Dynamic awareness involving location

• US 10,331,708 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Shields, Kevin T., Flora, William T., O'Rourke, Bret P., Miller, John Mark, Wilfrid, Eric P., Keam, Nigel S., Bathiche, Steven N., Roup, Oliver R., Russell, Zachary L., Whitten, Jon Marcus Randall
• Primary Examiner(s): Casca, Fred A
• Application Number:
  US11/771,369
• Publication Number:
  US 20090005079A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,379 Days
• Field of Search: 4554563, 4554561, 4554041, 4554042, 455418, 455 306, 455410, 4554521, 4554562, 455457
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A system for dynamic content delivery is provided. The system includes a control component to determine location, preferences, and state of a user. A delivery component dynamically selects and provides content to the user as a function of the user'"'"'s location, preferences, and state.

Claims

1. A method of providing location relevant data for a user of a mobile wireless device, the method performed by a server computing device, the method comprising:

receiving, at the server computing device from the mobile wireless device, data captured by the mobile wireless device;

receiving, at the server computing device, information that specifies a location of the mobile wireless device;

receiving, at the server computing device, information that specifies a location of a disparate mobile wireless device, wherein a disparate user uses the disparate mobile wireless device;

selecting the location relevant data for the user of the mobile wireless device, the location relevant data for the user of the mobile wireless device being selected by the server computing device from a database, the location relevant data for the user of the mobile wireless device being selected based on;

the location of the mobile wireless device being within proximity of the location of the disparate mobile wireless device;

the data received from the mobile wireless device; and

a user profile of the user of the mobile wireless device;

wherein the location relevant data for the user comprises personal information provided by the disparate user, the personal information provided by the disparate user comprises at least identity information of the disparate user;

determining, based upon the user profile of the user of the mobile wireless device, whether to send the location relevant data for the user to the mobile wireless device from the server computing device; and

responsive to determining to send the location relevant data for the user, sending the device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user profile controls types of the location relevant data provided to the mobile wireless device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user profile controls a frequency at which the location relevant data is provided to the mobile wireless device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving disparate data relevant to the location from the mobile wireless device; and

updating the database with the disparate data relevant to the location.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the location relevant data for the user comprises prior user experience data, the prior user experience data being previously received from at least one differing mobile wireless device other than the mobile wireless device or the disparate mobile wireless device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the disparate mobile wireless device within proximity of the location of the mobile wireless device;

selecting the location relevant data for the user of the mobile wireless device further comprising, based at least in part upon the location of the mobile wireless device and the disparate mobile wireless device detected within proximity of the location of the mobile wireless device, selecting data regarding the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device;

determining, based upon the user profile of the user of the mobile wireless device and a disparate user profile of the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device, whether to send the data regarding the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device to the mobile wireless device; and

responsive to determining to send the data regarding the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device, sending the data regarding the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device to the mobile wireless device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

based at least in part upon the location of the mobile wireless device and the disparate mobile wireless device detected within proximity of the location of the mobile wireless device, selecting data regarding the user of the mobile wireless device;

determining, based upon the user profile of the user of the mobile wireless device and the disparate user profile of the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device, whether to send the data regarding the user of the mobile wireless device to the disparate mobile wireless device; and

responsive to determining to send the data regarding the user of the mobile wireless device, sending the data regarding the user of the mobile wireless device to the disparate mobile wireless device.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the data regarding the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device comprises a name of the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the information that specifies the location of the mobile wireless device further comprises employing the server computing device to detect the location of the mobile wireless device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the data captured by the mobile wireless device comprises sensor data captured by a sensor of the mobile wireless device.

11. A method of providing location relevant data to a mobile wireless device, the method performed by a server computing device, the method comprising:

receiving, at the server computing device from the mobile wireless device, data captured by the mobile wireless device;

detecting a location of the mobile wireless device, wherein the location of the mobile wireless device is detected to be within a local area, and wherein the location of the mobile wireless device is detected by the server computing device;

detecting a disparate mobile wireless device within proximity of the location of the mobile wireless device;

selecting the location relevant data for the mobile wireless device, the location relevant data for the mobile wireless device being selected by the server computing device from a database, the location relevant data for the mobile wireless device being selected based on;

the location of the mobile wireless device;

the data received from the mobile wireless device; and

a user profile of a user of the mobile wireless device;

wherein the location relevant data comprises data regarding a disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device, the data regarding the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device being selected based at least in part upon the disparate mobile wireless device being detected within proximity of the location of the mobile wireless device;

determining, based upon the user profile of the user of the mobile wireless device and a disparate user profile of the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device, whether to send the location relevant data comprising the data regarding the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device to the mobile wireless device from the server computing device; and

responsive to determining to send the location relevant data comprising the data regarding the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device to the mobile wireless device, pushing the location relevant data comprising the data regarding the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device from the server computing device to the mobile wireless device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

during a time period prior to when the location relevant data is pushed from the server computing device to the mobile wireless device;

receiving data corresponding to the local area from one or more mobile wireless devices within the local area, wherein the data received from the one or more mobile wireless devices within the local area comprises information captured by the one or more mobile wireless devices within the local area; and

storing the data corresponding to the local area in the database.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the information comprises pictures of the local area.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving disparate data corresponding to the local area from the mobile wireless device; and

updating the database with the disparate data corresponding to the local area.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

based at least in part upon the location of the mobile wireless device and the disparate mobile wireless device detected within proximity of the location of the mobile wireless device, selecting data regarding the user of the mobile wireless device;

determining, based upon the user profile of the user of the mobile wireless device and the disparate user profile of the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device, whether to send the data regarding the user of the mobile wireless device to the disparate mobile wireless device; and

responsive to determining to send the data regarding the user of the mobile wireless device, sending the data regarding the user of the mobile wireless device to the disparate mobile wireless device.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the data regarding the user of the mobile wireless device comprises a name of the user of the mobile wireless device.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the data regarding the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device comprises a name of the disparate user of the disparate mobile wireless device.

18. A server computing system that provides location relevant data, comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory that comprises computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform acts including;

responsive to receipt of data from a mobile wireless device, selecting the location relevant data for a user relevant to a location of the mobile wireless device from a database, wherein the location relevant data for the user is selected based at least in part upon;

the location of the mobile wireless device being within proximity of a location of a disparate mobile wireless device, wherein a disparate user uses the disparate mobile wireless device;

the data received from the mobile wireless device; and

a user profile of the user of the mobile wireless device;

wherein the location relevant data for the user comprises personal information provided by the disparate user, the personal information provided by the disparate user comprises at least identity information of the disparate user;

determining, based upon the user profile of the user of the mobile wireless device, whether to send the location relevant data for the user to the mobile wireless device; and

responsive to determining to send the location relevant data for the user, causing the location relevant data for the user to be sent to the mobile wireless device.

19. The server computing system of claim 18, wherein the data received from the mobile wireless device comprises at least one of audio data, image data, or video data.

20. The server computing system of claim 18, the memory further comprises computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform acts including:

receiving information that specifies the location of the mobile wireless device.