Personal mobile internet
First Claim
1. A client-server based information or service system for providing location dependent information or services to operating mobile clients, said systems comprising:
- a plurality of stationary servers arranged at levels in a hierarchical ordered tree shaped network, said hierarchical ordered network levels being arranged to include at least an uppermost root level and a lowermost leaf level, and optionally an intermediate branch level, wherein each of said servers are arranged to provide information or services corresponding to a predefined specific geographical area, said geographical area being non-overlapping with respect to geographical areas corresponding to adjacent servers on the same network hierarchy level, said geographical area being subdividable to comprise geographical areas corresponding to servers on lower network hierarchy levels, andsaid operating mobile client having an association with only one of said servers at a time, the association being transferable between adjacent servers of the tree shaped network on an existing connection of a client to the network, whereby a mobile client user obtains automatically or on user request information or services of interest pertaining to the specific geographical area of the corresponding server with which the mobile client currently has an association.
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Abstract
A client-server based system for providing location related information and services to mobile users is disclosed. A plurality of servers, wherein a server is a provider of information and services related to a specific predefined geographical coverage area, operate in a tree-shaped network. An operating mobile client, preferably operating in a mobile phone or PAD of a mobile user, establishes upon connection to the network an association, based on client location information, with one server at a time. A server association can be transferred from one server to another on an existing network connection as the user relocates from one server coverage area to another, and a user profile stored with the client or a special user profile server is applied to the standard user interface in the current server to provide the client with a personal user interface adapted at any time to the requirements of the user and to the information and/or services available at the current server.
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9 Claims
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1. A client-server based information or service system for providing location dependent information or services to operating mobile clients, said systems comprising:
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a plurality of stationary servers arranged at levels in a hierarchical ordered tree shaped network, said hierarchical ordered network levels being arranged to include at least an uppermost root level and a lowermost leaf level, and optionally an intermediate branch level, wherein each of said servers are arranged to provide information or services corresponding to a predefined specific geographical area, said geographical area being non-overlapping with respect to geographical areas corresponding to adjacent servers on the same network hierarchy level, said geographical area being subdividable to comprise geographical areas corresponding to servers on lower network hierarchy levels, and said operating mobile client having an association with only one of said servers at a time, the association being transferable between adjacent servers of the tree shaped network on an existing connection of a client to the network, whereby a mobile client user obtains automatically or on user request information or services of interest pertaining to the specific geographical area of the corresponding server with which the mobile client currently has an association. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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