Abstract:
A media player is provided. The media player comprises a communications interface, a memory store containing a plurality of personalized advertisements, and a media playback component. The targeted advertisements are refreshed by receiving updates from the communications interface during some of the intervals when the media player is connected to a network. The targeted advertisements are indexed by a plurality of characteristics, the first characteristic being a creation date of the targeted advertisements. The media playback component is configured to play a media content, wherein the media content is stored separately from the targeted advertisements, and to play one of the targeted advertisements in the memory store selected based on the characteristics of the one of the targeted advertisements.
Abstract:
A processor-implemented method is provided. The method comprises determining that a portable electronic device is within a coverage area of a local wireless communication network. The method also comprises automatically sending information about accessing the local wireless communication network to a mobile wireless communication network. The method also comprises receiving a request to access the local wireless communication network from the portable electronic device, wherein the request comprises at least some of the information about accessing the local wireless communication network. The method also comprises transmitting an interface pack to the portable electronic device.
Abstract:
A subscriber identity module (SIM) card. The SIM card comprises a processor, a memory, and an operation object. The memory stores, in part, the operation object, an integrated circuit card identifier (ICCID), an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI), and an authentication key. When executed by the processor, the operation object causes a browser to be executed on a mobile communication device into which the SIM card is installed, provides a uniform resource locator (URL) to the browser, wherein the URL identifies a Web site, and causes the browser to send a request to the URL to download a custom application launcher and to install the custom application launcher on the mobile communication device.
Abstract:
In an embodiment, a method for providing a virtual environment comprises receiving an input, executing a virtual environment application in response to receiving the input, and generating a display of a virtual environment. The virtual environment comprises a plurality of advertisement locations. The method also includes receiving, from a plurality of advertisement providers, a plurality of advertisements for the plurality of advertisement locations, populating the plurality of advertisement locations with the plurality of advertisements, and displaying the display of the virtual environment having the plurality of advertisements in the plurality of advertisement locations. The method further includes receiving a navigation input, modifying the display to present a different viewpoint within the virtual environment that correlates to a movement within the virtual environment, receiving an ad selection input for an ad of the plurality of advertisements, and displaying advertisement data for the ad.
Abstract:
A mobile communication device. The device comprises a cellular radio transceiver, a GPS receiver, a processor, a memory, and a self-locating application stored in the memory. When executed by the processor the application monitors a received signal strength of the radio transceiver, in response to detecting a rate of cellular radio signal strength increase above a first threshold, obtains GPS coordinates of the device from the GPS receiver and an identity of a serving cell site, stores the GPS coordinates with the identity of the serving cell site in the memory, and in response to detecting a rate of cellular radio signal strength decrease below a second predefined threshold and determining that the cellular radio transceiver is served by the serving cell site associated with the GPS coordinates stored in the memory, determines that the device is at the location associated with the GPS coordinates stored in the memory.
Abstract:
A method of troubleshooting a mobile device receiving at a diagnostic server an initial snapshot of characteristics from a mobile device, wherein the initial snapshot includes metrics that will identify the mobile device, elements that will expose a performance issue related to the mobile device, and metrics that enable determination of a corrective action for remedying the performance issues, determining with a diagnostic processor the performance issue based on the initial snapshot, receiving at an evaluating server an after-care snapshot of the characteristics from the mobile device after a corrective action has been performed on the mobile device, and determining with an evaluating processor whether the corrective action remedied the performance issue based on the after-care snapshot.
Abstract:
In an embodiment, a system comprises an application that is configured to identify features of a current mobile service plan associated with a current mobile device, wherein the features of the current mobile service plan comprises at least an amount of time remaining on a current mobile service plan contract, identify different mobile devices, wherein identifying the different mobile devices comprises identifying a retail price for each of the different mobile devices generate an available price for each of the different mobile devices based on at least the features of the current mobile service plan associated with the current mobile device and the retail price for each of the different mobile devices, and to provide the generated available price for each of the different mobile devices to a user associated with the current mobile device.
Abstract:
A method of client mediated advertisement selection comprises sending, by an electronic device, a request for an advertisement to an advertisement gateway, where the request comprises a request for an advertisement in a first format, receiving, from the advertisement gateway, a response message that comprises an indication that no advertisement is available in the first format, receiving, from the advertisement gateway, instructions for invoking a first media adapter of a plurality of media adapters on the electronic device based on the request for the advertisement in the first format, invoking, by the electronic device, the first media adapter based on the instructions, requesting, by the first media adapter, the advertisement in the first format from an advertisement provider, and receiving, at the electronic device, the advertisement in the first format.
Abstract:
A method of generating an audience of user equipment users according to a user-searchable index for audience curation. The method includes generating the user-searchable index for audience curation, receiving user input describing a user's desired characteristic of an audience as user-friendly input through a public-facing selection interface, and parsing the user input to generate a distributed search query complying with a search syntax of a search engine. The method further includes searching the user-searchable index to determine a quantity of prospective audience members having the desired characteristic, transmitting the quantity of prospective audience members to the user to cause a terminal of the user to display the quantity of prospective audience members on a display, and transmitting the query to a first network element configured to execute the query to perform a desired action of the user when the user approves the quantity of prospective audience members.
Abstract:
A method of measuring ad performance on a mobile device comprises presenting a swipe screen on a mobile device, displaying an ad on the swipe screen on the mobile device, receiving, by one or more input devices on the mobile device, one or more inputs, tracking the one or more inputs as interactions with the ad on the swipe screen, generating an interaction report based on the one or more inputs, and sending the interaction report to a server. The ad is configured to accept a range of inputs corresponding to interactions with the ad when displayed on the swipe screen, and the one or more inputs correspond to an interaction with the ad.