Providing information to a mobile device based on an event at a geographical location
AssigneeOpen Invention Network, LLC
InventorsJames N. White, Monica Rose Martino, M. Gregory Smith
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer readable medium for providing information to a mobile device based on an event comprising detecting an occurrence of the event, determining if the event is a specific event and if the event occurred at or near a geographical location and sending an alert of the event to at least one mobile device if the event is the specific event, if the event occurs at or near the geographical location, and if the at least one mobile device is located at or near the geographical location.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- sensing by a sensor an occurrence of an event;
- capturing information about the event by at least one mobile device, the information comprising location information and event type information;
- sending the information from the at least one mobile device to at least one service provider site comprising an event alert server;
- forwarding the information to a repository in communication with the event alert server;
- identifying the event via the event alert server based on the information, the event being identified by associating the event type information with a specific event stored in the repository and associating the location information with a particular location associated with the specific event;
- and
- receiving an alert of the event at the at least one mobile device from the event alert server if the event is the specific event.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform:
- sensing by a sensor an occurrence of an event;
- capturing information about the event by at least one mobile device, the information comprising location information and event type information;
- sending the information from the at least one mobile device to at least one service provider site comprising an event alert server;
- forwarding the information to a repository in communication with the event alert server;
- identifying the event via the event alert server based on the information, the event being identified by associating the event type information with a specific event stored in the repository and associating the location information with a particular location associated with the specific event;
- and
- receiving an alert of the event at the at least one mobile device from the event alert server if the event is the specific event.
A system, comprising:
- an event alert system configured to:
- receive information about an event from at least one mobile device, the information comprising location information and event type information;
- forward the information to a repository;
- and
- identify the event via an event alert server based on the information, the event being identified by associating the event type information with a specific event stored in the repository and associating the location information with a particular location associated with the specific event, receive an alert of the event at the at least one mobile device from the event alert server if the event is the specific event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.