US 9,872,147 B2Granted

Providing points of interest to user devices in variable zones

AssigneeGoogle Inc.

InventorsXiaohang Wang, Farhan Shamsi, Yakov Okshtein, David Singleton, Douglas Alexander Gresham, Alan Newberger, Lixin Zhang

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Abstract

Receiving point of interest zones and alerts on user devices comprises communicating, by a user computing device to a remote computing device, a request for point of interest data corresponding to points of interest within a proximity of the user device; presenting the received point of interest data; identifying a particular point of interest; and outputting an alert regarding the particular point of interest. Receiving point of interest zones on user devices comprises communicating a request for point of interest data; receiving the point of interest data from the remote network device wherein a size of the point of interest zone is determined based on a density of points of interest in the proximity of the user, and wherein the shape of the point of interest zone is expanded in a direction of travel and contracted in the opposite direction; and presenting the received point of interest data.

Claims11

Dependent claims

A system to receive server-controlled point of interest zones on user computing devices, comprising:

a user computing device;
and
a point of interest location system;
the user computing device comprising a processor, a web browser application, and a point of interest alert application logically coupled to the web browser application, the point of interest alert application configured to:
communicate, to the network device operated by the point of interest location system, location data of the user computing device;
receive point of interest data from the network device operated by the point of interest location system, the point of interest data comprising at least a portion of point of interest identity, point of interest location, and point of interest marketing data for one or more points of interest in a point of interest zone defined by server configured boundaries around the user computing device;
display the point of interest data to the user;
identify a proximate point of interest identity associated with a point of interest of the one or more points of interest at such time as the user enters within a configured range of the proximate point of interest;
alert the user to the proximate point of interest;
and
display an offer associated with the proximate point of interest, and
the point of interest location system network device comprising a processor and a point of interest location system application executing therein, the point of interest location system application configured to:
establish a database of points of interest for a user account and one or more offers associated with one or more of the points of interest;
receive location data from the user computing device;
search the database for points of interest proximate to the user computing device based on the location data and the one or more offers associated with the points of interest;
determine a set of boundaries to define the point of interest zone around the user computing device, the point of interest zone being sized to comprise the one or more points of interest;
determine a direction of travel of the user computing device and a speed of the user computing device;
adjust the shape of the point of interest zone based at least in part on the direction of travel and the speed of the user computing device, wherein the shape of the point of interest zone is expanded in a direction of travel and contracted in a direction opposite the direction of travel;
transmit, to the user computing device, the boundaries of the adjusted point of interest zone, the points of interest comprised therein, and the one or more offers associated with the transmitted points of interest;
determine that one or more offers associated with the transmitted points of interest has been revised;
and
transmit the revised one or more offers to the user computing device.

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A method to receive server-controlled point of interest zones on user computing devices, comprising:

communicating, using a user computing device and to a network device operated by a point of interest location system, location data of the user computing device;
receiving, using the point of interest alert application on the user computing device, point of interest data from the network device operated by the point of interest location system, the point of interest data comprising at least a portion of point of interest identity, point of interest location, and point of interest marketing data for the points of interest in the point of interest zone defined by server configured boundaries;
displaying, using the point of interest alert application on the user computing device, the point of interest data to the user;
identifying, using the point of interest alert application on the user computing device, a proximate point of interest identity at such time as the user enters within a configured range of the point of interest;
alerting, using the point of interest alert application on the user computing device, the user to the proximate point of interest;
displaying, using the point of interest alert application on the user computing device, an offer associated with the point of interest;
establishing, using one or more computing devices, a database of points of interest for a user account and one or more offers associated with one or more of the points of interest;
receiving, using the one or more computing devices, location data from the user computing device;
searching, using the one or more computing devices, the database for points of interest proximate to the user computing device based on the location data and the one or more offers associated with the points of interest;
determining, using the one or more computing devices, a set of boundaries to define the point of interest zone around the user computing device, the point of interest zone being sized to comprise a configured number of points of interest;
determining, using the one or more computing devices, a direction of travel of the user computing device and a speed of the user computing device;
adjusting, using the one or more computing devices, the shape of the point of interest zone based at least in part on the direction of travel and the speed of the user computing device;
transmitting, using the one or more computing devices, the adjusted boundaries of the point of interest zone, the points of interest comprised therein, and the one or more offers associated with the transmitted points of interest;
determining, using the one or more computing devices, that one or more offers associated with the transmitted points of interest has been revised;
and
transmitting, using the one or more computing devices, the revised one or more offers to the user computing device.

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A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable program instructions embodied thereon that when executed by one or more computing devices cause the one or more computing devices to receive server-controlled point of interest zones on user computing devices, the computer-executable program instructions comprising:
computer-executable program instructions to communicate, using a user computing device, to a network device operated by a point of interest location system, location data of the user computing device;
computer-executable program instructions to receive, using the user computing device, point of interest data from the network device operated by the point of interest location system, the point of interest data comprising at least a portion of point of interest identity, point of interest location, and point of interest marketing data for the points of interest in the point of interest zone defined by server configured boundaries;
computer-executable program instructions to display, using the user computing device, the point of interest data;
computer-executable program instructions to identify, using the user computing device, a proximate point of interest identity at such time as the user computing device enters within a configured range of the point of interest;
computer-executable program instructions to output, using the user computing device, an alert regarding the proximate point of interest;
computer-executable program instructions to display, using the user computing device, an offer associated with the point of interest;
computer-executable program instructions to establish, using one or more computing devices, a database of points of interest for the user account and one or more offers associated with one or more of the points of interest;
computer-executable program instructions to receive, using the one or more computing devices, location data from the user computing device associated with a user account;
computer-executable program instructions to search, using the one or more computing devices, a database of points of interest associated with the user account for points of interest proximate to the user computing device based on the location data and the one or more offers associated with the points of interest;
computer-executable program instructions to determine, using the one or more computing devices, a set of boundaries to define the point of interest zone around the user computing device, the point of interest zone being sized to comprise a configured number of points of interest;
computer-executable program instructions to determine, using the point of interest location system application operating on the one or more computing devices, a direction of travel of the user computing device and a speed of the user computing device;
computer-executable program instructions to adjust, using the point of interest location system application operating on the one or more computing device, the shape of the point of interest zone based at least in part on the direction of travel and the speed of the user computing device;
computer-executable program instructions to transmit, using the one or more computing devices, the adjusted boundaries of the point of interest zone, the points of interest comprised therein, and the one or more offers associated with the transmitted points of interest;
computer-executable program instructions to determine, using the one or more computing devices, that one or more offers associated with the transmitted points of interest has been revised;
and
computer-executable program instructions to transmit, using the one or more computing devices, the revised one or more offers to the user computing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/572,755Filed 16 Dec 2014 · division
Priority: 5 Mar 2013
Published: US 2015/0100271 A19 Apr 2015
Granted: 16 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

H04W 4/027
Using location based information parameters: using movement velocity, acceleration information
G01C 21/3679
Input/output arrangements for on-board computers: retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling…
H04L 67/55
Network services: push-based network services
H04W 4/02
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services making use of location information

Family

Application13/786,434Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Mar 2013
Application13/842,088Parent of this division · filed 15 Mar 2013
US 2015/0100271 A1Pre-grant publication · published 9 Apr 2015
US 8,930,162 B2Parent of this division
Application13/842,088Parent of this continuation
US 2014/0256357 A1Published application
US 2014/0257747 A1Published application
US 9,341,479 B2Related patent
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