Content changeable smart phone application for navigable venues and multi-party navigational system

• US 9,311,067 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2012
• Issued: 04/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robert W. Connors
• Original Assignee: Robert W. Connors
• Inventors: Connors, Robert W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marc-Coleman, Marthe
• Application Number:
  US13/566,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20130035856A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,348 Days
• Field of Search: 701/484, 701/433, 701/408, 701/420, 701/454, 701/461, 701/482, 701/409, 701/300, 701/485, 701/487, 701/465, 701/1, 701/33.2, 701/517, 701/467, 701/118, 717/173, 717/151, 455/456.3, 455/419, 455/414, 455/408, 455/456.2, 455/558, 455/575.9, 455/3.06, 455/403, 455/575, 455/500, 455/456
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

A content changeable system for navigable venues includes (i) a software application folder for storage at a software application storage area, the software application folder including a plurality of software applications, each software application individually downloadable to a user'"'"'s communication and data transfer device (“cdd”), each software application corresponding to a venue that can be physically navigated by the user, each application including at least one changeable content corresponding to a content station of the venue; and (ii) at least one server computer server configured to (a) upload the software applications to the software application storage area; and (b) receive information from at least one of the venues indicating that a particular changeable content corresponding to a particular content station of the at least one venue needs to be changed.

Claims

1. A content changeable system for navigable venues comprising:

a computer memory specifically modified to store a plurality of software applications, each software application individually downloadable to a user'"'"'s communication and data transfer device (“

cdd”

), each software application corresponding to a venue that can be physically navigated by the user, each application including a plurality of selectable icons corresponding to different content stations within the venue and at least one changeable content corresponding to one of the content stations of the venue, the changeable content selectively playable via a user'"'"'s selection of the corresponding icon;

equipment for creating or changing the changeable content;

at least one computer server specifically programmed to;

(i) upload the software applications to the software application storage memory; and

(ii) receive information from at least one of the venues indicating that a particular changeable content corresponding to a particular content station of the at least one venue needs to be changed; and

at least one computer in data communication with the computer server, the at least one computer specifically modified to accept changed content from the equipment.

2. The content changeable system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of software applications are stored in a primary folder and which includes a plurality of secondary folders, each secondary folder dividing the applications into venues of a common type.

3. The content changeable system of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of software applications is user selectable for downloading from one of the plurality of secondary folders, and wherein each secondary folder is user selectable from the software application storage memory.

4. The content changeable system of claim 1, wherein each application includes a map spatially relating the selectable icons, and wherein the map and the at least one changeable content are stored at the application storage memory.

5. The content changeable system of claim 1, wherein each application includes a map spatially relating the selectable icons, and wherein the at least one changeable content is stored at a separate cloud server.

6. The content changeable system of claim 5, wherein the map is stored at the application storage memory.

7. The content changeable system of claim 1, wherein each application includes a map spatially relating the selectable icons, and wherein the map is configured to orient the user at the corresponding venue.

8. The content changeable system of claim 1, wherein each application includes a map spatially relating the selectable icons, the map highlighting one of the selectable icons after a user selection of the highlighted icon from a list of the icons.

9. The content changeable system of claim 1, wherein being configured to upload the software applications to the software application storage memory includes being configured to upload the software applications an initial time and to reload the software applications.

10. The content changeable system of claim 9, wherein being configured to reload the software applications includes being configured to update, add or subtract at least one content associated with at least one of the software applications.

11. The content changeable system of claim 1, wherein the changeable content includes an audio, visual or audiovisual file.

12. The content changeable system of claim 1, wherein being configured to receive information from at least one of the venues indicating that a particular changeable content corresponding to a particular content station of the at least one venue needs to be changed includes being configured to receive a content file from the at least one venue.

13. The content changeable system of claim 1, wherein being configured to receive information from at least one of the venues indicating that a particular changeable content corresponding to a particular content station of the at least one venue needs to be changed includes being configured to receive a request to produce a content file based on verbiage provided by the at least one venue.

14. The content changeable system of claim 1, wherein being configured to receive information from at least one of the venues indicating that a particular changeable content corresponding to a particular content station of the at least one venue needs to be changed includes being configured to receive a request to produce verbiage and an associated content file from the at least one venue.

15. The content changeable system of claim 1, wherein the server is part of an application service provider, which includes apparatus in communication with the server for at least one of (i) creating the applications, or (ii) changing the changeable content.

16. The content changeable system of claim 1, wherein the software applications are configured such that the changeable content can be performed on the user'"'"'s cdd even if the user is not at the corresponding venue.

17. The content changeable system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of software applications is user selectable for downloading from the software application storage memory.

18. The content changeable system of claim 1, wherein the equipment for creating or changing the changeable content includes at least one of recording equipment or sound generating equipment.

19. A method for changing a downloadable software application comprising:

specifically modifying a computer memory to store a plurality of software applications downloadable to a user'"'"'s communication and data transfer device (“

cdd”

), each software application corresponding to a venue that can be physically navigated by the user, each application including a plurality of selectable icons corresponding to different content stations within the venue and at least one changeable content corresponding to one of the content stations of the venue, the changeable content selectively playable via a user'"'"'s selection of the corresponding icon;

specifically programming at least one computer server to receive information from at least one of the venues indicating that a particular changeable content corresponding to a particular content station of the at least one venue needs to be changed;

placing at least one computer in data communication with the at least one computer server, and specifically modifying the at least one computer to accept changed content from the equipment; and

having the content changed accordingly using equipment for changing the changeable content.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein changing the content includes recording new content.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein changing the content includes creating new content.

22. The content changeable system of claim 19, wherein the equipment for changing the changeable content includes at least one of recording equipment or sound generating equipment.