Mobile computing system with user preferred interactive components

• US 9,408,035 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2015
• Issued: 08/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Flynn
• Original Assignee: Michael Flynn
• Inventors: Flynn, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): DOAN, KIET M
• Application Number:
  US14/701,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20150341752A1
• Time in Patent Office: 460 Days
• Field of Search: 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/420, 455/414.1, 455/41.2, 455/457, 370/252, 705/14.23, 705/7.29, 705/37, 705/14.66, 705/26.3
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters

Abstract

A method and associated device is provided for providing context based information to a user. The device is a mobile device and information is provided on a display to a user. The mobile device enabled to receive input and in processing communication with one or more computers and comprising the steps of storing a user profile having at least information about a plurality of stores; creating a plurality of icons such that each icon at least includes one store; determining if more than one store should be represented under same icons; dynamically updating information about each store represented by said icons to see if a special condition can be associated with any of the stores represented by the icons; and displaying said plurality of icons on a display of the mobile device and adding a special effect to any icon that includes a store identified as having a special condition.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing context information on a mobile communication device having a color touch-screen display, a memory, a wireless communication module including radio-frequency circuitry, a global positioning system receiver, said mobile communication device being communicatively connected to a server through the wireless communication module, the method comprising:

Receiving, with the global positioning system receiver, a mobile device location;

Transmitting, with the mobile communication device through the radio-frequency circuitry to the server, a query requesting location specific vendor information;

Receiving, from said server, a result from the query with multiple vendors each having an associated vendor location, and storing said result in said memory;

Comparing, with a processor, the mobile device location with the associated vendor location to determine a distance to each said associated vendor location;

Displaying, on the color touch-screen display, a plurality of dynamic informational icons that each indicate said distance to each said associated vendor location; and

Wherein said plurality of dynamic informational icons indicate the distance to each said associated vendor location as a location color, with a first location color indicating said distance to each said associated vendor location is within a first range, and a second location color indicating said distance to each said associated vendor location is within a second range.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

Receiving, from said server in response to said query, an offer data correlated with said associated vendor locations, and storing said offer data in said memory;

Wherein said plurality of dynamic informational icons further indicate said offer data as visually associated with said each said associated vendor location.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the plurality of dynamic informational icons indicate the offer data as an offer color, with a first offer color indicating a first type of offer, and a second offer color indicating a second offer type.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the plurality of dynamic informational icons each indicate said location color at a proximal end, and said offer color at a distal end.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the plurality of dynamic informational icons each display, in a medial portion, a logo associated with said associated vendor location.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the plurality of dynamic informational icons indicate said offer data with an offer-indicating graphic.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said offer-indicating graphic incorporates a menu with at least one offer link directed to information stored on a vendor server.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein said offer-indicating graphic includes changing colors or brightness.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

Receiving, with said global positioning system receiver, an updated mobile device location;

Comparing, with said processor, the updated mobile device location with the associated vendor locations to determine an updated distance to each said associated vendor location; and

Updating, on the color touch-screen display, said location color of plurality of dynamic informational icons to indicate said updated distance to each said associated vendor location.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein said query includes a user specific preference, and wherein said result from the query is based in part on the user specific preference.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein said user specific preference includes user favorites, and where said result from the query includes user favorite related information.