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US 9,754,333 B1Granted
Position-based information access device and method of searching
AssigneeSmarter Agent, LLC
InventorsBrad W. Blumberg, Eric M. Blumberg
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Abstract
A system and method retrieve location-centric information. The method includes providing geographic position information of a wireless device to an information system or database and receiving location identifiers based on the geographic position. Each location identifier has related location-centric information that can be viewed by the user of the wireless device.
Claims12
A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to:
- provide information from a handheld wireless device to an information system located remote from the handheld wireless device, the information related to a geographic position of said handheld wireless device, said information system including information associated with a plurality of landmarks for sale;
- receive at said handheld wireless device from said information system data associated with a plurality of icons, each icon from the plurality of icons being configured to initiate a search for a landmark for sale from the plurality of landmarks for sale within a predetermined radial distance from the geographic position of said handheld wireless device;
- receive at said handheld wireless device location-centric information from said information system, said location-centric information related to a landmark for sale located proximate to said geographic position of said handheld wireless device within the predetermined radial distance, said location-centric attribute information including indicia of a plurality of features related to said landmark for sale;
- send to said information system from said handheld wireless device a selection of a feature from said plurality of features;
- and
- after sending the selection, receive at said handheld wireless device location-centric detailed feature information related to said selected feature.
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A method of retrieving location-centric information, comprising:
- receiving information at an information system from a handheld wireless located remote from the information system, the received information related to a geographic position of said handheld wireless device, said information system including information associated with a plurality of landmarks for sale;
- sending to said handheld wireless device from said information system, data associated with a plurality of icons, each icon from the plurality of icons being configured to provide a criteria for a search for a landmark for sale from said plurality of landmarks for sale within a distance from said geographic position of said handheld wireless device;
- sending to said handheld wireless device location-centric information from said information system, said location-centric information related to a landmark for sale located proximate to said geographic position of said handheld wireless device within the distance, said location-centric attribute information including indicia of a plurality of features related to said landmark for sale;
- receiving at said information system from said handheld wireless device a selection of a feature from said plurality of features;
- and
- after the receiving, sending to said handheld wireless device location-centric detailed feature information related to said selected feature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.