US 8,977,247 C1 (13,224th)
Exclusive delivery of content within geographic areas
Ryan Hardin, Houston, TX (US); and Andrew Hill, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Ryan Hardin, Houston, TX (US); and Andrew Hill, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to H2 Intellect LLC
Reexamination Request No. 90/015,376, Jul. 11, 2025.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 8,977,247, issued Mar. 10, 2015, Appl. No. 13/856,392, Apr. 3, 2013.
Application 90/015,376 is a continuation of application No. 12/434,094, filed on May 1, 2009, granted, now 8,433,296.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Apr. 3, 2026.
Int. Cl. H04M 3/42 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2023.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0266 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0267 (2013.01); H04M 3/42357 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/53 (2022.05); H04M 2242/14 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1-20 is confirmed.
1. A method comprising:
registering a plurality of application programs for use with a content delivery platform;
establishing a plurality of perimeters defining a plurality of geographic areas;
receiving, from at least a particular one of the registered application programs, request to obtain an interest in a designated geographic area;
determining if the interest in the designated geographic area is to be provided to at least the particular one of the registered application programs;
in response to determining that the interest in the designated geographic area is to be provided to at least the particular one of the registered application programs, reserving content delivery to at least the particular one of the registered application programs to being from one or more sponsors after it is determined that an object of interest has entered the designated geographic area;
receiving, from the one or more sponsors, content to be delivered to at least one of the registered application programs in response to said reserving; and
providing, after it is determined that the object of interest has entered the designated geographic area, at least a portion of the content received from the one or more sponsors to at least the particular one of the registered application programs.