WO2008082794A3 - Location based service for directing ads to subscribers - Google Patents

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WO2008082794A3
WO2008082794A3 PCT/US2007/083987 US2007083987W WO2008082794A3 WO 2008082794 A3 WO2008082794 A3 WO 2008082794A3 US 2007083987 W US2007083987 W US 2007083987W WO 2008082794 A3 WO2008082794 A3 WO 2008082794A3
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subscribers
activities
ads
location based
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Lee C S Crawford
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Lee C S Crawford
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Priority claimed from US11/559,438 external-priority patent/US20070112741A1/en
Application filed by Lee C S Crawford filed Critical Lee C S Crawford
Publication of WO2008082794A2 publication Critical patent/WO2008082794A2/en
Publication of WO2008082794A3 publication Critical patent/WO2008082794A3/en
Priority to US12/967,040 priority Critical patent/US8260725B2/en
Priority to US13/560,969 priority patent/US20120289208A1/en
Priority to US13/560,971 priority patent/US20120289209A1/en
Priority to US13/586,839 priority patent/US8571999B2/en
Priority to US13/943,751 priority patent/US9129304B2/en
Priority to US13/943,748 priority patent/US9147201B2/en
Priority to US13/943,742 priority patent/US9129303B2/en
Priority to US13/969,561 priority patent/US20140108540A1/en
Priority to US13/969,560 priority patent/US20140108539A1/en
Priority to US14/846,982 priority patent/US10064004B2/en
Priority to US16/114,170 priority patent/US11070935B2/en
Priority to US17/305,513 priority patent/US20220070609A1/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
    • G06Q30/02—Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/20—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor of structured data, e.g. relational data
    • G06F16/29—Geographical information databases
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L51/00—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
    • H04L51/52—User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail for supporting social networking services
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/02—Services making use of location information
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W4/00—Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
    • H04W4/20—Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
    • H04W4/21—Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel for social networking applications

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method of providing a location based service (LBS), comprises; receiving location information by one or more software programs from a plurality of wireless devices belonging to a plurality of subscribers of one or more location based services; processing the location information, by one or more software programs, to identify specific activities of subscribers at merchant locations from a plurality of predefined set of activities; storing identified activities in a respective activity log for each of the plurality of subscribers; comparing ad parameters against subscriber data, including data stored in the activity logs, to select ads for communication to subscribers, wherein the comparing differentiates in selection of ads for communication to subscribers by determining whether respective subscribers have already completed one or more activities as identified in the respective subscribers' activity logs; and communicating selected ads to wireless devices of the subscribers.
PCT/US2007/083987 2005-11-14 2007-11-07 Location based service for directing ads to subscribers WO2008082794A2 (en)

Priority Applications (12)

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US12/967,040 US8260725B2 (en) 2005-11-14 2010-12-13 Method of conducting operations for a social network application including notification list generation with offer hyperlinks according to notification rules
US13/560,969 US20120289208A1 (en) 2005-11-14 2012-07-27 Method of conducting operations for a social network application including activity list generation
US13/560,971 US20120289209A1 (en) 2005-11-14 2012-07-27 Method of conducting operations for a social network application including activity list generation
US13/586,839 US8571999B2 (en) 2005-11-14 2012-08-15 Method of conducting operations for a social network application including activity list generation
US13/943,751 US9129304B2 (en) 2005-11-14 2013-07-16 Method of conducting social network application operations
US13/943,748 US9147201B2 (en) 2005-11-14 2013-07-16 Method of conducting social network application operations
US13/943,742 US9129303B2 (en) 2005-11-14 2013-07-16 Method of conducting social network application operations
US13/969,561 US20140108540A1 (en) 2005-11-14 2013-08-17 Method of conducting social network application operations
US13/969,560 US20140108539A1 (en) 2005-11-14 2013-08-17 Method of conducting social network application operations
US14/846,982 US10064004B2 (en) 2005-11-14 2015-09-07 Methods of conducting social network operations
US16/114,170 US11070935B2 (en) 2005-11-14 2018-08-27 Devices for conducting social network operations
US17/305,513 US20220070609A1 (en) 2005-11-14 2021-07-08 Devices for conducting social network operations

Applications Claiming Priority (8)

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US86480706P 2006-11-08 2006-11-08
US60/864,807 2006-11-08
US11/559,438 2006-11-14
US11/559,438 US20070112741A1 (en) 2005-11-14 2006-11-14 Search engine providing persistent search functionality over multiple search queries and method for operating the same
US62383207A 2007-01-17 2007-01-17
US11/623,832 2007-01-17
US91763807P 2007-05-11 2007-05-11
US60/917,638 2007-05-11

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US11/559,438 Continuation-In-Part US20070112741A1 (en) 2005-11-14 2006-11-14 Search engine providing persistent search functionality over multiple search queries and method for operating the same
US11/623,837 Continuation-In-Part US20080168630A1 (en) 2007-01-17 2007-01-17 Decorative patch jewelry retainer
US62383207A Continuation-In-Part 2005-11-14 2007-01-17
US12/767,785 Continuation-In-Part US20100324994A1 (en) 2005-11-14 2010-04-26 Location based service for directing ads to subscribers
US12/967,040 Continuation-In-Part US8260725B2 (en) 2005-11-14 2010-12-13 Method of conducting operations for a social network application including notification list generation with offer hyperlinks according to notification rules

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