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Presenting broadcast received by mobile device based on proximity

  • US 20050096040A1
  • Filed: 11/01/2004
  • Published: 05/05/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. In a system in which broadcasts are transmitted in transmissions from wireless transmitters, an invention comprising a method for presenting informational content of selected broadcasts to a person using a mobile device that is within transmission range of the wireless transmitters, the method comprising the steps of:

  • (a) receiving with the mobile device a plurality of transmissions from the wireless transmitters, each transmission including a broadcast comprising informational content for presentation to a person;

    (b) determining proximity of the wireless transmitter of each transmission that is received; and

    (c) using the mobile device, presenting the informational content to the person for the respective broadcast that is transmitted from a transmitter determined to be within a predetermined proximity to the mobile device at the time of presentation.

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