System and method for providing a handheld unit to a mobile position device
First Claim
1. A system for providing location-relevant information from a server over a wide-area computer network, comprising:
- a positioning device receiving ranging signals for determining a current position of said positioning device, said positioning device having a communication interface for communicating with said server over a wireless link in said wide-area computer network;
a wireless interface coupled to said positioning device; and
a handheld device coupled over a second wireless link to said wireless interface, said handheld device comprising an input device for providing data over said second wireless link and an output device for receiving data over said second wireless link;
wherein said positioning device being programmed to provide data received from said server to said handheld device through said wireless interface, and to provide data received from said wireless interface to said server.
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Abstract
A method for facilitating a commercial transaction based on a current location of a mobile customer and a mobile merchant provides opportunity for commercial transaction not previously possible. In one application, the method establishes a wireless link between a server on a wide-area network and mobile customer, and obtains from the mobile customer a current location by reading automatically from a positioning device associated and located with said customer. Based on the current location so obtained, the server matches the mobile customer, as one party of the commercial transaction, with one or more business concern within a predetermined distance from the current location, so that the business concern can act as a counter-party to complete the commercial transaction. This and other location-relevant services can be delivered to the mobile person in a system including a positioning device mounted on a vehicle and an associated-handheld unit that the mobile person can carry around as he or she is outside the vehicle in its vicinity. The handheld unit communicates with the positioning device using a second wireless link (e.g., a local RF or infra-red link).
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1. A system for providing location-relevant information from a server over a wide-area computer network, comprising:
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a positioning device receiving ranging signals for determining a current position of said positioning device, said positioning device having a communication interface for communicating with said server over a wireless link in said wide-area computer network; a wireless interface coupled to said positioning device; and a handheld device coupled over a second wireless link to said wireless interface, said handheld device comprising an input device for providing data over said second wireless link and an output device for receiving data over said second wireless link; wherein said positioning device being programmed to provide data received from said server to said handheld device through said wireless interface, and to provide data received from said wireless interface to said server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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