Dynamic Delivery and Presentation of Electronic Data to Mobile Electronic Devices

• US 20090181649A1
• Filed: 01/10/2008
• Published: 07/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Rottler, Benjamin A., Bull, William E.
• Application Number:
  US11/972,570
• Publication Number:
  US 20090181649A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Delivery and/or presentation of electronic data to a mobile electronic device in accordance with a dynamic user profile are disclosed. In one embodiment, as the user profile changes, the electronic data being delivered to and/or presented on the mobile electronic device can dynamically change. In other words, the electronic data being delivered and/or presented can be selected, customized or targeted for characteristics of the dynamic user profile.

Claims

1. A method for delivering data to a mobile electronic device, said method comprising:

obtaining a dynamic user profile;

identifying a remotely located data source that is relevant to the dynamic user profile; and

delivering digital data from the identified data source to the mobile electronic device.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said method comprises:

determining whether the dynamic user profile has changed; and

repeating said identifying, said delivering and said presenting if said determining determines that the dynamic user profile has changed.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data source is a data feed.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobile electronic device is a mobile media presentation device.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said method further comprises:

subsequently presenting, at the mobile electronic device, at least a portion of the digital data delivered to the mobile electronic device.

6. A method as recited in claim 1,

wherein said identifying of a remotely located data source comprises determining one or more data feeds that are relevant to the dynamic user profile, and

wherein said delivering of digital data from the identified data source comprises (i) determining digital data for the one or more data feeds to be downloaded to the mobile electronic device;

and (ii) downloading and storing the digital data from the one or more data feeds to the mobile electronic device.

7. A method as recited in claim 6, wherein said presenting at least a portion of the digital data delivered to the mobile electronic device comprises (i) selecting an appropriate one of the one or more data feeds that are stored on the mobile electronic device based on a current device context of the mobile electronic device;

and (ii) displaying data associated with the appropriate one of the one or more data feeds.

8. A method as recited in claim 1,

wherein said identifying of a remotely located data source comprises determining one or more data feeds that are relevant to the dynamic user profile, and

wherein said delivering of digital data from the identified data source comprises (i) determining digital data for the one or more data feeds to be downloaded to the mobile electronic device;

(ii) deleting previously stored digital data from other data feeds from the mobile electronic device if additional storage space for storage of the digital data from the one or more data feeds to the mobile electronic device is needed; and

(iii) downloading the digital data from the one or more data feeds to the mobile electronic device.

9. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the dynamic user profile automatically updates.

10. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the dynamic user profile is inferred.

11. A method for delivering data to a mobile media presentation device, said method comprising:

determining a location of the mobile media presentation device;

identifying a data feed associated with the location for the mobile media presentation device; and

downloading structured data from the identified data feed to the mobile media presentation device.

12. A method as recited in claim 11, wherein said method is performed without user interaction with the mobile media presentation device.

13. A method as recited in claim 11, wherein said method further comprises:

subsequently presenting at least a portion of the structured data from the identified data feed stored at the mobile media presentation device.

14. A method as recited in claim 13, wherein said presenting is automatically performed without any user interaction with the mobile media presentation device to request such presenting.

15. A method as recited in claim 11,

wherein said determining of the location of the mobile media presentation device predicts at least one future location for the mobile media presentation device;

and

wherein said identifying of the data feed comprising identifying at least one data feed that is associated with the at least one future location.

16. A computer readable medium including at least executable computer program code tangibly stored thereon for delivering data to a mobile electronic device, said computer readable medium comprising:

computer program code for obtaining a dynamic user profile;

computer program code for identifying a remotely located data source that is relevant to the dynamic user profile;

computer program code for delivering digital data from the identified data source to the mobile electronic device so that at least a portion of the data delivered to the mobile electronic device can be subsequently presented at the mobile electronic device.

17. A computer readable medium including at least executable computer program code tangibly stored thereon for delivering data to a mobile media presentation device, said computer readable medium comprising:

computer program code for determining a location of the mobile media presentation device;

computer program code for identifying a data source relevant to the location for the mobile media presentation device; and

computer program code for downloading structured data from the identified data source to the mobile media presentation device.

18. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a network interface configured to access one or more wired or wireless networks;

a memory configured to store data;

a display configured to display data; and

a processor operatively connected to said network interface, said memory and said display, said processor being configured to (i) dynamically update a user profile having a plurality of characteristics, (ii) receive digital data relevant to the one or more characteristics of the user profile via said network interface, (iii) store the digital data in said memory, and (iv) present at least a portion of the received digital data on the display.

19. A portable electronic device as recited in claim 18, wherein as the user profile dynamically updates, said portable electronic device operates to automatically interact with a remote server to receive digital data relevant to the one or more characteristics of the updated user profile.

20. A portable electronic device as recited in claim 19, wherein the received digital data is associated with a data feed hosted by the remote server, whereby the data feed is relevant to the one or more characteristics of the updated user profile.

21. A portable electronic device as recited in claim 19, wherein the user profile is automatically updated without explicit user interaction with said portable electronic device to alter the user profile.

22. A portable electronic device as recited in claim 18,

wherein the user profile is updated without user interaction with said portable electronic device to alter the user profile, and

wherein once the user profile is updated, said processor operates to receive additional digital data relevant to the one or more characteristics of the updated user profile via said network interface without user interaction with said portable electronic device to request the additional digital data.

23. A portable electronic device as recited in claim 18, wherein at least one of the characteristics of the one or more characteristics of the user profile is a location for said mobile electronic device.