Location identification system and method

• US 20030057270A1
• Filed: 09/09/2002
• Published: 03/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jess Michol Collen
• Original Assignee: Jess Michol Collen
• Inventors: Collen, Jess M.
• Application Number:
  US10/237,925
• Publication Number:
  US 20030057270A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/042 using inductive or magnetic detectors

Abstract

This invention relates to identification systems. An identifier is located at a specific point on some structure which a reading device registers the specific address when placed in proximity to the physical location, hence simplifying and adding certainty to address location, for purposes of commercial use in the nature of delivery or service calls, personal use, as in identifying locations of houses or structures in unfamiliar locations, or for emergency use, such as by police or firefighters.

Claims

1. A locale identification system comprising:

a decoder that is configured to determine an identification from an identifier that is affixed to a structure that is associated with a segment of real property,

a memory, operably coupled to the decoder, that is configured to provide location identification information corresponding to the segment of real property, based on the identification from the identifier, and

a rendering device, operably coupled to the memory, that is configured to convey the location identification information to a user.

2. The locale identification system of claim 1, further including:

a scanner that is configured to optically scan the identifier to provide the identification to the decoder.

3. The location identification system of claim 2, wherein

the identification device includes a bar code that corresponds to an encoding of the identification.

4. The location identification system of claim 1, further including:

a receiver that is configured to receive a transmitted signal from the identifier to provide the identification to the decoder.

5. The location identification system of claim 4, further including:

a transmitter that is configured to trigger the identifier to transmit the transmitted signal to the receiver

6. The location identification system of claim 4, wherein

the transmitter includes

a resonance exciter that is configured to provide power to the identifier.

7. The location identification system of claim 1, further including

a location determining device that provides a geographic location, and wherein

the memory is configured to provide the location identification information based also on the geographic location.

8. The location identification system of claim 1, further including

an Internet access device that is configured to access a database that provides the location identification information to the memory.

9. The location identification system of claim 1, wherein the location identification information includes at least one of:

a name,

an address,

a location,

product information,

a telephone number, or

an advertisement.

10. A method of providing a location identification service, comprising:

providing a database of location identification information, and

providing a program that facilitates rendering the location identification information, based on an identification of a locale that is provided by an identifier that is affixed to a structure that is associated with the locale.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein

the database of location identification information is located at an Internet site.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the location identification information includes at least one of:

a name,

an address,

a telephone number,

a location,

product information, or

an advertisement.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein

the program is configured to receive the identifier from at least one of:

an optical scanner, and

a radio receiver.

14. A method of providing information associated with a locale, comprising:

receiving an identification from an identifier that is affixed to the locale,

retrieving the information from a memory, based on the identification, and

rendering the information.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein

the memory recieves the information from an Internet site.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the information includes at least one of:

a name,

an address,

a telephone number,

a location,

product information, or

an advertisement.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein

receiving the identification is via at least one of:

an optical scanner, and

a radio receiver.

18. The method of claim 14, further including

prompting the identifier to transmit the identification.

19. The method of claim 14, further including

transmitting power to the identifier, to initiate transmission of the identification.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein

the identification is encoded as a bar code.