US 11,889,379 B2
Location-based services
Alan Phillips, Hopkinton, MA (US); Frank Schroth, Milton, MA (US); Geoffrey M. Palmer, Newton, MA (US); Stefan G. Zielinski, Cambridge, MA (US); Allen P. Smith, Milton, MA (US); and Colin M. Cunningham, III, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to PayPal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by PAYPAL, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/589,545.
Application 11/690,720 is a division of application No. 11/140,273, filed on May 27, 2005, granted, now 7,848,765, issued on Dec. 7, 2010.
Application 17/589,545 is a continuation of application No. 17/465,829, filed on Sep. 2, 2021.
Application 17/465,829 is a continuation of application No. 16/714,668, filed on Dec. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,115,777, issued on Sep. 7, 2021.
Application 16/714,668 is a continuation of application No. 16/437,756, filed on Jun. 11, 2019, granted, now 10,728,697, issued on Apr. 28, 2020.
Application 16/437,756 is a continuation of application No. 15/859,603, filed on Dec. 31, 2017, granted, now 10,321,264, issued on Jun. 11, 2019.
Application 15/859,603 is a continuation of application No. 14/624,083, filed on Feb. 17, 2015, abandoned.
Application 14/624,083 is a continuation of application No. 14/534,797, filed on Nov. 6, 2014, granted, now 9,654,923, issued on May 16, 2017.
Application 14/534,797 is a continuation of application No. 13/361,113, filed on Jan. 30, 2012, granted, now 8,909,248, issued on Dec. 9, 2014.
Application 13/361,113 is a continuation of application No. 11/690,720, filed on Mar. 23, 2007, granted, now 8,326,315, issued on Dec. 4, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0159408 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/021 (2018.01); G08B 21/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04W 8/10 (2009.01); H04W 8/14 (2009.01); H04W 92/08 (2009.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 4/021 (2013.01) [G08B 21/0236 (2013.01); G08B 21/0261 (2013.01); G08B 21/0269 (2013.01); G08B 21/0272 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06311 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04W 8/10 (2013.01); H04W 8/14 (2013.01); H04W 92/08 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, at a server, information indicative of a current location detected by a first mobile phone;
performing, by the server and based on a proximity of the current location of the first mobile phone to each of a plurality of geographical locations, an analysis of data indicating one or more items of content associated with each of the plurality of geographical locations;
selecting, by the server, one or more of the plurality of geographical locations based on the proximity of the current location to each of the plurality of geographical locations;
determining one or more items of content associated with each of the selected one or more of the plurality of geographical locations; and
transmitting, from the server over a network to the first mobile phone, information indicative of content including the one or more items of content associated with each of the selected one or more geographical locations, wherein an application operating on the first mobile phone configures the first mobile phone to output the one or more items of content associated with each of the selected one or more geographical locations at a user interface of the application.