Media content location methods and systems

A method comprising:

• detecting, by a media content location server located remotely from a media content store, a bookmarking, by a user, of a plurality of media content instances;
• designating, by the media content location server in response to the bookmarking, the plurality of media content instances as being of interest to the user;
• detecting, by the media content location server subsequent to the designating, a geographic location of a mobile device associated with the user;
• determining, by the media content location server based on the detected geographic location of the mobile device, that the plurality of media content instances designated as being of interest to the user are available for vending at a plurality of media content stores that are within a geographic vicinity of the mobile device, the plurality of media content stores including the media content store;
• directing, by the media content location server, the mobile device to present a graphical depiction of the geographic vicinity of the mobile device;
• and
• directing, by the media content location server, the mobile device to present a plurality of graphical objects within the graphical depiction of the geographic vicinity of the mobile device at positions that correspond to geographic locations of the plurality of media content stores;
• wherein each graphical object included in the plurality of graphical objects represents an availability of media content instances included in the plurality of media content instances designated as being of interest to the user at a particular media content store included in the plurality of media content stores that are within the geographic vicinity of the mobile device;
• wherein the plurality of graphical objects include a first graphical object representative of a first media content instance included in the plurality of media content instances and a second graphical object representative of a second media content instance included in the plurality of media content instances, the first graphical object including a first movie poster associated with the first media content instance and the second graphical object including a second movie poster associated with the second media content instance, the first movie poster and the second movie poster being presented by the mobile device within the graphical depiction of the geographic vicinity of the mobile device adjacent to each other at a position that corresponds to a geographic location of the media content store included in the plurality of media content stores and that indicates that both the first media content instance and the second media content instance are available at the media content store;
• and
• wherein the method further comprises:
• determining, by the media content location server, that the mobile device enters into a geographic vicinity of the media content store, the geographic vicinity of the media content store being within the geographic vicinity of the mobile device;
• directing, by the media content location server in response to the determining that the mobile device enters into the geographic vicinity of the media content store, the mobile device to present an interface associated with the media content store, the interface including an option to vend at least one of the first media content instance and the second media content instance bookmarked by the user;
• and
• directing, by the media content location server in response to a selection by the user of the option to vend at least one of the first media content instance and the second media content instance, the media content store and the mobile device to perform a vending transaction that results in at least one of the first media content instance and the second media content instance being vended to the user.

A system comprising:

• a location tracking facility that is provided at a server located remotely from a media content store and that detects a geographic location of a mobile device associated with a user;
• and
• a media content management facility communicatively coupled to the location tracking facility at the server and that
• detects a bookmarking, by the user, of a first media content instance and a second media content instance,
• designates, in response to the bookmarking, the first media content instance and second media content instance as being of interest to the user,
• determines, based on the detected geographic location of the mobile device, that the first media content instance and the second media content instance designated as being of interest to the user are available for vending at the media content store that is within a geographic vicinity of the mobile device,
• directs the mobile device to present a graphical depiction of the geographic vicinity of the mobile device,
• directs the mobile device to present a first graphical object representative of the first media content instance and a second graphical object representative of the second media content instance within the graphical depiction of the geographic vicinity of the mobile device at a position that corresponds to a geographic location of the media content store and that indicates that both the first media content instance and the second media content instance are available at the media content store, the first graphical object including a first movie poster associated with the first media content instance and the second graphical object including a second movie poster associated with the second media content instance, wherein the first movie poster and the second movie poster are presented by the mobile device within the graphical depiction of the geographic vicinity of the mobile device adjacent to each other at the position that corresponds to the geographic location of the media content store;
• directs, in response to a determination by the location tracking facility that the mobile device enters into a geographic vicinity of the media content store, the mobile device to present an interface associated with the media content store, the interface including an option to vend at least one of the first media content instance and the second media content instance bookmarked by the user, the geographic vicinity of the media content store being within the geographic vicinity of the mobile device;
• and
• directs, in response to a selection by the user of the option to vend at least one of the first media content instance and the second media content instance, the media content store and the mobile device to perform a vending transaction that results in at least one of the first media content instance and the second media content instance being vended to the user.