System and method for providing location based information
First Claim
1. A method for providing information corresponding to one of several machines to a wireless interface device (WID) where the machines are located within a facility and at least a sub-set of the machines are located within a facility space, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying zones within the facility including a separate machine zone adjacent each of the machines within the space;
identifying the location of the WID within the facility;
determining if the WID location is within a machine zone;
where the WID is located within a machine zone associated with a specific machine, identifying machine information related to the specific machine;
transmitting at least a sub-set of the machine information to the WID; and
presenting the received information via the WID.
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Abstract
A method for providing information corresponding to one of several machines to a wireless interface device where the machines are located within a facility and at least a sub-set of the machines are located within a facility space, the method including identifying machine zones within the facility including a separate zone adjacent each machine within the space, identifying the location of the device within the facility and determining if the wireless information device (WID) is located within the machine zone, where the WID is located within the machine zone, identifying machine information related to an associated machine, transmitting the information to the device and presenting the received information via the device.
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Citations
79 Claims
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1. A method for providing information corresponding to one of several machines to a wireless interface device (WID) where the machines are located within a facility and at least a sub-set of the machines are located within a facility space, the method comprising the steps of:
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identifying zones within the facility including a separate machine zone adjacent each of the machines within the space;
identifying the location of the WID within the facility;
determining if the WID location is within a machine zone;
where the WID is located within a machine zone associated with a specific machine, identifying machine information related to the specific machine;
transmitting at least a sub-set of the machine information to the WID; and
presenting the received information via the WID. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A system for providing information corresponding to one of several machines to a facility employee where the machines are located within a facility, at least a sub-set of the machines are located within a single facility space and where a separate machine zone is adjacent each of the machines within the space, the system comprising:
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a wireless information device (WID) including a transceiver and a WID processor;
a plurality of access points, each access point including a transceiver;
a database including machine information corresponding to each of the machines;
a controller linked to the access points and the database and including a controller processor; and
wherein, at least one of the processors is programmed to cooperate with the access points to identify WID location within the facility and determine if a WID is within a machine zone corresponding to a specific machine and, when a WID is within a machine zone, the controller processor identifies machine information corresponding to the specific machine and causes the access points to transmit at least a sub-set of the machine information to the WID for presentation via the WID. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method for providing information corresponding to one of several machines to a wireless interface device (WI D) where the machines are located within a facility and at least a sub-set of the machines are located within a facility space, the method comprising the steps of:
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storing a WID identifier in a WID;
identifying zones within the facility including a separate machine zone adjacent each of the machines within the space;
identifying the location of the WID within the facility;
determining if the WID location is within a machine zone;
where the WID is located within a machine zone associated with a specific machine, identifying the WID identifier;
identifying machine information related to the specific machine;
transmitting at least a sub-set of the machine information along with the WID identifier to the WID; and
presenting the received information via the WID. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A method for providing information corresponding to one of several machines to a wireless interface device (WID) where the machines are located within a facility and at least a sub-set of the machines are located within a facility space, the method comprising the steps of:
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identifying zones within the facility including a separate machine zone adjacent each of the machines within the space;
identifying the location of the WID within the facility;
determining if the WID location is within a machine zone;
where the WID is located within a machine zone associated with a specific machine, identifying machine information related to the specific machine;
transmitting at least a sub-set of the machine information to the WID;
presenting the received information via the WID;
monitoring WID location and, when the WID is located outside the machine zone, altering the information presented via the WID. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A method for providing information corresponding to one of several machines to a wireless interface device (WID) where the machines are located within a facility and at least a sub-set of the machines are located within a facility space, the method comprising the steps of:
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for at least a sub-set of the machines within the space, identifying first and second machine zones within the facility and adjacent each of the machines in the sub-set where at least a sub-set of the first machine zones are smaller than second machine zones associated with the same machines;
identifying different sub-sets of machine information correspond to each of the machine zones including first and second different information sub-sets for each of the first and second zones associated with each of the machines, respectively;
identifying the location of the WID within the facility;
determining if the WID location is within a machine zone;
where the WID is located within a machine zone associated with a specific machine, identifying a sub-set of machine information related to the specific machine and the specific zone;
transmitting the machine information sub-set to the WID; and
presenting at least a sub-set of the received information via the WID. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66)
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67. A method for providing information corresponding to one of several machines to a wireless interface device (WID) where the machines are located within a facility and at least a sub-set of the machines are located within a facility space, the method comprising the steps of:
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for at least a sub-set of the machines within the space, identifying first and second machine zones within the facility and adjacent each of the machines in the sub-set where at least a sub-set of the first machine zones are smaller than second machine zones associated with the same machines;
identifying the location of the WID within the facility;
determining if the WID location is within a first machine zone;
where the WID is located within a first machine zone associated with a specific machine, identifying machine information related to the specific machine;
transmitting at least a sub-set of the machine information to the WID;
presenting the received information via the WID;
monitoring the WID location; and
when the WID is located outside the second machine zone, altering the provided information. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70)
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71. A system for providing information corresponding to one of several machines to a facility employee where the machines are located within a facility, at least a sub-set of the machines are located within a single facility space and where a separate machine zone is adjacent each of the machines within the space, the system comprising:
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a wireless information device (WID) including a transceiver and a WID processor;
a plurality of access points, each access point including a transceiver;
a database including machine information corresponding to each of the machines;
a controller linked to the access points and the database and including a controller processor;
wherein, at least one of the processors is programmed to cooperate with the access points to identify WID location within the facility and determine if a WID is within a machine zone corresponding to a specific machine and, when a WID is within a machine zone, the controller processor identifies machine information corresponding to the specific machine and causes the access points to transmit at least a sub-set of the machine information to the WID for presentation via the WID; and
wherein, at least one of the processors is programmed to monitor WID location after the information is presented via the WID and, when the WID is located outside the machine zone, alters the information presented via the WID. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74)
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75. A system for providing information corresponding to one of several machines to a facility employee where the machines are located within a facility, at least a sub-set of the machines are located within a single facility space and where, for at least a sub-set of the facility machines, separate first and second machine zones are adjacent each of the machines within the space where at least a sub-set of the first machine zones are smaller than second machine zones associated with the same machines, the system comprising:
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a wireless information device (WID) including a transceiver and a WID processor;
a plurality of access points, each access point including a transceiver;
a database including different sub-sets of machine information associated with each of the machine zones including first and second different information sub-sets for each of the first and second zones associated with each of the machines, respectively;
a controller linked to the access points and the database and including a controller processor; and
wherein, at least one of the processors is programmed to cooperate with the access points to identify WID location within the facility and determine if a WID is within a machine zone corresponding to a specific machine and, when a WID is within a machine zone, the controller processor identifies machine information corresponding to the specific machine and machine zone causes the access points to transmit at least a sub-set of the machine information to the WID for presentation via the WID. - View Dependent Claims (76)
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77. A system for providing information corresponding to one of several machines to a facility employee where the machines are located within a facility, at least a sub-set of the machines are located within a single facility space and where, for at least a sub-set of the facility machines, separate first and second machine zones are adjacent each of the machines within the space where at least a sub-set of the first machine zones are smaller than second machine zones associated with the same machines, the system comprising:
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a wireless information device (WID) including a transceiver and a WID processor;
a plurality of access points, each access point including a transceiver;
a database including different sub-sets of machine information associated with each of the machines;
a controller linked to the access points and the database and including a controller processor; and
wherein, at least one of the processors is programmed to cooperate with the access points to identify WID location within the facility and determine if a WID is within a first machine zone corresponding to a specific machine and, when a WID is within a first machine zone, the controller processor identifies machine information corresponding to the specific machine and causes the access points to transmit at least a sub-set of the machine information to the WID for presentation via the WID; and
wherein, at least one of the processors monitors WID location after the WID presents the received information and, when the WID is located outside the second machine zone, alters the provided information. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79)
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