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US 9,628,950 B1Granted
Location-based messaging
AssigneeInvestment Asset Holdings LLC
InventorsEric Noeth, Zachary DeWitt, Matthew Diepenbrock
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for location based messaging. In one embodiment a mobile device is configured to receive a first recipient selection input identifying a second mobile device, a first content message associated with the first recipient selection input, and a first geofence input associated with the first content message, wherein the first geofence input identifies a first delivery area. The mobile device then initiates communication of the first content message from the mobile device to the second mobile device via a network, wherein the first content message is configured for presentation on the second mobile device when the second mobile device is within the first delivery area.
Claims14
A location based method for communication, the method comprising:
- receiving, at an input device of a first mobile device, a first recipient selection input identifying a second mobile device, wherein the first mobile device is different than the second mobile device and the second mobile device is associated with a first identifier value;
- receiving, at the input device of the first mobile device, a first content message associated with the first recipient selection input;
- receiving, at the input device of the first mobile device, a first geofence input associated with the first content message, wherein the first geofence input identifies a first delivery area;
- initiating communication of the first content message from the first mobile device to the second mobile device via a network, wherein the first content message is configured for presentation on the second mobile device when the second mobile device is within the first delivery area;
- receiving, at a cloud server computer from the first mobile device, a location based message comprising the first identifier value, the first content message, and the first delivery area;
- notifying the second mobile device, using a push message, of the location based message;
- receiving, at the second mobile device, the push message;
- synchronizing, by the second mobile device, an unfound message list with the cloud server computer to receive the location based message from the cloud server computer;
- measuring, by the second mobile device, a location change of the second mobile device;
- determining, based on the measuring of the location change, that the second device is within the first delivery area;
- adding the first content message to a local found list;
- and
- outputting a found notification using an output of the second mobile device to notify a second device user of the first content message.
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A mobile device for location based communications, the mobile device comprising:
- a user input module configured to:
- receive a first recipient selection input identifying a second mobile device, wherein the first mobile device is different than the second mobile device and the second mobile device is associated with a first identifier value;
- receive a first content message associated with the first recipient selection input;
- and
- receive a first geofence input associated with the first content message, wherein the first geofence input identifies a first delivery area;
- a messaging module communicatively coupled to the user input module, wherein the messaging module is configured with at least one processor and a memory of the mobile device, and the messaging module is configured to:
- access the first identifier value in response to the first recipient selection input;
- and
- generate a location based message from the first identifier value, the first content message, and the first geofence input;
- and
- initiate communication of the first content message as part of the location based message from the first mobile device to the second mobile device via a network, wherein the first content message is configured for presentation on the second mobile device when the second mobile device is within the first delivery area;
- an antenna coupled to the at least one processor, the antenna configured to communicate the location based message via the network;
- a location manager module configured with the at least one processor and the memory, wherein the positioning module is configured to receive position communications and determine a position of the mobile device;
- and
- an output display coupled to the processor and the memory;
- wherein the messaging module is further configured to:
- receive a notification via the antenna and the network that a second message associated with a second delivery area has been directed to the first mobile device by a second mobile device;
- determine when the mobile device is within the second delivery area;
- and
- initiate display of the second message on the output display in response to determination that the mobile device is within the second delivery area.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by at least on processor of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:
- receive, at a input device of a mobile device, a first recipient selection input identifying a second mobile device, wherein the mobile device is different than the second mobile device and the second mobile device is associated with a first identifier value;
- receive, at the input device, a first content message associated with the first recipient selection input;
- receive, at the input device, a first geofence input associated with the first content message, wherein the first geofence input identifies a first delivery area;
- initiate communication of the first content message from the mobile device to the second mobile device via a network, wherein the first content message is configured for presentation on the second mobile device when the second mobile device is within the first delivery area;
- send a registration communication to a cloud server computer;
- receive a second location based message from a third mobile device via the could server computer;
- in response to a first visible message setting of the second location based message, store the second location based message without generating a user notification to notify a user of the mobile device of the second location based message;
- determine a second delivery area associated with the second location based message;
- determine a current location of the mobile device;
- generate and output a second location based message notification in response to a determination that the current location of the mobile device is within the second delivery area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.