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Communication system for location sensitive information and method therefor

US6888811B2 · kind B2 · utility

171Cited by
21References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 24, 2001
Grant dateMay 3, 2005
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/06
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable device (100) communicates with a short range wireless local area network (114) and a wide area communication system (116). The portable device (100) receives a location data from the short range wireless local area network (114). The portable device (100) generates a location sensitive information request to the wide area communication system (116) including the location data received from the short range wireless local area network (114).

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