Methods for providing enhanced telecommunication services

• US 9,591,446 B1
• Filed: 11/07/2014
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2003
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Van Erlach, Julian
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Danh
• Application Number:
  US14/536,434
• Time in Patent Office: 851 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 455/418, 455/41.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A first method for facilitating personal contacts among a plurality of subscribers to a location-based person contact service provided by a service provider; and a second method for real-time monitoring of vital signs of a living being. In the first method, personal profiles are transmitted to subscribers. In the second method, information relating to a violated vital sign parameter determined from the monitoring is communicated to a local communication node.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, information associated with a user of a first device;

receiving, by the computing device, a designation from the first device of a location as a target location that is other than;

a current location of the first device or

a destination to which the first device is en route;

identifying, by the computing device, a second device within a distance from the target location; and

sending, by the computing device, at least part of the information associated with the user of the first device to the second device.

2. A method as claim 1 recites, wherein the information associated with the user of the first device includes at least one of:

demographic information associated with the user of the first device;

a release of at least part of the information associated with the user of the first device for viewing by a user of the second device;

an identification of the first device;

or

an indication of willingness of the user of the first device to meet with the user of the second device according to at least part of the information associated with the user of the second device.

3. A method as claim 1 recites, wherein the location includes a geographic position associated with the first device.

4. A method as claim 1 recites, wherein the target location is related to a building.

5. A method as claim 1 recites, wherein the distance is a part of the information associated with the user of the first device.

6. A method as claim 1 recites, wherein the distance is provided by the user of the first device.

7. A method as claim 1 recites, wherein the distance is relative to space within a building.

8. A method as claim 1 recites, further comprising refraining from sending at least another part of the information associated with the user of the first device.

9. A method as claim 8 recites, wherein the at least another part of the information associated with the user of the first device includes at least one of name or contact information.

10. A method as claim 1 recites, further comprising receiving, by the computing device, an instruction to send the at least part of the information associated with the user of the first device to the second device.

11. A method as claim 1 recites, further comprising receiving, by the computing device, information associated with a user of the second device that includes at least one of:

demographic information associated with the user of the second device;

a release of at least part of the information associated with the user of the second device for viewing by the user of the first device;

an identification of the second device;

or

an indication of willingness of the user of the second device to meet with the user of the first device according to the information associated with the user of the first device.

12. A method as claim 11 recites, further comprising receiving, by the computing device, an instruction to send the at least part of the information associated with the user of the second device to the first device.

13. A method as claim 11 recites, further comprising sending, by the computing device, at least part of the information associated with the user of the second device to the first device.

14. One or more computing devices configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving information associated with a user of a first device;

receiving a designation from the first device of a location as a target location that is other than a current location or identified destination of the first device and that is at least a first distance from a current location of the first device;

identifying a second device within a second distance from the target location; and

sending at least part of the information associated with the user of the first device to the second device.

15. One or more computing devices as claim 14 recites, wherein the information associated with the user of the first device includes at least one of:

demographic information associated with the user of the first device;

a release of at least part of the information associated with the user of the first device for viewing by a user of the second device;

an identification of the first device;

or

an indication of willingness of the user of the first device to meet with the user of the second device according to at least part of information associated with the user of the second device.

16. One or more computing devices as claim 14 recites, wherein at least one of:

the location includes a geographic position associated with the first device;

or

the target location is related to a building.

17. One or more computing devices as claim 14 recites, wherein at least one of:

the second distance is a part of the information associated with the user of the first device;

or

the second distance is provided by the user of the first device.

18. One or more computing devices as claim 14 recites, the operations further comprising receiving, by the one or more computing devices, information associated with a user of the second device that includes at least one of:

demographic information associated with the user of the second device;

a release of at least part of the information associated with the user of the second device for viewing by the user of the first device;

an identification of the second device;

or

an indication of willingness of the user of the second device to meet with the user of the first device according to the information associated with the user of the first device.

19. One or more computing devices as claim 18 recites, the operations further comprising receiving an instruction to send the at least part of the information associated with the user of the second device to the first device.

20. One or more computing devices as claim 18 recites, the operations further comprising sending at least part of the information associated with the user of the second device to the first device.

21. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, information associated with a user of a first device;

receiving, by the computing device, a designation from the first device of a location as a target location that is other than a current location of the first device;

identifying, by the computing device, a second device within a distance from the target location; and

sending, by the computing device, at least part of the information associated with the user of the first device to the second device; and

at least one of;

the information associated with the user of the first device including an indication of willingness of the user of the first device to meet with the user of the second device according to at least part of the information associated with the user of the second device;

or

receiving, by the computing device, information associated with a user of the second device that includes an indication of willingness of the user of the second device to meet with the user of the first device according to the information associated with the user of the first device.