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BROADCAST COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USERS WITH INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

  • US 20080242328A1
  • Filed: 03/29/2007
  • Published: 10/02/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing information associated with a geographical area to users by way of broadcast communication receivers, the method comprising:

  • in a broadcast communication transmitter, transmitting the information and an indication of the geographical area associated with the information to the broadcast communication receivers;

    in each of the broadcast communication receivers, receiving the information and the indication of the geographical area;

    in each of the broadcast communication receivers, comparing the indication of the geographical area with a geographic code associated with, and stored within, the associated broadcast communication receiver; and

    in each of the broadcast communication receivers, relaying the information to the user of the associated broadcast communication receiver if the geographic code indicates that the associated broadcast communication receiver is located within the geographical area.

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