Systems, methods and apparatus for dynamic content management and delivery

• US 9,092,442 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2013
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Globili, LLC
• Original Assignee: Globili, LLC
• Inventors: Donabedian, William A., Mullins, Randall L.
• Primary Examiner(s): JACKSON, JAKIEDA R
• Application Number:
  US13/916,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20130346061A1
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: 704/8
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/40 Processing or translation of natural language natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for linking virtual content to various types of object, such a static physical objects, through the use of triggers of varying formats. The virtual content can be updated by a content curator over time. The virtual content can be translated into a plurality of languages and can be selectively transmitted to a mobile communications device upon receipt of the trigger.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a content management system in communication with a first mobile communications device and a second mobile communications device, the content management system comprising a data store, a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon which when executed by the processor cause the processor to;

store in the data store a plurality of triggers, wherein each of the plurality of triggers is linked to a different mobile communications device;

receive a communication from the first mobile communications device, the communication comprising;

a trigger, wherein the trigger is one of the plurality of triggers stored in the data store, and

a first message in a first language;

determine that the first message is directed to the second mobile communications device based on the linking of the trigger to the second mobile communications device in the data store;

determine a language preference associated with the second mobile communications device, wherein the language preference is a second language;

cause the first message to be translated from the first language to the second language to generate a translated first message; and

cause the translated first message to be sent to the second mobile communications device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:

receive a communication from the second mobile communications device, the communication comprising a second message in the second language;

cause the second message to be translated from the second language to the first language to generate a translated second message; and

cause the translated second message to be sent to the first mobile communications device.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the instructions cause the processor to translate the second message from the second language to the first language.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first message is translated from the first language to the second language in substantially real-time.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the trigger is one of a one-dimensional code, a two-dimensional code, and an RFID-code.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:

send a language selection list to the second mobile communications device; and

receive a selection of a language in the language selection list, wherein the selected language is an indication of the second language.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first message is typed using inputs from a first virtual keyboard having characters related to the first language and a second message received from the second mobile communications device is typed using inputs from a second virtual keyboard having characters related to the second language.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the trigger is any of a quick response (QR) code, a bar code, a short message service (SMS) code, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) code, an acoustic fingerprint technology (AFT) code, and a near field communication (NFC) code.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the trigger is any of a visual code, a numeric code, an alphanumeric code, a biometric code, a genetic code, a geographic-based code, an audio code, an acoustic code, and a wireless communication code.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the translated first message is caused to be sent to the second mobile communications device in substantially real-time.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the processor to translate the first message from the first language to the second language.

12. A method, comprising:

storing, by a content management system, in the data store a plurality of triggers, wherein each of the plurality of triggers is linked to a different mobile communications device, wherein the content management system is in communication with a first mobile communications device and a second mobile communications device and the content management system comprises a data store, a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium;

receiving, by the content management system, a communication from the first mobile communications device, the communication comprising;

a trigger, wherein the trigger is one of the plurality of triggers stored in the data store, and

a first message in a first language;

determining, by a content management system, that the first message is directed to the second mobile communications device based on the linking of the trigger to the second mobile communications device in the data store;

determining, by a content management system, a language preference associated with the second mobile communications device, wherein the language preference is a second language;

causing, by a content management system, the first message to be translated from the first language to the second language to generate a translated first message; and

causing, by a content management system, the translated first message to be sent to the second mobile communications device.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving, by the content management system, a communication from the second mobile communications device, the communication comprising a second message in the second language;

causing, by the content management system, the second message to be translated from the second language to the first language to generate a translated second message; and

causing, by the content management system, the translated second message to be sent to the first mobile communications device.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the first message is translated from the first language to the second language in substantially real-time.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the trigger is one of a one-dimensional code, a two-dimensional code, and an RFID-code.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

sending, by the content management system, a language selection list to the second mobile communications device; and

receiving, by the content management system, a selection of a language in the language selection list, wherein the selected language is an indication of the second language.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the first message is typed using inputs from a first virtual keyboard having characters related to the first language and a second message received from the second mobile communications device is typed using inputs from a second virtual keyboard having characters related to the second language.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the trigger is any of a quick response (QR) code, a bar code, a short message service (SMS) code, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) code, an acoustic fingerprint technology (AFT) code, and a near field communication (NFC) code.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the trigger is any of a visual code, a numeric code, an alphanumeric code, a biometric code, a genetic code, a geographic-based code, an audio code, an acoustic code, and a wireless communication code.

20. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

translating, by the content management system, the first message from the first language to the second language to generate the translated first message.