Enhanced telecommunication services

Claim 1

Methods and platforms for providing enhanced telecommunication services comprising: a wireless device-based, specified location-based interpersonal contact initiation and personal information reviewing and exchange, further comprising multiple wireless devices equipped with geographic location determination technology, a global positioning system, a wireless network provider, and databases and hosting engines containing user personal profiles and transaction criteria logic wherein a user of a wireless device specifies at least one of a desired distance from one's device or a specific location regarding the transmission of one's own, or the reviewing of other personal profiles. generating a multimedia digital document of a telecommunication session comprising at least one correspondent, a telecommunication service provider, a software engine and database, and enabling software and hardware means of converting speech to text, image, sound, and data into an integrated digital document of said telecommunication session which may then be referenced in whole; providing digital product samples to wireline and wireless electronic devices, including but not limited to music, video, games, books, and product images and information based a recipient definable filter criteria for receiving such samples, including but not limited to genre, category, type or other product characterization and a further means of providing said samples upon the reading of a product identifying code by a user with a wireless device and requesting said samples associated with said product identifying code; providing to wireless devices equipped with global positioning technology, product specific price, availability and descriptive or related information upon a reading of a product identifying code such as a bar or RED (radio frequency identification) code with such a device or manual entry of said code into such device by cross-referencing said product code to an updateable database of geo-coded merchant locations, inventory status and prices Short-range wireless CRM (customer relationship management) comprising the local recognition of the proximity of a wireless device through RF technology including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, the obtaining of information about the user or owner of said device by a local wireless network server from the wireless device, the cross-referencing of that information to internal or external databases and the consequent serving of customized content to a local digital smart sign viewable by said user, or serving of said content to said wireless device providing a wireless living being vital sign and location monitoring and related messaging service comprising a first device capable of monitoring one or more vital signs or location of a living being, global position determination technology, a local wireless network, digital telecommunication devices addressable by said wireless vital sign monitor and programming of said digital devices enabling the transmission of vital sign status messages under user specifiable parameters to definable telephone or Internet addresses.

Claim 13

A method of claims 1 , wherein a content provider offers and provides consideration for the referral of digital samples by a recipient to a third party.

Claim 16

A method of claims 1 , further service provider maintaining and updating a database of inventory and prices cross-referenced to product identifying codes such as RFID, UPC, barcodes or other codes and according to the geocoded locations of merchants reporting said inventory and price status; and further cross-referencing said data with the wireless look-up requests from users with wireless devices according to user-defined radial or driving distance criteria from the current location of users' wireless devices, further cross-referenced to geocoded maps of establishment locations and driving distances.

Claim 18

A method of claims 1 , wherein said smart local network obtains a wireless device identification, or user or owner information from said wireless device and cross-references said identifying information to internal transactional or customer databases, or to external device registered owner databases.

Claim 19

A method of claims 16 , wherein content is served to a proximal smart sign or said wireless device based in whole or in part on information obtained about the owner or user of said wireless device from a transmission of, or other information obtained about said wireless device and its registered owner.