Location specific content
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorScott Herz
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer program products communicate location information associated with a device, such as a mobile device, to a server. Content identified by the server is received at the device, from the server and/or from a content service. The content can include an application associated with the location information. The content received at the device is displayed on the device only while the device is at or near a particular location identified by the location information.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- communicating location information associated with a device to a server;
- receiving, at the device, content identified by the server, the content comprising an application associated with the location information;
- and
- providing an icon for display on the device only while the device is at or near a particular location identified by the location information, the icon operable to, upon receiving an input, cause the device to activate the application.
A system comprising:
- a positioning system operable to derive location information associated with a device;
- a communications interface operable to communicate location information associated with the device to a server, the communications interface being further operable to receive content from the server based on the location information, the content comprising an application associated with the location information;
- and
- a user interface operable to provide an icon for display on the device when the device is at or near a location identified by the location information, the icon operable to, upon receiving an input, cause the device to activate the application.
A computer program product encoded on a non-transitory medium operable to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- communicating location information associated with a device to a server;
- receiving, at the device, content identified by the server, the content comprising an application associated with the location information;
- and
- providing an icon for display on the device only while the device is at or near a particular location identified by the location information, the icon operable to, upon receiving an input, cause the device to activate the application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.