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Anonymous delivery of geographically specific rich media information

  • US 9,906,903 B2
  • Filed: 11/18/2015
  • Issued: 02/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An alert method performed by a web based alert server, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at an alert creation portal at the web based alert server, alert information specific to a defined location and storing the alert information and the defined location;

    receiving, at the web based alert server, an anonymous token associated with a mobile device and an associated mobile device location from an alert application on the mobile device, wherein the anonymous token is received without receiving private information identifying an owner of the mobile device and without receiving an internet protocol (IP) address for the mobile device;

    determining, at the web based alert server, whether the associated mobile device location is within the defined location for the alert information;

    determining, at the web based alert server, that the location of the mobile device is within the defined location for the alert information; and

    forwarding the anonymous token for the alert application on the mobile device and an alert identifier corresponding to the alert information from the web based alert server to a notification service for transmission to the mobile device, when it is determined that the mobile device location is within the defined location for the alert information.

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