Tiered on-demand location-based service and infrastructure
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting the relative motion of an on-site resource;
detecting the absolute position of the on-site resource; and
displaying information on the on-site resource, the displayed information being a function of said detected relative motion and said detected absolute position wherein a tracking of said detected relative motion is used to deduce a position on a floor plan, the deduced position being adjusted as a function of and in response to said detected absolute position.
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Abstract
A location-based service includes detecting the relative motion of an on-site resource, such as a shopping cart, in addition to detecting the absolute position of the on-site resource, and displaying information on the on-site resource. The displayed information is based upon the detected relative motion and the detected absolute position. The relative motion is tracked and a position on a floor plan is deduced. This deduced position is adjusted, for example, synchronized or reset, as a function of and in response to the detected absolute position.
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting the relative motion of an on-site resource; detecting the absolute position of the on-site resource; and displaying information on the on-site resource, the displayed information being a function of said detected relative motion and said detected absolute position wherein a tracking of said detected relative motion is used to deduce a position on a floor plan, the deduced position being adjusted as a function of and in response to said detected absolute position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method comprising:
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detecting the relative motion of an on-site resource which is movable within a site and based thereon generate relative motion data; detecting an absolute positional reference and based thereon generate absolute positional data, the absolute positional reference being indicative of an absolute position within the site; wirelessly communicating the relative motion, and absolute positional, data between the on-site resource and a server; tracking the relative motion data to deduce an on-site position for the on-site resource; adjusting the deduced position as a function of and in response to the wireless communication of the absolute positional data; associating the on-site position to position-dependent information; wirelessly communicating the position-dependent information to the on-site resource; and displaying the position-dependent information on the on-site resource. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Apparatus comprising:
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a processor which executes code stored in an accessible memory; a storage device which is accessible to said processor and which retains stored data after power is removed from the storage device; and a wireless network interface which is accessible to said processor and through which access to a wireless network is provided; wherein the processor executes code which is effective to; receive, through said wireless network interface, relative motion information which relates to an on-site resource; deduce a position on a site floor plan for the on-site resource by tracking the received relative motion information; receive, through said wireless network interface, absolute positional information which relates to the absolute position of the on-site resource within the site floor plan; adjust the deduced position as a function of and in response to the received absolute positional information; and send information over said wireless network interface for display on the on-site resource. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. Apparatus comprising:
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a shopping cart; a relative motion detector included on said shopping cart which generates relative motion data which is indicative of the relative motion of said shopping cart; and an information handling unit which is mounted on said shopping cart and operatively coupled to said relative motion detector and which includes a display device, a processor, and a wireless transceiver; said information handling unit being effective to; send the relative motion data to an on-site server through the wireless transceiver; receive absolute positional information through the wireless transceiver, the absolute positional information being indicative of the absolute position of said shopping cart within a site floor plan; send the received absolute positional information to the on-site server through the wireless transceiver; receive informational data from the on-site server through the wireless transceiver; and display the informational data on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
providing a location-based service for a business entity by; detecting the relative motion of an on-site resource; detecting the absolute position of the on-site resource; and providing information for display on the on-site resource, the displayed information being a function of said detected relative motion and said detected absolute position wherein a tracking of said detected relative motion is used to deduce a position on a floor plan, the deduced position being adjusted as a function of and in response to said detected absolute position.
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23. A method comprising:
deploying a shopping cart system at a site by; establishing an absolute positional reference at the site; outfitting at least one shopping cart at the site with a display and a detector having the capacity to detect the established absolute positional reference and generate absolute positional data and to detect relative motion and generate relative motion data, and to transmit that data to a server; and providing software for installation on the server having the capability to determine the on-site position of the shopping cart as a function of the relative motion, and absolute positional, data and transmit position-related information to the shopping cart display.
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24. A method comprising:
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deploying computing infrastructure into a movable on-site resource, the deployed infrastructure provides the on-site resource with the ability to; detect its relative motion and based thereon generate relative motion data; detect an absolute positional reference and based thereon generate absolute positional data, the absolute positional reference being provided at the site and being indicative of an absolute position within the site; wirelessly transmit the relative motion data and the absolute positional data; wirelessly receive data; and display the received data on-resource; and integrating server executable code into a server which is configurable to wirelessly receive data from and transmit data to said deployed computing infrastructure, wherein the code is executable on the server to; wirelessly receive the relative motion data and the absolute positional data; track the relative motion data to deduce an on-site position for the on-site resource, the deduced position being adjusted as a function of and in response to the wireless reception of the absolute positional data; associate the on-site position to position-dependent information; and wirelessly transmit the position-dependent information for display on the on-site resource. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A product comprising:
a computer usable medium having computer readable program code stored therein, the computer readable program code in said product being effective to; detect the relative motion of an on-site resource; detect the absolute position of the on-site resource; and display information on the on-site resource, the displayed information being a function of said detected relative motion and said detected absolute position wherein a tracking of said detected relative motion is used to deduce a position on a floor plan, the deduced position being adjusted as a function of and in response to said detected absolute position.
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31. A product comprising:
a computer usable medium having computer readable program code stored therein, the computer readable program code in said product being effective to; detect the relative motion of an on-site resource which is movable within a site and based thereon generate relative motion data; detect an absolute positional reference and based thereon generate absolute positional data, the absolute positional reference being indicative of an absolute position within the site; wirelessly communicate the relative motion, and absolute positional, data between the on-site resource and a server; track the relative motion data to deduce an on-site position for the on-site resource; adjust the deduced position as a function of and in response to the wireless communication of the absolute positional data; associate the on-site position to position-dependent information; and wirelessly communicate the position-dependent information to the on-site resource; display the position-dependent information on the on-site resource.
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