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Location-based audio messaging

US10721594B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 2014
Grant dateJul 21, 2020
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Expiry dateJun 26, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W4/021
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Mobile devices provide a variety of techniques for presenting messages from sources to a user. However, when the message pertains to the presence of the user at a location, the available communications techniques may exhibit deficiencies, e.g., reliance on the memory of the source and/or user of the existence and content of a message between its initiation and the user's visit to the location, or reliance on the communication accessibility of the user, the device, and/or the source during the user's location visit. Presented herein are techniques for enabling a mobile device, at a first time, to receive a request to present an audio message during the presence of the user at a location; and, at a second time, detecting the presence of the user at the location, and presenting the audio message to the user, optionally without awaiting a request from the user to present the message.

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