PREMISES AREA MAP SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20140335900A1
• Filed: 07/25/2014
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Farris, Jack M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,467,805 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

In an exemplary method, a premises map subsystem receives a user request for a premises area map of a premises area, provides the premises area map for display by a mobile device, provides supplemental data for display within the premises area map, determines that the mobile device is located at a premises trigger location, and provides, in response to determining that the mobile device is located at the premises trigger location, additional supplemental data for display within the premises area map.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a premises map subsystem comprising at least one physical computing device, a user request for a premises area map of a premises area;

providing, by the premises map subsystem in response to the user request, the premises area map for display by a mobile device, the premises area map graphically representing the premises area and a premises reference location located within the premises area;

providing, by the premises map subsystem in response to the user request, supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within the premises area map, the supplemental data related to the premises reference location graphically represented by the premises area map;

determining, by the premises map subsystem, that the mobile device is located at a premises trigger location within the premises area represented by the premises area map; and

providing, by the premises map subsystem in response to the determining that the mobile device is located at the premises trigger location, additional supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within the premises area map, the additional supplemental data related to the premises reference location graphically represented by the premises area map.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the supplemental data indicates, within the premises area map, a name of the premises reference location; and

the additional supplemental data indicates, within the premises area map, additional information about the premises reference location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of:

information about hours of operation of the premises reference location;

information about a sale at the premises reference location.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the premises trigger location includes a geographic area occupied by the premises reference location within the premises area.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the premises trigger location includes a geographic area located proximate to the premises reference location within the premises area.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the premises reference location graphically represented by the premises area map is selectable, within the premises area map, by a user of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the premises area comprises at least one building;

the premises reference location is located within the at least one building; and

the premises area map graphically represents an interior of the at least one building.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one building comprises multiple levels and the premises area map graphically represents each of the multiple levels.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing, by the premises map subsystem for display by the mobile device within the premises area map, an indication of a position of the mobile device within the premises area.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing, by the premises map subsystem for display by the mobile device within the premises area map, an indication of a position of another mobile device within the premises area.

11. The method of claim 1, tangibly embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium.

12. A method comprising:

receiving, by a premises area map system comprising at least one physical computing device, a user request for a premises area map of a premises area;

providing, by the premises map subsystem in response to the user request, the premises area map for display by a mobile device, the premises area map graphically representing the premises area and a premises reference location located within the premises area;

providing, by the premises map subsystem in response to the user request, a first level of supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within the premises area map, the first level of supplemental data related to the premises reference location graphically represented by the premises area map;

determining, by the premises map subsystem, that the mobile device is located at a premises trigger location within the premises area represented by the premises area map; and

providing, by the premises map subsystem in response to the determining that the mobile device is located at the premises trigger location, a second level of supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within the premises area map, the second level of supplemental data related to the premises reference location graphically represented by the premises area map.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second level of supplemental data indicates more information about the premises reference location than is indicated by the first level of supplemental data.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein:

the first level of supplemental data indicates, within the premises area map, a name of the premises reference location; and

the second level of supplemental data indicates, within the premises area map, additional information about the premises reference location.

15. The method of claim 12, tangibly embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium.

16. A system comprising:

at least one physical computing device that;

receives a user request for a premises area map of a premises area;

provides, in response to the user request, the premises area map for display by a mobile device, the premises area map graphically representing the premises area and a premises reference location located within the premises area;

provides, in response to the user request, supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within the premises area map, the supplemental data related to the premises reference location graphically represented by the premises area map;

determines that the mobile device is located at a premises trigger location within the premises area represented by the premises area map; and

provides, in response to the determining that the mobile device is located at the premises trigger location, additional supplemental data for display, by the mobile device, within the premises area map, the additional supplemental data related to the premises reference location graphically represented by the premises area map.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the additional supplemental data indicates more information about the premises reference location than is indicated by the supplemental data.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein:

the supplemental data indicates, within the premises area map, a name of the premises reference location; and

the additional supplemental data indicates, within the premises area map, additional information about the premises reference location.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the premises trigger location includes a geographic area occupied by the premises reference location within the premises area.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the premises trigger location includes a geographic area located proximate to the premises reference location within the premises area.