Interpersonal communication and interactive information system

• US 9,699,600 B1
• Filed: 12/16/2014
• Issued: 07/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Babak Sheikh
• Original Assignee: Babak Sheikh
• Inventors: Sheikh, Babak
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Michael T
• Application Number:
  US14/571,840
• Time in Patent Office: 931 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-4565
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

An interpersonal communication and an interactive information system, where a user can access a wireless local area network connected to a cloud computing service from any compatible mobile device and obtain information specific to the user'"'"'s location and communicate with other mobile devices in the user'"'"'s location through the wireless local area network.

Claims

1. A system for providing a facility-based local network which provides local facility information and access to a local facility interpersonal communication service, comprising:

at least one or more participating mobile wireless communication devices;

a cloud computing system;

a facility computer host connected to the Internet and said cloud computing system;

a local information and interpersonal communications software program loaded on said computer facility host and said one or more mobile communication devices;

said one or more participating mobile devices comprising a visual display and adapted to transmit and receive local facility data over a facility hosted data transmission signal;

the facility hosted data transmission signal enabling the transmission of local facility electronic data wirelessly between the facility computer host and the participating one or more mobile devices;

the facility hosted transmission signal also enabling the transmission of the local facility electronic data wirelessly between at least one or more of the participating mobile devices; and

whereby the facility computer host transmits facility-specific auxiliary data stored on said cloud computing system to the one or more participating mobile devices over the facility hosted data transmission signal;

said information and communications software program loaded on said facility computer host and one or more participating mobile devices, whereby the program receives the facility-specific auxiliary data over the transmission signal and provides the one or more participating mobile devices with local facility information and access to the interpersonal communication service;

whereby the software program enables the transmission signal to uniquely identify the one or more participating mobile devices; and

whereby the software program enables the one or more participating mobile devices to transmit data over the transmission signal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said facility hosted transmission signal utilizes near field communication technology.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said facility hosted transmission signal utilizes cellular network communication technology.

4. A method for providing a facility-based local network which provides local information and access to a local interpersonal communication service, comprising the steps of:

providing a cloud computing system;

hosting a facility hosted data transmission signal from said cloud computing system and the Internet that enables the transmission of electronic data wirelessly between a facility computer host and one or more participating mobile devices

transmitting, by the facility computer host, facility-specific auxiliary data stored on said cloud computing system to the one or more participating mobile devices over the local data transmission signal; and

providing an information and communications software program to be loaded onto the one or more participating mobile devices, whereby the program receives the facility-specific auxiliary data over the transmission signal and provides the one or more participating mobile devices with local and facility information and access to the interpersonal communication service;

enabling by said software program, the transmission signal to identify the mobile device and enabling the mobile device to transmit data over the transmission signal and receive auxiliary data originating locally on the transmission signal;

enabling, by the local interpersonal communication service, the participating mobile devices identified by the software program to be visible to other of the participating mobile devices identified by the software program whereby messages can be sent and received among the participating mobile devices identified by the software program over the facility hosted data transmission signal; and

enabling the transmission of the electronic data wirelessly between two or more of the participating mobile devices, the mobile devices comprising a visual display and adapted to transmit and receive data over the local data transmission signal.