Techniques for communicating personalized information
First Claim
1. A method of communicating personalized information, the method comprising the steps of:
- passively detecting a presence of an individual at a particular location;
using information regarding the presence of the individual at the location to access at least one personalized profile for the individual;
collecting information from one or more information sources based, at least in part, on the at least one personalized profile; and
providing the collected information to the individual.
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Abstract
The present invention provides improved techniques for communicating information. In one aspect, a method of communicating personalized information is provided which comprises the following steps. A presence of an individual at a particular location is passively detected, e.g., using one or more devices at the location which are configured to be automatically responsive to one or more indicators on the individual, e.g., that uniquely identify the individual or a group to which the individual belongs. The information regarding the presence of the individual at the location is used to access at least one personalized profile for the individual. Information is collected from one or more information sources based, at least in part, on the at least one personalized profile. The collected information is then provided to the individual.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of communicating personalized information, the method comprising the steps of:
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passively detecting a presence of an individual at a particular location;
using information regarding the presence of the individual at the location to access at least one personalized profile for the individual;
collecting information from one or more information sources based, at least in part, on the at least one personalized profile; and
providing the collected information to the individual. - 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)
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24. An apparatus for communicating personalized information to an individual, a presence of which is passively detected at a particular location, the apparatus comprising:
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a memory; and
at least one processor, coupled to the memory, operative to;
use information regarding the presence of the individual at the location to access at least one personalized profile for the individual; and
collect information, to be provided to the individual, from one or more information sources based, at least in part, on the at least one personalized profile.
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25. An article of manufacture for communicating personalized information to an individual, a presence of which is passively detected at a particular location, comprising a machine readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:
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using information regarding the presence of the individual at the location to access at least one personalized profile for the individual; and
collecting information, to be provided to the individual, from one or more information sources based, at least in part, on the at least one personalized profile.
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