Electronic information delivery system and process including supplying of information about locations visited by users of portable identification cards
First Claim
1. A system for supplying information to a user about a physical location visited by the user, comprising:
- a portable device adapted to be carried by a human being user, the portable device having a unique device identification code;
a reader adapted to read the device identification code of the portable device of the user in close proximity to the reader, the reader being associated with a physical location to be visited by the user and having a unique reader identification code, the reader including capability to output the device identification code of the portable device when read along with the reader identification code of the reader; and
a control center adapted to receive the device identification code and the reader identification code output by the reader, the control center adapted to supply information associated with the supplied reader identification code to a location associated with the received device identification code.
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Abstract
A process and corresponding system of supplying information relating to a visited location to a user of a portable device having a unique device identification code includes visiting by the user of the location about which information is desired, reading the device identification code of the portable device held by the user by a reader having a unique reader identification code and associated with the location being visited by the user, supplying to a control center the read device identification code and the reader identification code of the reader having read the device identification code, and supplying by the control center to a location associated with the supplied device identification code information associated with the supplied reader identification code.
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76 Claims
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1. A system for supplying information to a user about a physical location visited by the user, comprising:
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a portable device adapted to be carried by a human being user, the portable device having a unique device identification code;
a reader adapted to read the device identification code of the portable device of the user in close proximity to the reader, the reader being associated with a physical location to be visited by the user and having a unique reader identification code, the reader including capability to output the device identification code of the portable device when read along with the reader identification code of the reader; and
a control center adapted to receive the device identification code and the reader identification code output by the reader, the control center adapted to supply information associated with the supplied reader identification code to a location associated with the received device identification code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41)
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18. A process of supplying information relating to a visited location to a user of a portable device having a unique device identification code, comprising the steps of:
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visiting by a user of a location about which information is desired;
reading the device identification code of the portable device held by the user by a reader having a unique reader identification code and associated with the location being visited by the user;
supplying to a control center the read device identification code and the reader identification code of the reader having read the device identification code; and
supplying by the control center to a location associated with the supplied device identification code information associated with the supplied reader identification code.
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38. A system for supplying information to a user about a physical location visited by the user, comprising:
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a portable device adapted to be carried by a human being user, the portable device having a unique device identification code;
a reader adapted to read the device identification code of the portable device of the user in close proximity to the reader, the reader being associated with a physical location to be visited by the user and having a unique reader identification code, the reader including capability to output the device identification code of the portable device when read along with the reader identification code of the reader;
a control center adapted to receive the device identification code and the reader identification code output by the reader, the control center adapted to supply fulfillment information associated with the supplied reader identification code in accordance with a user identified type of fulfillment information to a user identified location associated with the received device identification code; and
communication means for communicating from the user to the control center the type of fulfillment information and the location to supply fulfillment information, the control center associating the communicated type of fulfillment information and the communicated location with the device identification code of the portable device of the user.
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42. A process of supplying information relating to a visited location to a user of a portable device having a unique device identification code, comprising the steps of:
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identifying by the user a type of fulfillment information to be supplied to the user;
identifying by the user a location to supply the fulfillment information;
visiting by a user of a location about which information is desired;
reading the device identification code of the portable device of the user by a reader having a unique reader identification code and associated with the location being visited by the user;
supplying to a control center the read device identification code and the reader identification code of the reader having read the device identification code; and
supplying by the control center to the location identified by the user fulfillment information associated with the supplied reader identification code in accordance with the type of fulfillment information identified by the user. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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46. A system for supplying information to a user about a physical location visited by the user, comprising:
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a portable device adapted to be carried by a human being user, the portable device having a unique device identification code;
registering means for registering the user during a registration process, the registering means including communicating means for communicating by the user identification information identifying an identity of the user and an information destination to which fulfillment information is to be supplied, the registering means associating the communicated user identification information and the information destination with the device identification code of the portable device of the user;
a reader adapted to read the device identification code of the portable device of the user in close proximity to the reader, the reader being associated with a physical location to be visited by the user and having a unique reader identification code, the reader including capability to supply as an output the device identification code of the portable device when read along with the reader identification code of the reader; and
a control center adapted to receive the device identification code and the reader identification code output by the reader, the control center adapted to supply fulfillment information associated with the supplied reader identification code to the user communicated information destination associated with the received device identification code.
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57. A process of supplying information about a visited location, comprising the steps of:
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registering a user during a registration process, the user supplying identification information during the registration process, the identification information including a location to which the user desires to receive information;
supplying to the user a portable device having a unique device identification code;
associating the unique device identification code of the portable device with the user supplied identification information;
visiting by the user of a location about which information is desired;
reading the device identification code of the portable device held by the user by a reader having a unique reader identification code and associated with the location being visited by the user;
supplying to a control center the read device identification code and the reader identification code of the reader having read the device identification code; and
supplying by the control center to the user supplied location to which the user desires to receive information associated with the supplied device identification code information associated with the supplied reader identification code.
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