System and method for pushing information to a mobile device

• US 8,296,351 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2010
• Issued: 10/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Lazaridis, Mihal, Mousseau, Gary P., Brown, Michael S.
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN, FRANTZ B
• Application Number:
  US12/726,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20100174756A1
• Time in Patent Office: 950 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/217, 709/219, 709/226, 370/338, 370/349, 707/802
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A system for pushing information to a mobile device includes a information source, a wireless network, and a proxy content server. The information source stores information. The wireless network sends and receives transmissions to and from the mobile device. The proxy content server is coupled to information source and the wireless network and receives information from the information source. In addition, the proxy content server stores information received from the information source to one of a plurality of channels based on pre-defined information categories, and automatically transmits information from a selected channel over the wireless network to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A system for pushing information to a mobile device, comprising:

a proxy content server that receives information over a computer network from an information source and stores the information to one of a plurality of channels based on pre-defined information categories, wherein the plurality of channels comprise memory locations included in at least one of the proxy content server or a proxy content server database;

the proxy content server to receive a feedback signal over a wireless network that indicates a position of the mobile device, and to use the feedback signal to select a channel for transmission of the information from the selected channel over the wireless network to the mobile device, wherein the information comprises at least one of static advertising information, dynamic advertising information, default advertising information, or content information, and wherein a combination of the static advertising information with one of the dynamic or default advertising information comprises an advertisement or an information bulletin.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the feedback signal is generated by the mobile device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the feedback signal is generated by a base station in the wireless network.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer network is the Internet.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the information corresponds to a particular advertiser.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the information source is a world-wide-web (WWW) server.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the proxy content server polls the information source at regular intervals in order to receive the information.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the information source automatically transmits the information to the proxy content server.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the proxy content server database coupled to the proxy content server that stores data relating to the mobile device, wherein the data is also used by the proxy content server to select the channel for transmission over the wireless network to the mobile device.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of information sources that transmit information to the proxy content server, wherein the proxy content server stores information from each of the plurality of information sources to a different one of the plurality of channels.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the proxy content server formats the information from the selected channel into data packets for transmission over the wireless network.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises:

an advertising and information software module that receives the information transmitted over the wireless network from the proxy content server; and

a channel content database having a memory location corresponding to the selected channel on the proxy content server;

wherein the advertising and information software module stores the received information to the memory location in the channel content database.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the mobile device further comprises:

an operating system that tracks the location of the mobile device within the wireless network to generate the feedback signal.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the information corresponds to a particular advertiser.

14. A system for pushing information to a mobile device, comprising:

a proxy content server that receives information over a computer network from an information source and stores the information to one of a plurality of channels based on pre-defined information categories, wherein the plurality of channels comprise memory locations included in at least one of the proxy content server or a proxy content server database;

the proxy content server to select a channel in response to a triggering event for transmission of the information from the selected channel over the wireless network to the mobile device, wherein the information comprises at least one of static advertising information, dynamic advertising information, default advertising information, or content information, and wherein a combination of the static advertising information with one of the dynamic or default advertising information comprises an advertisement or an information bulletin.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the triggering event is a time.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the computer network is the Internet.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the information source is a world-wide-web (WWW) server.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the proxy content server polls the information source at regular intervals in order to receive the information.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the information source automatically transmits the information to the proxy content server.

21. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

the proxy content server database coupled to the proxy content server that stores data relating to the mobile device, wherein the data is also used by the proxy content server to select the channel for transmission over the wireless network to the mobile device.

22. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

a plurality of information sources that transmit information to the proxy content server, wherein the proxy content server stores information from each of the plurality of information sources to a different one of the plurality of channels.

23. The system of claim 14, wherein the proxy content server formats the information from the selected channel into data packets for transmission over the wireless network.

24. The system of claim 14, wherein the mobile device comprises:

an advertising and information software module that receives the information transmitted over the wireless network from the proxy content server; and

a channel content database having a memory location corresponding to the selected channel on the proxy content server;

wherein the advertising and information software module stores the received information to the memory location in the channel content database.