ARRANGEMENT FOR MANAGING MOBILE DEVICE ACCESS TO PRECINCT REGIONS CONTAINING SERVICES AND PRODUCTS AND INFORMATION
First Claim
1. An arrangement for managing mobile device access to precinct regions so that a user can access usable information about certain products, services or other things from said precinct for real time consideration and decision making, said arrangement including:
- a server with a database of vendors, products, services, promotional materials, information, applications and other resources for each precinct;
a hand-held device having means to allow a user to operate software applications including a web browser;
said hand-held device having means to support short range wireless communication protocols;
said hand-held device having navigation means displayable upon said screen to locate, promote and/or direct a customer to a certain location and/or vendor within precinct;
communication means for said hand-held device to wirelessly access information from and transfer information to said database;
wherein provision for the hand-held device to associate with a precinct is realised by the inherent short range wireless communication protocol of the hand-held device to be activated by proximity with a kiosk, port, pad, gate or zone (proximity station) within or near to the precinct region such that once access to the wireless network has been established as permitted through the proximity gesture of the hand-held device coming in range with said proximity station, the user of the hand-held device may then interact with the precinct and those associated vendors, products, services, information, applications and other resources from the database and to be then under the guidance of the navigational display appearing on the hand-held device to be then guided to the point of sale of such a vendor, product and/or service.
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An arrangement for managing mobile device access to precinct regions so that a user can access usable information about certain products, services or other things from said precinct for real time consideration and decision making, said arrangement including: a server with a database of vendors, products, services, promotional materials, information, applications and other resources for each precinct; a hand-held device having means to allow a user to operate software applications including a web browser; said hand-held device having means to support short range wireless communication protocols; said hand-held device having navigation means displayable upon said screen to locate, promote and/or direct a customer to a certain location and/or vendor within precinct; communication means for said hand-held device to wirelessly access information from and transfer information to said database; wherein provision for the hand-held device to associate with a precinct is realised by the inherent short range wireless communication protocol of the hand-held device to be activated by proximity with a kiosk, port, pad, gate or zone (proximity station) within or near to the precinct region such that once access to the wireless network has been established as permitted through the proximity gesture of the hand-held device coming in range with said proximity station, the user of the hand-held device may then interact with the precinct and those associated vendors, products, services, information, applications and other resources from the database and to be then under the guidance of the navigational display appearing on the hand-held device to be then guided to the point of sale of such a vendor, product and/or service.
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19 Claims
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1. An arrangement for managing mobile device access to precinct regions so that a user can access usable information about certain products, services or other things from said precinct for real time consideration and decision making, said arrangement including:
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a server with a database of vendors, products, services, promotional materials, information, applications and other resources for each precinct; a hand-held device having means to allow a user to operate software applications including a web browser; said hand-held device having means to support short range wireless communication protocols; said hand-held device having navigation means displayable upon said screen to locate, promote and/or direct a customer to a certain location and/or vendor within precinct; communication means for said hand-held device to wirelessly access information from and transfer information to said database; wherein provision for the hand-held device to associate with a precinct is realised by the inherent short range wireless communication protocol of the hand-held device to be activated by proximity with a kiosk, port, pad, gate or zone (proximity station) within or near to the precinct region such that once access to the wireless network has been established as permitted through the proximity gesture of the hand-held device coming in range with said proximity station, the user of the hand-held device may then interact with the precinct and those associated vendors, products, services, information, applications and other resources from the database and to be then under the guidance of the navigational display appearing on the hand-held device to be then guided to the point of sale of such a vendor, product and/or service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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15. A hand-held electronic device to activate and/or communicate or read from a series of apparatuses, arrangements, databases or situations to assist and/or safeguard a user with his or her daily routine, wherein the communication requires no prompting from said user for such assistance, said hand-held electronic device including:
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buildable internal logic to associate an appropriate action of a user with a required response from the device with or to an external device linked wirelessly to said to device so as to assist and/or safeguard the user with his or her daily routine; said buildable logic created by a first means wherein first means includes a means to receive static instruction from the user, whereby the user associates an action with a context from a set of common predetermined context and actions for the device to remember and then respond upon as provided through the static instruction or programming presented by the user such that when the user is subsequently placed in a defined context provided for by the static instruction said electronic device will communicate with each or the linked devices according to a predetermined instructed scenario; said buildable logic created by a second means, wherein second means includes dynamic instructions set to provide logic where the device prompts the user for information and action when a context is identified wherein unlike the static instruction set, the context had not been predetermined and accordingly when said device finds itself within the context for the first time said second means seeks comment from the user so as to identify certain aspects of the context so identification is such that any subsequent scenario where the user is placed in the same context will see the learnt action carried out without necessary prompting or involvement from the user subsequently; said buildable logic created by a third means, wherein third means includes an observation means whereby the device observes the activity of the user and associates it with contextual information such as time, date, location, motion, appointments, daily routines so as to determine when deviations from a routine are observed, the third means is able to subsequently prompt the user to the recognition of this deviation so that predetermined action can be instigated by the device or alternatively further learning by the hand-held device to associate an appropriate action for the particular context.
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