US2009271271A1PendingUtilityA1

System and Method for Situational Location Proactive Search

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Jun 7, 2000Filed: Mar 7, 2008Published: Oct 29, 2009
Est. expiryJun 7, 2020(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:William J. Johnson
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Abstract

Situational location dependent information is transmitted from a server data processing system to a receiving data processing system. The server data processing system communicates with the receiving data processing system in a manner by pushing content when appropriate. A candidate delivery event associated with a current positional attribute of the receiving data processing system is recognized and a situational location of the remote data processing system is determined. The candidate delivery event may be a location and/or direction change, device state change, or movement exceeding a movement tolerance. The situational location of the remote data processing system may be its location, direction, location and direction, proximity to a location, state change, or location and/or direction relative to a previous location and/or direction, or combinations thereof. A set of delivery content from a deliverable content database is transmitted from the server data processing system to the receiving data processing system according to the situational location of the receiving data processing system, and according to delivery constraints. The delivery content is configurable by authorized administrators on an instant activation basis for proactive delivery.

Claims

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1 . A method for providing a search user with search result information, said method comprising the steps of:
 presenting a search interface to said search user for user specified interest criteria;   completely terminating said search interface after said search user specifies said interest criteria;   determining a situational location of said search user;   using, asynchronously from any user interface context used by said search user, said interest criteria and said situational location, after the time of said step of completely terminating said search interface, to find said information wherein said information is first made available after the time of said step of completely terminating said search interface and w-herein said information matches said interest criteria and said situational location; and   presenting said information to said search user.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said step of determining a situational location of said search user includes automatically determining said situational location of said search user using global positioning system data. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said step of determining a situational location of said search user includes automatically determining said situational location of said search user using radio wave signal triangulation. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said step of determining a situational location of said search user includes automatically determining said situational location of said search user using a network address. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said step of determining a situational location of said search user includes automatically determining said situational location of said search user using a proximity to a location. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  further including the step of sending said information to said search user. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said information is advertising information. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  further including the step of maintaining a history of said information presented to said search user wherein said history is used to prevent redundantly presenting the same information to said search user. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said search user is seeking a future advertised sale and said information is said advertised sale. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said search interface is presented to a plurality of search users at different types of data processing systems. 
     
     
         11 . An internet connected service for providing a search user with search result information, said service comprising:
 means for presenting a search interface to said search user for user specified interest criteria;   means for completely terminating said search interface after said search user specifies said interest criteria;   means for determining a situational location of said search user;   means for using, asynchronously from any user interface context used by said search user, said interest criteria and said situational location, after the time of said step of completely terminating said search interface, to find said information wherein said information is first made available after the time of said step of completely terminating said search interface and wherein said information matches said interest criteria and said situational location; and   means for presenting said information to said search user.   
     
     
         12 . The service of  claim 11  wherein said means for determining a situational location includes means for determining said situational location using global positioning system data. 
     
     
         13 . The service of  claim 11  wherein said means for determining a situational location includes means for determining said situational location using radio wave signal triangulation. 
     
     
         14 . The service of  claim 11  wherein said means for determining a situational location includes means for determining said situational location using a network address. 
     
     
         15 . The service of  claim 11  wherein said means for determining a situational location includes means for determining said situational location using a proximity to a location. 
     
     
         16 . The service of  claim 11  further including means for sending said information to said search user. 
     
     
         17 . The service of  claim 11  wherein said information is advertising information. 
     
     
         18 . The service of  claim 11  further including means for maintaining a history of said information presented to said search user wherein said history is used to prevent redundantly presenting the same information to said search user. 
     
     
         19 . The service of  claim 11  wherein said search user is seeking a future advertised sale and said information is said advertised sale. 
     
     
         20 . The service of  claim 11  wherein said search interface is presented to a plurality of search users at different types of data processing systems.

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