US6782253B1
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Mobile micro portal
Assignee: Koninklijke Philips NV
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Filing: 2000-08-10
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Granted: 2004-08-24
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Expires: 2020-08-10
Abstract
Abstract A geographic region has a network of beacons. Each beacon transmits a short-range facilitation signal for receipt on a user's mobile communication device. The facilitation signal initiates associating the facilitation signal with a service and conditionally alerts the user to the service via the device dependent on a user profile. The user-profile and the association between facilitation signal and service are user-programmable.
Inventors
- 👤 Yevgeniy Eugene Shteyn
- 👤 Paul John Rankin
- 👤 Simon Royce Turner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 00:29
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W4/00; H04W4/02; H04L; H04L67/00; H04L67/2866; H04L67/30; H04L67/306; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/24; H04B7/26; H04L67/50; H04L67/52; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/72403; H04M1/72409; H04M1/72412; H04M1/72448; H04M1/72451; H04M1/72457; H04M1/7246; H04W4/12; H04W4/80; H04M1/60; H04M1/6033; H04M1/6041; H04M1/66; H04M1/663; H04M2250/00; H04M2250/04; H04W88/00; H04W88/02; H04W88/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A method, comprising: receiving, at a mobile device, service offering information; comparing at least a portion of the service offering information to at least a portion of each of a plurality of look-up table entries; generating at least one user alert if there is at least one match found during the comparing; retrieving communication target information from the look-up table; and initiating a communication based on the received service offering information and the communication target information; wherein prior to comparing, the method further comprises determining, within the mobile device, whether to perform the comparing locally or remotely, and transferring the comparing to a remote computer if the determination is to perform the comparing remotely.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
114 words
A method, comprising: receiving, at a mobile device, service offering information; comparing at least a portion of the service offering information to at least a portion of each of a plurality of look-up table entries; generating at least one user alert if there is at least one match found during the comparing; retrieving communication target information from the look-up table; and initiating a communication based on the received service offering information and the communication target information; wherein prior to comparing, the method further comprises determining, within the mobile device, whether to perform the comparing locally or remotely, and transferring the comparing to a remote computer if the determination is to perform the comparing remotely.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the service offering information is wirelessly received at the mobile device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein comparing is performed within the mobile device.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein comparing is performed external to the mobile device.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 4 , wherein the transferring operation is accomplished by the mobile device initiating a communication that propagates via at least the Internet.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein communication target information comprises a telephone number.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein communication target information comprises a URL.
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