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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2007
Applicants:

Christopher L. Scofield, Seattle, WA (US);

Elmore Eugene Pope, Sammamish, WA (US);

Brad E. Marshall, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Eric B. Merritt, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher L. Scofield, Seattle, WA (US);

Elmore Eugene Pope, Sammamish, WA (US);

Brad E. Marshall, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);

Eric B. Merritt, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Reno, NV (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/493 (2006.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04W 4/20 (2009.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/028 (2013.01); H04W 4/18 (2013.01); H04W 4/206 (2013.01); G01C 21/3617 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01);
Abstract

Mobile device users may be tracked either via mobile-signal triangulation or via Global Positioning Satellite information. A mobile device user's recent movements may be analyzed to determine trails or traffic patterns for device user among various locations. Mobile device trail information, either for an individual user or aggregated for multiple users, may be analyzed to determine a next destination for the user. Electronic advertising content, such as advertisements, coupons and/or other communications, associated with the next destination may be sent to the mobile device. Additionally, the identity of the mobile device use may be known and the advertisements or coupons may be tailored according to demographic information regarding the mobile device user. In addition, destinations may be recommended to mobile device users based on the recent locations the users have visited.


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