Mobile micro portal
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a mobile device, service offering information;
comparing at least a portion of the service offering information to at least a portion of each of a plurality of look-up table entries;
generating at least one user alert if there is at least one match found during the comparing;
retrieving communication target information from the look-up table; and
initiating a communication based on the received service offering information and the communication target information;
wherein prior to comparing, the method further comprises determining, within the mobile device, whether to perform the comparing locally or remotely, and transferring the comparing to a remote computer if the determination is to perform the comparing remotely.
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Abstract
A geographic region has a network of beacons. Each beacon transmits a short-range facilitation signal for receipt on a user'"'"'s mobile communication device. The facilitation signal initiates associating the facilitation signal with a service and conditionally alerts the user to the service via the device dependent on a user profile. The user-profile and the association between facilitation signal and service are user-programmable.
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7 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a mobile device, service offering information;
comparing at least a portion of the service offering information to at least a portion of each of a plurality of look-up table entries;
generating at least one user alert if there is at least one match found during the comparing;
retrieving communication target information from the look-up table; and
initiating a communication based on the received service offering information and the communication target information;
wherein prior to comparing, the method further comprises determining, within the mobile device, whether to perform the comparing locally or remotely, and transferring the comparing to a remote computer if the determination is to perform the comparing remotely. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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