Communication and control system using location aware devices for producing notification messages operating under rule-based control
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1. Apparatus for generating a notification message in response to the changing position of a portable electronic device comprising, in combination:
- a position detector for producing position data which indicates the current position of a portable electronic device,a database for accepting and storing one or more rules, each of said rules containing a condition part and an action part, said condition part defining at least one position condition and an action part specifying a notification message to be generated when said condition part is satisfied,a message generator for issuing said notification method when activated, anda processor for activating said message generator to generate said notification message when said position data from said position detector satisfies the condition part of one of said rules.
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Abstract
A cellular telephone handset stores audio files previously recorded by the user as well as voice mail messages from other users and selectively transmitted selected ones of these files to the remote listener, or to the voice mail system of a remote user. Voice mail messages are composed, stored, transmitted, forwarded and reviewed using a voice mail system without ringing the remote party'"'"'s telephone, much as email is composed, stored, transmitted and reviewed using an email server.
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1. Apparatus for generating a notification message in response to the changing position of a portable electronic device comprising, in combination:
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a position detector for producing position data which indicates the current position of a portable electronic device, a database for accepting and storing one or more rules, each of said rules containing a condition part and an action part, said condition part defining at least one position condition and an action part specifying a notification message to be generated when said condition part is satisfied, a message generator for issuing said notification method when activated, and a processor for activating said message generator to generate said notification message when said position data from said position detector satisfies the condition part of one of said rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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