US 11,856,251 B1
Systems and methods for providing notifications based on geographic location
Brian F. Roberts, Dallas, TX (US); Chad Peltola, Fairfield, CT (US); Jill Mulligan, Greenwich, CT (US); Charles Robertson, Seattle, WA (US); Kyle Jackson, New York, NY (US); and Enrique Florendo, Westlake Village, CO (US)
Assigned to DISCOVERY.COM, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Discovery Communications, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/936,614.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/266 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/25841 (2013.01) [H04N 21/266 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for apprising a user of a proximately located aspect-of-interest using a server in network communication with at least one database, the method comprising operations including:
receiving, at the server and from an application platform, an indication of a geographic location associated with the user;
identifying, via accessing the at least one database, one or more aspects associated with a multimedia content interest of the user;
determining, using the at least one processor, that the geographic location associated with the user is within a predetermined distance to a known location for at least one aspect of the one or more aspects associated with the multimedia content interest;
ascertaining, using the at least one processor, another individual located proximate to the known location for the at least one aspect that is a subscriber to the application platform and that shares the multimedia content interest with the user;
transmitting, responsive to determining that the geographic location associated with the user is within the predetermined distance to the known location for the at least one aspect of the one or more aspects associated with the multimedia content interest and responsive to the ascertaining, instructions to a user device associated with the user to provide a notification to the user, wherein the notification comprises a chat confirmation option to enable communication with the another individual and wherein the notification is a push notification provided to the user device when the application platform is not open on the user device;
receiving, at the server, another indication that the user has selected the chat confirmation option via interaction with the notification;
transmitting, by the server and responsive to identifying selection of the chat confirmation option, instructions to another user device associated with the another individual to display a chat initiation request; and
transmitting, by the server and upon detecting an acceptance indication of the chat initiation request from the another user device, instructions to the user device to update the notification to contain an integrated chat box within the updated notification, wherein interaction with the integrated chat box enables the communication with the another user.