Patent ID: 7903029
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G01S,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating information to a plurality of mobile units, wherein for each of the mobile units, wireless signal measurements are obtained from transmissions between the mobile unit and a network having a plurality of terrestrial communication stations, and wherein each of the mobile units is independently moveable from each of the communication stations, and each of said communications stations includes one or more of: a transmitter for transmitting wireless signals to the mobile units, and a receiver for receiving wireless signals from the mobile units; wherein output from at least one of the following location techniques (A-1) through (A-5) is available: (A-1) a first technique for locating a mobile unit (M (A-2) a second technique for locating a mobile unit (M (A-3) a third technique for locating a mobile unit (M (A-4) a fourth technique for locating a mobile unit (M (A-5) a fifth technique for locating a mobile unit (M wherein access to a data storage is available, the data storage used for storing, for each of a plurality of users of the plurality of mobile units, corresponding user preference information providing preferences related to the user accessing one or more of a plurality of products or services available for purchase; wherein access to a data repository is available, the data repository used for storing data of the plurality of products or services, including data for providing one or more corresponding presentations for the products or services to the mobile units via network communications, comprising: for each one of the plurality of mobile units, the following steps (A) through (H) are performed: (A) receiving, for a corresponding user of the one mobile unit, a corresponding user input for establishing at least a portion of the user preference information for the corresponding user; (B) providing the portion of the user preference information for storing, in the data storage; (C) first obtaining, from the network, a first estimate indicative of a location of the one mobile unit, wherein one of the location techniques (A-1) through (A-5) is used for locating the one mobile unit; (D) selecting, from the data repository first data for an instance (I (E) obtaining a first extent for a route from a location for the one mobile unit to substantially the geographic location L (F) selecting, from the data repository second data for one of an additional instance (I (G) obtaining a route (R) to substantially the geographic location L wherein the route R is determined using the geographic location L (H) outputting, to the one mobile unit, data indicative of the route R, and corresponding presentation data (P