Premises area map systems and methods

• US 9,467,805 B2
• Filed: 07/25/2014
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Farris, Jack M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fang, Keith
• Application Number:
  US14/341,036
• Publication Number:
  US 20140335900A1
• Time in Patent Office: 809 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• 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 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

In an exemplary method, a premises map subsystem receives a user request for a premises area map of a premises area, provides the premises area map for display by a mobile device, provides supplemental data for display within the premises area map, determines that the mobile device is located at a premises trigger location, and provides, in response to determining that the mobile device is located at the premises trigger location, additional supplemental data for display within the premises area map.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a premises map subsystem comprising at least one physical computing device and from a user of a mobile device, a user input that defines a plurality of premises trigger locations associated with a premises reference location and that defines a custom setting that specifies a type of supplemental data to be presented with a premises area map of a premises area within which the premises reference location is located;

receiving, by the premises map subsystem, a user request for the premises area map of the premises area;

providing, by the premises map subsystem in response to the user request, the premises area map for display by the mobile device, the premises area map graphically representing the premises area and the premises reference location located within the premises area;

providing, by the premises map subsystem in response to the user request and based at least in part on the custom setting that specifies the type of supplemental data to be presented with the premises area map, supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within the premises area map, the supplemental data indicating a name associated with the premises reference location graphically represented by the premises area map;

determining, by the premises map subsystem, that the mobile device is located at a premises trigger location included in the plurality premises trigger locations and within the premises area represented by the premises area map, the premises trigger location within the premises area comprising a specific floor of a building that has multiple floors;

providing, by the premises map subsystem in response to the determining that the mobile device is located at the premises trigger location and based at least in part on the setting, additional supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within the premises area map, the additional supplemental data related to a sales event or hours of operation associated with the premises reference location graphically represented by the premises area map;

wherein the premises area map displayed by the mobile device changes from a first premises area map view that shows the supplemental data to a second premises area map view that shows the additional supplemental data when the mobile device moves to the premises trigger location;

determining, by the premises map subsystem, that the mobile device moves to a geographic location associated with an additional premises trigger location included in the plurality of premises trigger locations and within the premises area represented by the premises area map; and

providing again, by the premises map subsystem and in response to the determining that the mobile device is in the geographic location associated with the additional premises trigger location, the additional supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within a third premises area map view.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional supplemental data indicates, within the premises area map, additional information about the premises reference location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the premises trigger location includes a geographic area occupied by the premises reference location within the premises area.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the premises trigger location includes a geographic area located proximate to the premises reference location within the premises area.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the premises reference location graphically represented by the premises area map is selectable, within the premises area map, by the user of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the premises area comprises the building;

the premises reference location is located within the building; and

the premises area map graphically represents an interior of the building.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the premises area map graphically represents each of the multiple floors of the building.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing, by the premises map subsystem for display by the mobile device within the premises area map, an indication of a position of the mobile device within the premises area.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing, by the premises map subsystem for display by the mobile device within the premises area map, an indication of a position of another mobile device within the premises area.

10. The method of claim 1, tangibly embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the type of supplemental data to be presented with the premises area map comprises sales information for the premises reference location located within the premises area map.

12. A method comprising:

receiving, by a premises map subsystem comprising at least one physical computing device and from a user of a mobile device, a user input that defines a plurality of premises trigger locations associated with a premises reference location and that defines a custom setting that specifies a type of supplemental data to be presented with a premises area map of a premises area within which the premises reference location is located;

receiving, by the premises map subsystem, a user request for the premises area map of the premises area;

providing, by the premises map subsystem in response to the user request, the premises area map for display by the mobile device, the premises area map graphically representing the premises area and the premises reference location located within the premises area;

providing, by the premises map subsystem in response to the user request and based at least in part on the custom setting that specifies the type of supplemental data to be presented with the premises area map, a first level of supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within the premises area map, the first level of supplemental data indicating a name associated with the premises reference location graphically represented by the premises area map;

determining, by the premises map subsystem, that the mobile device is located at a premises trigger location included in the plurality premises trigger locations and within the premises area represented by the premises area map, the premises trigger location within the premises area comprising a specific floor of a building that has multiple floors;

providing, by the premises map subsystem in response to the determining that the mobile device is located at the premises trigger location and based at least in part on the setting, a second level of supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within the premises area map, the second level of supplemental data related to a sales event or hours of operation associated with the premises reference location graphically represented by the premises area map;

wherein the premises area map displayed by the mobile device changes from a first premises area map view that shows the first level of supplemental data to a second premises area map view that shows the second level of supplemental data when the mobile device moves to the premises trigger location;

determining, by the premises map subsystem, that the mobile device moves to a geographic location associated with an additional premises trigger location included in the plurality of premises trigger locations and within the premises area represented by the premises area map; and

providing again, by the premises map subsystem and in response to the determining that the mobile device is in the geographic location associated with the additional premises trigger location, the second level of supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within a third premises area map view.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second level of supplemental data indicates more information about the premises reference location than is indicated by the first level of supplemental data.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein

the second level of supplemental data indicates, within the premises area map, additional information about the premises reference location.

15. The method of claim 12, tangibly embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium.

16. A system comprising:

at least one physical computing device that;

receives, from a user of a mobile device, a user input that defines a plurality of premises trigger locations associated with a premises reference location and that defines a custom setting that specifies a type of supplemental data to be presented with a premises area map of a premises area within which the premises reference location is located;

receives a user request for the premises area map of the premises area;

provides, in response to the user request, the premises area map for display by the mobile device, the premises area map graphically representing the premises area and the premises reference location located within the premises area;

provides, in response to the user request and based at least in part on the custom setting that specifies the type of supplemental data to be presented with the premises area map, supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within the premises area map, the supplemental data indicating a name associated with the premises reference location graphically represented by the premises area map;

determines that the mobile device is located at a premises trigger location included in the plurality premises trigger locations and within the premises area represented by the premises area map, the premises trigger location within the premises area comprising a specific floor of a building that has multiple floors;

provides, in response to the determining that the mobile device is located at the premises trigger location and based at least in part on the setting, additional supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within the premises area map, the additional supplemental data related to a sales event or hours of operation associated with the premises reference location graphically represented by the premises area map;

wherein the premises area map displayed by the mobile device changes from a first premises area map view that shows the supplemental data to a second premises area map view that shows the additional supplemental data when the mobile device moves to the premises trigger location; and

wherein the at least one physical computing device further;

determines that the mobile device moves to a geographic location associated with an additional premises trigger location included in the plurality of premises trigger locations and within the premises area represented by the premises area map; and

providing again, in response to the determining that the mobile device is in the geographic location associated with the additional premises trigger location, the additional supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within a third premises area map view.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the additional supplemental data indicates more information about the premises reference location than is indicated by the supplemental data.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein

the additional supplemental data indicates, within the premises area map, additional information about the premises reference location.