Live branded dynamic mapping

• US 9,909,896 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2016
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blazer And Flip Flops, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Blazer And Flip Flops, Inc.
• Inventors: Bass, Joshua David, Ziskind, Benjamin Harry, Sahadi, Scott Sebastian
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEUNG, CALVIN K
• Application Number:
  US15/271,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20170010119A1
• Time in Patent Office: 532 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3492 employing speed data or traffic data, e.g. real-time or historical traffic control systems for road vehicles involving transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3641 Personalized guidance, e.g. limited guidance on previously travelled routes
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3644 Landmark guidance, e.g. using POIs or conspicuous other objects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/367 Details, e.g. road map scale, orientation, zooming, illumination, level of detail, scrolling of road map or positioning of current position marker
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3673 Labelling using text of road map data items, e.g. road names, POI names
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3676 Overview of the route on the road map
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0259 based on store location
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

A live dynamic map that provides for increased convenience for a user at a venue is disclosed. The live dynamic map may be branded for a venue, shows points of interest and paths between locations, includes a messaging capability, and allows users to be social with one another as well as venue management. Live branded mapping may allow for similar engagement on a region-by-region, neighborhood-by-neighborhood, or even brand-by-brand basis. By engaging on a hyper-local level, the present mapping platform can better target user and payload delivering and improve upon business to consumer brand engagement.

Claims

1. A method for personalized mapping, the method comprising:

generating a dynamic map, the dynamic map representing a first map portion at a first scale and a second map portion at a second scale that is different from the first scale;

identifying a location of a mobile device within the dynamic map, wherein the location of the mobile device is identified via a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver integrated with the mobile device;

generating a message to be overlaid over the dynamic map;

transmitting map data to the mobile device, the map data including the dynamic map and the message;

updating the dynamic map by moving at least the first map portion within the dynamic map, thereby changing scaling of the dynamic map based on the moving of the first map portion; and

transmitting map update data to the mobile device, thereby updating at least the dynamic map at the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the location of the mobile device is also based on signal hardware in communication with the mobile device, the signal hardware including at least one of a Wi-Fi device, a Bluetooth™

device, a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) device, a Near Field Communication (NFC) device, or a cellular device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the location of the mobile device is also based on one of a point-of-entry device, a point-of-sale device, or a point-of-exit device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first map portion includes the location of the mobile device, and wherein updating the dynamic map moves the first map portion to match a movement of the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile device displays the dynamic map with the message overlaid via a display of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is based on message data received from one or more data devices.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the message includes a suggested route within the dynamic map.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the suggested route is determined based on the location of the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the suggested route is determined based on dynamically updated congestion data identifying traffic density along one or more possible routes.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the suggested route is determined based on obstacle data identifying one or more obstacles along one or more possible routes.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the suggested route is determined based on one or more wait times along one or more possible routes.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the suggested route is determined based on one or more travel times along one or more possible routes.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the message identifies one or more locations of one or more contacts within the dynamic map.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the message identifies a condition, wherein a reward is received in response to the condition being met.

15. A system for personalized mapping, the system comprising:

a communication transceiver that is communicatively coupled to a mobile device;

a memory that stores instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor causes the processor to;

generate a dynamic map, the dynamic map representing a first map portion at a first scale and a second map portion at a second scale that is different from the first scale,

identify a location of the mobile device within the dynamic map, wherein the location of the mobile device is identified via a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver integrated with the mobile device,

generate a message to be overlaid over the dynamic map,

transmit map data to the mobile device, the map data including the dynamic map and the message,

update the dynamic map by moving at least the first map portion within the dynamic map, thereby changing scaling of the dynamic map based on the moving of the first map portion, and

transmit map update data to the mobile device, thereby updating at least the dynamic map at the mobile device.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising the mobile device, the mobile device including a display, wherein the mobile device displays the dynamic map and the message overlaid over the dynamic map via the display.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the message includes a suggested route within the dynamic map.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for personalized mapping, the method comprising:

generating a dynamic map, the dynamic map representing a first map portion at a first scale and a second map portion at a second scale that is different from the first scale;

identifying a location of a mobile device within the dynamic map, wherein the location of the mobile device is identified via a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver integrated with the mobile device;

generating a message to be overlaid over the dynamic map;

transmitting map data to the mobile device, the map data including the dynamic map and the message;

updating the dynamic map by moving at least the first map portion within the dynamic map, thereby changing scaling of the dynamic map based on the moving of the first map portion; and

transmitting map update data to the mobile device, thereby updating at least the dynamic map at the mobile device.