Common platform for personalized/branded applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11716594-B2
Application number	US-202017127490-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 18, 2020
Priority date	Sep 18, 2013
Publication date	Aug 1, 2023
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023

Abstract

The disclosure is directed at a method of personalizing an application for displaying, on a mobile communication device, user content associated with a site, the method comprising determining location of the mobile communication device, calculating travel characteristics of the mobile communication device, determining presence of a site, obtaining user preferences for display of user content, and retrieving and displaying user content associated with the site on the mobile communication device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of displaying, within a customized application, user content for a site of interest to a user associated with a mobile communication device comprising:
determining location of the mobile communication device;
creating list of sites of interest in proximity to the mobile communication device;
obtaining travel characteristics of the mobile communication device;
selecting, at a server, a site of interest from the list of sites of interest based on travel characteristics and location of the mobile communication device, the server selected from a plurality of servers based at least in part on the location and the travel characteristics of the mobile device;
checking user defined preferences for display of user content for the customized application, wherein the user content received is configurable based at least in part on the user defined preferences for the user content; and
displaying customized application within user content associated with the selected site of interest.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein determining location of the mobile communication device comprises:
accessing location software on the mobile communication device.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the location software is a global positioning system (GPS).

4. The method of claim 1 wherein creating list of sites of interest comprises:
comparing location of mobile communication device with sites of interest stored in a database; and
selecting sites of interest in the database which are within a specified distance from the location of the mobile communication device to create a list of sites of interest.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein comparing location comprises:
comparing location of mobile communication device with location data corresponding to the list of places of interest.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein obtaining travel characteristics comprises retrieving direction of travel of the mobile communication device and speed of travel of the mobile communication device.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the method is performed within a learning management system.

8. A method of personalizing an application for displaying, on a mobile communication device, user content associated with a site, the method comprising:
determining a location of the mobile communication device;
calculating travel characteristics of the mobile communication device;
determining presence of a site, based at least in part on the location and travel characteristics of the user device;
obtaining user preferences for display of user content, wherein the user content received is configurable based at least in part on the user defined preferences for the user content; and
retrieving, from a server, and displaying user content associated with the site on the mobile communication device, wherein the server is selected from a plurality of servers based at least in part on the location and the travel characteristics of the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein determining location of the mobile communication device comprises accessing location software on the mobile communication device.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the location software is global positioning system (GPS).

11. The method of claim 8 wherein calculating travel characteristics comprises at least one of determining direction of travel of the mobile communication device or determining speed of travel of the mobile communication device.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein determining presence of a site comprises:
determining list of sites proximate the location of the mobile communication device; and
creating a list of sites of interest from the list of sites based on travel characteristics of the mobile communication device.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:
displaying the list of sites of interest for selection by a user; and
receiving user's selection of site.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising:
choosing a site from the list of sites of interest based on user criteria.

15. The method of claim 8 wherein obtaining user preferences for display of user content comprises:
accessing a database storing displaying requirements associated with a user of the mobile communication device.

16. The method of claim 8 wherein the method is performed within a learning management system.

17. The method of claim 8 , wherein the application is a customized application.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
selecting a site of interest from a list of sites of interest based on travel characteristics and location of the mobile communication device,
wherein the determining of the presence of the site comprises generating a list of sites of interests.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the retrieving and displaying user content associated with the site on the mobile communication device comprises:
checking user defined preferences for display of user content for the customized application; and
displaying the customized application within user content associated with selected site of interest.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions thereon that when executed by a computer perform the method steps of claim 8 .

Assignees

• D2L Corp

Inventors

• Cepuran Brian

Classifications

• H04W4/029 Primary

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04W4/02

  Services making use of location information · CPC title