Location sharing and tracking using mobile phones or other wireless devices

Enhancements of and to cell phone operations are based in whole or in part on determining the location of the cell phone. Systems and methods select and determine locations or areas of importance or relevance, and based on that information and other programmed factors affect or alter the operations of the cell phone. While the systems and methods are illustrated by use of cell phone embodiments and applications, they are equally applicable to virtually any portable or mobile communication device, including for example, wireless laptop computers and PDAs.

Realtime, location-based cell phone enhancements, uses, and applications

Individuals share music through portable audio devices (100) that synchronously play music by transmitting music signals from one device (unit A) to the other (unit B). Upon request, other individuals can join such a sharing group as a member, and these new members can either be accepted automatically, or through voting by existing group members. So that members of a group can converse, the fraction of ambient sound admitted by the earphones of the portable device (100) can be manually set. In order to enhance the enjoyment of the music, wearable transducers (240, 250, 260), such as light emitting diodes, respond to signals related to the beat of the music. Signals can be automatically generated, or manually specified, and signals thereafter stored for playback with the music to which it is related. Wearable transducers associated with individuals at a large music event can be set to receive common signals such that the transducers (240, 250, 260) respond in synchrony with one another.

Localized audio networks and associated digital accessories

Methods and systems that record the location of a user and transmit targeted content to a user based upon their current and past location information. A network is configured to include a server programmed with a database of targeted content, a database of location information, a database of user information, a database searching algorithm, and a wireless communication system capable of communicating with the user's mobile device. The location of the mobile device is ascertained and recorded. The location information is analyzed to determine the routes taken by the user, businesses visited by the user, and other behaviors of the user. Targeted content is sent to the mobile device of the user and whether the user visits the physical locations associated with the targeted content is monitored. Payment systems, phone exchange systems, and other features may also be integrated to provide detailed conversion tracking to producers of targeted content and business owners.

Systems and Methods to Target Predictive Location Based Content and Track Conversions

Systems and methods for social networking. Location-related data (602) and other behavioral and exogenously generated characteristics (404-414, 504-514) are used to replace or supplement self-generated profiles in order to enhance the quality and trustworthiness of the matches (612) made using the system and facilitate the inputting of profile information (400, 500).

System and method for location based social networking

A system for automatically reconfiguring a mobile telephone based on geographic location. In the illustrative embodiment, the invention includes a storing unit (40) and an execution unit (70). The storing unit (40) allows the user to save a particular location and the desired configurations corresponding to that location. The execution unit (70) monitors the position of the telephone and, upon entering a saved location, executes the configurations corresponding to that location. The execution unit (70) also returns the configurations to their previous settings after the telephone has exited from the saved location.

System for automatically configuring features on a mobile telephone based on geographic location

A system and method for providing a message on the graphic display of a wireless device while the wireless device is connecting to an application download server across a wireless network. When the wireless device attempts to communicate with an application download server or changes files while navigating an application download server, a message is transmitted across the wireless network to the computer platform of the wireless device and displayed to the user of the wireless device. The message can be transmitted to the wireless device from the same application download server that the wireless device is attempting to connect to or navigate, or alternately, the message can be transmitted from another server on the wireless network.

System and method for providing messages on a wireless device connecting to an application server

A system and method for displaying an interactive screen, such as an end-user license agreement or verification form, on the graphic display of a wireless device when the wireless device connects to a network server on a wireless network and attempts to access or download software applications and data. The user of the wireless device must then affirmatively interact with the interactive screen in order to access or download a software application or data from the network server. The interactive screen can be transmitted from the network server where the wireless device seeks to access or download an application or data, or can be transmitted from a separate server to the wireless device. The records of the wireless device-server interactions can be stored on a network server or other data stores on the wireless network.

System and method for providing an interactive screen on a wireless device interacting with a server

A system, method, and program for remotely interacting with a diagnostic interface resident on wireless computer devices. The wireless device provides an accessible diagnostic interface that allows reads and/or writes to device resident diagnostic data and tools. Through use of the interaction, wireless device status data and network status data can be gathered and utilized, and if so embodied, the diagnostic tools resident on the wireless devices can be manipulated to alter wireless device operation.

Remote interaction with a wireless device resident diagnostic interface across a wireless network

The present invention provides safe and secure application distribution and execution by providing systems and methods that test an application to ensure that it satisfies predetermined criteria associated with the environment in which it will execute. Furthermore, by using rules and permission lists, application removal, and a modification detection technique, such as digital signatures, the present invention provides mechanisms to safely distribute and execute tested, or untested, applications by determining whether the application has been modified, determining if it has permission to execute in a given wireless device environment, and removing the application should it be desirable to do so.

Mazen Chmaytelli

Papers

System for automatically configuring features on a mobile telephone based on geographic location

System and method for providing messages on a wireless device connecting to an application server

System and method for providing an interactive screen on a wireless device interacting with a server

Remote interaction with a wireless device resident diagnostic interface across a wireless network

Safe application distribution and execution in a wireless environment