Location/status-addressed radio/radiotelephone
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1. Apparatus for establishing communications between a calling station and one or more called stations based on information stored at a called station, at least one called station comprising:
- a. a memory storing information in a database;
b. a receiver for receiving a communications request including a query specifying at least one criterion for searching said database;
c. a comparator for comparing information stored in said database with said at least one criterion; and
d. a transmitter for responding to said communications request only when said information stored in said database satisfies said at least one criterion.
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Abstract
Point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communications are established based on a database query broadcast to all stations. Stations satisfying the query respond and communications are established with the station(s) responding. The database query is preferably directed to location, status or history of the station being queried. Responding stations may be displayed on a moving map and establishing communications with a responding station can be established by touching an icon of the station on a touch screen display.
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19 Claims
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1. Apparatus for establishing communications between a calling station and one or more called stations based on information stored at a called station, at least one called station comprising:
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a. a memory storing information in a database;
b. a receiver for receiving a communications request including a query specifying at least one criterion for searching said database;
c. a comparator for comparing information stored in said database with said at least one criterion; and
d. a transmitter for responding to said communications request only when said information stored in said database satisfies said at least one criterion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Apparatus for establishing communications between a calling station and one or more called stations based on information stored in a database at a called station, a calling station comprising:
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a. an input device for specifying a query for searching information stored in said database at one or more called stations; and
b. a transmitter for broadcasting a communications request including said query; and
c. a receiver for receiving a response from one or more called stations having information in said database which satisfies said query. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. Apparatus for establishing communications between a calling station and one or more called stations based on information stored at a called station, at least one of said one or more called stations comprising:
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a. a computer connected to a bus;
b. a memory connected to said bus, storing information in a database;
c. a receiver connected to said bus for receiving a communications request including a query specifying at least one criterion for searching said database; and
d. a transmitter connected to said bus, in which said computer is configured for comparing information stored in said database with said at least one criterion, and for responding to said communications request when said information stored in said database satisfies said at least one criterion. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A system for communicating between an originating station and one or more called stations, comprising:
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a. a network for connecting stations;
b. a plurality of stations, at least some of which include a database;
c. a network channel for sending a communications request including a query specifying at least one criterion from said originating station to all stations and for receiving back a response from those stations at which said information stored in said database satisfies said at least one criterion; and
d. a network communications channel for communications between said originating station and those stations at which said information stored in said database satisfies said at least one criterion. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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