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Proximity based toll free communication services

  • US 5,561,704 A
  • Filed: 03/16/1994
  • Issued: 10/01/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for establishing a communications channel between a mobile communications user and a public telecommunications system user, wherein said public telecommunications system user is a business, said method comprising the steps of:

  • a) providing a database containing a directory of businesses, which use a public communications system, including fields regarding business geographic locations of said businesses, classifications of goods or services offered by said businesses, and corresponding telecommunications addresses of said businesses;

    b) transmitting information, including a mobile user'"'"'s geographic location and a mobile user'"'"'s preference for goods or services, or a mobile user'"'"'s preference for both goods and services, to an information processor and to the database provided in step a;

    c) comparing the information transmitted in step b to the information contained in the database to select a particular one of said businesses which furnishes the mobile user'"'"'s preferences for goods or services;

    comparing the business geographic location with the mobile user'"'"'s geographic location to select the proximate one of said businesses which is located within a predetermined maximum range from the mobile user'"'"'s geographic location; and

    d) retrieving the telecommunications address of the business selected by the comparison in step c.

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