METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION-BASED NAVIGATION
First Claim
1. A method for alerting a user to the user'"'"'s presence in a selected location comprising the steps of:
- receiving, at a mobile terminal, a selection of a predetermined location;
receiving, at the mobile terminal, a signal from a base station comprising a unique location identifier; and
alerting a user as to a subsequent receipt of the signal from the base station comprising the unique location identifier.
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Abstract
Methodologies for alerting a user to his or her location using terrestrial wireless signals are included. The methodologies include a method for alerting a user to his or her position relative to a predetermined location in response to a unique identifying signal from a terrestrial base station as well as a navigation method based upon one or more uniquely identifying signals from one or more terrestrial base stations positioned along a desired route. Also disclosed is a mobile terminal, for example, a mobile telephone, that is adapted to alert a user as to his or her location and aid in navigating the user through a selected route in response to the position of the mobile terminal relative to one or more terrestrial base stations.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for alerting a user to the user'"'"'s presence in a selected location comprising the steps of:
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receiving, at a mobile terminal, a selection of a predetermined location; receiving, at the mobile terminal, a signal from a base station comprising a unique location identifier; and alerting a user as to a subsequent receipt of the signal from the base station comprising the unique location identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for alerting a user to the user'"'"'s presence in a selected location comprising:
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means for receiving, at a mobile terminal, a selection of a predetermined location; means for receiving, at the mobile terminal, a signal from a base station comprising a unique location identifier; and means for alerting a user as to a subsequent receipt of the signal from the base station comprising the unique location identifier. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mobile terminal for alerting a user to the user'"'"'s presence in a selected location comprising:
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a user interface adapted to permit the user to select a predetermined location; an antenna adapted to receive a wireless signal from a base station, the wireless signal from the base station comprising a unique location identifier; and a processing unit connected to the user interface and the antenna and configured to associate the unique location identifier in the wireless signal from the base station with the predetermined location and alert a user in response to a subsequent receipt of the wireless signal from the base station comprising the unique location identifier. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable medium encoded with instructions which are hardware computer-executable to implement an alert to a user to the user'"'"'s presence in a selected location, the instructions comprising:
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code to cause a processing unit to receive a selection of a predetermined location; code to cause the processing unit to receive a wireless signal from a base station, the wireless signal from the base station comprising a unique location identifier; and code to cause the processing unit to associate the unique location identifier in the wireless signal from the base station with the predetermined location and alert a user in response to a subsequent receipt of the wireless signal from the base station comprising the unique location identifier. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of user navigation using a mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
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initiating, at a mobile terminal, a navigation request comprising a first predetermined location and a second predetermined location; receiving, at the mobile terminal, a first signal from a first base station comprising a first unique location identifier associated with the first predetermined location; receiving, at the mobile terminal, a second signal from a second base station comprising a second unique location identifier associated with the second predetermined location; and alerting a user as to the presence of the mobile terminal in one of the first or second predetermined locations in response to receipt, at the mobile terminal, of one of the first or second unique location identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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