IP Library Granted Patent US 8,892,128
Granted Patent B2
US 8,892,128 · App. 12/588,331 · Granted Nov 18, 2014

Location based geo-reminders

Inventors: Todd Gehrke (Seattle, WA); Chih Wang (Shoreline, WA); Sarah Lawrence (Renton, WA)
Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
H04W4/02H04L67/18
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,892,128
App. No.
12/588,331
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Location based geo-reminding system retrieves, from a location based geo-reminder physical server, a current location of wireless client devices within a given area. The method accesses, from the location based geo-reminder physical server, a physical location based geo-reminder database comprising an identity of a trigger identifier and a limits of trigger identifier. Transmission of a location based geo-reminder message is initiated if the current location of a particular wireless client device is within a limits of restriction distance from a location of the identity of the trigger.

Claims (20)

1. A method of location based geo-reminders, comprising:

accessing, from a location based geo-reminder physical server, a physical location based geo-reminder database comprising a trigger identifier identifying a user defined time at which a location based geo-reminder message regarding a user-defined task is to be transmitted; and

triggering transmission at said user defined time of said location based geo-reminder message regarding a user-defined task, to a particular wireless client device when said particular wireless client device interacts with a cellular tower associated with said trigger identifier;

wherein a limit of restriction is identified in at least one of: feet, a yard measurement, a longitude and latitude, and a miles measurement.

2. The method of location based geo-reminders according to claim 1 , wherein said trigger identifier comprises:

a mobile identification number (MIN).

3. The method of location based geo-reminders according to claim 1 , wherein said trigger identifier comprises:

a mobile telephone number.

4. The method of location based geo-reminders according to claim 1 , wherein said location based geo-reminder message comprises:

an email message.

5. A location based geo-reminder server, comprising:

a location based geo-reminder database access module to access, from said location based geo-reminder physical server, a physical location based geo-reminder database comprising a trigger identifier identifying a user defined time at which a location based geo-reminder message regarding a user-defined task is to be transmitted; and

a location based geo-reminder module to trigger transmission at said user defined time of said location based geo-reminder message regarding a user-defined task to a particular wireless client device when said particular wireless client device interacts with a cellular tower associated with said trigger identifier;

wherein a limit of restriction is identified in at least one of: feet, a yard measurement, a longitude and latitude, and a miles measurement.

6. The location based geo-reminder server according to claim 5 , wherein said trigger identifier comprises:

a mobile identification number (MIN).

7. The location based geo-reminder server according to claim 5 , wherein said trigger identifier comprises:

a mobile telephone number.

8. The location based geo-reminder server according to claim 5 , wherein said location based geo-reminder message comprises:

an email message.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 3, 2016
From: COMTECH EF DATA CORP.; COMTECH XICOM TECHNOLOGY, INC.; COMTECH MOBILE DATACOM CORPORATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
To: CITIBANK N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 037993/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2009
From: GEHRKE, TODD; WANG, CHIH; LAWRENCE, SARAH
To: TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 023421/0163 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61136917 · Oct 14, 2008
Related Publication 20100093371A1 · Apr 15, 2010