Methods and systems for position co-ordination
First Claim
1. A position co-ordination system for co-ordinating a position of a number of users, the system comprising:
- at least one user terminal;
at least one mobile communications device; and
a network connecting the at least one user terminal and the at least one mobile communications device;
wherein the at least one user terminal is configured, upon receiving identification information from a first user, to determine a second user who is registered with the system to meet the first user, and to notify a mobile communications device associated with the second user via the network, thereby notifying the second user of the first user'"'"'s position and facilitating meeting of the two users.
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Abstract
A position coordination system for coordinating a position of a number of users includes at least one user terminal, at least one mobile communications device, and a network connecting the at least one user terminal and the at least one mobile communications device. The at least one user terminal is configured upon receiving identification information from a first user to determine a second user who is registered with the system to meet the first user and to notify a mobile communications device associated with the second user via the network thereby notifying the second user of the first user'"'"'s position and facilitating meeting of the two users.
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52 Claims
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1. A position co-ordination system for co-ordinating a position of a number of users, the system comprising:
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at least one user terminal;
at least one mobile communications device; and
a network connecting the at least one user terminal and the at least one mobile communications device;
wherein the at least one user terminal is configured, upon receiving identification information from a first user, to determine a second user who is registered with the system to meet the first user, and to notify a mobile communications device associated with the second user via the network, thereby notifying the second user of the first user'"'"'s position and facilitating meeting of the two users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 48, 51, 52)
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31. A method of co-ordinating the position of a number of users of a position co-ordinating system, comprising the steps of:
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receiving identification, in the system, of at least one second user;
issuing a mobile communications device to the second user;
receiving identification, in a user terminal of the system, of at least one first user of the system;
determining, in the user terminal, a second user who is registered with the system to meet the first user; and
notifying the mobile communications device issued to the determined second user, via a network, that the first user has identified themself to the user terminal, thereby notifying the second user of the first user'"'"'s position and facilitating meeting of the two users. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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- 49. A position co-ordination system as claimed in 5, wherein the bank of mobile communications devices includes means to sense the release of a mobile communications device, and to sense its replacement.
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