Location based information service application
OwnerMartin Labrieinventor
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Abstract
A method and system for providing audio information on geographical elements at a geo-location by receiving, at a server, geo-location coordinates of a mobile device; selecting audio files comprising information on the geographical elements located within a predetermined radius of the geo-location; sending the audio files to the mobile device; storing the audio files in a memory on the mobile device; and playing the audio files on the mobile device. The method and system may also periodically receive the geo-location coordinates of the mobile device and compare the received geo-location coordinates to previously received geo-location coordinates to determine if the device has moved to a different geo-location.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a server, geo-location coordinates of a mobile device and a speed of motion of the mobile device upon the generation of a stimulus, wherein the stimulus comprises a click of a button on a keypad of the mobile device, a touch on a touchscreen of the mobile device, a gesture on a touchscreen of the mobile device, a gesture captured with a camera forming part of the mobile device, or a vocal input provided to the mobile device by a user of the mobile device;
- determining a radius surrounding the geo-location coordinates of the mobile device based on a pre-selected radius and the speed of motion of the mobile device;
- identifying a geographic element within the radius surrounding the geo-location coordinates of the mobile device, the geographic element meeting a predetermined criterion with respect to the geo-location coordinates;
- selecting an audio file comprising information on the geographical element;
- and
- transmitting the selected audio file to the mobile device.
A method comprising:
- transmitting via a communications network geo-location coordinates of a mobile device and a speed of motion of the mobile device to a remote server upon the generation of a stimulus, wherein the stimulus comprises a click of a button on a keypad of the mobile device, a touch on a touchscreen of the mobile device, a gesture on a touchscreen of the mobile device, a gesture captured with a camera forming part of the mobile device, or a vocal input provided to the mobile device by a user of the mobile device;
- receiving from the remote server an audio file associated with a geographic element, the geographic element meeting a predetermined criterion with respect to the geo-location coordinates and identified within a radius surrounding the geo-location coordinates that is determined based on a pre-defined radius and the speed of motion of the mobile device;
- and
- at least one of:
- storing the audio file within a memory of the mobile device;
- and
- playing the audio file on the mobile device.
A system comprising:
- a server coupled to a communications network and comprising at least a microprocessor and a non-transitory computer readable medium;
- wherein
- when the microprocessor executes computer-executable instructions stored upon the non-transitory computer-readable medium, said instructions cause the system to:
- receive geo-location coordinates of a mobile device and a speed of motion of the mobile device upon the generation of a stimulus, wherein the stimulus comprises a click of a button on a keypad of the mobile device, a touch on a touchscreen of the mobile device, a gesture on a touchscreen of the mobile device, a gesture captured with a camera forming part of the mobile device, or a vocal input provided to the mobile device by a user of the mobile device;
- determine a radius surrounding the geographic coordinates of the mobile device based on a pre-selected radius and the speed of motion of the mobile device;
- identify a geographic element within the radius surrounding the geo-location coordinates of the mobile device, the geographic element meeting a predetermined criterion with respect to the geo-location coordinates;
- select an audio file comprising information on the geographical element;
- and
- transmit the selected audio file to the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.