Information system

• US 20030005060A1
• Filed: 08/03/2001
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Newstead, Robert, Mote, Steven, Fisher, David, Davidson, Brian, Lander, Ronald J. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US09/921,128
• Publication Number:
  US 20030005060A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0227 System arrangements with a plurality of child units
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/028 Communication between parent and child units via remote transmission means, e.g. satellite network
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0283 via a telephone network, e.g. cellular GSM
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

The present invention provides a system comprising means that is arranged to be user actuable for generating an e-tag and defining a location condition and/or an event condition and a beneficiary, means that is arranged to be responsive to said e-tag to alert said beneficiary of said e-tag at said defined location and/or when the event condition is fulfilled.

The term e-tag covers any and all forms of electronic messages, notes and reminders. An e-tag may be a text, audio or imaged based.

An advantage of the present invention is that it allows an end-user using his mobile phone or PC to set up an e-tag so that it alerts the user to carry out a particular task or action at a given location or in response to a particular event. This is in contrast to prior art messaging or reminder arrangements in which an end-user would generate a reminder using for example his mobile phone so that it signals an alarm at a pre-determined time.

Claims

1. A system comprising first means adapted to be user actuable for creating an e-tag and comprising means for defining one or more intended recipients of said e-tag and means for defining a location condition associated with said e-tag, and second means adapted to be responsive to said e-tag such that said one or more intended recipients is notified of said e-tag when said location condition is fulfilled.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein said second means comprises means for receiving the e-tag and means for executing the e-tag including means for monitoring an area associated with said location condition and detecting for said one or more intended recipients and means for transmitting the e-tag to detected ones of said one or more intended recipients in response to the monitoring means determining a correspondence between a detected intended recipient and the one or more recipients defined in said e-tag.

3. A system according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said first means is provided by a client terminal.

4. A system according to any preceding claim, wherein said second means is provided by an e-tag service site.

5. A system according to claim 4, wherein said e-tag service site comprises a server linked to a detector for detecting for users in a pre-defined area and a transmitter, said server including a processor and a memory, said processor being configured to compare a detected user with an intended recipient list and instructing said transmitter to transmit said e-tag when said processor determines a match between said detected user and an intended recipient.

6. A system accordingly to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein said second means is provided by a network.

7. A system comprising first means adapted to be user actuable for creating an e-tag and comprising means for defining one or more intended recipients of said e-tag and means for defining an event condition associated with said e-tag, and second means adapted to be responsive to said e-tag such that said one or more intended recipients is notified of said e-tag when said event condition is fulfilled.

8. An e-tag device comprising first means adapted to be user actuable for creating an e-tag and comprising means for defining one or more intended recipients, second means for executing said e-tag comprising means for monitoring a pre-defined area for said one or more intended recipients and means for transmitting said e-tag to said one or more intended recipients when said monitoring means detects the presence of one or more of said intended recipients in said pre-defined area.

9. A method for effecting an e-tag comprising

generating an e-tag including defining one or more intended recipients and defining a location condition and/or an event condition,

monitoring for the one or more intended recipient at a location associated with said location condition, and/or monitoring for the event condition, and

transmitting said e-tag to said one or more of said intended recipients when said location condition and/or said event conditions is satisfied.

10. A computer program product on a carrier comprising means adapted to be user operable for creating an e-tag comprising means for defining one or more intended recipients of said e-tag and means for defining a location condition and/or an event condition associated with said e-tag.

11. A computer program product on a carrier comprising means adapted to be responsive to an e-tag such that one or more intended recipients associated with the e-tag is notified of said e-tag when a location condition and/or an event condition associated with the e-tag is fulfilled.

12. A client terminal comprising means adapted to be user operable for creating an e-tag comprising means for defining one or more intended recipients of said e-tag and means for defining a location condition and/or an event condition associated with said e-tag and means for sending the e-tag.

13. A system or method substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and/or as shown in the accompanying figures.