Location based data acquisition
AssigneeLmr Inventions, LLC
InventorLeigh M. ROTHSCHILD
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system for providing information related to a geographic location of a user of a mobile device are disclosed. In some embodiments, a location of the mobile device is determined. Information related to the location is also determined. The related information is provided to a user of the mobile device via the mobile device. In some embodiments, an image sensor nearby the mobile device is identified and an image captured by the image sensor is displayed via the mobile device. In some embodiments, the mobile device can be used to control the direction, focus, and aperture of the image sensor.
Claims20
A method of providing information related to a geographic location of a user of a mobile device, the method comprising:
- determining a location of the mobile device;
- determining links to information concerning sites proximate the location;
- and
- displaying at least one of the links and data corresponding to the links to the user via the mobile device.
A mobile device for controlling a device proximate a geographic location of a user of the mobile device, the mobile device comprising:
- a position determining device, the position determining device determining a position of the mobile device;
- a memory, the memory storing information related to the determined position;
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- a processor in communication with the memory and the position determining device, the processor controlling a nearby device proximate the position of the mobile device.
A server for providing information related to a remote geographic location of a user of a mobile device, the server comprising:
- a memory, the memory storing location-specific information organized by location;
- a receiver, the receiver receiving a location of a mobile device from the mobile device;
- a processor in communication with the memory and the receiver, the processor accessing the location-specific information specific to the received location;
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- a transmitter in communication with the processor, the transmitter transmitting the location-specific information to the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.