METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING PEOPLE, PRODUCTS, AND/OR SERVICES VIA A LOCALIZED WIRELESS NETWORK

• US 20120191848A1
• Filed: 01/20/2012
• Published: 07/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Multi-Flex Circuits Pty., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Multi-Flex Circuits Pty., Ltd.
• Inventors: Norair, John Peter
• Application Number:
  US13/354,615
• Publication Number:
  US 20120191848A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Electronic devices may exchange messages over a localized wireless network to discover persons, products, and/or services. The exchanged messages may comprise personalize messages that enable the users of the devices to connect (e.g., via a social networking website). The messages may enable the wireless exchange of feedback and recommendations. The messages may comprise advertisements which generate pay-per-click revenues. The messages may be generated and/or transmitted in accordance with a low-power wireless protocol such as ISO 18000-7.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a first electronic device via a first wireless interface, a first media content discovery message; and

receiving, by said first electronic device from a second electronic device that is within the wireless communication range of said first wireless interface of said first electronic device, a second media content discovery messages that was transmitted in response to said first media content discovery message, wherein said first media content discovery message and said/or said second media content discovery message comprises a personalized message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said personalized message comprises a user image, an audio recording, a video recording, an email address, a phone number, and/or a social networking uniform resource locator (URL).

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said first media content discovery message is triggered:

in response to one of reception of a wake up signal, by a sensor of said first electronic device, by a software-based rule implemented in said first electronic device, and/or in response to input from a user of said second electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said second media content discovery message comprises information about media content stored on said second electronic device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said second media content discovery message comprises information about media content currently being consumed on said second electronic device.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein said second media content discovery message comprises media content recommendations from a user of said second electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising transmitting, by said first electronic device via said first wireless interface, a third media content discovery message in response to said second media content discovery message.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said third media content discovery message comprises feedback from a user of said first electronic device regarding the information contained in said second media content discovery message.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein said third media content discovery message and/or said first media content discovery message comprises information about other electronic devices in-range of said first electronic device, said information having been received via second media content discovery messages from said other electronic devices.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising submitting a comment to a social networking website associated with said second electronic device and/or its user, in response to said second media content discovery message.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said first media content discovery message comprises information about media content stored on said first electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said first media content discovery message comprises information about media content currently being consumed on said first electronic device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said second media content discovery message indicates that said media content currently being consumed on said first electronic device is currently being consumed on said second electronic device.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein said first media content discovery message comprises media content recommendations from a user of said first electronic device.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein said second media content discovery message comprises feedback from a user of said second electronic device regarding the information contained in said first media content discovery message.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein said feedback is concurrently submitted to a social networking site associated with said first electronic device.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein said first media content discovery message comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) which, when clicked, provides a reward to the user of said first electronic device.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein said second media content discovery message comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) which, when clicked, provides a reward to the user of said second electronic device.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein said first media content discovery message and/or said second media content discovery message is generated and transmitted in conformance with the ISO 18000-7 standard.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein said first media content discovery message is either an ISO 18000-7 Collection with Universal Data Block command, or an ISO 18000-7 Read Universal Data Block command.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein said first media content discovery message comprises a global query template.

22. A method comprising:

broadcasting, by a first electronic device via a first wireless interface, a message conveying information about a person, product, and/or service; and

receiving, by said first electronic device from a second electronic device that is within the wireless communication range of said first wireless interface of said first electronic device, a second message that was transmitted in response to said first message, wherein said second message comprises feedback about said person, product, and/or service from a user of said second electronic device.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein said first message comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) for contacting said user of said first electronic device.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein said first message comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) which, when clicked, provides a reward to the user of said first electronic device.

26. The method of claim 22, wherein said first message and/or said second message is generated and transmitted in conformance with the ISO 18000-7 standard.

27. The method of claim 22, wherein said first message is either an ISO 18000-7 Collection with Universal Data Block command, or an ISO 18000-7 Read Universal Data Block command.

28. The method of claim 22, wherein said first message comprises a global query template.

25. The method of claim 122, wherein said second message comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) which, when clicked, provides a reward to the user of said second electronic device.