IP Library Granted Patent US 7,516,013
Granted Patent B1
US 7,516,013 · App. 12/142,874 · Granted Apr 7, 2009

Method for gathering mobile consumer-initiated business service look-up requests

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Patent No.
US 7,516,013
App. No.
12/142,874
Granted
Apr 7, 2009
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method for receiving consumer-initiated business service look-up requests entered into a GPS unit, along with the corresponding geographic location the request was entered. These requests are received at a Central Processing Station whereupon the data is analyzed to identify concentrations of similar requests within a geographic region.

Claims (7)

1. A method for gathering mobile consumer-initiated business service look-up requests comprising:

receiving, at a Central Processing Station, a business service look-up request entered into a GPS unit by a GPS user, wherein the business service look-up request includes at least one of a point-of-interest request or business name request, and wherein information corresponding to the request is stored in a memory within the GPS unit before being transmitted to the Central Processing Station over a Wi-Fi, cellular or mobile device network;

receiving, at the Central Processing Station, request entry location information, wherein the location information corresponds to the GPS user's geographic location at the time the GPS user entered a business service look-up request in the GPS unit and wherein the location information is stored in a memory within the GPS unit before being transmitted to the Central Processing Station over a Wi-Fi, cellular or mobile device network;

confirming a successful transmission receipt and deleting pending message from storage system of the business service look-up request and request entry location information at the Central Processing Station;

repeating the receiving and confirming steps for a plurality of GPS units;

storing the information received from the plurality of the GPS units in a relational database stored in a Central Processing Station memory; and

analyzing the information received to identify concentrations of similar business service look-up requests within a geographic region.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2021
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: KYNDRYL, INC.
Reel/Frame 057885/0644 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY DATA: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 021124 FRAME 0904. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE RECEIVING PARTY DATA: IBM CORPORATION. Recorded Jun 7, 2013
From: HAMILTON, RICK A., II; STEIGMEYER, STEVEN A.; O'CONNELL, BRIAN M.; WALKER, KEITH R.; JACKSON, STEVEN V.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030574/0773 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2008
From: HAMILTON, RICK A., II; STEIGMEYER, STEVEN A.; O'CONNELL, BRIAN M.; WALKER, KEITH R.; JACKSON, STEVEN V.
To: IBM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021124/0904 →