System and method for initiating location-dependent applications on mobile devices
US7096030B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W8/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method for facilitating location-based triggering of actions, applications, services, and the like on wireless devices, for locations that may be subsequently visited by the mobile device user. Wireless service area identifiers are received at the wireless device, where selected ones can be stored as points of interest on the wireless device. Actions are correlated with the stored points of interest, where this correlation is also stored on the wireless device. An action associated with a particular stored point of interest is invoked when the wireless device enters a wireless service area corresponding to the particular stored point of interest.
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