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Method of tracking and communicating information about a person to a provider of goods or services

  • US 10,235,703 B2
  • Filed: 04/12/2012
  • Issued: 03/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of tracking and communicating information about a person to a provider of goods or services, comprising steps of:

  • determining, by a portable communications device having a processor, a display, an aerial and a GPS location detector, a location of at least one provider of goods or services relative to a location of the portable communications device from a database of providers;

    wherein;

    the portable communications device connects to a network via the aerial, uses signals produced by GPS satellites to detect a location of the portable communications device, and transmits the location of the portable communications device, together with a request for a specific type of good or service, to a server via the aerial; and

    the portable communications device receives from the server a list of providers nearby the location of the portable communications device;

    presenting the list of providers on the display of the portable communications device;

    selecting, by a user of the personal communications device, the at least one provider from the list of providers presented on the display;

    receiving, by the server from the portable communications device via the network, the at least one selected provider;

    sending, by the server, at least one first message via the network to the at least one selected provider indicating that the user intends to travel to the at least one selected provider, the at least one first message comprising information about a type of assistance required by the user of the portable communications device for accessing goods or services from the at least one selected provider;

    determining, by the server, a separation between the portable communications device and the at least one selected provider;

    setting at least one separation trigger when the separation decreases to a predetermined separation;

    periodically monitoring the separation by using the GPS location detector to detect the location of the portable communications device; and

    sending, by the server via the network, at least one second message to the at least one selected provider when the separation reaches the at least one separation trigger.

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