PROVIDING PERTINENT INFORMATION TO USER
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1. A method of accessing information in an unfamiliar outdoor or highly localized setting using readily available wireless infrastructure, and providing a method of combining disparate technologies into a single application, following the steps of:
- 1. Configuring a physical or virtual marker accessible to a visitor in the area.2. Allowing a user access to information from the mobile device3. Providing the user'"'"'s device location-pertinent information.
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Techniques for providing location based information to users of wireless devices include, receiving, from the wireless device, a request for a web page; and providing, the web page to the wireless device, wherein the web page includes information specific to a location of the wireless device and wherein the location-specific information is provided without receiving a location signal from the wireless device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of accessing information in an unfamiliar outdoor or highly localized setting using readily available wireless infrastructure, and providing a method of combining disparate technologies into a single application, following the steps of:
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1. Configuring a physical or virtual marker accessible to a visitor in the area. 2. Allowing a user access to information from the mobile device 3. Providing the user'"'"'s device location-pertinent information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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3. A method to provide the user with pertinent information wirelessly and directly prior to and on location, to plan their experience, without the user'"'"'s active effort.
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9. A method of enhancing the granularity of the GPS, including information not provided by the GPS database, and supplementing information to the user at a location without preexisting corresponding information, following the steps:
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1. Creating a file that is accessible online that is able to be downloaded to a GPS by a user, both wirelessly or through a cable connection. 2. On the GPS based on a user'"'"'s location and the information on the file, the GPS provides further information regarding the points.
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16. A method of providing the user with the ability to access information through gestures performed with the phone through the following steps:
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1. Creating a system that is enabled by short distance wireless or cord transfer of information to a user'"'"'s phone. 2. Placing a visual marker that allows the user to recognize the location or nearby vicinity (less than 6 feet) as a point of data transfer. 3. If it is a wireless transfer site, enabling data to be transferred by the user'"'"'s gesture involving the user'"'"'s phone, whether it be related to, for example, tapping the phone on the marker or performing the gesture through the air. 4. If it is a site with a point of access through a wire, allowing the visitor to transfer the data to their phone using a data transfer hub for commonly used mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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