COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHOD
First Claim
1. Communications apparatus comprising:
- server apparatus comprised in a metropolitan or wide area network, the server apparatus being configured to store a plurality of unique identifiers and a plurality of different data records, each data record corresponding to a respective unique identifier; and
personal computing apparatus configured to communicate with;
the server apparatus by way of the metropolitan or wide area network; and
an access point comprised in a wireless local area network (WLAN),the personal computing apparatus being operative to receive a unique identifier from the access point and to transmit the unique identifier to the server apparatus, and the server apparatus being operative to select a data record corresponding to the received unique identifier and to transmit the selected data record to the personal computing apparatus.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to communications apparatus (10). The communications apparatus (10) comprises server apparatus (16) comprised in a metropolitan or wide area network. The server apparatus (16) is configured to store a plurality of unique identifiers and a plurality of different data records with each data record corresponding to a respective unique identifier. The communications apparatus (10) also comprises personal computing apparatus (32) configured to communicate with: the server apparatus (16) by way of the metropolitan or wide area network; and an access point (24, 26, 28, 30) comprised in a wireless local area network (WLAN) (20, 22). The personal computing apparatus (32) is operative to receive a unique identifier from the access point (24, 26, 28, 30) and to transmit the unique identifier to the server apparatus (16). The server apparatus (16) is operative to select a data record corresponding to the received unique identifier and to transmit the selected data record to the personal computing apparatus (32).
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21 Claims
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1. Communications apparatus comprising:
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server apparatus comprised in a metropolitan or wide area network, the server apparatus being configured to store a plurality of unique identifiers and a plurality of different data records, each data record corresponding to a respective unique identifier; and personal computing apparatus configured to communicate with;
the server apparatus by way of the metropolitan or wide area network; and
an access point comprised in a wireless local area network (WLAN),the personal computing apparatus being operative to receive a unique identifier from the access point and to transmit the unique identifier to the server apparatus, and the server apparatus being operative to select a data record corresponding to the received unique identifier and to transmit the selected data record to the personal computing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A communications method comprising:
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storing a plurality of unique identifiers and a plurality of different data records in server apparatus comprised in a metropolitan or wide area network, each data record corresponding to a respective unique identifier; receiving in personal computing apparatus a unique identifier from an access point comprised in a wireless local area network (WLAN), transmitting the unique identifier from the personal computing apparatus to the server apparatus by way of the metropolitan or wide area network; selecting in the server apparatus a stored data record corresponding to the received unique identifier; and transmitting the selected data record from the server apparatus to the personal computing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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