Communication of events depicted in media to a wireless device

• US 9,392,402 B1
• Filed: 02/11/2014
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Schuler, John R., McMullen, Michael P., Nelson, Rodney D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ajit
• Application Number:
  US14/178,027
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• 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 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

A method, system, and medium are provided for determining the geographic location associated with events depicted in media. The geographic locations can be provided by creators of the media, or by users who view the media. The geographic locations can then be stored in a database on a server. A determination can be made as to whether the geographic locations are within a predefined distance of the geographic location of a wireless device. A set of events located within the predefined distance can be presented to a user of the wireless device.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media with computer executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of communicating geographic locations associated with one or more events depicted in a media to a wireless device, the method comprising:

determining at least two geographic locations associated with one or more events depicted in a visual media, wherein a first geographic location is a physical location, said physical location being where the one or more events depicted in the media were created and a second geographic location is a geographic location extracted from a storyline associated with the one or more events depicted in the media;

storing the at least two geographic locations on a non-transitory computer-readable media having a database; and

communicating, to a wireless device, the one or more events depicted in the media when a geographic location of the wireless device matches the second geographic location.

2. The media of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises consulting one or more databases.

3. The media of claim 2, wherein the one or more databases include information describing the geographic location associated with the one or more events depicted in the media.

4. The media of claim 3, wherein the information is the geographic location of a perceived physical location, said perceived physical location being where the creators of the media intend the audience to believe the one or more events depicted in the media was actually created.

5. The media of claim 1, wherein the determining occurs in response to the presentation of the one or more events depicted in the media to a user, said user being associated with the wireless device.

6. The media of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the geographic location of the wireless device.

7. The media of claim 6, wherein one or more of the at least two geographic locations communicated to the wireless device are within a predefined geographic distance of the geographic location of the wireless device.

8. A computer-implemented method of communicating geographic locations associated with one or more events depicted in a media to a wireless device, the method comprising:

determining at least two geographic location associated with one or more events depicted in a visual media, wherein a first geographic location is a physical location, said physical location being where the one or more events depicted in the media were created and a second geographic location is a geographic location extracted from a storyline associated with the one or more events depicted in the media;

storing the at least two geographic locations on a non-transitory computer-readable media having a database; and

communicating, to a wireless device, the one or more events depicted in the media when a geographic location of the wireless devices matches the second geographic location.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the determining comprises consulting one or more databases.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more databases include information describing the geographic location associated with the one or more events depicted in the media.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the determining occurs in response to the presentation of the one or more events depicted in the media to a user, said user being associated with the wireless device.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving the geographic location of the wireless device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein one or more of the at least two geographic locations communicated to the wireless device are within a predefined geographic distance of the geographic location of the wireless device.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the second geographic location is of a perceived physical location, said perceived physical location being where the creators of the media intend the audience to believe the one or more events depicted in the media was actually created.

15. A computer server having a processor and non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-useable instructions for a performing method of communicating geographic locations associated with one or more events depicted in a media to a wireless device, the server comprising:

a processor that determines at least two geographic location associated with one or more events depicted in a visual media, wherein a first geographic location is a physical location, said physical location being where the one or more events depicted in the media were created and a second geographic location is a geographic location extracted from a storyline associated with the one or more events depicted in the media; and

a non-transitory computer-readable media having a database that stores the at least two geographic locations, wherein the processor communicates, to a wireless device, the one or more events depicted in the media when a geographic location of the wireless device matches the second geographic location.

16. The server of claim 15, wherein the determining comprises consulting one or more databases that include information describing the geographic location associated with the one or more events depicted in the media.

17. The server of claim 15, wherein the determining occurs in response to the presentation of the one or more events depicted in the media to a user, said user being associated with the wireless device.

18. The server of claim 15, wherein one or more of the at least two geographic locations communicated to the wireless device are within a predefined geographic distance of the geographic location of the wireless device.