End user to mobile service provider message exchange system based on proximity
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1. A method of providing access to an end user to one or more mobile service providers providing a service, the method including:
- receiving from the end user a request to access one or more mobile service providers within a predetermined region;
supplying the end user with data relating to the geographical location of the one or more mobile service providers within said predetermined region;
receiving from the end user data relating to a selected one of the one or more mobile service providers within the predetermined region; and
providing details of the end user to the selected mobile service provider.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method and means for facilitating direct access by an end user of a service to a mobile service provider that is typically mobile, wherein the end user is able to select a desired mobile service based primarily on the proximity of that mobile service provider to that end user at the time the end user requires that service.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of providing access to an end user to one or more mobile service providers providing a service, the method including:
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receiving from the end user a request to access one or more mobile service providers within a predetermined region;
supplying the end user with data relating to the geographical location of the one or more mobile service providers within said predetermined region;
receiving from the end user data relating to a selected one of the one or more mobile service providers within the predetermined region; and
providing details of the end user to the selected mobile service provider. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 24, 25)
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2. A method according to claim I wherein details of the end user as supplied to the selected mobile service provider include end user identification and location data.
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12. A system for providing access to an end user to one or more mobile service providers, the system including:
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an end user interface to allow the end user to request and receive data relating at least to the geographical location of one or more mobile service providers within a predetermined region;
an application server for receiving and providing data to and from the end user interface;
one or more databases storing data relating to the one or more mobile service providers that are registered;
a map server for processing and providing data relating to the geographical location of the one or more service providers to the application server, and for retrieving and updating the one or more databases;
a mobile location engine for determining the location of the one or more mobile service providers and providing this data to the map server. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing access to an end user to one or more mobile service providers providing a service, the method including:
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receiving from the end user a request to access one or more mobile service providers within a predetermined region;
automatically selecting one or more mobile service providers in accordance with one or more criteria provided by the end user; and
providing details of the end user to the selected one or more mobile service providers. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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