Patent ID: 7689229
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for dissemination of information, the method comprising: establishing a limited-access environment comprising a golf course at which a professional golf event is occurring and to which admittance is controlled by an authority; controlling admittance to the golf course to prevent an attendee from carrying an unapproved wireless communication device into the golf course during the professional golf event; distributing an approved wireless communication device to the attendee for use within the golf course during the professional golf event, the approved wireless communication device being specially configured according to a preference of the authority; creating information content at a location within the golf course; and broadcasting the information content for delivery to the approved wireless communication device by wireless transmission while the approved wireless communication device is within the golf course, wherein the information content relates to the professional golf event occurring within the golf course and includes information concerning the performance of the players competing in the professional golf event; and including also displaying a selected commercial advertisement on the approved wireless communication device which is specially configured to display said advertisement via a display screen of the wireless communication device, the authority or another enterprise having collected payment for the display of said advertisement via said device.