Disseminating targeted location-based content to mobile device users

• US 8,626,201 B1
• Filed: 10/05/2012
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Aegis Mobility Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Aegis Mobility Incorporated
• Inventors: Wright, Andrew S., Allen, Swan, Williams, Steven J., Geyer, John J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Miller, Brandon
• Application Number:
  US13/646,577
• Time in Patent Office: 459 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-4566, 455418-420, 455/414.1, 4554121-4122, 455/466, 455/517, 455/514
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• 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 trusted third party information arbiter for facilitating third party information sources, such as advertisers or data processing services, to accurately target communications to mobile device users. Illustratively, the mobile device users can control target communications through the utilization of discretion requests/permissions processed by the third party information arbiter. Furthermore, the mobile device users may further interact with the trusted third party information arbiter to provide/release additional personal information. For example, a mobile device user may be provided an increasingly rich rewards or payments that may be provisioned by discount, coupons or offers associated with existing or new product advertisements or promotional information messages.

Claims

1. A method, implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions, for managing information associated with a mobile device user, the method comprising:

receiving a query specifying criteria for identifying a set of mobile device users from a plurality of mobile device users;

determining, based at least in part on maintained mobile device user information, a subset of said plurality of mobile device users that satisfy the received criteria;

over a specified period of time, repeatedly determining a number of the identified determined subset of mobile device users who no longer satisfies the specified criteria; and

if the determined number is above a threshold number, providing an expiration notification reflecting the determined number of the identified determined subset of mobile device users who no longer satisfy the specified criteria.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a mobile device comprises at least one of a personal computing device, a hand-held computing device, a mobile telephone, a personal digital assistant, a laptop computer, or a gaming device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the criteria for identifying a set of mobile device users comprises at least one of static information criteria or dynamic information criteria.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the static information criteria corresponds to at least one of demographic criteria, age criteria, gender criteria, or interest criteria, and wherein the dynamic information criteria corresponds to at least one of current location criteria, a distance criteria, velocity criteria, meeting status criteria, journey state criteria, or availability criteria.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving an offer to be provided to the subset of mobile device users; and

transmitting the offer to the subset of mobile device users.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

tracking responses of the subset of mobile device users to the offer; and

transmitting feedback data regarding said responses.

7. A system for managing information associated with a mobile device user, the system comprising:

one or more computing devices configured to;

receive a query comprising criteria for identifying targeted mobile device users from a plurality of mobile device users;

determine a set of said plurality of mobile device users that satisfy the received criteria based at least in part on maintained mobile device user information;

after at least a specified amount of time, determine that at least a threshold number of said set of mobile device users no longer satisfy the criteria; and

provide an expiration notification indicative of said determination that at least a threshold number of said set of mobile device users no longer satisfy the criteria.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the maintained mobile device user information comprises at least one of static information or dynamic information of the plurality of mobile device users.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the static information corresponds to at least one of demographic information, age, gender, or interest, and wherein the dynamic information corresponds to at least one of a current location, velocity, meeting status, journey state, and availability.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to:

generate a set of abstracted information based at least in part on the set of mobile device users and the maintained mobile device user information; and

transmit the generated set of abstracted information to a business entity associated with the query.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the generated set of abstracted information is based at least in part on permissions of each of the set of mobile device users, and wherein the permissions specify amounts of personal information of each mobile device user that may be shared with business entities.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the personal information corresponds to at least one of static information or dynamic information.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to maintain said permissions of each of the set of mobile device users.

14. The system of claim 7, wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to:

receive an offer to be provided to the set of mobile device users; and

transmit the offer to the set of mobile device users.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the one or more computing devices are further configured to:

track responses of the set of mobile device users to the offer; and

transmit feedback data regarding said responses.

16. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium containing computer-executable instructions for managing information associated with a mobile device user, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

first computer executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive a query comprising criteria for identifying targeted mobile device users from a plurality of mobile device users;

determine a set of said plurality of mobile device users that satisfy the received criteria based at least in part on maintained mobile device user information; and

provide a notification indicative of the set of mobile device users that satisfy the received criteria; and

second computer executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

after at least a specified amount of time, determine that at least a threshold number of the set of mobile device users no longer satisfy the criteria; and

provide an expiration notification indicative of said determination that at least a threshold number of the set of mobile device users no longer satisfy the criteria.

17. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the criteria for identifying a set of mobile device users comprises at least one of static information criteria or dynamic information criteria.

18. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the first computer executable instructions further cause the one or more processors to generate a set of abstracted information based at least in part on the determined set of mobile device users that satisfy the received criteria and the mobile maintained mobile device user information, and wherein the notification indicative of the set of mobile device users that satisfy the received criteria includes the generated set of abstracted information.

19. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the generated set of abstracted information is based at least in part on permissions of each of the set of mobile device users that specify amounts of personal information of each mobile device user which may be shared with business entities.

20. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, further comprising third computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive an offer to be provided to the set of mobile device users; and

transmit the offer to the set of mobile device users.

21. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 20 further comprising fourth computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

track responses of the set of mobile device users to the offer; and

transmit feedback data regarding said responses.