Systems and methods for content placement, retrieval and management based on geolocation and other parameters

• US 9,275,074 B1
• Filed: 07/29/2015
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TIP Vyspots LLC VY
• Original Assignee: TIP Vyspots LLC VY
• Inventors: Patel, Roopit, Karazin, Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Arjomandi, Noosha
• Application Number:
  US14/812,724
• Time in Patent Office: 216 Days
• Field of Search: 707/781
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

The present invention is in the technical field of geolocation. More particularly, the present invention is in the technical field of making content in the form of electronic data available for retrieval when a device has satisfied the Retrieval Range and other Rules which govern the ability to retrieve the content. Retrieval of Content by user devices may be based on Rules communicated by an App, Admin or third party interface and shall be contained and processed by an application interface engine.

Claims

1. A system for placing and retrieving digital media content at a geographic location comprising:

a server comprising an application interface engine and a storage module, the application interface engine configured to communicate with a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to upload the digital content file to the storage module of the server and further configured to define a first access rule and a second access rule for the digital content file, wherein said first access rule and said second access rule are communicated to the application interface engine and stored in the storage module, and further wherein said first access rule comprises a geographic location and an access area proximal to the geographic location, and said second access rule is selected from the group consisting of a sharing rule requiring sharing of the digital content file when retrieved by the portable computing device, a maximum retrieval rule wherein the maximum retrieval rule specifies the number of times the digital content file is retrievable from the application interface engine wherein the application interface engine is configured to prevent retrieval of the digital content file by the second computing device if the digital content file has been retrieved the specified number of times, and a dynamic retrieval threshold rule wherein the dynamic threshold rule expands the access area proximal to the geographic location; and

a portable computing device comprising a location detection module and a storage module, and further configured to communicate with the application interface engine, said portable computing device configured to receive the digital content file when the portable computing device is within the access area proximal to the geographic location.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the location detection module is selected from a global positioning system sensor, a Bluetooth sensor, and a cellular tower triangulation sensor.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the digital content file is selected from the group consisting of an audio file, a video file, a picture file, text file and an interactive application file.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the computing device comprises a digital content generation module, and the computing device is configured to generate the digital content file with the digital content generation module.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the computing device is further configured to define a third access rule, wherein said third access rule is communicated to the application interface engine and stored in the storage module at the server.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the third access rule is selected from the group consisting of an availability date, an expiration date, and a privacy rule.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the digital content file is stored in the storage module of the portable computing device after retrieval from the application interface engine.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein the digital content file is accessible from the storage module of the portable computing device after the portable computing device exits the access area proximal the geographic location.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the digital content file comprises an access rule defining that the digital content file is accessible at the portable computing device only when the portable computing device is within the access area proximal to the geographic location.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the portable computing device is configured to receive a notification from the application interface engine when the portable computing device is proximal to the access area but not within the access area.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the portable computing device comprises a graphical user interface, and further wherein the portable computing device is configured to receive a plurality of digital content files from the application interface engine, wherein the graphical user interface shows the plurality of digital content files on the graphical user interface.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein the portable computing device comprises a graphical map interface, and further wherein the geographic location and the access area is defined for the digital content file using the graphical map interface.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein the computing device is further configured to define an event having a defined plurality of geographic location areas and an access area proximal the geographic location of the event, wherein the event is configured to be associated with a plurality of digital content files, wherein the portable computing device is configured to receive at least one of the plurality of digital content files associated with the event when the portable computing device enters the access area proximal the geographic location of the event.

14. A method using the system of claim 1 comprising the steps of:

entering the access area with the portable computing device;

determining the geographic location of the portable computing device using the location detection module within the portable computing device;

sending a communication from the portable computing device to the application interface engine, wherein the communication indicates that the portable computing device is within the access area proximal the geographic location; and

sending the digital content file from the application interface engine to the portable computing device.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the digital content file is configured to be accessible by the portable computing device only when the portable computing device is in communication with the application interface engine but not storable on the portable computing device.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the digital content file is inaccessible on the portable computing device when the portable computing device exits the access area.

17. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of:

inviting at least one user to the geographic location.

18. A system for placing and retrieving digital content media at a geographic location comprising:

an application interface engine stored on a server in electronic communication with a storage module, the application interface engine configured to communicate with a first computing device, wherein the application interface engine is further configured to receive a digital content file from the first computing device and store the digital content file within the storage module, wherein the application interface engine is further configured to receive and store a first user access rule, wherein the first user access rule comprises a geographic location and an access area proximal to the geographic location, and further wherein the application interface engine is configured to receive and store a second user access rule selected from the group consisting of a sharing rule requiring sharing of the digital content file when retrieved by the portable computing device, a maximum retrieval rule wherein the maximum retrieval rule specifies the number of times the digital content file is retrievable from the application interface engine wherein the application interface engine is configured to prevent retrieval of the digital content file by the second computing device if the digital content file has been retrieved the specified number of times, and a dynamic retrieval threshold rule wherein the dynamic threshold rule expands the access area proximal to the geographic location, and

further wherein the application interface engine is further configured to receive geographic location information of a second computing device wherein the application interface engine is configured to send the digital content file to the second computing device when the geographic location information of the second computing device is within the access area proximal to the geographic location of the digital content file.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the application interface engine is further configured to receive and store a third user access rule, wherein the third user access rule is selected from the group consisting of:

an availability date, an expiration date, and a privacy rule.

20. The system of claim 18 wherein the digital content file comprises an access rule defining that the digital content file is accessible by the second computing device only when the portable computing device is within the access area proximal to the geographic location.

21. The system of claim 18 wherein the application interface engine is configured to send a notification to the second computing device when the second computing device is proximal the access area but not within the access area.

22. The system of claim 18 wherein the application interface engine is further configured to receive information concerning an event from the first computing device, wherein the information concerning the event includes geographic location information of the event and an access area proximal the geographic location of the event, wherein the event is configured to be associated with a plurality of digital content files, wherein the application interface engine is configured to send to the second computing device at least one of the plurality of digital content files associated with the event when the second computing device enters the access area proximal the geographic location of the event.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein the application interface engine is configured to send all of the plurality of digital content files to the second computing device when the second computing device enters the access area proximal the geographic location of the event.

24. The system of claim 18 wherein the storage module is configured to store a plurality of digital content files, wherein the first digital content file is sent to the second computing device when the second computing device is a first defined distance from the geographic location, and further wherein a second digital content file is sent to the second computing device when the second computing device is a second defined distance from the geographic location.

25. A system for placing and retrieving digital content media at a geographic location comprising:

an application interface engine stored on a server in electronic communication with a storage module, the application interface engine configured to communicate with a first computing device, wherein the application interface engine is further configured to receive a plurality of digital content files from the first computing device and store the digital content files within the storage module, wherein the application interface engine is further configured to receive and store a first user access rule, wherein the first user access rule comprises a geographic location and an access area proximal to the geographic location, and further wherein the application interface engine is further configured to receive geographic location information of a second computing device wherein the application interface engine is configured to send a first digital content file to the second computing device when the second computing device is a first defined distance from the geographic location, and further wherein the application interface engine is configured to send a second digital content file to the second computing device when the second computing device is a second defined distance from the geographic location.

26. The system of claim 25 wherein the application interface engine is further configured to receive and store a second user access rule, wherein the second user access rule is selected from the group consisting of:

an availability date, an expiration date, a privacy rule, a sharing rule, a maximum retrieval rule, and a dynamic retrieval threshold rule, wherein the dynamic threshold rule expands the access area proximal to the geographic location and the maximum retrieval rule specifies the number of times the digital content file may be retrieved from the application interface engine, and further wherein application interface engine is configured to prevent retrieval of the digital content file by the second computing device if the digital content file has been retrieved the specified number of times.

27. The system of claim 25 wherein the digital content file comprises an access rule defining that the digital content file is accessible by the second computing device only when the portable computing device is within the access area proximal to the geographic location.

28. The system of claim 25 wherein the application interface engine is configured to send a notification to the second computing device when the second computing device is proximal the access area but not within the access area.

29. The system of claim 25 wherein the application interface engine is further configured to receive information concerning an event from the first computing device, wherein the information concerning the event includes geographic location information of the event and an access area proximal the geographic location of the event, wherein the event is configured to be associated with a plurality of digital content files, wherein the application interface engine is configured to send to the second computing device at least one of the plurality of digital content files associated with the event when the second computing device enters the access area proximal the geographic location of the event.

30. The system of claim 29 wherein the application interface engine is configured to send all of the plurality of digital content files to the second computing device when the second computing device enters the access area proximal the geographic location of the event.