IP Library Granted Patent US 9,032,039
Granted Patent B2
US 9,032,039 · App. 14/483,916 · Granted May 12, 2015

Method, apparatus and system for management of information content for enhanced accessibility over wireless communication networks

Inventors: David Walker Harper (Bay Shore, NY); Jason James Sabella (Coram, NY); William Henry Munch (Tampa, FL)
Assignee: Wireless Ink Corporation
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Patent No.
US 9,032,039
App. No.
14/483,916
Granted
May 12, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes obtaining content at a mobile device, determining information associated with at least one wireless networking functionality of the mobile device responsive to user input, and providing the content and determined information to at least one server for insertion into a specified application-based information channel. Another method includes receiving, at a server from a mobile device, content for insertion into a specified application-based information channel, receiving, at the server from the mobile device, information associated with at least one wireless network functionality of the mobile device, and integrating the content and the information associated with said at least one wireless network functionality of the mobile device into the specified application-based information channel.

Claims (59)

1. A method comprising:

capturing content at a mobile device;

identifying a previously established application-based information channel into which the captured content is to be inserted, the identified application-based information channel permitting interaction between a user of the mobile device and one or more additional users;

determining information associated with at least one wireless networking functionality of the mobile device;

providing the captured content from the mobile device to at least one server for insertion in association with the determined information into the identified application-based information channel; and

receiving other content, at the mobile device via the identified application-based information channel, from at least one of the additional users.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the identified application-based information channel comprises a personalized content application.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the identified application-based information channel comprises a collaborative workspace.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the identified application-based information channel comprises a chat channel.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the identified application-based information channel comprises an Internet storefront.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality of the mobile device comprises location information of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality of the mobile device comprises information specifying at least one location-based service action implementable over said at least one wireless network.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality of the mobile device comprises information specifying at least one messaging action implementable over said at least one wireless network.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality of the mobile device comprises information specifying at least one collaboration action implementable over said at least one wireless network.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality of the mobile device comprises:

providing one or more content integration options to the user of the mobile device;

receiving user input selecting at least one of the content integration options; and

determining the information associated with said at least one wireless network functionality of the mobile device in accordance with the selected content integration options.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the one or more content integration options to the user of the mobile device comprises providing a subset of a plurality of content integration options to the user of the mobile device, the subset being based in part on wireless networking functionalities available at the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality of the mobile device comprises information associated with a billing system accessible to the mobile device via said at least one wireless network.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the captured content is obtained from a device-captured data source of the mobile device, the device-captured data source comprising a source of at least one of device-captured video data, device-captured image data, device-captured audio data and device-captured location coordinates.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile device comprises at least one of a mobile telephone, a tablet computer and a camera.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile device comprises a global positioning system (GPS)-based navigational device.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile device comprises a watch or other timepiece.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied therein executable code of one or more software programs, wherein said executable program code when executed by a processing element of the mobile device causes the mobile device to perform the method of claim 1 .

18. A mobile device comprising:

at least one processing element comprising a processor coupled to a memory; and

at least one network interface;

said at least one processing element being configured to:

capture content at the mobile device;

identify a previously established application-based information channel into which the captured content is to be inserted, the identified application-based information channel permitting interaction between a user of the mobile device and one or more additional users;

determine information associated with at least one wireless networking functionality of the mobile device;

provide, via said at least one network interface, the captured content from the mobile device to at least one server for insertion in association with the determined information into the identified application-based information channel; and

receive other content, via the identified application-based information channel, from at least one of the additional users.

19. A method comprising:

receiving, at a server from a mobile device, content for insertion into a previously established application-based information channel, the previously established application-based information channel permitting interaction between a user of the mobile device and one or more additional users;

receiving, at the server from the mobile device, information associated with at least one wireless networking functionality of the mobile device;

integrating the content and the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality of the mobile device into the previously established application-based information channel; and

inserting other content from at least one of the additional users into the previously established application-based information channel.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein integrating the content and the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality of the mobile device comprises:

obtaining location information of the mobile device; and

inserting additional content into the previously established application-based information channel based on the obtained location information.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein said additional content comprises advertising content.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied therein executable code of one or more software programs, wherein said executable program code when executed by a processing element of the server causes the server to perform the method of claim 19 .

23. A server comprising:

at least one processing element comprising a processor coupled to a memory; and

at least one network interface;

said at least one processing element being configured to:

receive, from a mobile device, content for insertion into a previously established application-based information channel, the previously established application-based information channel permitting interaction between a user of the mobile device and one or more additional users;

receive, from the mobile device, information associated with at least one wireless networking functionality of the mobile device;

integrate the content and the information associated with said at least one wireless networking functionality of the mobile device into the previously established application-based information channel; and

insert other content from at least one of the additional users into the previously established application-based information channel.

24. The method of claim 1 further comprising accessing integrated content at the mobile device via the identified application-based information channel, the integrated content comprising a combination of at least a portion of the captured content and at least a portion of the determined information.

25. The method of claim 1 wherein integrated content is stored by the at least one server, the integrated content comprising a combination of at least a portion of the captured content and at least a portion of the determined information.

26. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving additional content at the mobile device via the identified application-based information channel, the additional content being based on at least a portion of the determined information.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein the additional content comprises advertising content.

28. The method of claim 1 wherein the application-based information channel is accessible via a mobile website previously established for the user of the mobile device.

29. The method of claim 1 wherein the application-based information channel is accessible via a personalized content application particularly configured to run on the mobile device.

30. The method of claim 1 wherein the other content comprises at least one message relating to the captured content that is received at said at least one server and inserted by said at least one server into the application-based information channel.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2022
From: MOBILE DATA TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: LIT-US CHISUM 22-B LLC
Reel/Frame 061439/0690 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2022
From: ENGAGELOGIC CORPORATION
To: MOBILE DATA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 060998/0218 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE STATEMENT HAS A MISSING WORD PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 041233 FRAME 0515. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ...WERE LEGALLYFORECLOSED ON BASED UPON THE APPLICABLE _S_T_A_T_E LAW ON JANUARY 3, 2017.. Recorded Feb 14, 2017
From: WIRELESS INK CORPORATION
To: ENGAGELOGIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041711/0094 →
FORECLOSURE Recorded Jan 3, 2017
From: WIRELESS INK CORPORATION
To: ENGAGELOGIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041233/0515 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2014
From: HARPER, DAVID WALKER; SABELLA, JASON JAMES; MUNCH, WILLIAM HENRY
To: WIRELESS INK, LLC
Reel/Frame 034031/0415 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2014
From: WIRELESS INK CORPORATION
To: ENGAGELOGIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034031/0791 →
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 24, 2014
From: WIRELESS INK, LLC
To: WIRELESS INK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034045/0931 →
Continuity (8)
Continuation 14324698 · Jul 7, 2014
Continuation 14175768 · Feb 7, 2014
Continuation 13364950 · Feb 2, 2012
Continuation 13027519 · Feb 15, 2011
Continuation 12548928 · Aug 27, 2009
Continuation 10464526 · Jun 18, 2003
Provisional Application 60389430 · Jun 18, 2002
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