US 8,634,796 B2Granted

System and method for location based exchanges of data facilitating distributed location applications

OwnerWilliam J. Johnsoninventor

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Abstract

Provided is a distributed system and method for enabling new and useful location dependent features and functionality to mobile data processing systems. Mobile data processing systems (MSs) interact with each other as peers in communications and interoperability. Indirectly located mobile data processing systems are located relative other mobile data processing systems, and are automatically located using whereabouts data of directly located mobile data processing systems and/or whereabouts data of other indirectly located mobile data processing systems. A mobile data processing system may dynamically take on roles of being directly located or indirectly located, depending on the environment and capabilities available at a particular time. Data is shared between mobile data processing systems to carry out novel Location Based eXchanges (LBX) of data for new mobile applications. Information transmitted inbound to, transmitted outbound from, is in process at, or is application modified at a mobile data processing system triggers processing of actions in accordance with user configured permissions, charters, and other configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a user configurable platform is provided for quickly building well behaving LBX applications at MSs and across a plurality of interoperating MSs. Tools, triggered interfaces and integrated applications are disclosed for a breadth of MS LBX configurations and functionality.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving transmitted location-based application data at a receiving mobile data processing system from a sending mobile data processing system in a direct wireless transmission connecting the receiving mobile data processing system with the sending mobile data processing system;
processing the transmitted location-based application data at the receiving mobile data processing system in accordance with a user configuration of the receiving mobile data processing system stored within the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data includes invoking a user interface at the receiving mobile data processing system and, as at least one result of processing the transmitted location-based application data, providing location-based information related to the transmitted location-based application data to a user of the receiving mobile data processing system via the user interface;
storing in one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system a sending peer record in association with a sender user identity corresponding to a user of the sending mobile data processing system, wherein the sending peer record includes at least a portion of the transmitted location-based application data from the sending mobile data processing system and wherein, in response to receiving the transmitted location-based application data, the sending peer record triggering additional processing of the transmitted location-based application data at the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein the additional processing is determined based on the user configuration, the sending peer record, and the transmitted location-based application data;
and
storing in the one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system a plurality of peer records regarding a plurality of peer mobile data processing systems wherein each record of the plurality of peer records is stored in association with at least one user identity corresponding to at least one user of a respective mobile data processing system of the plurality of peer mobile data processing systems and includes peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system wherein the each record of the plurality of peer records triggering respective processing at the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein the respective processing is determined based on one or more of the user configuration, one or more records of the plurality of peer records, and one or more of the peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system, and wherein the peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system contains one or more portions of data in kind to the transmitted location-based application data.

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A system, comprising:

a processor;
a wireless communication interface, coupled to the processor and configured to be coupled to at least one wireless communication channel;
and
one or more memory devices coupled to the processor, wherein one or more memory devices includes instructions, which when executed by the processor results in the system:
receiving transmitted location-based application data at a receiving mobile data processing system from a sending mobile data processing system in a direct wireless transmission connecting the receiving mobile data processing system with the sending mobile data processing system;
processing the transmitted location-based application data at the receiving mobile data processing system in accordance with a user configuration of the receiving mobile data processing system stored within the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data includes invoking a user interface at the receiving mobile data processing system and, as at least one result of processing the transmitted location-based application data, providing location-based information related to the transmitted location-based application data to a user of the receiving mobile data processing system via the user interface;
storing in one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system a sending peer record in association with a sender user identity corresponding to a user of the sending mobile data processing system, wherein the sending peer record includes at least a portion of the transmitted location-based application data from the sending mobile data processing system and wherein, in response to receiving the transmitted location-based application data, the sending peer record triggering additional processing of the transmitted location-based application data at the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein the additional processing is determined based on the user configuration, the sending peer record, and the transmitted location-based application data;
and
storing in the one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system a plurality of peer records regarding a plurality of peer mobile data processing systems wherein each record of the plurality of peer records is stored in association with at least one user identity corresponding to at least one user of a respective mobile data processing system of the plurality of peer mobile data processing systems and includes peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system wherein the each record of the plurality of peer records triggering respective processing at the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein the respective processing is determined based on one or more of the user configuration, one or more records of the plurality of peer records, and one or more of the peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system, and wherein the peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system contains one or more portions of data in kind to the transmitted location-based application data.

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A computer readable memory device that includes instructions, which when executed by a processor results in the processor:

receiving transmitted location-based application data at a receiving mobile data processing system from a sending mobile data processing system in a direct wireless transmission connecting the receiving mobile data processing system with the sending mobile data processing system;
processing the transmitted location-based application data at the receiving mobile data processing system in accordance with a user configuration of the receiving mobile data processing system stored within the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein processing the transmitted location-based application data includes invoking a user interface at the receiving mobile data processing system and, as at least one result of processing the transmitted location-based application data, providing location-based information related to the transmitted location-based application data to a user of the receiving mobile data processing system via the user interface;
storing in one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system a sending peer record in association with a sender user identity corresponding to a user of the sending mobile data processing system, wherein the sending peer record includes at least a portion of the transmitted location-based application data from the sending mobile data processing system and wherein, in response to receiving the transmitted location-based application data, the sending peer record triggering additional processing of the transmitted location-based application data at the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein the additional processing is determined based on the user configuration, the sending peer record, and the transmitted location-based application data;
and
storing in the one or more memories of the receiving mobile data processing system a plurality of peer records regarding a plurality of peer mobile data processing systems wherein each record of the plurality of peer records is stored in association with at least one user identity corresponding to at least one user of a respective mobile data processing system of the plurality of peer mobile data processing systems and includes peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system wherein the each record of the plurality of peer records triggering respective processing at the receiving mobile data processing system, wherein the respective processing is determined based on one or more of the user configuration, one or more records of the plurality of peer records, and one or more of the peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system, and wherein the peer location-based application data received from the respective mobile data processing system contains one or more portions of data in kind to the transmitted location-based application data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/590,831Filed 13 Nov 2009 · continuation in part
Priority: 14 Mar 2008
Published: US 2010/0069035 A118 Mar 2010
Granted: 21 Jan 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

A47G 1/16
Mirrors ; Picture frames or the like, e.g. provided with heating, lighting or ventilating means: devices for hanging or supporting pictures,…
H04W 4/02
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services making use of location information
G06Q 30/0633
Electronic shopping [e-shopping]: managing shopping lists, e.g. compiling or processing purchase lists
H04L 41/0816
Characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings: the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events

Family

Application12/077,041Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 14 Mar 2008
Application12/287,064Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 3 Oct 2008
US 2010/0069035 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Mar 2010
US 2009/0233622 A1Published application
US 2009/0233623 A1Published application
US 8,600,341 B2Related patent
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