Zone Oriented Applications, Systems and Methods
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1. A zone management system comprising:
- a zone database configured to store zone objects owned by different zone owners, each zone object representative of a zone and having;
zone context criteria defined according to zone attributes adhering to an attribute space, anda plurality of context-based persistent services;
a device interface configured to communicatively coupled with an electronic device; and
a zone server coupled with the zone database and the device interface, and configured to;
obtain image data representative of a zone marker and device attributes from the electronic device;
derive a device context from the device attributes;
recognize the zone marker from the image data as being associated with an instantiated zone that is instantiated from one of the zone objects;
select at least one of the context-based persistent services of the instantiated zone as a context selected service and as being contextually relevant to the device context by comparing the device context to the instantiated zone object'"'"'s context criteria;
obtain contextual service information from the context selected service; and
configure the electronic device to enable interactions with the contextual service information.
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Abstract
Zone management infrastructure systems and methods are presented. A zone comprises a set of boundary conditions, which can include a geographic boundary. Zones further comprise a zone object representing the nature of the zone and the services or applications offered by the zone. Zone objects have intrinsic value based on their boundary conditions as well as the services they offer. Zone owners can allow third parties to offer services for the zone in exchange for a fee.
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1. A zone management system comprising:
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a zone database configured to store zone objects owned by different zone owners, each zone object representative of a zone and having; zone context criteria defined according to zone attributes adhering to an attribute space, and a plurality of context-based persistent services; a device interface configured to communicatively coupled with an electronic device; and a zone server coupled with the zone database and the device interface, and configured to; obtain image data representative of a zone marker and device attributes from the electronic device; derive a device context from the device attributes; recognize the zone marker from the image data as being associated with an instantiated zone that is instantiated from one of the zone objects; select at least one of the context-based persistent services of the instantiated zone as a context selected service and as being contextually relevant to the device context by comparing the device context to the instantiated zone object'"'"'s context criteria; obtain contextual service information from the context selected service; and configure the electronic device to enable interactions with the contextual service information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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