Message delivery system
First Claim
1. A networked communications apparatus comprising at least one server and a plurality of user stations, wherein the user stations comprise terminals which can receive information from the at least one server by means of a connection via a first network, the apparatus further comprising:
- storage means holding a profile database, which profile database contains data representing a characteristic behaviour of an associated user terminal network address or addresses, the data being acquired automatically in response to an activity of the associated user and being stored together with the associated user terminal network address or addresses in the profile database;
wherein the user station further comprises a portable communications device coupled with said terminal and connectable to said at least one server via a second network, wherein the coupling with said terminal is by wireless transmission therefrom, and the portable communications device means for receiving wireless transmissions from the terminal are further configured to receive additional data transmitted wirelessly from other sources than said second network.
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Abstract
In a networked communications apparatus comprising at least one server (10) and a plurality of user terminals (12), together with a portable communications device (18) co-operating with one or more user terminals (12), the coupling (14) between terminal and communications device is by wireless transmission. The portable communications device (18) means for receiving wireless transmissions from the terminal are further configured to receive additional data transmitted wirelessy from other sources, such as message delivery beacons (B1-BN) distributed in the locality.
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1. A networked communications apparatus comprising at least one server and a plurality of user stations, wherein the user stations comprise terminals which can receive information from the at least one server by means of a connection via a first network, the apparatus further comprising:
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storage means holding a profile database, which profile database contains data representing a characteristic behaviour of an associated user terminal network address or addresses, the data being acquired automatically in response to an activity of the associated user and being stored together with the associated user terminal network address or addresses in the profile database;
wherein the user station further comprises a portable communications device coupled with said terminal and connectable to said at least one server via a second network, wherein the coupling with said terminal is by wireless transmission therefrom, and the portable communications device means for receiving wireless transmissions from the terminal are further configured to receive additional data transmitted wirelessly from other sources than said second network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A communication method for a networked system comprising at least one server and a plurality of user stations, wherein the user stations comprise terminals which can receive information from the at least one server by means of a connection via a first network,
wherein a profile database is provided, which profile database contains data representing a characteristic behaviour of an associated user terminal network address or addresses, the data being acquired automatically in response to an activity of the associated user and being stored together with the associated user terminal network address or addresses in the profile database; with the user station further comprising a portable communications device coupled with said terminal and connectable to said at least one server via a second network, the coupling with said terminal is by wireless transmission therefrom, and the portable communications device means for receiving wireless transmissions from the terminal are further configured to receive additional data transmitted wirelessly from other sources than said second network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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