Location-aware service proxies in a short-range wireless environment
AssigneeReefEdge, Inc.
InventorsSandeep K. Singhal, Richard K. Neves, Darren M. Sanders
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Abstract
A system and a method for delivering location sensitive services within a short-range wireless environment. Service proxies are employed to customize queried information and make available services according to user identity and location.
Claims32
A system for delivering location-based services to mobile clients in a building structure using short-range wireless technology, comprising:
- a plurality of short-range wireless communication devices, each of the mobile clients equipped with at least one of said devices;
- a plurality of short range wireless access points adapted for communicating with said mobile clients via said short-range wireless communication devices;
- a location registry having means for tracking the location of said mobile clients;
- access point software for enabling the communication of information to said location registry;
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- one or more location aware service proxies.
A method for delivering location-based services to a a plurality of mobile clients located within a building structure using short-range wireless technology, the mobile clients each carrying a short-range wireless communication device, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a plurality of short-range wireless access points having means for communicating with said mobile clients via said wireless communication devices;
- communicating information from said access points to a location registry via access point software;
- providing a plurality of location aware service proxies;
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- continuously tracking the location of said mobile clients via said location registry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.