Arrangement with beacon for providing information service
First Claim
1. A system for providing an information service, comprising:
- a beacon for communicating with a mobile device and with a wireless long range communication link;
local communication means for establishing a short range communication link with said mobile device, long range communication means for establishing said wireless long range communication link with a server, a local storage for storing data related to the information service, the storage being arranged to be loaded by a transmission from the server over the long range communication link, and a processor adapted for autonomously performing the service based on the data in the storage with the mobile device using the short range communication link and for exchanging data regarding the service with the server over the long range communication link, said mobile device interacting wirelessly with a network operator and said beacon interacting wirelessly with said network operator, wherein said short range communications link and said mobile device is used when said long range communications link between the mobile device and the server is being established so that a delay in setting up the long range communications link is concealed from a user.
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Abstract
A beacon (120) adapted for use in an arrangement (100) for providing an information service, comprising a storage (225) for storing data related to the information service, local communication means (220, 221, 222) for establishing a short range communication link (125) with a mobile device (130), and a processor (224) adapted for autonomously performing the service based on the data in the storage (225) with the mobile device (130) using the short range communication link (125). The arrangement (100) preferably further comprises a server (101) arranged to receive data to be used in the information service from a terminal (230) and to forward the received data to the beacon (120) over the long range communication link (127).
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14 Claims
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1. A system for providing an information service, comprising:
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a beacon for communicating with a mobile device and with a wireless long range communication link; local communication means for establishing a short range communication link with said mobile device, long range communication means for establishing said wireless long range communication link with a server, a local storage for storing data related to the information service, the storage being arranged to be loaded by a transmission from the server over the long range communication link, and a processor adapted for autonomously performing the service based on the data in the storage with the mobile device using the short range communication link and for exchanging data regarding the service with the server over the long range communication link, said mobile device interacting wirelessly with a network operator and said beacon interacting wirelessly with said network operator, wherein said short range communications link and said mobile device is used when said long range communications link between the mobile device and the server is being established so that a delay in setting up the long range communications link is concealed from a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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