LOCATION, TIME, AND CONTEXT-BASED DEFERRED NOTIFICATIONS ON A MOBILE DEVICE

摘要

A method and system for a first user to provide a future notification (referred to as a deferred notification) on second user's mobile device based on the second user's location are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method by which a deferred notification is provided, comprising:
generating a message to be received by at least one user having a mobile device, wherein the generated message specifies an address for the at least one user's mobile device and at least a location or area where a notification will become active and a time or time range within which the notification will become active; transmitting the generated message to a server which processes the message and produces a pending deferred notification; selectively enabling the user's mobile device to receive the pending deferred notification from the server; selectively downloading the pending deferred notification to the user's mobile device if the user's mobile device is enabled to receive the pending deferred notification; if the user's mobile device is enabled to receive the pending deferred notification, determining a location of the mobile device using a geographical location feature of the mobile device; and if the location of the mobile device is at the location or within the area specified by the message at the time or within the time range specified by the message, triggering a deferred notification event on the user's mobile device; whereby the notification is deferred and triggered on the user's mobile device when the mobile device is at the location or within the area specified in the message at a future time or within the future time range specified in the message.