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Location based service

  • US 8,806,653 B2
  • Filed: 08/03/2005
  • Issued: 08/12/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • iteratively receiving, via an intermediary network, information comprising a physical location of a particular object, of a plurality of objects, and a time that the particular object was at its corresponding physical location;

    wherein each object, of the plurality of objects, is configured to transmit electromagnetic signals having one of a plurality of signatures and wherein each of the signatures is associated with only one of the plurality of objects; and

    wherein the physical location of the particular object for a particular time is calculated in response to receipt by a plurality of receiving stations of the intermediary network of the electromagnetic signal transmitted by the particular object for the particular time;

    generating a history of the physical locations of the particular object; and

    transmitting, via the intermediary network, a message receivable by the particular object,wherein the message is determined by a physical location of the particular object and at least one of;

    an identity of a user of the particular object; and

    a characteristic of a user of the particular object.

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