Providing location-based information to a user of a mobile communication device
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1. A computer system, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by the processor to program the computer system to perform the following operations;
maintain a database containing;
a user profile for a user of a mobile communication device, wherein the user profile includes a listing of contact preferences of the user of the mobile communication device; and
data related to a plurality of product and service providers, wherein the data comprises directives from each of the plurality of product and service providers, each directive from a product and service provider specifying circumstances in which the user of the mobile communication device is to be contacted on behalf of that product and service provider and information that should be included when contacting the user, the directives being related to the location of the mobile communication device and the contact preferences;
receive a set of data identifying a location of the mobile communication device;
associate the set of data with the user profile;
correlate the set of data, the listing of contact preferences, and the directives for contacting the user;
create data that provides information related to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers according to the correlated data; and
transmit the data that provides information related to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers to the user, wherein the data comprises data for the mobile device to display a map illustrating the location of the mobile communication device and one or more suggested routes from the location of the mobile device to the one or more locations of the at least one of the plurality of product and service providers, the one or more locations being illustrated on the map icons that represent hyperlinks to further information about the at least one of the plurality of product and service providers.
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Abstract
Tools and techniques related to the provision of location based services via a mobile communications device. A system might comprise a mobile communications device, a mobile communications base station, and a server computer system. The location of the device may be correlated with certain user preferences stored on the server computer system. Some techniques provide for activities to be undertaken based on the location of a device are described, including without limitation different notification schemes based on the location of a device and/or specified preferences.
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1. A computer system, comprising:
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a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by the processor to program the computer system to perform the following operations; maintain a database containing; a user profile for a user of a mobile communication device, wherein the user profile includes a listing of contact preferences of the user of the mobile communication device; and data related to a plurality of product and service providers, wherein the data comprises directives from each of the plurality of product and service providers, each directive from a product and service provider specifying circumstances in which the user of the mobile communication device is to be contacted on behalf of that product and service provider and information that should be included when contacting the user, the directives being related to the location of the mobile communication device and the contact preferences; receive a set of data identifying a location of the mobile communication device; associate the set of data with the user profile; correlate the set of data, the listing of contact preferences, and the directives for contacting the user; create data that provides information related to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers according to the correlated data; and transmit the data that provides information related to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers to the user, wherein the data comprises data for the mobile device to display a map illustrating the location of the mobile communication device and one or more suggested routes from the location of the mobile device to the one or more locations of the at least one of the plurality of product and service providers, the one or more locations being illustrated on the map icons that represent hyperlinks to further information about the at least one of the plurality of product and service providers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method, comprising:
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maintaining, with a computer, a database containing; a user profile for a user of a mobile communication, wherein the user profile includes a listing of contact preferences of the user of the mobile communication device; and data related to a plurality of product and service providers, wherein the data comprises directives from each of the plurality of product and service providers, each directive from a product and service provider specifying circumstances in which the user of the mobile communication device is to be contacted on behalf of that product and service provider and information that should be included when contacting the user, the directives being related to the location of the mobile communication device and the contact preferences; receiving, with the computer, a set of data identifying a location of the mobile communication device; associating, with the computer, the set of data with the user profile; correlating, with the computer, the set of data, the listing of contact preferences, and the directives for contacting the user; creating, with the computer, data that provides information related to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers according to the correlated data; and transmitting, with the computer, the data that provides information related to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers to the user, wherein the data comprises data for the mobile device to display a map illustrating the location of the mobile communication device and one or more suggested routes from the location of the mobile device to the one or more locations of the at least one of the plurality of product and service providers, the one or more locations being illustrated on the map as icons that represent hyperlinks to further information about the at least one of the plurality of product and service providers. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus, comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions to program a computer to perform the following operations; maintain a database containing; a user profile for a user of a mobile communication device, wherein the user profile includes a listing of contact preferences of the user of the mobile communication device; and data related to a plurality of product and service providers, wherein the data comprises directives from each of the plurality of product and service providers, each directive from a product and service provider specifying circumstances in which the user of the mobile communication device is to be contacted on behalf of that product and service provider and information that should be included when contacting the user, the directives being related to the location of the mobile communication device and the contact preferences; receive a set of data identifying a location of the mobile communication device; associate the set of data with the user profile; correlate the set of data, the listing of contact preferences, and the directives for contacting the user; create data that provides information related to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers according to the correlated data; and transmit the data that provides information related to at least one of the plurality of product and service providers to the user, wherein the data comprises data for the mobile device to display a map illustrating the location of the mobile communication device and one or more suggested routes from the location of the mobile device to the one or more locations of the at least one of the plurality of product and service providers, the one or more locations being illustrated on the map as icons that represent hyperlinks to further information about the at least one of the plurality of product and service providers.
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