IDENTIFYING EVENTS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- automatically generating, by a processor system of a network appliance having one or more processors, event stamp information associated with an event stamp function of the network appliance, by at least automatically collecting location information associated with a location of the network appliance, the event stamp information including location information;
at least temporarily storing the event stamp information in a memory system of the network appliance;
sending, by the processor system, the event stamp information from the network appliance, through a communications link for communicatively coupling the network appliance to a network for coupling with a server;
in response to the sending, receiving at the network appliance from the server results of a search based on the event stamp information;
wherein the search results includes at least location information identifying a location associated with a person based on the location associated with the network appliance.
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Abstract
Events may be identified by storing information in response to activating an event stamp function. As a result of activating the event function, the information collected may immediately be compared to event information in a database. Alternatively, the information collected may later be compared to event information in a database. One or more candidates for the event of interest may be automatically or manually retrieved, and the user may decide whether a candidate event of the one or more candidates correspond to the event of interest. Alternatively, a purchase of an item related to the event may be automatically made in response to activating the event stamp.
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33 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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automatically generating, by a processor system of a network appliance having one or more processors, event stamp information associated with an event stamp function of the network appliance, by at least automatically collecting location information associated with a location of the network appliance, the event stamp information including location information; at least temporarily storing the event stamp information in a memory system of the network appliance; sending, by the processor system, the event stamp information from the network appliance, through a communications link for communicatively coupling the network appliance to a network for coupling with a server; in response to the sending, receiving at the network appliance from the server results of a search based on the event stamp information;
wherein the search results includes at least location information identifying a location associated with a person based on the location associated with the network appliance.
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2. A method comprising:
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automatically generating, by a processor system of a network appliance having one or more processors, event stamp information associated with an event stamp function of the network appliance, by at least automatically collecting location information associated with a location of the network appliance, the event stamp information including location information; at least temporarily storing the event stamp information in a memory system of the network appliance; sending, by the processor system, the event stamp information from the network appliance, through a communications link for communicatively coupling the network appliance to a network for coupling with a server; in response to the sending, receiving at the network appliance from the server results of a search based on the event stamp information;
wherein the search results includes at least location information identifying a location associated with a professional based on the location associated with the network appliance. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26)
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27. A method comprising:
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automatically generating, by a processor system of a network appliance having one or more processors, event stamp information associated with an event stamp function of the network appliance, by at least automatically collecting multiple types of event stamp information including a time and a location; at least temporarily storing the event stamp information in a memory system of the network appliance; sending, by the processor system, the event stamp information from the network appliance, through a communications link for communicatively coupling the network appliance to a network for coupling with a server; in response to the sending, receiving at the network appliance from the server results of a search based on the event stamp information; wherein the search results includes at least event information identifying an event associated with the time and location; and establishing a journal of times and locations visited. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A method comprising:
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automatically generating, by a processor system of a network appliance having one or more processors, event stamp information associated with an event stamp function of the network appliance, by at least automatically collecting an image, the event stamp information including the image; at least temporarily storing the event stamp information in a memory system of the network appliance; sending, by the processor system, the event stamp information from the network appliance, through a communications link for communicatively coupling the network appliance to a network for coupling with a server; in response to the sending, receiving at the network appliance from the server results of a search based on the event stamp information; wherein the search results includes at least event information identifying an event associated with the image. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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33. A method comprising:
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automatically generating, by a processor system of a network appliance having one or more processors, event stamp information associated with an event stamp function of the network appliance, by at least automatically collecting an image, the event stamp information including the image; at least temporarily storing the event stamp information in a memory system of the network appliance; sending, by the processor system, the event stamp information from the network appliance, through a communications link for communicatively coupling the network appliance to a network for coupling with a server; in response to the sending, receiving at the network appliance from the server results of a search based on the event stamp information; wherein the search results includes at least event information identifying the image.
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