SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMBINATION OF ONLINE COUPONS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES WITH ADVERTISEMENTS, GEOSPATIAL MAPPING, RELATED COMPANY OR LOCAL INFORMATION, AND SOCIAL NETWORKING

• US 20130073376A1
• Filed: 12/26/2011
• Published: 03/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stephan Heath
• Original Assignee: Stephan Heath
• Inventors: Heath, Stephan
• Granted Patent: US 10,152,722 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.39
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

Alternative computer based systems and methods are provided for online, server and/or cloud based internet access to online advertisements, auctions, products, services, service providers, media and entertainment, sports, personal & financial network, real estate, service providers and business owners e.g. for business services, healthcare services, specialty financial services, consumer products, specialty retail and media and entertainment, lenders, mortgage companies, social networking, online dating, gaming, retail stores, virtual communities and virtual goods, microloans or microcredit, humanitarian aid and support other worldly causes through charitable donations or sustainable gifts to those in need (collectively “Products & Services” as any product or service or subgroup thereof), in combination with geospatial website for a multidimensional representation of information and/or scalable versions of web content that comprises social networking and/or socially conscious information and/or activities, and social networking, on a three dimensional geospatial platform using multi-dimensional and scalable geospatial mapping associated with entities providing and/or members of the service and/or social networking.

Claims

1. A method for providing a combination of online coupons, products or services with advertisements, geospatial mapping, related company or local information, and social networking through-providing access to advertisements in a network, comprising:

(a) electronically assigning an identifier to a client mobile device or computer receiving a request from a client application operating on the client mobile device or computer to access a website that offers a combination of

(i) online coupons, products or services;

in combination with;

(ii) geospatial mapping,

(iii) company or local or global information,

(iv) social networking;

(v) advertisements; and

(vi) types of online coupons, products and services,

the request including the identifier assigned to the client;

(b) electronically providing through said website access to a combination of;

(i) online coupons, products or services;

in combination with;

(ii) geospatial mapping,

(iii) company or local information;

social networking;

(iv) advertisements; and

(v) types of online coupons, products and services;

(c) electronically monitoring and analyzing information accessed by the client mobile device or computer

to determine one or more of client mobile device or computer user preferred locations, interests, preferences, networking interests or connections, online coupons, products or services, advertisements, and marketing interests; and

(d) electronically providing, based on said monitoring and analyzing in step (c), the client mobile device or computer with access to customized webpages comprising

selected online coupons, products or services in combination with geospatial maps, company product or service information, social networking;

relevant to said type of information accessed by the client mobile device or computer

related to preferred locations, interests, preferences, or networking interests or connections, products or services, advertisements, and marketing interests of users and members of said client mobile device or computer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further comprises providing remote computing device access.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein step (d) comprises electronically sending to the client mobile device or computer said customized webpages based on at least one of said preferred locations, interests, preferences, or networking interests or connections, online coupons, products or services, advertisements, and marketing interests.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier assigned to the client mobile device or computer is not a user identification and is not an internet protocol address.

14. A method according to claim 1, wherein said online coupons, product or service is selected from at least one of advertisements, online coupons, services, clickable advertisements, advertisements by geo-target location, daily deal coupons, free or discounted printable coupons, business directories, advertisements, text, SMS marketing, search, multimedia, operating systems, devices, banking, payment, wallet or electronic payments, express checkout, money transfer, social media, keywords, coupons, instant messaging marketing, voting, e-cards, short codes, commerce, shopping, push content, geo-information, geo-social information, daily deal coupons, art, auctions, online auctions, e-commerce, m-commerce, media and entertainment, sports, personal networks, financial networks, travel and hospitality services, educational services, ancillary services, service providers and business owners, business services, healthcare services, financial services, consumer products, specialty retail, media, entertainment, lenders, mortgage companies, social networking, online dating, gaming, retail stores, virtual communities, virtual goods.

16. A method according to claim 1, wherein said information further comprises socially conscious information and wherein said combination further comprises one or more of loans or credit online or via a mobile device or wireless device through a server microloans, microcredit, humanitarian aid, or charitable donations.

5. An electronic system for providing online (i) coupons, products or services in combination with (i) advertisements, (ii) geospatial mapping, (iii) company or local or global information, and (iv) social networking, through-providing access to advertisements in a network, said system comprising:

(a) a system component for electronically assigning an identifier to a client mobile device or computer receiving a request from a client application operating on the client mobile device or computer to access a website that offers a combination of

(i) online coupons, products or services;

in combination with;

(ii) geospatial mapping,

(iii) company or local or global information,

(iv) social networking;

(v) advertisements; and

(vi) types of online coupons, products and services,

the request including the identifier assigned to the client;

(b) a system component for electronically providing through said website access to a combination of;

i. online coupons, products or services;

in combination with;

ii. geospatial mapping,

iii. company or local information;

iv. social networking;

v. advertisements; and

vi. types of online coupons, products and services;

(c) electronically monitoring and analyzing the type of information accessed by the client mobile device or computer

to determine one or more of client mobile device or computer user preferred locations, interests, preferences, or networking interests or connections, online coupons, products or services, advertisements, and marketing interests; and

(d) electronically providing, based on said monitoring and analyzing in step (c), the client mobile device or computer with access to customized webpages comprising

selected online coupons, products or services in combination with geospatial maps, company product or service information, social networking;

relevant to said type of information accessed by the client mobile device or computer related to preferred locations, interests, preferences, or networking interests or connections, online coupons, products or services, advertisements, and marketing interests of users and members of said client mobile device or computer.

6. A system according to claim 5, configured to be partially operated on a server.

7. A system according to claim 5, configured to be partially operated on a client computing device.

15. A system according to claim 5, wherein said online coupon, product or service is selected from one or more of advertisements, online coupons, services, clickable advertisements, advertisements by geo-target location, daily deal coupons, free or discounted printable coupons, business directories, advertisements, text, SMS marketing, search, multimedia, operating systems, devices, banking, payment, wallet or electronic payments, express checkout, money transfer, social media, keywords, coupons, instant messaging marketing, voting, e-cards, short codes, commerce, shopping, push content, geo-information, geo-social information, daily deal coupons, art, auctions, online auctions, e-commerce, m-commerce, media and entertainment, sports, personal networks, financial networks, travel and hospitality services, educational services, ancillary services, service providers and business owners, business services, healthcare services, financial services, consumer products, specialty retail, media, entertainment, lenders, mortgage companies, social networking, online dating, gaming, retail stores, virtual communities, virtual goods.

17. A method according to claim 5, wherein said information further comprises socially conscious information and wherein said combination further comprises one or more of loans or credit online or via a mobile device or wireless device through server microloans, microcredit, humanitarian aid, or charitable donations.

8. A method in a computer system for providing access to geospatial information system data accessible over a network relating to online coupons, products or services in combination with (i) advertisements, (ii) geospatial mapping, (iii) company or local information, and (iv) social networking, comprising

(a) electronically assigning an identifier to a client mobile device or computer receiving a request from a client application operating on the client mobile device or computer to access a website that offers a combination of

(i) online coupons, products or services;

in combination with;

(ii) geospatial mapping,

(iii) company or local or global information,

(iv) social networking;

(v) advertisements; and

(vi) types of online coupons, products and services,

the request including the identifier assigned to the client;

(b) electronically providing through said website access to a combination of;

i. online products or services;

in combination with;

ii. geospatial mapping,

iii. company or local information;

iv. social networking; and

v. advertisements

vi. types of online coupons, products or services;

(c) electronically monitoring and analyzing the type of information accessed by the client mobile device or computer

to determine one or more of client mobile device or computer user preferred locations, interests, preferences, or networking interests or connections, online coupons, products or services, advertisements, and marketing interests; and

(d) electronically providing, based on said monitoring and analyzing in step (c), the client mobile device or computer with access to customized webpages comprising

selected online coupons, products or services in combination with geospatial maps, company product or service information, social networking;

relevant to said type of information accessed by the client mobile device or computer related to preferred locations, interests, preferences, or networking interests or connections, online coupons, products or services, advertisements, and marketing interests of users and members of said client mobile device or computer.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said geospatial map tile data is defined by a collection of records in a geospatial database having coordinate fields corresponding to the collection of geospatial map files.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the geospatial map tile data value corresponds to combinations of dataset layers.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the geospatial map tile data value corresponds to one and/or both of a scale and/or a resolution of the geospatial map tile.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the geospatial map tile data corresponds to an age of the geospatial data;

and the determining operation further comprises denying the request if the age of the geospatial data falls within a temporal period defined by the presentation restriction.

13. A method according to claim 8, wherein said online coupon, product or service is selected from at least one of advertisements, online coupons, services, clickable advertisements, advertisements by geo-target location, daily deal coupons, free or discounted printable coupons, business directories, advertisements, text, SMS marketing, search, multimedia, operating systems, devices, banking, payment, wallet or electronic payments, express checkout, money transfer, social media, keywords, coupons, instant messaging marketing, voting, e-cards, short codes, commerce, shopping, push content, geo-information, geo-social information, daily deal coupons, art, auctions, online auctions, e-commerce, m-commerce, media and entertainment, sports, personal networks, financial networks, travel and hospitality services, educational services, ancillary services, service providers and business owners, business services, healthcare services, financial services, consumer products, specialty retail, media, entertainment, lenders, mortgage companies, social networking, online dating, gaming, retail stores, virtual communities, virtual goods.

18. A method according to claim 8, wherein said information further comprises socially conscious information and wherein said combination further comprises one or more of loans or credit online or via a mobile device or wireless device through a server microloans, microcredit, humanitarian aid, or charitable donations.