Location based geo-reminders

• US 8,892,128 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2009
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Gehrke, Todd, Wang, Chih, Lawrence, Sarah
• Primary Examiner(s): RAMPURIA, SHARAD K
• Application Number:
  US12/588,331
• Publication Number:
  US 20100093371A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,862 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 4554561-457, 4554141-4143, 455/458, 455/567, 4554041-4042
• US Class Current: 455/456.3
• 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 4/023 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

Location based geo-reminding system retrieves, from a location based geo-reminder physical server, a current location of wireless client devices within a given area. The method accesses, from the location based geo-reminder physical server, a physical location based geo-reminder database comprising an identity of a trigger identifier and a limits of trigger identifier. Transmission of a location based geo-reminder message is initiated if the current location of a particular wireless client device is within a limits of restriction distance from a location of the identity of the trigger.

Claims

1. A method of location based geo-reminders, comprising:

accessing, from a location based geo-reminder physical server, a physical location based geo-reminder database comprising a trigger identifier identifying a user defined time at which a location based geo-reminder message regarding a user-defined task is to be transmitted; and

triggering transmission at said user defined time of said location based geo-reminder message regarding a user-defined task, to a particular wireless client device when said particular wireless client device interacts with a cellular tower associated with said trigger identifier;

wherein a limit of restriction is identified in at least one of;

feet, a yard measurement, a longitude and latitude, and a miles measurement.

2. The method of location based geo-reminders according to claim 1, wherein said trigger identifier comprises:

a mobile identification number (MIN).

3. The method of location based geo-reminders according to claim 1, wherein said trigger identifier comprises:

a mobile telephone number.

4. The method of location based geo-reminders according to claim 1, wherein said location based geo-reminder message comprises:

an email message.

5. A location based geo-reminder server, comprising:

a location based geo-reminder database access module to access, from said location based geo-reminder physical server, a physical location based geo-reminder database comprising a trigger identifier identifying a user defined time at which a location based geo-reminder message regarding a user-defined task is to be transmitted; and

a location based geo-reminder module to trigger transmission at said user defined time of said location based geo-reminder message regarding a user-defined task to a particular wireless client device when said particular wireless client device interacts with a cellular tower associated with said trigger identifier;

wherein a limit of restriction is identified in at least one of;

feet, a yard measurement, a longitude and latitude, and a miles measurement.

6. The location based geo-reminder server according to claim 5, wherein said trigger identifier comprises:

a mobile identification number (MIN).

7. The location based geo-reminder server according to claim 5, wherein said trigger identifier comprises:

a mobile telephone number.

8. The location based geo-reminder server according to claim 5, wherein said location based geo-reminder message comprises:

an email message.