Location-based comparative shopping service for wireless telecommunications network
First Claim
1. A method of providing a location-based comparative shopping service to a subscriber, said method comprising:
- (a) receiving a request to conduct a search for a product from the subscriber via a mobile station being served by a wireless telecommunications network;
(b) determining a location of the mobile station;
(c) generating a query from at least one of the received request and the determined location;
(d) submitting the query to a shopping engine, said shopping engine generating results in response thereto, said results including a number of entries satisfying the query;
(e) receiving the result entries generated by the shopping engine; and
, (f) forwarding selected result entries to the mobile station via a packet data network associated with the wireless telecommunications network.
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Abstract
A method of providing a location-based comparative shopping service (30) to a subscriber includes: receiving a request to conduct a search for a product from the subscriber via a mobile station (20) being served by a wireless telecommunications network (10); determining a location of the mobile station (20); generating a query from at least one of the received request and the determined location; submitting the query to a shopping engine (42), the shopping engine (42) generating results in response thereto, the results including a number of entries satisfying the query; receiving the result entries generated by the shopping engine (42); and, forwarding selected result entries to the mobile station (20) via the wireless telecommunications network (10).
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16 Claims
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1. A method of providing a location-based comparative shopping service to a subscriber, said method comprising:
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(a) receiving a request to conduct a search for a product from the subscriber via a mobile station being served by a wireless telecommunications network;
(b) determining a location of the mobile station;
(c) generating a query from at least one of the received request and the determined location;
(d) submitting the query to a shopping engine, said shopping engine generating results in response thereto, said results including a number of entries satisfying the query;
(e) receiving the result entries generated by the shopping engine; and
,(f) forwarding selected result entries to the mobile station via a packet data network associated with the wireless telecommunications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for providing a location-based comparative shopping service to a subscriber, said system comprising:
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request receiving means for receiving a request to conduct a search for a product from the subscriber via a mobile station being served by a wireless telecommunications network and its associated packet data network;
location determining means for determining a location of the mobile station;
query generating means for generating a query from at least one of the received request and the determined location;
query submitting means for submitting the query to a shopping engine, said shopping engine generating results in response thereto, said results including a number of entries satisfying the query;
result receiving means for receiving the result entries generated by the shopping engine; and
,forwarding means for forwarding selected result entries to the mobile station via the wireless telecommunications network and its associated packet data network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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