Position-based information access device and method of searching

• US 9,754,333 B1
• Filed: 03/23/2015
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Smarter Agent LLC
• Original Assignee: Smarter Agent LLC
• Inventors: Blumberg, Brad W., Blumberg, Eric M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Nghi H
• Application Number:
  US14/665,444
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561, 4554042, 4554141, 4554142
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/16 Real estate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• 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 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A system and method retrieve location-centric information. The method includes providing geographic position information of a wireless device to an information system or database and receiving location identifiers based on the geographic position. Each location identifier has related location-centric information that can be viewed by the user of the wireless device.

Claims

1. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to:

provide information from a handheld wireless device to an information system located remote from the handheld wireless device, the information related to a geographic position of said handheld wireless device, said information system including information associated with a plurality of landmarks for sale;

receive at said handheld wireless device from said information system data associated with a plurality of icons, each icon from the plurality of icons being configured to initiate a search for a landmark for sale from the plurality of landmarks for sale within a predetermined radial distance from the geographic position of said handheld wireless device;

receive at said handheld wireless device location-centric information from said information system, said location-centric information related to a landmark for sale located proximate to said geographic position of said handheld wireless device within the predetermined radial distance, said location-centric attribute information including indicia of a plurality of features related to said landmark for sale;

send to said information system from said handheld wireless device a selection of a feature from said plurality of features; and

after sending the selection, receive at said handheld wireless device location-centric detailed feature information related to said selected feature.

2. The processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the code to receive location-centric detailed feature information includes code to receive product information related to said selected feature.

3. The processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the code to receive location-centric attribute information includes code to receive attribute information related to at least one of an interior feature, an exterior feature or a service feature related to said landmark for sale.

4. The processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the geographic position is outside said landmark for sale.

5. The processor-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising code to:

receive from said information system at least one location identifier representative of said landmark for sale based on said geographic position.

6. The processor-readable medium of claim 1, wherein said handheld wireless device is a mobile wireless telephone.

7. A method of retrieving location-centric information, comprising:

receiving information at an information system from a handheld wireless located remote from the information system, the received information related to a geographic position of said handheld wireless device, said information system including information associated with a plurality of landmarks for sale;

sending to said handheld wireless device from said information system, data associated with a plurality of icons, each icon from the plurality of icons being configured to provide a criteria for a search for a landmark for sale from said plurality of landmarks for sale within a distance from said geographic position of said handheld wireless device;

sending to said handheld wireless device location-centric information from said information system, said location-centric information related to a landmark for sale located proximate to said geographic position of said handheld wireless device within the distance, said location-centric attribute information including indicia of a plurality of features related to said landmark for sale;

receiving at said information system from said handheld wireless device a selection of a feature from said plurality of features; and

after the receiving, sending to said handheld wireless device location-centric detailed feature information related to said selected feature.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said sending location-centric detailed feature information includes sending product information related to said selected feature.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein said sending location-centric attribute information includes sending attribute information related to at least one of an interior feature, an exterior feature or a service feature related to said landmark for sale.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein said geographic position is outside said landmark for sale.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

sending from said information system to said wireless device at least one location identifier representative of said landmark for sale based on said geographic position.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein said handheld wireless device is a mobile wireless telephone.