Method and apparatus for delivering local information to travelers
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsKenneth H. Rosen, Steven Charles Salimando
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Abstract
Time-dependent, geographically localized information is provided to a mobile communication system. A geographic location identifier associated with a location of the mobile communication system is received. An address of a resource server is associated with the geographic location identifier; the resource server stores time-dependent, geographically localized information. The address of the resource server is sent to the mobile communication system.
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A method for providing time-dependent, geographically localized information to a mobile communication system, comprising:
- (a) receiving at a resolution server a geographic location identifier associated with a location of the mobile communication system;
- (b) associating, at the resolution server, an address of at least one resource server with the geographic location identifier, the resource server storing time-dependent, geographically localized information;
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- (c) sending the address of the resource server to the mobile communication system.
A method for providing time-dependent, geographically localized information to a mobile communication system, comprising:
- (a) determining, at the mobile communication system, a geographic location identifier associated with the mobile communication system;
- (b) sending the geographic location identifier from the mobile communication system to a resolution server;
- (c) receiving, at the mobile communication system, a resource server address from the resolution server based on the geographic location identifier;
- (d) sending the resource server address from the mobile communication system to a resource server;
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- (e) receiving, at the mobile communication system, the time-dependent, geographically localized information from the resource server based on the resource server address.
A method for providing time-dependent, geographically localized information to a mobile communication system, comprising:
- (a) determining a geographic location identifier associated with the mobile communication system, the geographic location identifier including a resource server address;
- (b) sending the resource server address to a resource server;
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- (c) receiving the time-dependent, geographically localized information from the resource server corresponding to the resource server address.
A method for providing time-dependent, geographically localized information to a mobile communication system, comprising:
- (a) determining a geographic location identifier associated with the mobile communication system;
- (b) sending the geographic location identifier from the mobile communication system to a resolution server;
- (c) selecting a resource server address;
- (d) modifying the selected resource server address based on the geographic location identifier;
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- (e) receiving the time-dependent, geographically localized information based on the modified resource server address.
An apparatus for providing time-dependent, geographically localized information to a mobile communication system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory storing a plurality of resource server addresses, said memory storing association instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to associate a resource server address from the plurality of resource server addresses based on a geographic location identifier associated with a location of the mobile communication system;
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- a port to be coupled to a communication network and through which the geographic location identifier is received and through which time-dependent, geographically localized information is sent, said memory and said port being coupled to said processor.
A mobile apparatus, coupled to a telecommunication network, for providing a plurality of time-dependent, geographically localized information, comprising:
- a geographic location device, said geographic location device determining a geographic location identifier associated with a location of said mobile apparatus;
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- a telecommunication transceiver coupled to said geographic location device, said telecommunication transceiver sending the geographic location identifier to a telecommunication network, said telecommunications transceiver receiving time-dependent, geographically localized information based on the geographic location identifier.
An apparatus for providing time-dependent, geographically localized information to a mobile communication system, comprising:
- means for receiving a geographic location identifier associated with the mobile communication system;
- means for associating an address of a resource server based on the geographic location identifier, the resource server storing time-dependent, geographically localized information;
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- means for sending the address of the resource server to the mobile communication system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.