Patent ID: 7386276

Claim:
A method for the wireless retrieval of information regarding mobile bodies and for disseminating content based on retrieved information, the method comprising the steps of: providing a wireless communication sending unit for being retained relative to a first mobile body wherein the wireless communication sending unit comprises a means for emitting a signal; providing a wireless communication receiving unit for being retained relative to a second mobile body wherein the wireless communication receiving unit comprises a means for receiving the signal emitted by the wireless communication sending unit; providing a central server for retaining information wherein the central server retains information regarding the first mobile body; providing an identifying association between the wireless communication sending unit and the first mobile body; enabling an emission of an identifying signal from the wireless communication sending units; providing a wireless access point; establishing a wireless local area network arrangement involving the wireless communication sending unit, the wireless communication receiving unit, the central server, and the wireless access point; wherein the wireless communication receiving unit has a display screen for enabling a display of transmitted information regarding the first mobile body; enabling a transmission of information regarding the first mobile body retaining the wireless communication sending unit to the wireless communication receiving unit in response to a receipt of a signal from the wireless communication sending unit retained by the first mobile body by the wireless communication receiving unit; and enabling a display of information received regarding the first mobile body retaining the wireless communication sending unit on the display screen of the wireless communication receiving unit.