Geo-locate system and technique

• US 9,870,361 B2
• Filed: 02/16/2015
• Issued: 01/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Voicebyte Enterprises Pty., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Voicebyte Enterprises Pty., Ltd.
• Inventors: Fenech, Michael, Fenech, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Tuan A
• Application Number:
  US14/623,321
• Publication Number:
  US 20150234821A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,065 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/185 by embedding added-value information into content, e.g. geo-tagging

Abstract

A system and method directed to geo-located audio, image, text and/or video content which may be characterized as content (audio, image, text, and/or video) that is accessed by one or more content consumers when such content consumers (or the associated content consumer devices) are physically located at a given geographic location and/or within a given vicinity (which may be fixed, predefined and/or programmable before or after uploading the content for access by content consumers) of the geographic location.

Claims

1. A method of creating and uploading geo-located content by a content creator on a content creator device, wherein the content includes audio, images, text and/or video, the method comprising:

enabling a geo-locate mode on the content creator device;

defining one or more content tags to associate with the geo-located content;

generating the geo-located content, after enabling the geo-locate mode, wherein the geo-located content is associated with a geographic location;

determining geo-location data associated with the geo-located content wherein the geo-location data is representative of geographic coordinates of the geographic location;

uploading the geo-located content, the one or more content tags, and the associated geo-location data of the geographic location to a backend computer, wherein the content tags are independent of the geographic location, and the geo-located content is only accessible to one or more content consumer devices when the one or more content consumer devices are physically located at or in a vicinity of the geographic location associated with the geo-located content and when the one or more content tags meet one or more associated filter settings of the one or more content consumer devices; and

downloading the geo-located content associated with the geographic location to the one or more content consumer devices only when the one or more content consumer devices are physically located at or in a vicinity of the geographic location associated with the geo-located content and when the one or more content tags associated with the geo-located content meet the one or more associated filter settings of the one or more content consumer devices,

wherein the one or more content tags include a period of time tag, the period of time tag defining when the geo-located content is available.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the period of time tag further defines for how long the geo-located content is available.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more content tags further include a content consumer tag, the content consumer tag defining a particular content consumer.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more content tags further include a direction of travel tag, the direction of travel tag defining a direction of travel of the content consumer device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more content tags further include at least one of age, gender, and language tags.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more content tags further include a device tag, the device tag defining the manufacturer, brand, or operating system of the content consumer device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more content tags further include a payment tag, the payment tag defining an amount of payment required in order to access the geo-located content.

8. A method of creating and uploading by a content creator on a content creator device and receiving and downloading geo-located content by a content consumer on a content consumer device, wherein the content includes audio, images, text and/or video, the method comprising:

enabling a geo-locate mode on the content creator device;

defining one or more content tags to associate with the geo-located content, wherein the content tags are independent of a geographic location;

generating first geo-located content, after enabling the geo-locate mode, wherein the first geo-located content is associated with a first geographic location;

determining geo-location data associated with the first geo-located content wherein the geo-location data is representative of geographic coordinates of the first geographic location;

uploading the first geo-located content, the one or more content tags, and the associated geo-location data of the first geographic location to a backend computer, wherein the first geo-located content is only accessible to one or more content consumer devices when the one or more content consumer devices are physically located at or in a vicinity of the first geographic location associated with the first geo-located content and when the one or more content tags meet one or more associated filter settings of the one or more content consumer devices;

enabling a geo-locate mode on the content consumer device wherein the geo-locate mode allows the content consumer device to receive geo-located content;

physically locating the content consumer device at a second geographic location associated with second geo-located content;

defining one or more filter settings of the content consumer device, wherein the one or more filter settings are independent of a geographic location; and

downloading the second geo-located content associated with the second geographic location to the content consumer device only when the content consumer device is physically located at or in a vicinity of the second geographic location associated with the second geo-located content and when the one or more content tags associated with the second geo-located content meet the one or more associated filter settings of the content consumer device,

wherein the one or more content tags include a period of time tag, the period of time tag defining when the geo-located content is available.