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Method and apparatus for warning a mobile user approaching a boundary of an area of interest

  • US 8,971,926 B2
  • Filed: 07/05/2007
  • Issued: 03/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a mobile device having a display associated therewith comprising:

  • determining a location of the mobile device;

    determining the location is within an unserved area outside a first designated marketing area and a second designated marketing area;

    when the mobile device is in the unserved area, determining a first distance from the mobile device to a first broadcast center within the first designated marketing area;

    when the mobile device is in the unserved area, determining a second distance from the mobile device to a second broadcast center within the second designated marketing area;

    broadcasting wireless signals having location specific information therein in the first designated marketing area and the second designated marketing area from the first broadcast center and the second respective broadcast center;

    determining a shortest distance of the first distance and the second distance;

    receiving the wireless signals at the mobile device; and

    displaying the wireless signals of the first designated marketing area or the second designated marketing area corresponding to the shortest distance.

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