Method and system for connecting a mobile terminal to a database

Abstract

The invention is a communication system (10) and a method of communication. The communication system includes an information source (20); a position transceiver (14) disposed at a broadcast location (16) and coupled to the information source, the position transceiver broadcasting information from the information source within a broadcast area (18) where the position transceiver is located, the information including identification information relating to the information source; a mobile terminal (12) within the broadcast area comprising first and second transceivers (44 and 46), the first transceiver communicating with the position transceiver; a network (42) communicating with the second transceiver; and a database (26), communicating with the network, storing information which is transmitted to the second transceiver associated with the identification information in response to the database receiving at least the identification information by transmission of the network from the mobile terminal to the database.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.