Location-based information delivery system for pedestrian use
First Claim
1. An apparatus for presenting multimedia information to a pedestrian user, comprising:
- position determining means for determining a location of the user;
storage means for storing multimedia information to be presented to the user;
selecting means, responsive to user location, for selecting relevant stored information from said storage means to be presented to the user as selection options, selection means responsive to user choice, for selecting stored multimedia information from said storage means to be presented to the user,wherein said the the selecting means further includes;
calculating means for calculating a distance to each piece of information stored in said storage means;
tagging means for tagging stored multimedia information for retrieval, responsive to said calculating means; and
retrieval means for retrieving information tagged by said tagging means from said storage means; and
presenting means for presenting a selection list of nearby information from which the user selects, and for presenting multimedia information stored in said storage means and selected by said selecting means.
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Abstract
A location-based multi-media information delivery system and control for pedestrian use is disclosed, designed especially for use in areas where it is not possible to determine a user'"'"'s precise location. The system automatically provides a selection list of relevant information based on the user'"'"'s calculated location. The system then delivers information via the appropriate output method, based on the user'"'"'s selection. Also disclosed is a system that receives location information from various systems, including global positioning satellite systems and wireless local area network systems. The system may provide video, audio and visual information.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus for presenting multimedia information to a pedestrian user, comprising:
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position determining means for determining a location of the user; storage means for storing multimedia information to be presented to the user; selecting means, responsive to user location, for selecting relevant stored information from said storage means to be presented to the user as selection options, selection means responsive to user choice, for selecting stored multimedia information from said storage means to be presented to the user, wherein said the the selecting means further includes; calculating means for calculating a distance to each piece of information stored in said storage means; tagging means for tagging stored multimedia information for retrieval, responsive to said calculating means; and retrieval means for retrieving information tagged by said tagging means from said storage means; and presenting means for presenting a selection list of nearby information from which the user selects, and for presenting multimedia information stored in said storage means and selected by said selecting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8)
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4. A method of presenting multimedia information to a user, the method being implemented in a programmed computer system comprising a processor, a data storage system, at least one input device, and at least one output system, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving input data for the programmed computer system, the input data comprising calculated user position at a particular time; storing the input data in the data storage system, wherein said input data comprise multimedia information to be presented to the user; applying, to the input data stored in the data storage system, by means of the programmed computer system, a step which compares the calculated user position to the positions of locations stored in the data storage system; selecting by using the at least one input device, in responsive response to user location, relevant stored data from said data storage system to be presented to the user, wherein said the selecting step further includes; calculating a distance to each piece of data stored in said data storage system; tagging stored multimedia data for retrieval in responsive response to said calculating step; and retrieving tagged data from said data storage system; and presenting, by means of the at least one output system, the a selection of information on locations which are within the information'"'"'s show radius distance from the user'"'"'s calculated user position. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for presenting multimedia information to a user, comprising:
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a position determining subsystem configurable to determine a location of the user; a storage subsystem configurable to store multimedia information to be presented to the user; a selection subsystem configurable to, responsive to user location, select relevant stored information from said storage subsystem to be presented to the user as selection options, the selection subsystem responsive to user choice, for selecting stored multimedia information from said storage subsystem to be presented to the user, wherein the selection subsystem further includes; a calculation subsystem configurable to calculate a distance to each stored piece of information; a tagging subsystem configurable to tag stored multimedia information for retrieval, responsive to said calculation subsystem; and a retrieval subsystem configurable to retrieve information tagged by said tagging subsystem from said storage subsystem; and a presentation subsystem configurable to present a selection list of nearby information from which the user selects, and configurable to present multimedia information stored in said storage subsystem and selected by said selecting subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable storage device having contents adapted to cause a programmed computer system comprising a processor, a data storage system, at least one input device, and at least one output system, to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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receiving input data for the programmed computer system, the input data comprising calculated user position at a particular time; storing the input data in the data storage system, wherein said input data comprise multimedia information to be presented to a user; applying, to the input data stored in the data storage system, by means of the programmed computer system, a step which compares the calculated user position to positions of locations stored in the data storage system; selecting by using the at least one input device, in response to user location, relevant stored data from said data storage system to be presented to the user, wherein the selecting step further includes; calculating a distance to each piece of data stored in said data storage system; tagging stored multimedia data for retrieval in response to said calculating step; and retrieving tagged data from said data storage system; and presenting, by means of the at least one output system, a selection of information on locations which are within the information'"'"'s show radius distance from the calculated user position. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus for presenting multimedia information to a user, comprising:
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means for determining a location of the user; means for selecting a plurality of pieces of multimedia information, responsive to user location, to be presented to the user as selection options, the means for selecting configured to select a piece of multimedia information among the plurality of pieces of multimedia information to be presented to the user, wherein the means for selecting further includes; means for calculating a distance to a location associated with each piece of multimedia information; means for tagging the pieces of multimedia information for retrieval, responsive to said calculating means; and means for retrieving information tagged by the means for tagging; and means for presenting a selection list of nearby information from which the user selects, and for presenting multimedia information selected by the means for selecting and retrieved by the means for retrieving. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of presenting multimedia information to a user, the method comprising:
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receiving data comprising a calculated user position; storing, in a computing device, data comprising instances of multimedia information that are available for presentation to the user, and, for each instance of multimedia information, a location to which the multimedia information relates; comparing the calculated user position to positions of the locations stored in the computing device; selecting based upon the comparison, a subset of the stored data comprising instances of multimedia information, the selected data to be presented to the user, wherein the selecting the subset of the stored data further comprises; determining whether the calculated user position is within a show radius distance of each piece of location data stored in the computing device; and for each piece of location data stored in the computing device, tagging the stored multimedia information to which the location relates if it is determined that the calculated user position is within a show radius distance of the piece of location data; and presenting at least a portion of the tagged multimedia data. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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