Geographical web browser, methods, apparatus and systems
First Claim
1. For use in a mobile data network environment comprising a plurality of mobile units, an Internet, one or more network servers, and a plurality of public access wireless local area network stations each coupled to the Internet and providing a low power bi-directional wireless access connectivity in a respective restricted local coverage area, a method comprising:
- maintaining a database of information, wherein the information is categorized in accordance with a set of information categories;
maintaining one or more user interest preferences associated with one or more categories of content that a particular user desires to receive;
receiving, via the Internet and via a particular public access wireless local area network station which is presently in wireless contact with a particular mobile unit operated by the particular user, a request packet that is automatically generated in the mobile unit based on a geographical event without the need for the particular user to request the information to be downloaded while connected to the particular public access wireless local area network station; and
causing a set of the information related to the one or more user preferences to be coupled via the Internet and via the particular public access wireless local area network station to the particular mobile unit;
wherein the particular user can enter into a user interface commands to access the set of information from a local storage area in the mobile unit irrespective of whether or not the particular mobile unit is thereafter connected to the Internet.
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Abstract
A geographical web browser allows a user to navigate a network application such as the Word Wide Web by physically navigating in geographical coordinates and roaming through coverage areas of cellular base stations, wireless LANs, microcells, and other such broadcast domains. A mobile unit communicates with a network server via an air interface that supports wireless packet data. A network server uses a set of user preferences to filter a set of server-side information in accordance with a user'"'"'s interest. A content-selective information filter performs a network server-side search to identify content that matches the user'"'"'s preferences and automatically downloads the information to the mobile unit based on a geographic event.
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20 Claims
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1. For use in a mobile data network environment comprising a plurality of mobile units, an Internet, one or more network servers, and a plurality of public access wireless local area network stations each coupled to the Internet and providing a low power bi-directional wireless access connectivity in a respective restricted local coverage area, a method comprising:
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maintaining a database of information, wherein the information is categorized in accordance with a set of information categories;
maintaining one or more user interest preferences associated with one or more categories of content that a particular user desires to receive;
receiving, via the Internet and via a particular public access wireless local area network station which is presently in wireless contact with a particular mobile unit operated by the particular user, a request packet that is automatically generated in the mobile unit based on a geographical event without the need for the particular user to request the information to be downloaded while connected to the particular public access wireless local area network station; and
causing a set of the information related to the one or more user preferences to be coupled via the Internet and via the particular public access wireless local area network station to the particular mobile unit;
wherein the particular user can enter into a user interface commands to access the set of information from a local storage area in the mobile unit irrespective of whether or not the particular mobile unit is thereafter connected to the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. For use in a mobile data network environment comprising a plurality of mobile units, an Internet, one or more network servers, and a plurality of public access wireless local area network stations each coupled to the Internet and providing a low power bi-directional wireless access connectivity in a respective restricted local coverage area, a method comprising:
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sending to a remote network server an indication of one or more user interest preferences associated with one or more categories of content that a particular user desires to receive, wherein the remote network server has access to a database of information, and the information is categorized in accordance with a set of information categories;
detecting a geographical event;
sending, via the Internet and via the particular public access wireless local area network station, a request packet that is automatically generated in the mobile unit in response to the detection of the geographical event without the need for the particular user to request the information to be downloaded while connected to the particular public access wireless local area network station;
receiving a set of the information related to the one or more user preferences via the Internet and via the particular public access wireless local area network; and
storing at least a portion of the set of information into a local storage area;
wherein the particular user can enter into a user interface commands to access the set of information from the local storage area in the mobile unit irrespective of whether or not the particular mobile unit is thereafter connected to the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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