Patent ID: 7856368

Claim:
A system for providing personalized information to a user in a commercial establishment, the system comprising: at least one database storing information related to a user; a plurality of portable display units located in a commercial establishment for use by a plurality of users in a commercial establishment, each portable display unit of the plurality of portable display units having a unique identifier, and each portable display unit comprising a transceiver, a memory device, a user interface, a display screen, a microprocessor, and at least one program executable by the microprocessor to enable receiving, storing and displaying of information to a user in a commercial establishment, wherein a user activates a portable display unit of the plurality of portable display units to operate in a commercial establishment by providing identifying information; a location tracking system to determine a location of the activated portable display unit in a commercial establishment; a server computer, the server computer being in communication with the location tracking system and the at least one database and the server computer being configured to generate personalized information for a user in a commercial establishment based on the location of the activated portable display unit and the information related to a user stored in the at least one database; and at least one transceiver in communication with the server computer for transmitting the personalized information generated by the server computer to the activated portable display unit.