location of the second communicator device, including associating third priority information with the second content based on the spatial location of the second communicator device, the third priority information being unrelated to the first priority information; and

determine whether the second content is transmitted to the second communicator device based on the third priority information.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the prioritization unit receives the real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the communicator device from the communicator device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the prioritization unit receives the real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the communicator device from the service provider.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the prioritization unit receives the real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the communicator device from a second service provider, the second service provider adapted to provide third-party location data.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the service provider is further configured to output the content to a second communicator device;

the prioritization unit is further configured to receive real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the second communicator device; and

the data indicative of the spatial location of the communicator device and the data indicative of the spatial location of the second communicator device are stored in a communicator location database.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the communicator location database is automatically updated.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein:

the prioritization unit is configured to repeatedly receive real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the communicator device; and

the communicator location database is updated to reflect an updated spatial location of the communicator device.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the content originates directly from the service provider.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the service provider receives the content from a third-party vendor.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the prioritization unit associates the first priority information with the first content based on a determination that the spatial location of the communicator device is within a service territory of the third-party vendor.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the prioritization unit associates the second priority information with the second content based on a determination that the spatial location of the communicator device is within a service territory of the third-party vendor.

16. A method of outputting content to a communicator device, the content including a first content and a second content, the method comprising:

receiving real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the communicator device, the real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the communicator device being a spatial location dynamic code determined using global positioning satellite technology or a mobile phone network;

associating first priority information with the first content based on the spatial location of the communicator device;

associating second priority information with the second content based on the spatial location of the communicator device;

outputting the first content to a communications network based on the first priority information, the communication network configured to transmit the content to the communicator device; and

preventing the second content from being transmitted via the communications network to the communicator device based on the second priority information.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

determining whether the spatial location of the communicator device is within a predetermined geographic area.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the associating the first priority information with the first content based on the spatial location of the communicator device comprises associating the first priority information with the first content based on a determination that the spatial location of the communicator device is within the predetermined geographic area.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the associating the second priority information with the second content based on the spatial location of the communicator device comprises associating the second priority information with the second content based on a determination that the spatial location of the communicator device is within the predetermined geographic area.

20. A system, comprising:

a service provider configured to output content to a communication network, the communication network configured to transmit the content to a first communicator device and a second communicator device; and

a prioritization unit configured to;

receive real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the first communicator device;

determine whether the spatial location of the first communicator device is within a predetermined geographic area;

associate first priority information with the content based on the determination of whether the spatial location of the first communicator device is within the predetermined geographic area;

determine whether the content is transmitted to the first communicator device based on the first priority information;

receive real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the second communicator device;

determine whether the spatial location of the second communicator device is within the predetermined geographic area;

associate second priority information with the content based on the determination of whether the spatial location of the second communicator device is within the predetermined geographic area; and

determine whether the content is transmitted to the second communicator device based on the second priority information.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the prioritization unit determines that the content is transmitted to the first communicator device based a determination that the spatial location of the first communicator device is within the predetermined geographic area.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein the prioritization unit determines that the content is not transmitted to the first communicator device based a determination that the spatial location of the first communicator device is within the predetermined geographic area.