Interrogate-response communication system with privacy indication
First Claim
1. A method of obtaining information about a product or service offering having an associated receiver responsive to an information request, the method comprising:
- presenting at least one selectable query for information to a portable subscriber device via at least one communication network;
selecting a query of the at least one selectable query for the information;
providing a subscriber privacy status utilizing the portable subscriber device; and
transmitting the query and the subscriber privacy status to an associated receiver, the associated receiver forprocessing of the subscriber privacy status and responding to the query by providing the information to the subscriber.
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Abstract
A method of and apparatus for obtaining information about a product or service offering having an associated receiver responsive to an information request or query. The method comprise providing a portable subscriber device linked with a communication network, presenting at least one selectable query for information to a subscriber via the subscriber device, selecting the at least one query for information, providing a desired privacy status of the subscriber utilizing the subscriber device, transmitting the query and the privacy status and, at the associated receiver, processing the privacy status and responding to the query by providing the requested information to the subscriber. A corresponding apparatus is also disclosed.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of obtaining information about a product or service offering having an associated receiver responsive to an information request, the method comprising:
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presenting at least one selectable query for information to a portable subscriber device via at least one communication network; selecting a query of the at least one selectable query for the information; providing a subscriber privacy status utilizing the portable subscriber device; and transmitting the query and the subscriber privacy status to an associated receiver, the associated receiver for processing of the subscriber privacy status and responding to the query by providing the information to the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A portable user device to enable a user to interrogate a product or service offering concerning information associated with the product or service offering, the portable user device comprising:
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an anonymity register to store at least one of an affirmative or negative user privacy indication; a query selector to select at least one query for requested information; a destination register to store destination information associated with a destination to receive the requested information; and a transmitter to transmit the user privacy indication, query, and the destination information to a wireless receiver associated with at least one product or service offering to effectuate a transmission of the requested information to the destination in response to the query, and store or discard the destination information in accordance with the user privacy indication. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A responder device that provides a user with information associated with at least one product or service offering, comprising:
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a wireless receiver to receive a privacy indicator, a query requesting information associated with the at least one product or service offering, and destination information associated with a target destination to receive the information; a transmitter to transmit the information to the destination; and a controller to at least one of store or discard the destination information as a function of the privacy indicator received by the wireless receiver and effectuate transmission of the information via the transmitter.
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