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1. A system to facilitate a cemetery visit, comprising:
- a machine readable symbol physically associated with a first decedent in a first interment space in a cemetery having a first set of information encoded therein;
a data repository remote from the cemetery storing a plurality of second sets of information associated with a plurality of decedents in a corresponding plurality of interment spaces in the cemetery; and
a portable device having a reader adapted to perceive and decode the machine readable symbol from the first set of information, a transmitter adapted to send a first query based on the first set of information to the data repository by way of a communication network, a receiver adapted to receive one of the second sets of information from the data repository by way of the communication network, and a display adapted to present a first biography of the first decedent and an indication of a second decedent interred in a second interment space in the cemetery, wherein the first biography is based at least in part on the first and second sets of information, and the second decedent is associated with the first decedent.
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Abstract
A system and method for facilitating a visit to a cemetery, the system including a machine readable symbol encoded with a first set of information, a reading device to read and decode the symbol, a transmitting device to send a first query based on the first set of information to a data repository, a receiving device to receive a second set of information, and a display device to display a first biography of the decedent. The biography story is based on the first and second sets of information.
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1. A system to facilitate a cemetery visit, comprising:
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a machine readable symbol physically associated with a first decedent in a first interment space in a cemetery having a first set of information encoded therein; a data repository remote from the cemetery storing a plurality of second sets of information associated with a plurality of decedents in a corresponding plurality of interment spaces in the cemetery; and a portable device having a reader adapted to perceive and decode the machine readable symbol from the first set of information, a transmitter adapted to send a first query based on the first set of information to the data repository by way of a communication network, a receiver adapted to receive one of the second sets of information from the data repository by way of the communication network, and a display adapted to present a first biography of the first decedent and an indication of a second decedent interred in a second interment space in the cemetery, wherein the first biography is based at least in part on the first and second sets of information, and the second decedent is associated with the first decedent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for facilitating a cemetery visit, comprising:
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providing a machine readable symbol physically associated with a first interment space in a cemetery, wherein a first set of information is encoded therein; reading the machine readable symbol with a portable device having a display; decoding the symbol into the first set of information; providing a data repository storing a plurality of second sets of information associated with a plurality of decedents; sending to the data repository a first query based on the decoded first set of information; receiving from the data repository a second set of information; and presenting, on a display, a first biography of a first decedent interred in the first interment space, in human readable form, including providing an indication of a second decedent interred in a second interment space in the cemetery on the display of the portable device, the second decedent being associated with the first decedent wherein second set of information includes a visual representation of the cemetery, a location of the second interment space and the association between the first and second decedents, whereby a visitor to the cemetery can review the biographies of the first and second decedents. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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