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US 2010/0141433 A1Published application
Personal radio location system
AssigneeSocial Fabric Corporation
InventorEdward F. Tuck
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for using an energy emanating device to find a person (17a,b) or an object based on preselected attributes (33) stored in the energy emanating device (10) are disclosed. A network radio (52) enables the user of the device to communicate with others over a wireless network (50) via voice calls, text messaging, instant messaging, e-mails and Internet access.
Claims73
An apparatus comprising:
- a first transceiver (10a);
- said first transceiver (10a) including a first memory (32a);
- said first memory (32a) for storing a first attribute (33a) selected by a first user (17a);
- said first transceiver (10a) including a first match indicator (16a);
- a second transceiver (10b);
- said second transceiver (10b) including a second memory (32b);
- said second memory (32b) for storing a second attribute (33b) selected by a second user (17b);
- said second transceiver (10b) including a second match indicator (16b);
- said first transceiver (10a) for emitting a first interrogation signal (11a);
- said first interrogation signal (11a) being received by said second transceiver (10b);
- said first match indicator (16a) on said first transceiver (10a) being activated when said first interrogation signal (11a) finds a match between said first attribute (33a) stored in said first memory (32a) in said first transceiver (10a) and said second attribute (33b) stored in said second memory (32b) in said second transceiver (10b);
- a wireless network (50);
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- a first network radio (52a);
- said first network radio (52a) being co-located with said first transceiver (10a);
- said first network radio (52a) being used to communicate over said wireless network (50).
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first transceiver (10a);
- said first transceiver (10a) including a first memory (32a);
- said first memory (32a) for storing a first attribute (33a) selected by a first user (17a);
- said first transceiver (10a) including a first match indicator (16a);
- a second transceiver (10b);
- said second transceiver (10b) including a second memory (32b);
- said second memory (32b) for storing a second attribute (33b) selected by a second user (17b);
- said second transceiver (10b) including a second match indicator (16b);
- said first transceiver (10a) for emitting a first interrogation signal (11a);
- said first interrogation signal (11a) being received by said second transceiver (10b);
- said first match indicator (16a) on said first transceiver (10a) being activated when said first interrogation signal (11a) finds a match between said first attribute (33a) stored in said first memory (32a) in said first transceiver (10a) and said second attribute (33b) stored in said second memory (32b) in said second transceiver (10b);
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- a website (19);
- said website for enabling said user to program said user's transceiver (10).
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A method comprising the steps of:
- programming a transceiver (10) by storing a plurality of user attributes (33a) in said transceiver (10);
- using said transceiver (10) to seek a match based on a comparison of said user attributes (33a) and a plurality of candidate attributes (33b);
- and
- communicating with said match using a network radio (52).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.