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INTERROGATE-RESPONSE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH PRIVACY INDICATION

  • US 20090042548A1
  • Filed: 10/28/2008
  • Published: 02/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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9. An apparatus to enable a user to interrogate a product or service offering concerning desired information, said apparatus comprising:

  • (a) a portable user device including,(i) an anonymity register to store at least an affirmative and negative privacy indication indicative of whether the user desires to remain anonymous,(ii) a query selector to select at least one query for requested information,(iii) a destination register to identify a destination to receive the requested information, and(iv) a user transmitter to transmit the privacy indication, query, and said destination; and

    (b) a wireless receiver associated with at least one product or service offering, said receiver including a controller to effectuate a transmission of said requested information to said destination in response to said query and to store or discard said destination information in accordance with said privacy indication.

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