Extended digital information retrieval for wireless devices
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining extended digital information related to enterprises within a predetermined radius of a designated GPS location, said method comprising:
- enabling a user of a wireless device to select an enterprise type for which said user desires said extended digital information;
enabling said user to transmit said enterprise type to a server system;
searching extended information databases by said server system to find said enterprise type within a predetermined area related to a location specified by said user; and
transmitting search results information from said server system to said wireless device regarding search results obtained by said server system.
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Abstract
A method and implementing system are provided for enabling a wireless device to access a remote server service containing an extended information database in digital form. In an exemplary embodiment, a user is provided with the ability to retrieve and store entries using a cell or other wireless device from a service provider database, and store the retrieved extended information in the user'"'"'s wireless device memory. A user is enabled to specify a type of information desired for a given GPS location or address. Requested extended digital information is transmitted from a remote server database to a requesting caller'"'"'s wireless device and stored in the device memory. For dynamic digital information that is continuously changing, a user is enabled to request a continuous and/or periodic updating of the requested information. When updated information is received, or when a user is within a predetermined distance from a specified type of enterprise, an audible or other perceptible signal is produced at the user'"'"'s wireless device.
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1. A method for obtaining extended digital information related to enterprises within a predetermined radius of a designated GPS location, said method comprising:
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enabling a user of a wireless device to select an enterprise type for which said user desires said extended digital information;
enabling said user to transmit said enterprise type to a server system;
searching extended information databases by said server system to find said enterprise type within a predetermined area related to a location specified by said user; and
transmitting search results information from said server system to said wireless device regarding search results obtained by said server system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A wireless device comprising:
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a main bus;
a processing unit coupled to said main bus;
a memory unit coupled to said main bus;
a GPS receiver coupled to said main bus;
a display unit coupled to said main bus;
input means for enabling user input to said wireless device;
means for enabling a user of said wireless device to select an enterprise type for which said user desires to receive extended digital information;
means for enabling said user to transmit said enterprise type and a GPS location or address to a server system, said server system being enabled for searching extended information databases to find said enterprise type within an area related to said GPS location or address ; and
means for transmitting search results information from said server system to said wireless device regarding search results obtained by said server system.
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20. A programmed medium within a wireless GPS-enabled device, said programmed medium being selectively accessible to provide program signals operable for enabling said wireless GPS-enabled device to obtain extended digital information related to enterprises within a predetermined radius of a designated GPS location, said program signals being operable for:
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enabling a user of a wireless device to select an enterprise type for which said user desires said extended digital information;
enabling said user to transmit said enterprise type and a GPS location or address to a server system;
searching extended information databases by said server system to find said enterprise type within an area related to said GPS location or address; and
transmitting search results information from said server system to said wireless device regarding search results obtained by said server system.
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