Targeted information access via portable device
First Claim
1. A method for providing information to a portable device, the method comprising:
- receiving an identification signal from the portable device;
determining a location for the portable device using the identification signal;
accessing a predefined set of data selection preferences for a user of the portable device using the identification signal;
generating a target set of data associated with the location for the portable device and filtered according to the set of data selection preferences; and
sending the target set of data to the portable device.
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Abstract
A portable device provides a user with access to personalized information about the region in which the device is located. The device sends an identification signal to a communications system. The identification signal can include location information for the device, or the communications system itself can determine the location of the device. Using the device location, the communications system gathers localized information, which is filtered by a set of predefined data selection preferences for the user that are associated with identification information included in the identification signal. The communications system sends the resulting personalized local information to the portable device for access by the user.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for providing information to a portable device, the method comprising:
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receiving an identification signal from the portable device;
determining a location for the portable device using the identification signal;
accessing a predefined set of data selection preferences for a user of the portable device using the identification signal;
generating a target set of data associated with the location for the portable device and filtered according to the set of data selection preferences; and
sending the target set of data to the portable device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for providing information to a portable device, the system comprising:
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a receiving system for receiving an identification signal from a portable device;
data processing logic for determining a location of the portable device from the identification signal;
a data access system for gathering an initial set of data from a data source, the initial set of data being associated with the location of the portable device and being filtered according to a predefined set of data selection preferences associated with identification information in the identification signal; and
a transmission system for transmitting a targeted set of information to the portable device, the targeted set of information comprising a portion of the initial set of data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A portable device comprising:
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a positioning module for determining a location of the portable device;
a transmission module for sending identification information and the location of the portable device to a communications system;
a receiving module for receiving a set of information associated with the location of the portable device, the set of information being filtered by a set of data selection preferences associated with the identification information; and
a user interface module for outputting the set of information to a user. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for accessing information via a portable device, the method comprising:
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automatically determining a location of the portable device;
sending identification data and the location of the portable device to a data source; and
receiving a set of information from the data source, the set of information comprising data associated with the location of the portable device filtered by a set of data selection preferences associated with the identification data.
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