BROADCAST COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USERS WITH INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
First Claim
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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Abstract
A method is presented for providing information associated with a geographical area to users of broadcast communication receivers. The information, as well as an indication of the geographical area associated with the information, are transmitted to, and received by, each of the broadcast communication receivers. In each of the receivers, the indication of the geographical area is compared with a geographic code associated with, and stored within, the receiver. Each of the receivers also relays the information to the user of the receiver if the geographic code indicates that the receiver is located within the geographical area.
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37 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A broadcast communication system, comprising:
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a broadcast communication transmitter configured to transmit information associated with a geographical area and an indication of the geographical area; and a plurality of broadcast communication receivers, wherein each of the broadcast communication receivers is configured to receive the information and the indication of the geographical area from the broadcast communication transmitter, to compare the indication of the geographical area with a geographic code associated with, and stored within, the associated broadcast communication receiver, and relay the information to a user of the associated broadcast communication receiver if the geographic code indicates that the associated broadcast communication receiver is located within the geographical area. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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- 26. A broadcast communication receiver configured to receive information associated with a geographical area and an indication of the geographical area from a broadcast communication transmitter, to compare the indication of the geographical area with a geographic code associated with, and stored within, the broadcast communication receiver, and relay the information to a user of the broadcast communication receiver if the geographic code indicates that the broadcast communication receiver is located within the geographical area.
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