Hierarchical information dissemination for location based systems
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1. A method for use in a location based system having a hierarchical zonal structure defined, at least in part, by a first nodal transmitting device located in a first zonal position in said hierarchical zonal structure and a second nodal transmitting device located at a second zonal position in said hierarchical zonal structure, said first zonal position being different than said second zonal position, the method comprising:
- obtaining with said first nodal transmitting device one or more signals representing information associated with an item of interest located at a specified location, transmitting with said first nodal transmitting device to said second nodal transmitting device one or more signals representing part of said information associated with said item of interest, wherein within said location based system said first zonal position and said second zonal position are differentiated and propagation of said information and said part of said information is selectively controlled based, at least in part, on at least one of a spatial restriction parameter associated with said specified location, and a temporal restriction parameter associated with the hierarchical zonal structure.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided which may be implemented in various methods and/or apparatuses that support information dissemination for and/or within location based systems to control information dissemination.
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1. A method for use in a location based system having a hierarchical zonal structure defined, at least in part, by a first nodal transmitting device located in a first zonal position in said hierarchical zonal structure and a second nodal transmitting device located at a second zonal position in said hierarchical zonal structure, said first zonal position being different than said second zonal position, the method comprising:
obtaining with said first nodal transmitting device one or more signals representing information associated with an item of interest located at a specified location, transmitting with said first nodal transmitting device to said second nodal transmitting device one or more signals representing part of said information associated with said item of interest, wherein within said location based system said first zonal position and said second zonal position are differentiated and propagation of said information and said part of said information is selectively controlled based, at least in part, on at least one of a spatial restriction parameter associated with said specified location, and a temporal restriction parameter associated with the hierarchical zonal structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for use at a first nodal transmitting device within a location based system having a hierarchical zonal structure defined, at least in part, by a first nodal transmitting device located in a first zonal position in said hierarchical zonal structure and a second nodal transmitting device located at a second zonal position in said hierarchical zonal structure, said first nodal transmitting device located in a first zonal position in said hierarchical zonal structure and a second nodal transmitting device located at a second zonal position in said hierarchical zonal structure, said first zonal position being different than said second zonal position, wherein said first nodal transmitting device comprises:
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a communication interface; and at least one processing unit configured to obtain information associated with an item of interest located at a specified location and to transmit to said second nodal transmitting device a part of said information associated with said item of interest, and wherein within said location based system said first zonal position and said second zonal position are differentiated and propagation of said information and said part of said information is selectively controlled based, at least in part, on a spatial restriction parameter associated with said specified location, and a temporal restriction parameter associated with the hierarchical zonal structure. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An article comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-implementable instructions stored thereon that are executable by one or more processing units, the instructions comprising ; code to obtain at a first nodal transmitting device information associated with an item of interest located at a specified location within a coverage area of a location based system comprising said first nodal transmitting device and a second nodal transmitting device, said first nodal transmitting device and said second nodal transmitting device operatively forming a hierarchical zonal structure, said first nodal transmitting device located in a first zonal position in said hierarchical zonal structure and said second nodal located at a second zonal position in said hierarchical zonal structure, said first zonal position being different than said second zonal position; code to transmit with said first nodal transmitting device to said second nodal transmitting device a part of said information associated with said item of interest, wherein within said location based system said first zonal position and said second zonal position are differentiated and propagation of said information and said part of said information is selectively controlled based, at least in part, on a spatial restriction parameter associated with said specified location, and a temporal restriction parameter associated with the hierarchical zonal structure. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus comprising:
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means for obtaining information associated with an item of interest at a specified location; means for transmitting a part of said information associated with said item of interest; means for communicating wireless signals; and means for storing information associated with said item of interest located at a specified location within a coverage area of a location based system comprising a plurality of means for communicating wireless signals operatively forming a hierarchical zonal structure and having different zonal positions within said hierarchical zonal structure, wherein within said location based system said first zonal position and said second zonal position are differentiated and propagation of said information and said part of said information is selectively controlled based, at least in part, on a spatial restriction parameter associated with said specified location, and a temporal restriction parameter associated with the hierarchical zonal structure. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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