Patent ID: 7392131

Claim:
A method for supplying a program-aided information system with specific location information, in which the information system provides a selection of location-dependent information based on at least one of a plurality of person-specific or object-specific locations, wherein a first location is detectable by a first sensor having a first reference system and a second location is detectable by a second sensor having a second reference system, the method comprising: detecting positional data for at least one of the plurality of person-specific or object-specific locations through an associated sensor; transforming said sensor-detected positional data into corresponding location representing forms using at least one sensor adaptor which establishes a single reference system from the first and second reference systems, within which positional data of the plurality of person-specific and object-specific locations being spatially attributed and associated with a hierarchical structure; combining said location representing forms in a location set based on the single reference system: forming location relations between any combination of locations, persons or objects within the location sets, which includes identifying a distance relationship and hierarchical relationship between each location, person, or object in the location set; and applying operations for determining the matching of locations as a basis of generating or providing location-dependent person-specific or object-specific information.