Patent ID: 6154745
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: G06F,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
Method for the transmission of queried information to a mobile user having a current location and/or travel route, comprising the steps of:sending an information query from a user search terminal of the mobile user to obtain specific information from a remote source of information,receiving and processing the information query,searching the remote source of information for the specific information queried by the information query,when found, transmitting the specific queried information from the remote source of information to the user search terminal, andreceiving and displaying the specific queried information to the mobile user by the user search terminal,and the further steps comprising:providing a primary server for receiving and processing the information query and producing a search criterion for conducting the information search, said search criterion being based at least partly on information on the current location and/or travel route of the mobile user included with the information query,providing the remote source of information with several information servers for the information search, androuting the information query sent by the user search terminal to the primary server, and then to an information server that is found suitable for the information search based at least partly on the current location and/or travel route of the mobile user information of the search criterion, to obtain the specific information from the remote source of information.