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US 2010/0144272 A1Published application
System and method for locating and accessing wireless resources
AssigneePalm, Inc.
InventorsDavid Blight, Elaine Lusher
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for locating resources available to portable electronic devices which are enabled for short range wireless communications. The system and method include creating and accessing a resource and access location history database accessible via the portable electronic device.
Claims20
A system for locating access to wireless resources, comprising:
- a portable electronic device including a short range radio frequency (RF) transceiver;
- a database program running on the portable electronic device, the database program configured to store a history of wireless station information and available resource information,
- the wireless station information being representative of wireless stations coming in communications with the short range RF transceiver as the portable electronic device is being moved through an environment, and
- the available resource information being correlated with the wireless station information and the available resource information being representative of the resources available through the wireless stations.
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A method of locating access to resources in an environment, comprising:
- roaming within an environment with a portable electronic device having a short range radio frequency (RF) transceiver;
- scanning for wireless enabled devices within range of the RF transceiver of the portable device;
- storing wireless station information relating to the wireless enabled devices in a database;
- storing available resource information relating to the resources available through the wireless station in the database;
- and
- accessing, on the portable electronic device, the database including the wireless station information and the available resource information.
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A method of locating access to resources in an environment, comprising:
- moving through an environment with a portable electronic device having a short range radio frequency (RF) transceiver;
- receiving information relating to wirelessly accessible resources;
- storing the information in a database on the device;
- and
- accessing the database information according to a specific query.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.