LOCATION-BASED COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for providing location-based messages, comprising locating a suitable placeholder for a message within a physical surrounding using a handheld device provided with image acquisition apparatus, and associating a written or visual or audio message, or a combination of two or more of them, with an image that identifies said placeholder, said association being carried out in a server adapted to communicate with said handheld device.
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Abstract
A method for providing location-based messages comprises locating a suitable placeholder for a message within a physical surrounding using a handheld device provided with image acquisition apparatus, and associating a written or visual or audio message, or a combination of two or more of them, with an image that identifies said placeholder, said association being carried out in a server adapted to communicate with said handheld device.
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- 1. A method for providing location-based messages, comprising locating a suitable placeholder for a message within a physical surrounding using a handheld device provided with image acquisition apparatus, and associating a written or visual or audio message, or a combination of two or more of them, with an image that identifies said placeholder, said association being carried out in a server adapted to communicate with said handheld device.
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3. A system for managing location-based messages, comprising:
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a database suitable to associate one or more messages with one or more images that identify message placeholders; computing means suitable to manage inputs and outputs of data and computing means suitable to locate and forward messages associated with a specific message placeholder; communication apparatus suitable to receive data representative of message placeholders and of messages associated therewith from a handheld device, and to transmit data representative of a message to a handheld device.
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