Patent ID: 6961555
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04H,H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for connecting a wireless device to a remote location on a computer network, the wireless device including a processor and a transmitter/receiver for sending and receiving radio frequency signals to provide two-way digital communication between the processor and the computer network, the system comprising: a beacon unit disposed at a location and including a transmitter for transmitting a beacon signal into a target region adjacent to the location and including information indicative of a first code associated with the beacon unit; a beacon signal receiver circuit disposed with the wireless dice and adapted to receive the beacon signal when the wireless device is within the target region, the beacon signal receiver circuit being operably connected to the processor of the wireless device; whereby, in response to receiving the beacon signal, the beacon signal receiver circuit sends control signals to the processor of the wireless device; whereby, in response to the processor receiving the control signals, the wireless device is connected to a specific remote location on the computer network; a first computer disposed on the computer network; and a computer database operably connected to the first computer, the computer database including a plurality of routing information for locations on the computer network and a plurality of first codes and associating each of the routing information with at least one of the first codes; whereby, upon receiving a message packet transmitted from the wireless device across the network which is indicative of a particular first code contained in the beacon signal, the first computer accesses the computer database, retrieves the routing information associated with the particular first code and transmits the routing information associated with the particular first code across the computer network back to the wireless device.