Method and system for delivery of location specific information
First Claim
1. A method of receiving location specific information comprising:
- self-determining a discrete geographic location of a receiver;
receiving a broadly transmitted signal comprising information pertaining to a wide geographical area;
configuring the base station to identify at least one of the sectors of the base station that transmits to an area that overlaps the wide geographical area,wherein the base station comprising a plurality of sectors is configured to transmit signals to the receiving device,wherein the base station is configured to transmit the signal only via the at least one identified sector; and
selectively extracting, from the signal comprising information pertaining to one or more discrete geographic locations within the wide geographical area, geographic location specific information that only applies to the discrete geographic location self-determined by the receiver.
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Abstract
A method and system for delivering location specific information to a receiver without the receiver having to transmit its location. The method includes self-determining a location of a receiver and receiving a signal comprising information pertaining to a wide geographical area. The method further includes selectively extracting, from the signal comprising information pertaining to a wide geographical area, geographic location specific information that only applies to a self-determined geographic location of the receiver. The method may also include broadcasting a signal to a wide geographic area, wherein information in the signal is tagged to specific geographic locations. The system includes at least one receiver comprising a locator for self-determination of geographic location and a discriminator for extracting appropriate location specific information. The system may also include a base station for broadcasting a signal comprising information pertaining to a wide geographic area, wherein the information comprises geographic location specific information.
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37 Claims
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1. A method of receiving location specific information comprising:
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self-determining a discrete geographic location of a receiver; receiving a broadly transmitted signal comprising information pertaining to a wide geographical area; configuring the base station to identify at least one of the sectors of the base station that transmits to an area that overlaps the wide geographical area, wherein the base station comprising a plurality of sectors is configured to transmit signals to the receiving device, wherein the base station is configured to transmit the signal only via the at least one identified sector; and selectively extracting, from the signal comprising information pertaining to one or more discrete geographic locations within the wide geographical area, geographic location specific information that only applies to the discrete geographic location self-determined by the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system configured to deliver location specific information comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive a signal comprising information pertaining to a wide geographical area; a locator, operably connected to the receiver, configured to self-determine a geographic location of the receiver; a discriminator, operably connected to the receiver, configured to selectively extract, from the signal comprising information pertaining to a wide geographical area, geographic location specific information that only applies to a self-determined geographic location of the receiver; and a base station having a plurality of sectors configured to transmit signals to the receiving device and wherein the base station is configured to identify at least one of the sectors of the base station that transmits to an area that overlaps the wide geographical area, wherein the base station is configured to transmit the signal only via the at least one identified sector. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A data distribution system configured to receive geographic location specific information comprising:
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a receiving device configured to receive a signal comprising information pertaining to a wide geographical area, wherein the information pertaining to a wide geographical area is transmit tagged according to specific geographic locations; a base station having a plurality of sectors configured to transmit signals to the receiving device and wherein the base station is configured to identify at least one of the sectors of the base station that transmits to an area that overlaps the wide geographical area, wherein the base station is configured to transmit the signal only via the at least one identified sector; a locator, operably connected to the receiving device, configured to self-determine a geographic location of the receiving device and generating a receive tag corresponding to the geographic location of the receiving device; a discriminator, operably connected to the receiving device, configured to selectively extract, from the signal comprising information pertaining to a wide geographical area, geographic location specific information having a transmit tag corresponding to the receive tag; and an output connected to the receiving device configured to output the selectively extracted geographically selected information. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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