Patent ID: 6959192
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A system for updating information stored in a memory of a portable electronic device, said system comprising: a plurality of base stations, each of said plurality of base stations being located at a respective geographic location and transmitting a radio signal including information specific to said respective geographic location; and a transceiver in said portable electronic device, said transceiver being arranged and configured such that when said portable electronic device comes into range of one of said plurality of base stations, said portable electronic device automatically receives said radio signal from said one of said plurality of base stations, said information is received by said transceiver and provided to a microprocessor in said portable electronic device, and based on said information in said radio signal said information stored in said memory of said portable electronic device is updated without making a determination of a portable electronic device location and whether said information should be updated.