Presenting information based on user profiles

• US 9,996,550 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2012
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.), Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cellco Partnership, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.), Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Chang, Patricia R., Draznin, Sagiv, Aksu, Arda, Rados, Steven R., Haynes, Thomas W., Kakadia, Deepak, Lau, Priscilla, Macias, John F., Polehn, Donna L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reyes, Mariela
• Assistant Examiner(s): HARMON, COURTNEY N
• Application Number:
  US13/731,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20140188873A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,989 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/335 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A server may be configured to receive behavior information associated with a user device. The behavior information may indicate a set of geographical locations at which the user device has been present. The server may generate a mode based on the behavior information. The mode may indicate a set of conditions based on which the mode is to be activated, and a set of information to be presented when the mode is activated. The server may output the mode to the user device. The user device may determine, after receiving the mode, that the set of conditions has been satisfied. The determining may be based on a geographical location of the user device. The user device may activate the mode, based on determining that the set of conditions has been satisfied; and may present at least a portion of the set of information, based on activating the mode.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server device, behavior information associated with a user device, the behavior information indicating a set of geographical locations at which the user device has been present;

automatically generating, by the server device, a first mode based on the behavior information, the first mode indicating;

a first set of conditions based on which the first mode is to be activated,

the first set of conditions including a condition that specifies a particular geographic location, and

a first set of information to be presented when the mode is activated;

presenting, by the server device, a list of modes, the list of modes including at least;

the automatically generated first mode, and

one or more user-created modes that have been generated and shared by one or more users, the one or more user-created modes including;

a second set of conditions based on which the second mode is to be activated, the second set of conditions having been specified by the one or more users, and

a second set of information to be presented when at least a particular one of the one or more user-created modes is activated, the second set of information having been specified by the one or more users;

receiving a selection, from the user device, for a particular mode, in the list of modes; and

outputting, by the server device, information regarding the selected particular mode to the user device, wherein the user device;

monitors a geographic location of the user device to determine a present geographic location of the user device at a particular time,

compares the present geographic location, of the user device, to a particular geographic location, specified in a particular set of conditions associated with the selected particular mode,

determines, based on the monitoring and comparing, that the particular set of conditions, associated with the selected particular mode, has been satisfied, and

activates, at the particular time, the selected particular mode when the particular set of conditions is satisfied, the activating including providing a set of information, associated with the selected particular mode, without user interaction.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving at least one of;

a set of user preferences, or

demographic information associated with a user of the user device;

wherein generating the first mode, by the server device, is further based on the at least one of the set of user preferences or the demographic information associated with the user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the set of user preferences indicates a type of information, desired by the user, to be presented when the first mode is activated.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of conditions includes at least one of:

a first condition based on a date,

a second condition based on time of day,

a third condition based on day of week, or

a fourth condition based on a geographical location of the user device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the behavior information further indicates a set of times during which the user device has been present at the geographical locations, and

wherein the first set of conditions is based on the set of times during which the user device has been present at the geographical locations.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving information regarding at least one of;

a building,

a geographical location associated with a business,

a landmark, or

a road,

wherein the first set of conditions is based on the received information regarding the at least one of the building, the geographical location associated with the business, the landmark, or the road.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the behavior information is determined based on automatically collected data regarding the user device.

8. A user device, comprising:

one or more memory devices to store a set of instructions; and

one or more processors to execute the instructions, to;

receive information regarding a plurality of modes that have been generated and shared by one or more users, a particular mode indicating;

a set of conditions based on which the particular mode is to be activated, the set of conditions including a condition that specifies a geographic location, the set of conditions having been specified by the one or more users, and

a set of information to be presented when the mode is activated, the set of information having been specified by the one or more users;

receive a selection of a particular mode, from the list of modes;

obtain, from a server device, the selected mode;

monitor a geographic location of the user device to determine a present geographic location of the user device;

compare the present geographic location of the user device to the geographic location included in the set of conditions associated with the selected mode;

determine, based on comparing the present geographical location of the user device to the geographic location included in the set of conditions, that the set of conditions associated with the selected mode has been satisfied;

activate the mode, based on determining that the set of conditions has been satisfied; and

automatically present at least a portion of the set of information, based on activating the mode, the automatic presentation occurring at a time that corresponds a time at which the present geographic location of the user device was determined.

9. The user device of claim 8, wherein the mode is generated based on past behavior of the user device.

10. The user device of claim 9, wherein the past behavior includes information regarding a set of geographical locations at which the user device has been present.

11. The user device of claim 8, wherein when determining that the set of conditions has been satisfied, the one or more processors are to determine that a geographical location of the user device corresponds to a geographical location of a business,

wherein when presenting the at least the portion of the set of information, the one or more processors are to present at least one of:

a list of products offered for sale by the business,

a set of coupons associated with the business,

a map associated with the business, or

an option to purchase one or more products offered for sale by the business.

12. The user device of claim 8, wherein the set of conditions, associated with the selected mode, further includes at least one of:

a first condition based on a date,

a second condition based on time of day, or

a third condition based on day of week.

13. The user device of claim 8, wherein the condition, that specifies a particular geographic location, includes a starting location and an ending location, and wherein the condition is satisfied when the user device is located on a route that is between the starting location and the ending location.

14. A computer-readable medium, comprising:

a plurality of computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

receive behavior information associated with a user device, the behavior information indicating a set of geographical locations at which the user device has been present;

automatically generate a first mode based on the behavior information, the first mode indicating;

a first set of conditions based on which the mode is to be activated,

the first set of conditions including a condition that specifies a particular geographic location, and

a first set of information to be presented when the mode is activated;

present a list of modes, the list of modes including at least;

the automatically generated first mode, and

one or more user-created modes that have been generated and shared by one or more users, the one or more user-created modes including;

a second set of conditions based on which the second mode is to be activated, the second set of conditions having been specified by the one or more users, and

a second set of information to be presented when at least a particular one of the one or more user-created modes is activated, the second set of information having been specified by the one or more users;

receive a selection, from the user device, for a particular mode, in the list of modes; and

output the selected mode to the user device,

wherein the user device determines, based on the information regarding the selected mode, that a particular set of conditions, associated with the selected mode, has been satisfied by comparing a present geographical location of the user device to a particular geographic location included in the particular set of conditions associated with the selected mode, and

wherein the user device activates the selected mode when the particular set of conditions is satisfied, the activating including automatically presenting a set of information associated with the selected mode.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the plurality of computer-executable instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

receive at least one of;

a set of user preferences, or

demographic information associated with a user of the user device;

wherein generating the first mode is further based on the at least one of the set of user preferences or the demographic information associated with the user.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the set of user preferences indicates a type of information to be presented when the first mode is activated.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the set of conditions, associated with the selected mode, includes at least one of:

a first condition based on a date,

a second condition based on time of day, or

a third condition based on day of week.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the behavior information further indicates a set of times during which the user device has been present at the geographical locations,

wherein the set of conditions, associated with the selected mode, is based on the set of times during which the user device has been present at the geographical locations.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the plurality of computer-executable instructions further cause the one or more processors to:

receive information regarding at least one of;

a building,

a geographical location associated with a business,

a landmark, or

a road,

wherein the set of conditions, associated with the selected mode, is based on the received information regarding the at least one of the building, the geographical location associated with the business, the landmark, or the road.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the behavior information is determined based on automatically collected data regarding the user device.