Patent ID: 8983488
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for providing location based services to consumers, the computer implemented method comprising: registering a mobile device associated with a user for the location-based services; creating a user profile that includes a plurality of stores and interests associated with the user, wherein the user profile further includes demographic information associated with the user; monitoring for the presence of the mobile device in a shopping facility using a plurality of femto cells placed at different areas of the shopping facility; in response to detecting the presence of the mobile device in a shopping facility; performing a criminal records check on the user based upon the demographic information included in the user profile, wherein an identity of the user is determined by communicating with a service provider's subscriber account data base or performing a reverse phone lookup; in response to receiving a user-generated request for advertising materials, determining if the mobile device is within a specified range of a store in the shopping facility by triangulating the signal of the mobile device using the plurality of femto cells, wherein the store is one of the plurality of stores associated with the user profile; responsive to the mobile device being within the specified range of the store in the shopping facility, retrieving advertising information associated with the store from a marketing database; transmitting the advertising information to the mobile device, wherein the advertising information includes an advertised item and a number of the advertised item available at the store; generating a marketing report using the demographic information associated with the user and information about items purchased by the user, wherein the marketing report breaks down the average costs of items by income level, race, and age; and providing the marketing report to at least one of the stores in the shopping facility.