System, method and device for providing personalized mobile experiences at multiple locations

Abstract

Disclosed herein are, among other things, systems and methods for providing location-based digital stories to a user of processing a device system, such as a mobile device. In some embodiments, a user profile associated with the user and data indicating a plurality of location-specific digital stories related to a common theme at a plurality of locations may be stored. A processing device system may be configured to determine a current location of the mobile device and to provide a first or second digital story to the mobile device based on an analysis of the stored user profile and the current location.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method executed by a data processing device system, the method comprising the steps of:
 storing, in a processor-accessible memory device system communicatively connected to the data processing device system, a user profile associated with a user;   storing, in the processor-accessible memory device system, data indicating a plurality of location-specific digital stories related to a common theme at a plurality of locations;   determining whether or not a current location of a mobile device associated with the user corresponds to one of the plurality of locations related to the plurality of location-specific digital stories;   determining, if it is determined that the current location of the mobile device corresponds to a first one of the plurality of locations, and based at least on an analysis of the user profile, that either a first case or a second case exists indicating that the user has or has not, respectively, been presented with at least one of the plurality of location-specific digital stories at a different one of the plurality of locations different than the first one;   providing a first digital story to the mobile device in response to it being determined that the first case exists; and   providing a second digital story to the mobile device in response to it being determined that the second case exists.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first digital story introduces the common theme, and the second digital story continues the common theme, which was introduced at the different one of the plurality of locations. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein user profiles for a plurality of users, and the data, are stored by a network-accessible storage system. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of providing general content to the mobile device if it is determined that the current location of the mobile device does not correspond to one of the plurality of locations related to the plurality of location-specific digital stories. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least some of the plurality of location-specific digital stories are associated with particular travel directions, and the method further comprises determining a travel direction of the mobile device and providing the first digital story or the second digital story in response to the determined travel direction. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the user profile includes at least one user preference, and the method further comprises selecting the first digital story from a plurality of stored first digital stories in response to the stored user preference, the plurality of stored first digital stories related to the first one of the plurality of locations. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the user preference includes a language preference, and the method further comprises accessing the stored user profile to determine the language preference and selecting the first digital story from the plurality of stored first digital stories in response to the determining of the language preference. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the user preference includes a demographic group of the user, and the method further comprises accessing the stored user profile to determine the language preference and selecting the first digital story from the plurality of stored first digital stories in response to the determining of the demographic group. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first digital story, the second digital story, or both is or are configured to instruct the user to capture one or more digital images, and the method further comprises requesting a photo product related to the common theme, the photo product defined to incorporate at least one digital image captured by the user. 
     
     
         10 . A mobile device comprising:
 a) a memory device system story content data;   b) an output device system;   c) a location determination unit configured to determine a geographic location of the mobile device; and   d) a data processing device system communicatively connected to the output device system, the memory device system, and the location determination unit, wherein the memory device system stores program instructions configured to cause the data processing system at least to:
 store, in the memory device system, data indicating a plurality of location-specific digital stories related to a common theme at a plurality of locations; 
 determine whether or not a current location of the mobile device, which is provided by the location determination unit, corresponds to one of the plurality of locations related to the plurality of location-specific digital stories; 
 determine, if it is determined that the current location of the mobile device corresponds to a first one of the plurality of locations, that either a first case or a second case exists indicating that the user has or has not, respectively, been presented with at least one of the plurality of location-specific digital stories at a different one of the plurality of locations different than the first one; 
 acquire, from the memory device system, first digital story content data of the digital story content data and provide the first digital story content data to the output device system in response to it being determined that the first case exists; and 
 acquire, from the memory device system, second digital story content data of the digital story content data and provide the second digital story content data to the output device system in response to it being determined that the second case exists. 
   
     
     
         11 . The mobile device of  claim 10 , wherein the output device system includes an image display, a speaker, an audio output jack, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         12 . The mobile device of  claim 10 , wherein the first digital story content data, the second digital story content data, or both include(s) audio content data, and the program instructions are further configured to cause the data processing device system at least to provide music content data to the output device system when the current location of the mobile device does not correspond to one of the plurality of locations. 
     
     
         13 . The mobile device of  claim 10 , wherein the first digital story content data, the second digital story content data, or both is or are configured to instruct the user to capture one or more digital images using the mobile device. 
     
     
         14 . The mobile device of  claim 10 , wherein at least some of the plurality of location-specific digital stories are associated with particular travel directions, and the program instructions are further configured to cause the data processing device system at least to:
 determine, based at least on input from the location determination unit, a travel direction of the mobile device; and   provide the first digital story content data or the second digital content data in response to the determined travel direction.   
     
     
         15 . A system comprising:
 a memory device system storing a user profile associated with a user of a mobile device;   a network-accessible storage device system storing data indicating a plurality of location-specific digital stories related to a common theme at a plurality of locations;   a location determination unit configured to determine a geographic location of the mobile device;   a data processing device system configured at least to:   determine whether or not a current location of the mobile device, which is provided by the location determination unit, corresponds to one of the plurality of locations related to the plurality of location-specific digital stories;   determine, if it is determined that the current location of the mobile device corresponds to a first one of the plurality of locations, and based at least on an analysis of the user profile, that either a first case or a second case exists indicating that the user has or has not, respectively, been presented with at least one of the plurality of location-specific digital stories by the mobile device at a different one of the plurality of locations different than the first one;   provide a first digital story of the plurality of location-specific digital stories stored by the network-accessible storage device system to the mobile device in response to it being determined that the first case exists; and   provide a second digital story of the plurality of location-specific digital stories stored by the network-accessible storage device system to the mobile device in response to it being determined that the second case exists.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the data processing device system is configured to automatically determine whether or not to provide the first digital story using audio data, based on measurements performed by the mobile device. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the memory device system, which stores the user profile, also stores user profiles for a plurality of users and is at least part of the network-accessible storage device system. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the first digital story, the second digital story, or both, (a) include(s) an augmented reality image of a historical character, and (b) is or are configured to cause the mobile device to display the augmented reality image of the historical character along with an image captured by the mobile device. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein at least some of the plurality of location-specific digital stories are associated with particular travel directions, and the data processing device system is further configured at least to:
 determine a travel direction of the mobile device; and   provide the first digital story or the second digital story in response to the determined travel direction.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprises the step of suggesting a location for a next digital story in response to answers provided by the user during the first digital story or the second digital story.