US 8,799,220 B2 · Content creation, distribution, interaction, and monitoring system

Abstract

A system for managing an end-user's request for information and entertainment. This information can be retrieved using a kiosk with a computer, using software over the Internet with a hardwired computer-like device, or using software with a wireless handheld device. Applications include any areas including commercial, industrial, and government where groups of people congregate such as trade shows, retail stores, restaurants, offices, manufacturing plants, and governmental buildings. The system provides both audio and text information and entertainment from a plurality of sources. These sources include information and entertainment from the local environment or ‘on-site’ information, and from a remote environment. These locations can also retrieve information from the end-user. This information can be product feedback, customer service opinions, product information requests, or the like.

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Dependent claims

A method for providing information to a user comprising:

generating a tagged content for a remote content and storing the tagged content and the remote content on a remote database;
generating a local content based in part on local relevance at a unique physical location and storing the local content in a local database;
interconnecting said remote and local databases to a server through which the remote database updates the content in the local database and vice versa;
providing access to the server to a transceiver;
providing access to said remote and local content, including a selector on said transceiver for selecting the remote and local content;
creating a second tagged content associated with a unique identifier;
sending the second tagged content and at least a portion of the display content to the local server;
and
sending the second tagged content and at least a portion of the display content to the remote server;
wherein the transceiver is comprised of a hand held device that has the unique identifier associated with it;
and
wherein the tagged content and the second tagged content are comprised of metadata.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Content creation, distribution, interaction, and monitoring system

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