Patent ID: 6134454
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
Portable apparatus comprising:a communications device including a timing device, a database for receiving from a user of said apparatus information entries comprising a data component and a component that specifies a time, and a transmitter for transmitting therefrom a device identification together with information based on at least a portion of said information entries, anda controller coupled to said database and to said transmitter for initiating the transmission a) in consultation with said timing device and b) based on said components of said information entries that specify time,where said data component includes either a telephone number to be included in the information string, or specifies that a step of ascertaining the physical location of said portable communications apparatus be carried out and the results of said step of ascertaining be included in the information string.