Patent ID: 8413887
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G04G,G06K,G06Q,G07B,G07F,G07G,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile user device enabled for wirelessly obtaining desired information from one or more wireless-enabled entities, comprising: a cellular wireless interface; a global positioning system (GPS)-based wireless receiver; a power source; and a short range radio frequency identification device disposed within the mobile user device and powered at least in part by the power source, and comprising an integrated circuit with data memory and an antenna; wherein the mobile user device is configured to allow the user to use the mobile user device to obtain the desired information by placing the mobile user device in proximity to a radio frequency apparatus of the one or more wireless-enabled entities; wherein the short range radio frequency device is configured to generate radio frequency energy via the antenna to communicate with the proximate radio frequency apparatus in order to cause the radio frequency apparatus to generate a transmission, the transmission including at least a portion of the desired information; and wherein the short range radio frequency device is disposed within the mobile user device at time of manufacture of the mobile user device.