AUTOMATIC LOCATION-SPECIFIC CONTENT SELECTION FOR PORTABLE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL DEVICES
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Abstract
A method for anticipating a user'"'"'s desired information using a PDA device connected to a computer network is provided. This method further comprises maintaining a database of user tendencies within the computer network, receiving sensor data from the user'"'"'s physical environment via the PDA device, generating query strings using both tendency data and sensor data, retrieving data from external data sources using these generated query strings, organizing the retrieved data info electronic folders, and delivering this organized data to the user via the PDA device. In particular, a data management module anticipates the type of information a user desires by combining real time data taken from a sensor unit within a PDA and data regarding the history of that particular user'"'"'s tendencies stored within the data management module.
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52 Claims
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1-23. -23. (canceled)
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24. A method for anticipating a user'"'"'s desired information using a portable information retrieval device (IRD), comprising:
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receiving real-time data via a computer network from a portable IRD connected wirelessly thereto, wherein the real-time data originates from a location sensor in communication with the portable IRD and indicates a present location of the portable IRD;
automatically generating a query for search result data relevant to the present location indicated by the real-time data;
retrieving the search result data from an external data source by directing the query to the external data source via the computer network;
selecting results from the search result data to prepare selected location-related data; and
transmitting the selected location-related data to the portable IRD via the computer network. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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29-1. The method of claim 24, wherin the generating step further comprises building the query from predefined query strings stored in a database
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31. A method for anticipating a user'"'"'s desired information using a portable information retrieval device (IRD), comprising:
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receiving present location data at a IRD connected wirelessly to a computer network from a location sensor, the present location data indicating a present location of the IRD;
transmitting the present location data from the IRD to a remote data management module configured for automatically generating a query for results relevant to the present location data;
receiving location-related search results from the remote data management module in response to transmitting the present location data; and
outputting the location-related search results using an output device operatively associated with the IRD. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A computer-readable media encoded with instructions for anticipating a user'"'"'s desired information using a portable computing device, comprising encoded instructions for:
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receiving sensor data via a computer network from a portable computing device connected wirelessly thereto, wherein the sensor data originates from a location sensor in communication with the portable computing device and indicates a sensed location of the portable computing device;
originating a search query relevant to the sensed location indicated by the real-time data;
retrieving results from the search query;
selecting a portion of the results to prepare processed location-related data; and
providing the processed location-related data to the portable computing device via the computer network. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A computer-readable media encoded with instructions for anticipating a user'"'"'s desired information using a handheld computing device, comprising instructions configured for:
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obtaining sensed location data using a handheld computing device connected to a location sensor, the sensed location data indicating a present location of the handheld computing device;
transmitting the sensed location data from the handheld computing device to a remote server via a wireless connection with a request for initiating a query relevant to the present location data;
receiving location-related search results from the remote server in response to transmitting the sensed location data; and
outputting the location-related search results using an output device operatively associated with the handheld computing device. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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