Networked message delivery system
First Claim
1. A networked communications apparatus comprising at least one server and a plurality of user stations, wherein each of the user stations comprise a terminal that can receive information from the at least one server by means of a connection via a first network, the apparatus further comprising:
- storage means holding a profile database, which profile database contains data representing a characteristic behavior of an associated user terminal network address or addresses, the data being acquired automatically in response to an activity of an associated user and being stored together with the associated user terminal network address or addresses in the profile database;
wherein the user station further comprises a portable communications device coupled with said terminal and connectable to said at least one server via a second network independent of the first network, wherein the coupling between the portable device with said terminal is by wireless transmission therefrom, and the portable communications device includes means for receiving wireless transmissions from the terminal are further configured to receive additional data transmitted wirelessly from other sources than said second network and said terminal.
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Abstract
In a networked communications apparatus comprising at least one server (10) and a plurality of user terminals (12), together with a portable communications device (18) co-operating with one or more user terminals (12), the coupling (14) between terminal and communications device is by wireless transmission. The portable communications device (18) means for receiving wireless transmissions from the terminal are further configured to receive additional data transmitted wirelessly from other sources, such as message delivery beacons (B1–BN) distributed in the locality.
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1. A networked communications apparatus comprising at least one server and a plurality of user stations, wherein each of the user stations comprise a terminal that can receive information from the at least one server by means of a connection via a first network, the apparatus further comprising:
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storage means holding a profile database, which profile database contains data representing a characteristic behavior of an associated user terminal network address or addresses, the data being acquired automatically in response to an activity of an associated user and being stored together with the associated user terminal network address or addresses in the profile database; wherein the user station further comprises a portable communications device coupled with said terminal and connectable to said at least one server via a second network independent of the first network, wherein the coupling between the portable device with said terminal is by wireless transmission therefrom, and the portable communications device includes means for receiving wireless transmissions from the terminal are further configured to receive additional data transmitted wirelessly from other sources than said second network and said terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A communication method for a networked system comprising at least one server and a plurality of user stations, wherein the user stations comprise terminals which can receive information from the at least one server by means of a connection via a first network,
wherein a profile database is provided, which profile database contains data representing a characteristic behavior of an associated user terminal network address or addresses, the data being acquired automatically in response to an activity of the associated user and being stored together with the associated user terminal network address or addresses in the profile database; with the user station further comprising a portable communications device coupled with said terminal and connectable to said at least one server via a second network independent of the first network, the coupling with said terminal is by wireless transmission therefrom, and die portable communications device including means for receiving wireless transmissions from the terminal are further configured to receive additional data transmitted wirelessly from other sources than said second network and wherein the portable communications device is provided with a buffer for received messages. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A communication method for a networked system comprising at least one server and a plurality of terminals, comprising:
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receiving information at the terminals from the at least one server by means of a connection via a first network, comprising; storing a profile database that contains data representing a characteristic behavior of an associated user terminal network address or addresses, which data is acquired automatically in response to an activity of an associated user and being stored together with an associated user information in the profile database; interfacing a portable communications device with said terminals and connecting the portable communications with the at least one server via a second wireless network that is independent of the first network; and receiving wireless transmissions at the portable communication device from other sources than the second wireless network and wherein the portable communications device is provided with a buffer for received messages. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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