User device with service finding and purchasing functionality
OwnerChristopher M. Tobininventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A user device couples to a position determining system to determine relative positions of the device and a service vendor. The position determining system may include an information database that provides the device with information about the service vendor. A display may be coupled to the device to display the relative positions and the information about the service vendor on a map. Additionally, the device includes a device identifier to authorize a transaction without revealing the identity of a user of the device.
Claims39
A system, comprising:
- a device to couple to a position determining system to determine relative positions of a service vendor and the device, the device including a device identifier to authorize a transaction without revealing the identity of a user of the device;
- an information database to couple to the device to provide the device with information about the service vendor;
- and
- a display coupled to the device to display the relative positions and the information about the service vendor on a map.
An electronic user device for locating service vendors and performing transactions, the device comprising:
- a communication logic to communicate with a position determining system to determine relative positions between the device and a vendor, and further to transmit a device identifier to authorize a transaction without revealing an identity of a user of the device;
- and
- a mapping logic coupled to the communication logic to display relative positions of the device and a service vendor on a map.
A method to enable a user to locate a service vendor, the method comprising:
- coupling a user device to a position determining system, the device including a device identifier to authorize a transaction without revealing the identity of the user;
- and
- displaying a location for a service vendor obtained from the position determining system relative to a position for the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.