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Time and location based computing

  • US 5,642,303 A
  • Filed: 05/05/1995
  • Issued: 06/24/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A location based portable computing system comprising:

  • one or more beacons, each of the one or more beacons transmitting a unique beacon signal, each transmitted unique beacon signal having a transmitting signal range, at least one of the one or more beacons being placeable in a user desired location by a user of the portable computing system;

    a portable receiver which can receive the transmitted unique beacon signal from any one of the one or more beacons when the portable receiver is located within the transmitting signal range of any one of the one or more beacons;

    a portable computing host coupleable to the portable receiver such that the portable receiver can provide a notification to the portable computing host of which one of the one or more transmitted unique beacon signals the portable receiver received when the portable receiver receives any transmitted unique beacon signal from any one of the one or more beacons; and

    the portable computing host being user programmable to configure the user'"'"'s portable computing host based upon the portable receiver providing the notification to the portable computing host of which one of the one or more transmitted unique beacon signals the portable receiver received.

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