Systems and methods for content placement, retrieval and management based on geolocation and other parameters
The present invention is in the technical field of geolocation. More particularly, the present invention is in the technical field of making content in the form of electronic data available for retrieval when a device has satisfied the Retrieval Range and other Rules which govern the ability to retrieve the content. Retrieval of Content by user devices may be based on Rules communicated by an App, Admin or third party interface and shall be contained and processed by an application interface engine.
1. A system for placing and retrieving digital media content at a geographic location comprising:
a server comprising an application interface engine and a storage, the application interface engine communicating with the computing device,
wherein the computing device uploads the digital content file to the storage of the server and further to define a first access rule and a second access rule for the digital content file,
wherein said access rule is communicated to the application interface engine and stored in the storage, and further wherein said first access rule comprises a geographic location and an access area proximal to the geographic location; and
a computing device comprising a location detection and a storage, and further to communicate with the application interface engine, said portable computing device receives the digital content file when the portable computing device is within the access area proximal to the geographic location; and
wherein the second access rule is selected from the group consisting of an availability date, an expiration date, a privacy rule, a sharing rule, a maximum retrieval rule, and a dynamic retrieval threshold rule; and
wherein the rule for maximum retrievals specifies the number of times the digital content file is retrieved from the application interface engine, and further wherein application interface engine is configured to prevent retrieval of the digital content file by the computing device when the digital content file has been retrieved the specified number of times.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the location detection is selected from a global positioning system sensor, a Bluetooth sensor, and a cellular tower triangulation sensor.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein the digital content file is selected from the group consisting of an audio file, a video file, a picture file, text file and an interactive application file.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein the computing device comprises a digital content generation, and the computing device is to generate the digital content file with the digital content generation.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the computing device is further defines a second access rule, wherein said second access rule is communicated to the application interface engine and stored in the storage at the server.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein the sharing rule requires sharing of the digital content file when retrieved by portable computing device.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the dynamic threshold rule expands the access area proximal to the geographic location.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein the digital content file is stored in the storage module of the computing device after retrieval from the application interface engine.
9. The system of claim 8 wherein the digital content file is accessible from the storage of the computing device after the computing device exits the access area proximal the geographic location.
10. The system of claim 1 wherein the digital content file comprises an access rule defining that the digital content file is accessible at the computing device only when the portable computing device is within the access area proximal to the geographic location.
11. The system of claim 1 wherein the computing device is to receive a notification from the application interface engine when the computing device is proximal the access area but did not enter the access area.
12. The system of claim 1 wherein the computing device comprises a graphical user interface, and further wherein the computing device is to receive a plurality of digital content files from the application interface engine, wherein the graphical user interface shows the plurality of digital content files on the graphical user interface.
13. The system of claim 1 wherein the computing device comprises a graphical map interface, and further wherein the geographic location and the access area is defined for the digital content file using the graphical map interface.
14. The system of claim 1 wherein the computing device defines an event having a defined plurality of geographic location areas and an access area proximal the geographic location of the event, wherein the event is associated with a plurality of digital content files, wherein the portable computing device receives at least one of the plurality of digital content files associated with the event when the portable computing device enters the access area proximal the geographic location of the event.
15. A method comprising the steps of:
defining the a first access rule and a second access rule, wherein the the first access rule comprises the geographic location and the access area, and associating the geographic location and the access area with the digital content file;
storing the at least one access rule in the storage of the application interface engine; entering the access area with the portable computing device;
determining the geographic location of the portable computing device;
sending a communication from the portable computing device to the application interface engine, wherein the communication indicates that the portable computing device is within the access area proximal the geographic location; and
sending the digital content file from the application interface engine to the portable computing device; and
wherein the second access rule is selected from the group consisting of an availability date, an expiration date, a privacy rule, a sharing rule, a maximum retrieval rule, and a dynamic retrieval threshold rule; and
wherein the rule for maximum retrievals specifies the number of times the digital content file is retrieved from the application interface engine, and further wherein application interface engine is configured to prevent retrieval of the digital content file by the computing device when the digital content file has been retrieved the specified number of times.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein the digital content file is accessible by the portable computing device only when the portable computing device is in communication with the application interface engine but not storable on the portable computing device.
17. The method of claim 15 wherein the digital content file is inaccessible on the portable computing device when the portable computing device exits the access area.