Confirming a Venue of User Location
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Abstract
Methods and systems that record the location of a user and transmit targeted content to a user based upon their current and past location. A network is configured to include a server programmed with a database of targeted content, a database of location information, a database of user information, a database searching algorithm, and a wireless communication system capable of communicating with the user'"'"'s mobile device. The location of the mobile device is ascertained and recorded. The location information is analyzed to determine businesses visited by the user, and other behaviors of the user. Targeted content is sent to the mobile device of the user and whether the user visits the physical locations associated with the targeted content is monitored. Payment systems, phone exchange systems, and other features may also be integrated to provide detailed conversion tracking to producers of targeted content and business owners.
21 Citations
33 Claims
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21. A computer-implemented method to verify a venue of user location, the method comprising:
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transmitting, by a mobile computing device and for receipt by a computerized system that is remote from the mobile computing device, information based on a geographic location sensor of the mobile computing device that identifies an estimated geographic location of the mobile computing device or that can be used to identify the estimated geographic location of the mobile computing device; receiving, by the mobile computing device and as having been sent by the computerized system in response to the transmitting, an identification of a first suggested venue at which the mobile computing device may be located; presenting, by the mobile computing device, a user interface that concurrently displays (i) an indication of the first suggested venue, and (ii) a first user interface element with which a user of the mobile computing device is able to confirm that the mobile computing device is located at the first suggested venue; receiving, by the mobile computing device, confirmation that the mobile computing device is located at the first suggested venue as a result of user interaction with the first user interface element, and in response, identifying the first suggested venue as a confirmed venue at which the mobile computing device is confirmed to be located; and providing, by the mobile computing device, a communication that identifies that the mobile computing device is located at the confirmed venue. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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