Location based delivery of service data
First Claim
1. A method for the delivery of service data to the user of a portable communications device:
- wherein the user carries said portable communications device and a trigger device having a wireless-discoverable identity;
wherein the trigger device identity is registered at a service provider, together with a connection address for the portable communications device of that user;
wherein a distributed arrangement of detector devices is arranged to detect the trigger device identity and to report with identification of the trigger device location to the service provider; and
wherein the service provider selectively delivers service data to the portable communications device of the user, with the selection being made at least partially in dependence on the users location.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for the delivery of service data (64) to the user (40) of a handset or other portable communications device (42). The user carries the handset (42) and a trigger device (44) having an RF-discoverable identity. The trigger device identity is registered (58) at a service provider (54-60), together with a connection address for the handset and, optionally, interest profile data for that user (40). A network of detector devices (48) is arranged to detect the trigger device identity and to report with identification of the users location to the service provider, which selectively delivers service data (64) to the users handset (42) in dependence on the users location and their stored interest profile data. The service data (64) includes incentives to the user for using the system, with those incentives relating to, and being paid for by, locations hosting one or more of the detector devices (48).
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25 Claims
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1. A method for the delivery of service data to the user of a portable communications device:
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wherein the user carries said portable communications device and a trigger device having a wireless-discoverable identity;
wherein the trigger device identity is registered at a service provider, together with a connection address for the portable communications device of that user;
wherein a distributed arrangement of detector devices is arranged to detect the trigger device identity and to report with identification of the trigger device location to the service provider; and
wherein the service provider selectively delivers service data to the portable communications device of the user, with the selection being made at least partially in dependence on the users location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Apparatus for the delivery of service data to the user of a portable communications device, comprising:
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said portable communications device to be carried by said user;
a trigger device having a wireless-discoverable identity and also to be carried by said user;
a service provider data storage and retrieval system including a store of service data and communications means operable to connect to said portable communications device, wherein said trigger device identity is registered at a service provider, together with a connection address for the portable communications device of that user; and
a distributed arrangement of detector devices operable to communicate with said service provider data storage and retrieval system, arranged to detect trigger device identities and to report with identification of the trigger device location to the service provider system, wherein said service provider system is arranged to select from store and deliver service data to the portable communications device of the user, with the selection being made at least partially in dependence on the users location. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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