CN1571965A - Methods and apparatus for electronic bookmarking of vendor locations via a personal digital assistant or other user device - Google Patents

Methods and apparatus for electronic bookmarking of vendor locations via a personal digital assistant or other user device Download PDF

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CN1571965A
CN1571965A CNA018004245A CN01800424A CN1571965A CN 1571965 A CN1571965 A CN 1571965A CN A018004245 A CNA018004245 A CN A018004245A CN 01800424 A CN01800424 A CN 01800424A CN 1571965 A CN1571965 A CN 1571965A
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A personal digital assistant (PDA), wireless telephone, portable computer or other user device obtains and stores a vendor identifier associated with a particular physical vendor location designated as being of interest by a user of the device. For example, the vendor identifier may be obtained by the user device via a wireless communication link established with a system at the physical vendor location, in response to entry of a bookmark command by the user. The stored vendor identifier serves as a bookmark for the corresponding vendor location, and is subsequently utilized by the user device to retrieve or otherwise obtain updated vendor information periodically for the particular vendor location, such that the latest information regarding the bookmarked vendor location is made available to the user via the user device.

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Through personal digital assistant or other subscriber equipmenies the method and apparatus that electronics is registered is carried out in the dealer position
Invention field
The present invention relates generally to the wireless communication of the subscriber equipment that uses a PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), wireless telephone, portable computer or other types, relate to the radio communication technology that allows user access information by these equipment in effective sale merchant position more precisely.
Background of invention
Portable user such as personal digital assistant (PDAs), wireless telephone, portable computer or the like all are commonly used to provide accessing wirelessly Internet to go up information available.These equipment also are commonly used to usually traditional wired connection and communicate by letter with Internet.Through the portable phone frequency,, also can provide Local Radio Communications for these subscriber equipmenies as the frequency about 900MHz.The so-called third generation (3G) system that expection is being developed at present will provide the bandwidth of remarkable increase, as be suitable for providing the suitable bandwidth of live video stream and other high bit rate services.In addition, radio communication standard of developing at present such as radio access agreement (WAP) and bluetooth (Bluetooth) have further increased the communication capacity of subscriber equipment above-mentioned.
Although there are these progressive, traditional subscriber equipment also has not enough at many key areas.Such field is the retrieval and the processing of data relevant with effective sale merchant position such as shop, restaurant, cinema, amusement park or the like.Legacy equipment usually can not be for retrieving and handle and these or other effective sale merchant position electronically, more precisely, is often to patronize with those users and the relevant information in those effective sales merchant position that is most interested in provides suitable technology.For example, legacy user's equipment can not provide a satisfied calling mechanism for effective sale merchant position, and the user that also says so can show interested in and have with a kind of effective means to the nearest of relevant dealer position that subscriber equipment transmits and the device of information accurately a special offering merchant position by a user's set.
Many calling mechanisms are known in other backgrounds.For example, the URL(uniform resource locator) (URL) of an interested World Wide Web website of registration is general concerning the user of a browser, so the user needn't repeat to import the URL of the website that will visit at every turn.
Another background of wherein having developed calling mechanism is a broadcast TV program.For example, designed pass through traditional technology that an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) is convenient to the user capture broadcast program contents at PCT international application No.99/38321, the disclosed subject name of 1999.7.29 was for describing in " Home Entertainment System and Method of Its Operation ".In this technology, the current TV programme that shows on the TV screen of home entertainment system comprises the bulletin or the advertisement of future television program.The user can call an order and activate an EPG function then, and retrieves the information of relevant following program from the epg database file relevant with current television program.By the EPG function, the user can indicate this system log (SYSLOG) program in future, automatically turns on televisor in the suitable airtime that is suitable for following program, or carries out other functions.
Relevant effective sale merchant's information also can be stored by name in the navigational system in an automobile, as import GPS (GPS) coordinate of identification literal and current relevant longitude and latitude by the user.Yet, these systems usually require to the sky have in vain one clearly visual field so that receive satellite-based signal, and inoperative in house or other buildingss usually.
The traditional register system of having developed that is used for browser, broadcast program and navigational environment above-mentioned can not be applicable to the registration of carrying out effective sale merchant position by the user's set of a PDA or other types usually.Therefore require to be used for being undertaken the suitable technique of the electronics registration of effective sale merchant position by a PDA or other subscriber equipmenies.
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The invention provides the technology of the electronics registration that is used for effective sale merchant position such as shop, restaurant, cinema or the like.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), wireless telephone, portable computer or other subscriber equipmenies obtain and with an effective sale merchant position relevant dealer sign symbol of storage by the user's of this subscriber equipment interest appointment.For example, the registration command of response user input, by the wireless communication link that the system with effective sale merchant position sets up, dealer's sign symbol may obtain by this subscriber equipment.Dealer's sign symbol of storage is as the bookmark of corresponding dealer position, and be used for retrieving by subscriber equipment afterwards or the opposite dealer's information that regularly obtains to be used for the renewal of particular Seller position, so as to make by this subscriber equipment relevant registration the dealer position up-to-date information to the user of great use.
According to a further aspect in the invention, by being connected of setting up with network such as Internet, dealer's information of renewal may be logged in the appropriate memory locations by dealer.For example, dealer may visit and allow dealer to import a World Wide Web website of a suitable renewal.The World Wide Web website may be implemented by the ISP to dealer's charge of using dealer's sign symbol and renewal inlet.Then dealer's information of Geng Xining may by subscriber equipment through and identical network set up one connect and be retrieved.For example, subscriber equipment may use dealer's sign symbol to visit the World Wide Web website so that the dealer's information that obtains to upgrade.
According to a further aspect in the invention, subscriber equipment may provide it the address or other identification informations to dealer's position system, permit dealer automatically with this equipment of dealer's information " propelling " that upgrades like this.
According to a further aspect in the invention, subscriber equipment may utilize dealer's sign symbol of storage to filter out dealer's information by the specific renewal of the dealer position of user's interest appointment from one group of effective dealer information in a filter operation.
Advantageously, electronics register technique of the present invention allows a PDA or other subscriber device stores dealer information and with specific this information of effective and efficient manner regular update.The information that this technology is guaranteed to provide through standard such as wireless access protocol (WAP) and bluetooth (Bluetooth) is to dealer with the most useful per family.These and other feature and advantage of the present invention will be by accompanying drawing and following detailed descriptions and are become clearer.
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Fig. 1 is the block diagram according to the example of the information handling system of illustrative embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the process flow diagram of electronics registration process, and this processing may realize in the system of Fig. 1 of illustrative embodiment of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 represents an information handling system 100 according to illustrative embodiment of the present invention.System 100 comprises a dealer's position system 102 and a subscriber equipment 104.Dealer's position system 102 comprises a wireless transceiver 110, a CPU (central processing unit) (CPU) 112, a storer 114 and a network interface 116 in the present embodiment, is used in the present embodiment communicating by letter in the cover of one or several system bus or the interconnection of other types.This wireless transceiver 110 sends and receives information through an antenna 118.Subscriber equipment 104 comprises a display 120, an antenna 122 and one group of key 124.Subscriber equipment 104 also comprises a wireless transceiver 126, a CPU128 and a storer 129.
Through as one or more communication ports that are based upon 122 on antenna 118 and antenna shown in 125, subscriber equipment 104 is communicated by letter with dealer position system 102.The network interface of dealer's position system 102 is communicated by letter with a network 130, and this network may be represented Internet, a wide area network (WAN), a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) (MAN) or a local network (LAN), and the part of these and other networks or combination.That be coupled to this network 130 is server 130-1,130-2 ... 130-N.Subscriber equipment 104 also can be through connecting 135 and network service.
In operation, subscriber equipment 104 is through antenna 118 and 122 and wireless transceiver 110 and 126 communicate by letter with dealer position system 102 the dealer's information that comprises dealer sign symbol in the electronics registration of asking to be used in the dealer position and possible other dealer's information.This processing procedure will illustrate in greater detail in conjunction with process flow diagram 2.
Subscriber equipment 104 also may provide the user equipment information of a device identifier or other types to dealer's position system 102.A user identifier like this may be used by dealer, is used for user's inventory of dealer's information that directly " propelling " upgrade as creation, will illustrate in greater detail below.Above-mentionedly can be only may comprise contact details such as user name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address or the like with the user equipment information of the other types that transmit previous customer's approval.
The unit of one or more legacy equipments may be represented in the unit of dealer's position system 102, as a personal computer, workstation, computer system or the like.Answer attention system 102 may comprise unshowned other unit, maybe can be provided at the other types and the configuration of the unit of electronics registration function described herein.For example, the embodiment of simplification of the present invention may comprise dealer's position system, and this system repeatedly broadcasts a corresponding dealer sign symbol and other processing capacities needn't be provided by radio frequency transmission or other suitable devices.
Wireless transceiver 110 and subscriber equipment 104 are used for respectively operating according to radio communication standard such as wireless access protocol (WAP) or bluetooth in a kind of traditional mode.The present invention also can be used for using the wireless serial communication that provides as by a radio modem.A kind of like this example of radio modem is the Radio Modem from 3JTech, Http:// www.a3j.com.tw/chinese/radiomodem.htmlThe communication standard of other types or technology also can be used for communicating by letter of supports sales merchant position system 102 and 104 of subscriber equipmenies, as infrared ray agreement, pager technology or the like.
The CPU112 of dealer's position system and storer 114 may be configured by a kind of traditional mode, are installed in the personal computer of effective sale merchant position or the unit of computer system as conduct.CPU112 may be a unit of the microprocessor in a kind of like this computing machine or computer system.Storer 114 may represent an electronic memory, based on the storer of CD or disk or based on the storer of tape with in the part or the combination of the storer of these or other types.For example, in a possibility equipment of dealer's position system 102, may be repeated to play so that dealer sign symbol is broadcast to a plurality of families equipment simultaneously through antenna 118 1 easy tapes by wireless connections.
Subscriber equipment 104 may by as a Palm Pilot TMOr Handspring Visor TMA PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), a wireless telephone, a portable computer, a PhilipsPronto TMEquipment or the portable set that can communicate by letter and have other any kinds of an electronics registration function performance with dealer position 102 are realized.The transceiver 126 of subscriber equipment 104, CPU128 and storer 129 may dispose with a traditional mode.If with specific wireless communicating requirement in a specific embodiment, subscriber equipment 104 has an antenna, antenna 122 as shown in Figure 1.Yet the present invention does not also require a kind of like this antenna of use.
Although in Fig. 1, only show sole user's equipment 104, be to be understood that dealer's position system 102 may be used for communications of user equipment with a plurality of number of different types.For example, as previously mentioned, system 102 may communicate by letter simultaneously with a plurality of subscriber equipmenies, or uses known conventional art with a multipath transmission time mode.
Here the electronics register technique of Miao Shuing may use all or part of software that is stored in dealer's position system 102 and the subscriber equipment 104 to realize.For example, carry out down and carry out by the control of one or more software programs of storage in the electronics registration function possibility storer 114 of dealer's position system 102 execution by CPU112.The ad hoc fashion of those software programs of storage and execution is being known in the art in processing unit such as system 102 and equipment 104, therefore is not described in detail here.
Fig. 2 is the process flow diagram that an electronics enrollment process is described according to the present invention.This process may be carried out in the suitable system of the system 100 of Fig. 1 or other configurations.Be the process flow diagram of key diagram 2, suppose that subscriber equipment 104 is PDA, although as previously mentioned, the present invention more is applicable to various widely other subscriber equipmenies.
In the step 200 of Fig. 2, user capture one effective sale merchant position is as a shop, restaurant or cinema.If the user likes this specific dealer, therefore want to register this dealer position, the user imports the order of an appointment through PDA in step 202.For example, one of a key 124 on the PDA104 may be the button that " registration " key or user press down the registration command of input one appointment.As another example, to use in conjunction with one of the operation of one " registration " icon on the display that is presented on PDA104 and click interface, this order may be activated.Key 124 may be performed in whole or in part as button on the touch-screen or icon, this key may many already present PDAs and above on the ProntoTM equipment carried.Wish but and do not require and only use a single keystroke that or multitap activates this registration command at the most, registers a plurality of dealer address so that be convenient to fast with minimum user's labour intensity.
In case typing the registration command of appointment, PDA104 communicates by letter with the wireless transceiver 110 of dealer position system 102 so that ask information about corresponding dealer in step 204.This information generally includes dealer's sign symbol, this identifier may be a numeral or alpha format and identify this particular Seller singlely, and may comprise additional dealer's information such as dealer's name, the dealer position according to address, longitude or latitude or other form appointments, telephone number, e-mail address, World Wide Web website, working time, special selling, feature or the like.If according to longitude and latitude or the appointment of similar form, dealer's positional information can be used by navigational system in a people or the automobile be convenient to the location of effective sale merchant address afterwards.
Dealer's sign symbol and possible added selling merchant information are transmitted by the wireless transceiver 110 of dealer's position system 102 in step 206.PDA104 receives and is stored in dealer's information of being transmitted by dealer's position system in the step 206 in step 208.As a kind of possible scheme, dealer's position system 102 may be broadcasted this dealer's sign symbol continuously.This configuration has reduced and vendor system and PDA cost related and complicacy.For example, this configuration allows dealer's position system 102 usefulness only to use the information that writes down in advance and a kind of cheap mode of a transmitter to realize.
When mode that the dealer's sign symbol that is used for an appointed dealer position was described with the front receive by PDA104 and storage after, the connection 135 that PDA104 may utilize dealer's sign of storage to accord with to describe in Fig. 1 in step 210 is from dealer's information of network 130 periodic retrieval renewal.Updated information may comprise the up-to-date advertisement relevant with the dealer of specific registered, item sale, film inventory, announcement, complimentary ticket, special selling, feature or the like.
To may be the responsibility of particular Seller by the renewal of the information of PDA104 retrieval.For example, dealer's position system 102 may be used for communicating by letter so that the storer on it provides dealer's information of renewal with one or more servers 132 termly on net 130.Then PDA104 through with network 130 be connected 135 the visit updated information.Connecting 135 may be that a traditional network connects, as the connection that realizes according to known TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/Internet protocol) technology.
PDA104 uses many different technologies any as the prompting of partial information or the corresponding alarm icon on the display 120 or other signs or make the information of being retrieved useful to the user as the storage of user's visit afterwards information in the file of appointment at least.
For example, in a kind of possible enforcement of illustrative embodiment, only dealer's sign symbol is transmitted and stores in PDA104 by dealer's position system.PDA uses this dealer's sign symbol to visit a World Wide Web website then on network 130 then, retrieves nearest relevant dealer's information automatically from this website, and makes this information useful concerning the user in a required mode.As another example, dealer's sign symbol and additional information are sent and directly are stored among the PDA104 by a wireless network such as radio paging network by dealer's position system 102.May use canned data to visit updated information termly by network 130PDA104, keep up-to-date so that guarantee the information that is used for by the previous particular Seller of registering of user.For improving the efficient of renewal process, dealer may be the unnecessary refitting of current dealer information so that allow PDA104 to get rid of thus with time mark or opposite version of indicating dealer's information of transmission.
Renewal process may be configured so that PDA104 is required at dealer's position system or can be with dealer's information clear and definite permission of " propellings " this device prerequisite confession automatically of upgrading based on the service of a network of relation.This permission may be to be transferred to dealer's position system 102 or based on the form of the information of address, password, mandate or the other types of the service of network of relation from PDA104.In this mode, when information was updated, dealer's information of renewal can be passed to PDA104, rather than only by the device drives technology.Dealer's information of Geng Xining may be transmitted in this case, as the subclass through being broadcast to all subscriber equipmenies or designated user equipment or independent to each special user equipment based on the bookmark of setting up by equipment, or through any other suitable technique.
Advantageously, above-described electronics register technique allows a PDA or other subscriber device stores dealer information and with specific this information of effective means regular update.
The present invention also may be implemented so that provide backward channel from subscriber equipment 104 to dealer's position system 102 for the communication of user totem information such as name, e-mail address, hobby, suggestion or the like.In case receive dealer's sign symbol in the step 208 of Fig. 2, this category information may be transmitted by subscriber equipment 104, or is transmitted in step 204 by subscriber equipment as the requested part to dealer's information.Other configurations also can be used for transmitting user profile from subscriber equipment 104 and give dealer's position system 102.For example, the user may be at dealer's World Wide Web website of being supported by one or more servers 132 with by network 130 these category informations of input.
Above-described renewal process may be with a mode that continuously changes, by network 130 a high bandwidth local data passage of the mode that information extracts by subscriber equipment 104 to useful real-time " Yellow Page " system of subscriber equipment 104, with dealer's information of the renewal that allows to be correlated with is realized.For example, with may be the lastest imformation that is used for the mass selling merchant to useful each part for information about of subscriber equipment 104.The information that provides may comprise the common information that is used for each dealer, as the dealer's location address in the commercial street.Subscriber equipment 104 uses dealer's sign symbol of those dealer that the user of storage stepped on to discern the suitable partial information that will download in this subscriber equipment 104 then.In a kind of like this implementation process, subscriber equipment 104 uses dealer's sign of storage to cross the dealer's information that filters required renewal as a filtrator from the dealer of other unregistered mistakes.
Above-described " Yellow Page " system in real time, for electronics registration purpose also may be configured so that allows the user to make the initial selection of an interested dealer position, and the dealer position of in fact visit reality of user.After had registered the dealer position, with the mode of before having described, dealer's information of renewal can be provided for subscriber equipment.
A kind of dealer sign symbol of carrying is above used and the similar mode of Yellow Page registration on an agreed basis, is sold to each dealer by an ISP.Dealer can use dealer's sign symbol to change its dealer's information, as with the mode of before having described by communicate by letter with World Wide Web website on the network 130, by a dedicated Internet access, by directly communicating by letter or the like with the telephonist.When their information was updated at every turn, the ISP may collect service fee to dealer, or by on agreed basis, collecting service fee.
Sending of dealer's information according to the renewal that the present invention is based on the electronics registration provides valuable especially focus information concerning the user who registered corresponding dealer.
Although in the above in the illustrative embodiment of Miao Shuing, dealer's sign symbol by a wireless connections initialization be sent to a subscriber equipment near the dealer position, the present invention does not also require.In other embodiments, dealer's sign symbol can provide with other modes, as through a World Wide Web website, and once can be used to automatically and dealer's information of periodic retrieval latest update by subscriber equipment by the user is registered.This embodiment can be used for allowing to register electronically the dealer away from the physical location of subscriber equipment.For example, the user can obtain and register the dealer sign that is used for a dealer to accord with as Disneyland, and can comprise special selling vacation, ticket discount or the like by the lastest imformation of subscriber equipment periodic retrieval.
As previously mentioned, the present invention may be realized with the one or more software programs that are used for carrying out the electronics registration function of describing here to small part.
The above embodiment of the present invention is planned only explanation so far.For example, the present invention can be used in the information handling system of other types, and this information handling system is used the system processing unit of other configurations.By subscriber equipment obtain and the ad hoc fashion of dealer's sign symbol of storage and this identifier are used for retrieving by subscriber equipment or the opposite mode that regularly obtains dealer's information of upgrading according to the requirement of a particular implementation process and may be different.Within the scope of the following claims these and many other embodiment are very clearly to one skilled in the art.

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1, be used to handle the method for the information that relates to a dealer position, this method may further comprise the steps:
The storage dealer relevant with specific effective sale merchant position sign accords with in subscriber equipment (104), and this position is by the user's of this subscriber equipment interest appointment; And
Utilize this dealer's sign to accord with the dealer's information that is used for the renewal of this dealer position through subscriber equipment acquisition regularly, so that make updated information useful concerning the user through this subscriber equipment.
2, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that dealer's sign symbol is to be received by the wireless communication link (125) of subscriber equipment warp with a system (102) of this dealer position.
3, method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that responding a request that receives from subscriber equipment on this wireless communication link, send this dealer's sign symbol by this dealer's position system.
4, method as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that through wireless communication link, when receiving user identifier, receive added selling merchant information by this subscriber equipment, this additional information comprises dealer's name, dealer position, dealer's telephone number, dealer e-mail address, dealer's World Wide Web website at least, about one in the indication of working time, special selling and feature.
5, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that responding at subscriber equipment and specifies registration command by one of user's input, and dealer's sign symbol is obtained by subscriber equipment.
6, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that dealer's sign symbol is input in the subscriber equipment by the user.
7, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that dealer's information of upgrading one is connected and imports by what set up with network (130) by dealer.
8, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that dealer's information of upgrading one is connected and retrieves by what set up with network (130) by subscriber equipment.
9, the method for claim 1, the dealer's sign symbol that it is characterized in that in filter operation subscriber equipment utilization storage filter out the dealer's information that is used for by the specific renewal of the dealer position of user's interest appointment from one group of effective dealer information.
10, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that the dealer position comprises in shop, restaurant and the cinema at least.
11, the method for claim 1 is characterized in that dealer's information of upgrading comprises in an advertisement, item sale, product inventory, announcement, complimentary ticket, special selling and the feature at least.
12, the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that to small part via subscriber equipment, dealer's information of partial update is sent to a navigational system at least.
13, a kind of device that is used for being used in the process information that relates to the dealer position, this device comprises:
Subscriber equipment (104), be used for storing the relevant dealer's sign symbol in position with specific actual dealer, this position is by the user's of subscriber equipment interest appointment, it is characterized in that user identifier is used to dealer's information that acquisition regularly is used for the renewal of dealer position through subscriber equipment, so that make updated information useful to the user through this subscriber equipment.
14, a kind of device that is used for being used in the process information that relates to the dealer position, this device comprises:
One dealer's position system (102), be used for sending the relevant dealer's sign symbol in position with specific actual dealer to subscriber equipment (104), this position is by the user's of subscriber equipment interest appointment, it is characterized in that dealer's sign symbol was used to be used for through the acquisition regularly of this subscriber equipment dealer's information of the renewal of dealer position afterwards, so that make updated information useful to the user through subscriber equipment.
15, comprise manufacturing a product of a machinable medium, this storage medium comprises the one or more software programs that are used to handle the information that relates to a dealer position, and wherein when carrying out one or more software programs, execution in step is as follows:
The storage dealer relevant with specific effective sale merchant position sign accords with in subscriber equipment (104), and this position is by the user's of subscriber equipment interest appointment; And
Utilize this dealer sign symbol regularly to obtain to be used for dealer's information of renewal of dealer position through subscriber equipment so that make updated information useful concerning the user through subscriber equipment.
16, be used to handle the method for the information that relates to one or more dealer position, this method comprises:
Dealer's information at least one subclass storage update of dealer position;
The information of the relevant one or more subscriber equipmenies (104) of storage, the designated dealer's information that receives the renewal of at least one subclass that is used for the dealer position of this equipment; And
Dealer's information of upgrading is sent to the subscriber equipment of specifying reception renewal dealer information at least, so that useful through designated user equipment to corresponding user with a relevant updated information in the designated user equipment.
17, method as claimed in claim 16, the dealer's information that it is characterized in that being used for the renewal of many dealer position is sent to each subscriber equipment, and filters in a given subscriber equipment to obtain the dealer's information by the specific renewal of the user's of designated equipment interest appointment.
18, method as claimed in claim 16, the dealer's information that it is characterized in that partial update at least are broadcast to each at least one subclass of many subscriber equipmenies simultaneously.
19, method as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that being sent to that subscriber equipment separately by dealer's information of the renewal of a designated user equipment appointment.
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