Controlling a crowd of multiple mobile station devices

US9094489B1 · US · B1

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Publication numberUS-9094489-B1
Application numberUS-201213482555-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB1
Filing dateMay 29, 2012
Priority dateMay 29, 2012
Publication dateJul 28, 2015
Grant dateJul 28, 2015

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A method and apparatus of communicating with multiple mobile station devices in a concerted effort is disclosed. According to one example method of operation content is provided to multiple mobile station devices in a pre-defined venue location. The method may also provide identifying the mobile station devices as being present at the pre-defined venue location via a server and initiating an application on the server that establishes a customized content delivery function utilized to deliver customized content to each of the identified mobile station devices. A command may be triggered to begin transmitting the customized content to each of the mobile station devices at a predetermined time and the customized content may be transmitted to each of the mobile station devices responsive to receiving the trigger command.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of providing content to a plurality of mobile station devices in a pre-defined venue location, the method comprising: identifying the plurality of mobile station devices as being present at the pre-defined venue location via a server; initiating an application on the server that establishes a customized content delivery function utilized to deliver customized content to each of the identified plurality of mobile station devices; receiving a trig…

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What does patent US9094489B1 cover?
A method and apparatus of communicating with multiple mobile station devices in a concerted effort is disclosed. According to one example method of operation content is provided to multiple mobile station devices in a pre-defined venue location. The method may also provide identifying the mobile station devices as being present at the pre-defined venue location via a server and initiating an ap…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Groenjes Jason H, West Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04M1/0214. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jul 28 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B1). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).