IP Library Granted Patent US 8,031,050
Granted Patent B2
US 8,031,050 · App. 12/772,909 · Granted Oct 4, 2011

System and method for situational location relevant invocable speed reference

Assignee: Apple Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,031,050
App. No.
12/772,909
Granted
Oct 4, 2011
Kind
B2
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 (22)

1. A speed reference invocation method in a data processing system, said method comprising:

receiving an invocable speed reference according to a situational location of a user of said data processing system and a unique identifier identifying the data processing system;

presenting information for said invocable speed reference to said user; and

invoking said speed reference upon selection for invocation by said user,

wherein said invocable speed reference is a phone number and wherein said step of invoking said speed reference upon selection for invocation by said user includes making a call with said phone number upon selection for invocation by said user.

2. The method of claim 1 further including the step of maintaining said invocable speed reference in history data.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said history data is browsable by said user and said invocable speed reference is invoked by said user from said history data.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said invocable speed reference is configured in a deliverable content database, said deliverable content database configurable by a plurality of users through an administration interface over an internet connection.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of receiving an invocable speed reference according to a situational location of a user of said data processing system further includes receiving said invocable speed reference according to a system delivery constraint.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of receiving an invocable speed reference according to a situational location of a user of said data processing system further includes receiving said invocable speed reference according to a user configured delivery constraint.

7. A method in a data processing service comprising:

determining a situational location of a user of a receiving data processing system; and

sending an invocable speed reference to said receiving data processing system according to said situational location and a unique identifier identifying the data processing system, said invocable speed reference for being invoked by said user for communicating to another data processing system, wherein said invocable speed reference is a phone number for being selected by said user for making a call.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said invocable speed reference is configured in a deliverable content database, said deliverable content database configurable by a plurality of users through an administration interface over an internet connection.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein said step of sending an invocable speed reference to said receiving data processing system according to said situational location further includes sending said invocable speed reference according to a system delivery constraint.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein said step of sending an invocable speed reference to said receiving data processing system according to said situational location further includes sending said invocable speed reference according to a user configured delivery constraint.

11. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

memory coupled to the one or more processors and including instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving an invocable speed reference according to a situational location of a user of said data processing system and a unique identifier identifying the data processing system;

presenting information for said invocable speed reference to said user; and

invoking said speed reference upon selection for invocation by said user, wherein said invocable speed reference is a phone number and wherein said step of invoking said speed reference upon selection for invocation by said user includes making a call with the phone number upon selection for invocation by the user.

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