Method for directing a user of a mobile device from a current location to a product
First Claim
1. Method using a name server in combination with a mobile device for directing a user of the mobile device from a current location to a product, comprising the steps of:
- recording an identification code of the product in the mobile device;
transmitting said identification code, using the mobile device, to a name server,downloading, using the server utilizing the identification code, product-related data into the mobile device, wherein said product-related data includes at least a geographical location in whose vicinity a product can be bought, andsaid user visiting said geographical location directing said user at said geographical location to the product using said mobile device by establishing a direct contactless connection between said mobile device and a RFID element with which said product is marked using the identification code or product-related data previously supplied by the name server, whereinsaid RFID element is affixed to said product and is read by a reader element connected to said mobile device.
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Abstract
A method is described for directing a user of a mobile device from a current location to a product, wherein an identification code of the product is recorded in the mobile device and transmitted to a name server. The identification code is used in the name server among others for loading product-related data into the mobile device, e.g. a geographical location where the product can be bought. Following this, the user of the mobile device can go to said geographic location. For directing said user to the product, a direct contactless connection is established between said mobile device and a RFID element with which said product is marked, by using the same identification code or product-related data previously supplied by the name server.
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32 Claims
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1. Method using a name server in combination with a mobile device for directing a user of the mobile device from a current location to a product, comprising the steps of:
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recording an identification code of the product in the mobile device; transmitting said identification code, using the mobile device, to a name server, downloading, using the server utilizing the identification code, product-related data into the mobile device, wherein said product-related data includes at least a geographical location in whose vicinity a product can be bought, and said user visiting said geographical location directing said user at said geographical location to the product using said mobile device by establishing a direct contactless connection between said mobile device and a RFID element with which said product is marked using the identification code or product-related data previously supplied by the name server, wherein said RFID element is affixed to said product and is read by a reader element connected to said mobile device. - 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)
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26. Method using a name server in combination with a mobile device for directing a user of a mobile device to a product in a shop, comprising the steps of:
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accepting product information associated with the product from a user of said mobile device for storing in said mobile device; transmitting said information over a network, using said mobile device, to a name server, downloading, using the name server utilizing the product information, product-related data into said mobile device, wherein said product-related data includes at least a geographical location of the shop where the product can be obtained to aid the user in finding the shop, the user visiting the shop using said mobile device for determining the location of the product in the shop by establishing a contactless connection between a reader connected to said mobile device and an RFID element affixed to said product, and directing the user to the location of the product in the shop using said mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for directing a user of a mobile device to a product in a shop, said system comprising:
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a communication network; a mobile device for accepting product information associated with the product from a user of said mobile device; transmitting said product information over the communication network, using said mobile device; and a server connected to said communication network, said server adapted for receiving said product information from the mobile device and further adapted to respond to said receiving by transmitting, utilizing the product information, product-related data over said communication network to said mobile device, wherein said product-related data includes at least a geographical location of the shop where the product can be obtained to aid the user in finding the shop, wherein said mobile device is adapted to communicate said geographical information to the user, and wherein said mobile device is further adapted for, in response to the user visiting the shop, determining the location of the product in the shop by establishing a contactless connection between a reader connected to said mobile device and an RFID element affixed to said product for directing the user to the location of the product in the shop.
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