US 11,914,859 B2
Advertising-subsidized smartphones and advertising, smartphone, and mobile communications systems and methods
Douglas Mochrie, Guelph (CA); and Martin Guthrie, Moffat (CA)
Assigned to OHANA CORP., Guelph (CA)
Appl. No. 16/982,525
Filed by Airo.Life Inc., Guelph (CA)
PCT Filed Mar. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CA2019/050344
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 18, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/178690, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/645,718, filed on Mar. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0004155 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0273 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 3/04886 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0267 (2013.01); H04L 12/14 (2013.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); H04M 15/8083 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0273 (2013.01); H04M 2215/0192 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:
execute an operating system of the mobile device, wherein the operating system comprises an application integrated therewith, wherein the application partitions a display of the mobile device having an aspect ratio of 35:18 into:
a content space corresponding to spatial pixel dimensions on the display, for displaying a home screen of the operating system and user applications running on the mobile device; and
an advertisement space corresponding to spatial pixel dimensions on the display, for displaying advertisements independently of the home screen and the user applications running on the mobile device and independent of user interaction with the home screen and the user applications,
wherein the advertisement space and the content space have no overlap;
determine whether advertisements are displayed in the advertisement space to:
connect the mobile device to a wireless network upon displaying the advertisements in the advertisement space;
permit wireless voice calling, text messaging and data communications of the mobile device only while the advertisements are displayed; and
disable the wireless voice calling, text messaging and data communications of the mobile device when the advertisements are not displayed.