Wireless landmark-based content delivery
OwnerRichard Zaffinoinventor
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Abstract
A technique configures a network to perform operations based on a wireless device being within or near a particular physical environment. A wireless signal source identifier (e.g., a cell site identifier) serves as a wireless landmark for the particular physical environment. When the network detects the wireless landmark (i.e., the wireless signal source identifier encoded in a signal received by the wireless device), the network performs operations previously associated with wireless landmark, e.g., delivers content to the wireless device.
Claims26
A method for wireless landmark-based delivery of content to a wireless device, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a network, an indication from the wireless device of a wireless landmark for a physical environment;
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- delivering content to the wireless device by the network based, at least in part, on the network recognizing the wireless landmark.
A wireless device program product encoded in one or more machine-readable media, the wireless device program product comprising:
- landmark registration sequence of instructions executable to register a wireless landmark associated with a physical environment and corresponding content to be delivered to wireless devices upon detection of the wireless landmark;
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- landmark recognition sequence of instructions executable to determine if a wireless device has detected a registered wireless landmark and executable to cause delivery of corresponding content to the wireless device based, at least in part, on the determination.
A system comprising:
- a server configured to deliver content to a wireless device in response to receiving from the wireless device, an indication of a wireless landmark for a physical environment.
An apparatus comprising:
- a communications interface;
- means for recognizing a wireless landmark for a physical environment encountered by a wireless device based, at least in part, on a wireless signal received by the communications interface;
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- means for delivering content to the wireless device based, at least in part, on recognition of the wireless landmark by the recognizing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.