Pager and paging system for travelers
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsJames E. Wicks, David Fine
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Abstract
A novel pager and paging system assist a traveler, particularly a business traveler, with itinerary reminders and information regarding local services that is coordinated to the place and time of the items on the traveler's schedule. The paging system includes a database of the traveler's itinerary information and a database of information regarding locally available services. Items from the itinerary database are matched with similarly located or related services and transmitted to the traveler's pager in a timely manner to remind the traveler of his or her schedule and commitments.
Claims18
A paging system comprising:
- a central processor;
- an itinerary database containing itinerary information for at least one person;
- and
- at least one transmitter for transmitting data to a pager;
- wherein said processor accesses said itinerary database and transmits data to a pager based on said itinerary information;
- wherein said data comprises information regarding an item of said itinerary information, and said transmission is timed so as to serve as a reminder of said item.
A method of using a paging system comprising the steps of:
- providing a central processor;
- compiling an itinerary database containing itinerary information for at least one person;
- accessing said itinerary database with said processor;
- and
- transmitting data based on said itinerary information to a pager with at least one transmitter;
- wherein said step of transmitting is timed so as to serve as a reminder of an item of said itinerary information.
A paging system comprising:
- a central processor;
- a business and recreational travel itinerary database containing travel itinerary information for at least one person;
- and
- at least one transmitter for transmitting data to a pager;
- wherein said processor accesses said travel itinerary database and transmits data to a pager based on said travel itinerary information;
- wherein said data comprises information regarding an item of said travel itinerary information, and said transmission is timed so as to serve as a reminder of said item.
A method of using a paging system comprising the steps of:
- providing a central processor;
- compiling a business and recreational travel itinerary database containing travel itinerary information for at least one person;
- accessing said travel itinerary database with said processor;
- and
- transmitting data based on said travel itinerary information to a pager with at least one transmitter;
- wherein said step of transmitting is timed so as to serve as a reminder of an item of said travel itinerary information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.