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- the present invention relates generally to the delivery of information, and more particularly to a system and method for delivering information related to an inaccessible location to individuals at the inaccessible location.
- the inaccessible location is a cemetery location, historically notable location, dedication or donation plaque, indoor or outdoor equipment, or some other notable but remote or inaccessible location
- the need for the information and any equipment necessary for accessing that information to both withstand the weather conditions likely encountered at the location and any attempts to remove them from the location without authorization severely limits both the amount and types of information that may be placed at the remote location with current systems.
- the present invention is directed to a system and method for delivering information related to a remote and/or inaccessible location at the inaccessible location.
- the invention comprises a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location comprising a memory device affixed to the inaccessible location, the information residing on the memory device; and a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, that retrieves the information from the memory device when positioned at the inaccessible location, wherein the portable memory reading device communicates the information to a party located at the inaccessible location.
- the invention comprises a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location comprising a memory device affixed to a physical object at the inaccessible location, the information residing on the memory device; a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, that retrieves the information from the memory device when positioned at the inaccessible location and communicates the information to a party located at the inaccessible location; and a database wherein the information residing on the memory device is replicated; and wherein the memory device is uniquely associated with an identifying code.
- the invention comprises a system for providing historical information about a historically notable location comprising a memory device affixed to a physical object positioned at the historically notable location, the historical information residing on the memory device; and a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, that retrieves the historical information from the memory device when positioned at the historically notable location and communicates the historical information to a party located at the historically notable location.
- the invention comprises a system for providing memorial information about a deceased party interred at a cemetery location comprising a memory device affixed to a physical object positioned at the cemetery location, the memorial information residing on the memory device; and a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, that retrieves the memorial information from the memory device when positioned at the cemetery location and communicates the memorial information to a party located at the cemetery location.
- the invention comprises a system for providing dedication or donation information for a substantially complete explanation about the reasons for the gift at any location, such as a hospital, comprising a memory device affixed to a physical object positioned at the location, the dedication or donation information residing on the memory device; and a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, that retrieves the dedication or donation information from the memory device when positioned at the location and communicates the dedication or donation information to a party located at the location.
- the invention comprises a system for providing instructions, manuals, and/or warranty information about indoor or outdoor equipment, such as a lawn tractor, at any location, comprising a memory device affixed to the equipment positioned at any location, the instructions, manuals, and/or warranty information residing on the memory device; and a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, that retrieves the instructions, manuals, and/or warranty information from the memory device when positioned at the location and communicates the instructions, manuals, and/or warranty information to a party located at the location.
- a system for providing instructions, manuals, and/or warranty information about indoor or outdoor equipment, such as a lawn tractor, at any location comprising a memory device affixed to the equipment positioned at any location, the instructions, manuals, and/or warranty information residing on the memory device; and a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, that retrieves the instructions, manuals, and/or warranty information from the memory device when positioned at the location and communicates the instructions, manuals, and/or warranty
- the invention comprises a method for providing information related to an inaccessible location, comprising the steps of storing the information on a memory device, the information being stored in a format that can be retrieved from the memory device and displayed to a party with a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, when the portable memory reading device is in close proximity to the memory device; and affixing the memory device to a physical object positioned at the inaccessible location.
- Additional steps in the method may include replicating the information stored on the memory device in a database; revising the replicated information at the database, and communicating the revised replicated information to the memory device over a communicable connection between the database and the memory device; and/or providing the replicated information over a communications medium upon receipt by the database of an identifying code, the identifying code being uniquely associated with the memory device having the information stored thereon.
- the present invention provides a system and method of placing and communicating large quantities and varied types of information at inaccessible locations, that can withstand the conditions and attempts to remove that information likely to be encountered at the inaccessible location.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location in accordance with a third preferred embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location in accordance with a fifth embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location in accordance with a sixth embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 1 there is shown a block diagram of an information generator 1 for providing information related to inaccessible locations in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention.
- a number of locations 2 - 3 in a cemetery 10 have memory devices 2 B- 3 B permanently affixed to tombstones 2 A- 3 A at locations 2 - 3 respectively.
- Cemetery 10 may comprise a catacomb, cinerarium, crypt, mausoleum, ossuary, sepulcher, tomb, vault, or any other location where a deceased party may be laid to rest either temporarily or permanently.
- a deceased party may comprise any living organism that has passed, including but not limited to human beings that have passed.
- Tombstones 2 A- 3 A may comprise any type of physical object used to mark the locations 2 - 3 of deceased parties within cemetery 10 .
- Memory devices 2 B- 3 B have memorial and/or genealogical information about the deceased party interred at locations 2 - 3 stored therein or thereon. This information may comprise any information related to the deceased party that a friend or loved one may find interesting including, but not limited to the name, date born, date passed, notable accomplishments, parents, siblings, children, etc., of the deceased party as well as photographic and artistic images of or relating to the deceased party.
- memory devices 2 B- 3 B comprise contact memory devices, and each memory device may be uniquely associated with an identifying code.
- Contact memories generically comprise physical devices that attach directly to an object and can be read through active or passive contact with a reading device.
- contact memories are approximately the size of a clothing button, and comprise a stainless steel container housing a small memory chip inside. Information can usually be written to the contact memory through temporary active or passive contact with the contact memory as well.
- memory devices 2 B- 3 B comprise an iButton® contact memory device, the mechanical and technical standards for which are available at http://www.ibuttom.com/ibuttons/stan-dard.pdf, and are incorporated herein by reference.
- Memory devices 2 B- 3 B may also comprise, in addition to contact memories, read only memory (ROM) devices, electronically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) devices, electronically programmable read only memory (EPROM) devices, random access memory (RAM) devices, static random access memory (SRAM) devices, static bar codes, or any other device that is small in size, can be easily and permanently attached to a physical object, can store large quantities and varied types of information, and can withstand extreme weather conditions without losing or damaging the information stored therein and/or thereon.
- the information is stored in and/or on the memory device in a format suitable for the type of memory device used, extensible markup language or hypertext markup language comprising the preferred format.
- system 1 further comprises a portable memory reading device 5 .
- Portable memory reading device 5 may comprise a special purpose computer, a portable general purpose computer such as a laptop computer, or any other type of portable computerized device, including a hand-held portable computer, a wireless communications device, and/or a smart wireless communications device, that has the ability to read, receive, and/or display all or a portion of the information stored on memory devices 2 B- 3 B when placed at locations 2 - 3 or in close proximity to memory devices 2 B- 3 B.
- portable memory reading device 5 will have an integrated means of reading, receiving, and/or writing information from or to memory devices 2 B- 3 B.
- portable memory reading device 5 may have a hand-held probe attached thereto through some type of serial and/or parallel electrical connection for reading, receiving, and/or writing information from and/or to memory devices 2 B- 3 B.
- the precise means of reading, receiving, and/or writing of the information employed is a matter of design choice and will necessarily depend on the type of memory device 2 B- 3 B employed.
- a preferred means of reading and/or writing comprises a single signal plus ground probe, whether integrated or hand-held, configured to an input/output line of a microcomputer.
- System 20 comprises a memory device 2 B permanently affixed to post 21 A located at historically notable location 21 , and portable memory reading device 5 .
- Memory device 2 B and portable memory reading device 5 comprise the same elements as in system 1 described above, except that the information stored in and/or on memory device 2 B comprises historical information about historically notable location 21 .
- Post 21 A comprises a stake anchored to the ground at historically notable location 21 , but may also comprise a sign, lamppost, doorframe, fencepost, cannon, or any other physical object, whether stationary or movable and whether permanent or temporary, located at or near historically notable location 21 .
- Historically notable location 21 comprises any location physically removed from convenient access to electrical and/or wireline telephone service that a person may find historically interesting because of events that have occurred, are occurring, or may be occurring in the future, and historically notable information comprises any information about the events that have occurred, are occurring, or may be occurring at inaccessible location 21 in the future.
- System 300 comprises a memory device 2 B affixed, such as permanently affixed, to equipment 320 , such as an automobile or a lawn tractor, or indoor equipment, such as a television or a stereo, located at any inaccessible location 340 , and portable memory reading device 5 .
- Memory device 2 B and portable memory reading device 5 preferably comprise the same elements as in system 1 described above, except that the information stored in and/or on memory device 2 B includes, but is not limited to, instructions, such as manuals, and/or warranty information, about the equipment 320 .
- equipment 320 comprises, for example, outdoor equipment in the form of a lawn tractor at location 340 , but may also comprise, for example, snow blowers, mulchers, tillers, or any other physical object, whether stationary or movable, and whether permanent or temporary, located at or near location 340 .
- Location 340 comprises any location physically removed from convenient access to electrical and/or wireline telephone service, and instructions, manuals, and/or warranty information comprises any information about the equipment at inaccessible location 340 .
- System 400 comprises a memory device 2 B affixed, such as permanently affixed, proximate to, i.e. on or near, a dedication or donation plaque 420 or art piece 420 located at any inaccessible location 440 , and portable memory reading device 5 .
- plaque includes any device, item, piece, or mechanism capable of signifying, for example, a donor's donation, and, as used herein, a dedication or donation would include the generator of the dedication, such as the painter of a painting, or the donator of a painting.
- Memory device 2 B and portable memory reading device 5 comprise the same elements as in system 1 described above, except that the information stored in and/or on memory device 2 B comprises dedication or donation information, including a substantially complete story about why the gift was given by the donating party to location 440 , such as a hospital, or how a gift was created, such as the artist who created artwork.
- a dedication or donation plaque 420 comprises a sign at location 440 as illustrated, but may also comprise a photograph, engraving, drawing, painting, or any other physical object, whether stationary or movable and whether permanent or temporary, located at or near location 440 .
- Location 440 comprises any location physically removed from convenient access to electrical and/or wireline telephone service, and dedication or donation information comprises any information about the donating party at inaccessible location 440 .
- System 30 comprises memory device 2 B, 3 B, and 2 B′ permanently affixed to tombstones 2 A and 3 B and post 21 A respectively, tombstones 2 A- 3 A located in cemetery 10 and post 21 A located at historically notable location 21 , portable memory reading devices 5 and 5 ′, and database 31 communicably connected 32 to memory devices 2 B, 3 B, and 2 B′.
- Memory devices 2 B, 3 B, and 2 B′, tombstones 2 A- 3 A, post 21 A, historically notable location 21 , and portable memory reading devices 5 and 5 ′ comprise the same elements as in systems 1 and/or 20 described above.
- Database 31 comprises a single or central database wherein the information stored in and/or on memory devices 2 B, 3 B, and/or 2 B′ is replicated in whole or in part, or a plurality of distributed databases wherein the information stored in and/or on memory devices 2 B, 3 B, and/or 2 B′ is replicated in whole or in part.
- System 300 may comprise memory device 2 B permanently affixed to equipment 320 , such as a lawn tractor, portable memory reading devices 5 , and database 31 communicatively connected 32 to memory reading device 5 .
- Memory device 2 B, equipment 320 , location 340 , and portable memory reading device 5 comprise the same elements as in the systems described hereinabove.
- Database 31 comprises a single or central database wherein the information stored in and/or on memory device 2 B is replicated in whole or in part, or a plurality of distributed databases wherein the information stored in and/or on memory devices 2 B is replicated in whole or in part.
- System 400 may comprise memory device 2 B permanently affixed to plaque 420 , plaque 420 located in an inaccessible location 440 , such as a hospital or any other building, portable memory reading device 5 , and database 31 communicatively connected 32 to memory device 2 B.
- Memory device 2 B, plaque 420 , inaccessible location 440 , and portable memory reading device 5 comprise the same elements as in the systems described hereinabove.
- Database 31 comprises a single or central database wherein the information stored in and/or on memory device 2 B is replicated in whole or in part, or a plurality of distributed databases wherein the information stored in and/or on memory device 2 B is replicated in whole or in part.
- database 31 comprises a plurality of distributed databases
- the plurality of databases may be connected to one another via an internet connection, limited or wide area network connection, or some other type of suitable communicable connection or combination of connections as would be known in the art, and the information stored in and/or on memory devices 2 B, 3 B, and/or 2 B′ may be replicated on each or some lesser number of the databases in the plurality.
- the communicable connection 32 to memory devices 2 B, 3 B, and/or 2 B′ may comprise an internet connection, a limited and/or wide area network connection, a wireless communications connection, a wireline telephone connection, or some other type of suitable communicable connection or combination of connections as would be known in the art.
- the replicated information residing on database 31 may be revised at database 31 and the revised replicated information communicated to memory devices 2 B, 3 B, and/or 2 B′ over communicable connection 32 .
- communicative connection 32 need not comprise a permanent communicative connection, as in the case where the information residing on memory devices 2 B, 3 B, and/or 2 B′ may be overwritten with portable memory reading device 5 and/or 5 ′.
- revised replicated information may be transferred from database 31 to portable memory reading device 5 and/or 5 ′ over a suitable connection and subsequently read to memory devices 2 B, 3 B, and/or 2 B′ when memory reading device 5 and/or 5 ′ is placed in close proximity to memory devices 2 B, 3 B, and/or 2 B′.
- users of the system may utilize the identifying codes that are uniquely associated with memory devices 2 B, 3 B, and/or 3 B′ to access the replicated information residing on database 31 either with or without the use of memory reading device 5 and/or 5 ′, depending on the type of devices employed as memory reading device 5 and/or 5 ′.
- a user of the system accesses database 31 through an internet with a browser or some other suitable form of software, a telephone connection, including wireless telephone connections, or any other type of suitable communications medium or combination of mediums as would be known in the art, provides the identifying code for the inaccessible location 2 , 3 , and/or 21 he or she is interested in receiving information about, and database 31 provides the replicated information corresponding to inaccessible location 2 , 3 , and/or 21 to the user over the communication medium employed upon receipt of the identifying code.
- System 40 comprises locations 2 and 3 within cemetery 10 , historically notable location 21 , plaque location 440 , equipment location 340 , memory reading devices 5 and 5 ′, database 32 , communication links 42 between memory reading devices 5 and 5 ′ and database 32 , the Global Positioning System (GPS) infrastructure 41 , and GPS signals 43 .
- GPS Global Positioning System
- Locations 2 and 3 , cemetery 10 , historically notable location 21 , plaque location 440 , equipment location 340 , memory reading devices 5 and 5 ′, and database 32 comprise the same elements as in systems 1 , 20 , and/or 30 described above.
- memory reading devices 5 and 5 ′ also comprise GPS receivers, and preferably wireless communications devices or smart wireless communications devices with GPS receivers integrated therein.
- Communication links 42 comprise the same types of connections a user would employ to access database 32 in system 30 , 300 , and 400 .
- memory reading device 5 or 5 ′ determines its position on the surface of the earth through the use of GPS signals 43 transmitted by GPS system infrastructure 41 , accesses database 32 via communication links 42 , and communicates its GPS position to database 32 .
- Database 32 determines the inaccessible location associated with the GPS position received from memory reading device 5 or 5 ′ via communication links 42 , in this case cemetery location 2 or 3 or historical location 21 , and communicates the information related to inaccessible locations 2 , 3 , and/or 21 to memory reading device 5 or 5 ′ over communication links 42 . The information may then be displayed or communicated to a user of system 40 located at or near inaccessible location 2 , 3 , and/or 21 .
- a user of system 40 may be required to initiate access to database 32 over communication links 42 , and/or may be required to provide an identification number, code or password before the information related to inaccessible location 2 , 3 , and/or 21 can be accessed by and/or communicated to memory reading device 5 or 5 ′.
- the information related to an inaccessible location may also comprise, in addition to information specifically related to the inaccessible location, data, symbols, codes, and/or other information not specifically related to the inaccessible location that may be used to access the information specifically related to the inaccessible location, whether resident on a memory device at an inaccessible location or a database located somewhere other than the inaccessible location.
- the inaccessible locations where the invention may be employed are not limited to cemetery and historically notable locations, but may comprise any location that a person may find notable that is physically removed from easily accessible sources of power and communication, regardless of whether the climatic conditions likely encountered would be considered extreme.
- systems and methods for providing information related to an inaccessible location have been shown and described. Users of the systems and methods have the ability among other things to store, receive, and/or revise the information related to the inaccessible location in a number of ways.
Abstract
Systems and methods of using the systems for delivering information related to an inaccessible location to individuals at the inaccessible location are disclosed. The system comprises a memory device affixed to the inaccessible location, the information related to the inaccessible location residing on the memory device, and a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, that retrieves the information from the memory device when positioned at the inaccessible location and communicates the information to a party located at the inaccessible location. The system may further comprise a database wherein the information residing on the memory device is replicated and the database can be accessed by a user of the system via a suitable communications medium or combination of mediums. The system may also comprise a portable memory reading device having a GPS receiver positioned at an inaccessible location and a database, such that the GPS coordinates of the inaccessible location are determined by the portable memory reading device and communicated to the database over a communications link, and the database communicates the information related to the inaccessible location back to the portable memory reading device over the communications link.
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- This application is a continuation application of application Ser. No. 09/777,729, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,254,666, filed Feb. 6, 2001, entitled ‘System And Method For Delivering Information At Inaccessible Locations’, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/481,577, filed on Jan. 12, 2000, the entire disclosure of patent application Ser. No. 09/777,729 is hereby included by reference herein as if being set forth in its entirety.
- The present invention relates generally to the delivery of information, and more particularly to a system and method for delivering information related to an inaccessible location to individuals at the inaccessible location.
- In common occurrence, many notable locations are physically removed from easily accessible sources of power and/or communication, such as electrical outlets and wireline telephone jacks.
- This is particularly true in the case of cemeteries, historically significant locations, dedication or donation plaques, and outdoor, as well as some indoor, equipment. Consequently, it is difficult to place information about the notable locations and/or instructions in close proximity thereto and to revise that information once so placed. In the case of cemeteries, friends and loved ones typically place memorial and/or genealogical information such as name, date born, date passed, notable accomplishments, parents, siblings, children, etc., about the deceased party directly on the tombstone or other graveyard marker. Friends and loved ones also sometimes place photographs of the deceased and/or the family of the deceased on or nearby the tombstone or other graveyard marker that may or may not have been weatherized in some form or another.
- In the case of historically notable locations, interested parties typically place signs, placards, photographs, artist's renderings, etc., about the historically notable location, that may or may not have been weatherized, in close proximity to the notable location. Occasionally, interactive tape recordings and/or videos are placed in close proximity to the notable location.
- In the case of dedication or donation plaques, interested parties typically place memorial and/or historical information such as name, date of dedication, date of donation, notable accomplishments, etc., about the donating party directly on the plaque or other marker.
- In the case of outdoor, and inaccessible indoor, equipment, interested parties typically place manuals, warranties, instructions, etc., about the equipment that may or may not have been weatherized in some form or another, or that may or may not have been treated for extreme indoor conditions, or that may or may not have been, for example, sterilized for certain applications.
- In any event, whether the inaccessible location is a cemetery location, historically notable location, dedication or donation plaque, indoor or outdoor equipment, or some other notable but remote or inaccessible location, the need for the information and any equipment necessary for accessing that information to both withstand the weather conditions likely encountered at the location and any attempts to remove them from the location without authorization severely limits both the amount and types of information that may be placed at the remote location with current systems.
- Accordingly, there is a need for a system and method of placing and communicating large quantities and varied types of information at inaccessible locations that can withstand the conditions and attempts to remove that information likely to be encountered at the remote location.
- The present invention is directed to a system and method for delivering information related to a remote and/or inaccessible location at the inaccessible location. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location comprising a memory device affixed to the inaccessible location, the information residing on the memory device; and a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, that retrieves the information from the memory device when positioned at the inaccessible location, wherein the portable memory reading device communicates the information to a party located at the inaccessible location. In another embodiment, the invention comprises a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location comprising a memory device affixed to a physical object at the inaccessible location, the information residing on the memory device; a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, that retrieves the information from the memory device when positioned at the inaccessible location and communicates the information to a party located at the inaccessible location; and a database wherein the information residing on the memory device is replicated; and wherein the memory device is uniquely associated with an identifying code.
- In yet another embodiment, the invention comprises a system for providing historical information about a historically notable location comprising a memory device affixed to a physical object positioned at the historically notable location, the historical information residing on the memory device; and a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, that retrieves the historical information from the memory device when positioned at the historically notable location and communicates the historical information to a party located at the historically notable location. In a still further embodiment, the invention comprises a system for providing memorial information about a deceased party interred at a cemetery location comprising a memory device affixed to a physical object positioned at the cemetery location, the memorial information residing on the memory device; and a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, that retrieves the memorial information from the memory device when positioned at the cemetery location and communicates the memorial information to a party located at the cemetery location.
- In yet another embodiment of the invention, the invention comprises a system for providing dedication or donation information for a substantially complete explanation about the reasons for the gift at any location, such as a hospital, comprising a memory device affixed to a physical object positioned at the location, the dedication or donation information residing on the memory device; and a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, that retrieves the dedication or donation information from the memory device when positioned at the location and communicates the dedication or donation information to a party located at the location. In a still further embodiment, the invention comprises a system for providing instructions, manuals, and/or warranty information about indoor or outdoor equipment, such as a lawn tractor, at any location, comprising a memory device affixed to the equipment positioned at any location, the instructions, manuals, and/or warranty information residing on the memory device; and a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, that retrieves the instructions, manuals, and/or warranty information from the memory device when positioned at the location and communicates the instructions, manuals, and/or warranty information to a party located at the location.
- In yet another embodiment of the invention, the invention comprises a method for providing information related to an inaccessible location, comprising the steps of storing the information on a memory device, the information being stored in a format that can be retrieved from the memory device and displayed to a party with a portable memory reading device, separate from the memory device, when the portable memory reading device is in close proximity to the memory device; and affixing the memory device to a physical object positioned at the inaccessible location. Additional steps in the method may include replicating the information stored on the memory device in a database; revising the replicated information at the database, and communicating the revised replicated information to the memory device over a communicable connection between the database and the memory device; and/or providing the replicated information over a communications medium upon receipt by the database of an identifying code, the identifying code being uniquely associated with the memory device having the information stored thereon.
- Therefore, the present invention provides a system and method of placing and communicating large quantities and varied types of information at inaccessible locations, that can withstand the conditions and attempts to remove that information likely to be encountered at the inaccessible location.
- The invention will become more readily apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments thereof shown, by way of example only, in the accompanying drawings wherein:
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the invention; -
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the invention; -
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location in accordance with a third preferred embodiment of the invention; -
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location in accordance with a fourth embodiment of the invention; -
FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location in accordance with a fifth embodiment of the invention; and -
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a system for providing information related to an inaccessible location in accordance with a sixth embodiment of the invention. - It is to be understood that the figures and descriptions of the present invention have been simplified to illustrate elements that are relevant for a clear understanding of the present invention, while eliminating, for purposes of clarity, many other elements found in a typical information delivery system. Those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that other elements are desirable and/or required in order to implement the present invention. However, because such elements are well known in the art, and because they do not facilitate a better understanding of the present invention, a discussion of such elements is not provided herein.
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FIG. 1 , there is shown a block diagram of aninformation generator 1 for providing information related to inaccessible locations in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention. A number of locations 2-3 in acemetery 10 havememory devices 2B-3B permanently affixed to tombstones 2A-3A at locations 2-3 respectively.Cemetery 10 may comprise a catacomb, cinerarium, crypt, mausoleum, ossuary, sepulcher, tomb, vault, or any other location where a deceased party may be laid to rest either temporarily or permanently. A deceased party may comprise any living organism that has passed, including but not limited to human beings that have passed. Tombstones 2A-3A may comprise any type of physical object used to mark the locations 2-3 of deceased parties withincemetery 10.Memory devices 2B-3B have memorial and/or genealogical information about the deceased party interred at locations 2-3 stored therein or thereon. This information may comprise any information related to the deceased party that a friend or loved one may find interesting including, but not limited to the name, date born, date passed, notable accomplishments, parents, siblings, children, etc., of the deceased party as well as photographic and artistic images of or relating to the deceased party. - In preferred embodiments of the invention,
memory devices 2B-3B comprise contact memory devices, and each memory device may be uniquely associated with an identifying code. Contact memories generically comprise physical devices that attach directly to an object and can be read through active or passive contact with a reading device. Typically contact memories are approximately the size of a clothing button, and comprise a stainless steel container housing a small memory chip inside. Information can usually be written to the contact memory through temporary active or passive contact with the contact memory as well. In preferred embodiments of the invention,memory devices 2B-3B comprise an iButton® contact memory device, the mechanical and technical standards for which are available at http://www.ibuttom.com/ibuttons/stan-dard.pdf, and are incorporated herein by reference.Memory devices 2B-3B may also comprise, in addition to contact memories, read only memory (ROM) devices, electronically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) devices, electronically programmable read only memory (EPROM) devices, random access memory (RAM) devices, static random access memory (SRAM) devices, static bar codes, or any other device that is small in size, can be easily and permanently attached to a physical object, can store large quantities and varied types of information, and can withstand extreme weather conditions without losing or damaging the information stored therein and/or thereon. The information is stored in and/or on the memory device in a format suitable for the type of memory device used, extensible markup language or hypertext markup language comprising the preferred format. - Referring still to
FIG. 1 ,system 1 further comprises a portablememory reading device 5. Portablememory reading device 5 may comprise a special purpose computer, a portable general purpose computer such as a laptop computer, or any other type of portable computerized device, including a hand-held portable computer, a wireless communications device, and/or a smart wireless communications device, that has the ability to read, receive, and/or display all or a portion of the information stored onmemory devices 2B-3B when placed at locations 2-3 or in close proximity tomemory devices 2B-3B. Typically, portablememory reading device 5 will have an integrated means of reading, receiving, and/or writing information from or tomemory devices 2B-3B. In other cases, portablememory reading device 5 may have a hand-held probe attached thereto through some type of serial and/or parallel electrical connection for reading, receiving, and/or writing information from and/or tomemory devices 2B-3B. The precise means of reading, receiving, and/or writing of the information employed is a matter of design choice and will necessarily depend on the type ofmemory device 2B-3B employed. Where thememory devices 2B-3B employed are contact memories, a preferred means of reading and/or writing comprises a single signal plus ground probe, whether integrated or hand-held, configured to an input/output line of a microcomputer. - Referring now to
FIG. 2 , there is shown a block diagram of a system 20 for providing information related to aninaccessible location 21 in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the invention. System 20 comprises amemory device 2B permanently affixed to post 21 A located at historicallynotable location 21, and portablememory reading device 5.Memory device 2B and portablememory reading device 5 comprise the same elements as insystem 1 described above, except that the information stored in and/or onmemory device 2B comprises historical information about historicallynotable location 21.Post 21A comprises a stake anchored to the ground at historicallynotable location 21, but may also comprise a sign, lamppost, doorframe, fencepost, cannon, or any other physical object, whether stationary or movable and whether permanent or temporary, located at or near historicallynotable location 21. Historicallynotable location 21 comprises any location physically removed from convenient access to electrical and/or wireline telephone service that a person may find historically interesting because of events that have occurred, are occurring, or may be occurring in the future, and historically notable information comprises any information about the events that have occurred, are occurring, or may be occurring atinaccessible location 21 in the future. - Referring now to
FIG. 3 , there is shown a block diagram of asystem 300 for providing information related to aninaccessible location 340 in accordance with a third preferred embodiment of the invention. An inaccessible location is a location that cannot easily be wired for electricity and/or electronic communication.System 300 comprises amemory device 2B affixed, such as permanently affixed, toequipment 320, such as an automobile or a lawn tractor, or indoor equipment, such as a television or a stereo, located at anyinaccessible location 340, and portablememory reading device 5.Memory device 2B and portablememory reading device 5 preferably comprise the same elements as insystem 1 described above, except that the information stored in and/or onmemory device 2B includes, but is not limited to, instructions, such as manuals, and/or warranty information, about theequipment 320. As shown,equipment 320 comprises, for example, outdoor equipment in the form of a lawn tractor atlocation 340, but may also comprise, for example, snow blowers, mulchers, tillers, or any other physical object, whether stationary or movable, and whether permanent or temporary, located at or nearlocation 340.Location 340 comprises any location physically removed from convenient access to electrical and/or wireline telephone service, and instructions, manuals, and/or warranty information comprises any information about the equipment atinaccessible location 340. - Referring now to
FIG. 4 , there is shown a block diagram of asystem 400 for providing information related to aninaccessible location 440 in accordance with a fourth preferred embodiment of the invention.System 400 comprises amemory device 2B affixed, such as permanently affixed, proximate to, i.e. on or near, a dedication ordonation plaque 420 orart piece 420 located at anyinaccessible location 440, and portablememory reading device 5. As used herein, plaque includes any device, item, piece, or mechanism capable of signifying, for example, a donor's donation, and, as used herein, a dedication or donation would include the generator of the dedication, such as the painter of a painting, or the donator of a painting.Memory device 2B and portablememory reading device 5 comprise the same elements as insystem 1 described above, except that the information stored in and/or onmemory device 2B comprises dedication or donation information, including a substantially complete story about why the gift was given by the donating party tolocation 440, such as a hospital, or how a gift was created, such as the artist who created artwork. A dedication ordonation plaque 420 comprises a sign atlocation 440 as illustrated, but may also comprise a photograph, engraving, drawing, painting, or any other physical object, whether stationary or movable and whether permanent or temporary, located at or nearlocation 440.Location 440 comprises any location physically removed from convenient access to electrical and/or wireline telephone service, and dedication or donation information comprises any information about the donating party atinaccessible location 440. - Referring now to
FIG. 5 , there is shown a block diagram of a system 30 for providing information related to aninaccessible location 21 in accordance with a fifth preferred embodiment of the invention. System 30 comprisesmemory device tombstones 2A and 3B and post 21A respectively, tombstones 2A-3A located incemetery 10 and post 21A located at historicallynotable location 21, portablememory reading devices database 31 communicably connected 32 tomemory devices Memory devices notable location 21, and portablememory reading devices systems 1 and/or 20 described above.Database 31 comprises a single or central database wherein the information stored in and/or onmemory devices memory devices - Referring back to
FIG. 3 , there is shown a block diagram of asystem 300 for providing information related to aninaccessible location 340.System 300 may comprisememory device 2B permanently affixed toequipment 320, such as a lawn tractor, portablememory reading devices 5, anddatabase 31 communicatively connected 32 tomemory reading device 5.Memory device 2B,equipment 320,location 340, and portablememory reading device 5 comprise the same elements as in the systems described hereinabove.Database 31 comprises a single or central database wherein the information stored in and/or onmemory device 2B is replicated in whole or in part, or a plurality of distributed databases wherein the information stored in and/or onmemory devices 2B is replicated in whole or in part. - Referring now to
FIG. 4 , there is shown a block diagram of asystem 400 for providing information related to aninaccessible location 440.System 400 may comprisememory device 2B permanently affixed toplaque 420,plaque 420 located in aninaccessible location 440, such as a hospital or any other building, portablememory reading device 5, anddatabase 31 communicatively connected 32 tomemory device 2B.Memory device 2B,plaque 420,inaccessible location 440, and portablememory reading device 5 comprise the same elements as in the systems described hereinabove.Database 31 comprises a single or central database wherein the information stored in and/or onmemory device 2B is replicated in whole or in part, or a plurality of distributed databases wherein the information stored in and/or onmemory device 2B is replicated in whole or in part. - In the case where
database 31 comprises a plurality of distributed databases, the plurality of databases may be connected to one another via an internet connection, limited or wide area network connection, or some other type of suitable communicable connection or combination of connections as would be known in the art, and the information stored in and/or onmemory devices communicable connection 32 tomemory devices database 31 may be revised atdatabase 31 and the revised replicated information communicated tomemory devices communicable connection 32. - In certain embodiments of the invention in
system communicative connection 32 need not comprise a permanent communicative connection, as in the case where the information residing onmemory devices memory reading device 5 and/or 5′. In those embodiments, revised replicated information may be transferred fromdatabase 31 to portablememory reading device 5 and/or 5′ over a suitable connection and subsequently read tomemory devices memory reading device 5 and/or 5′ is placed in close proximity tomemory devices - In still further embodiments of
system memory devices database 31 either with or without the use ofmemory reading device 5 and/or 5′, depending on the type of devices employed asmemory reading device 5 and/or 5′. A user of the system accessesdatabase 31 through an internet with a browser or some other suitable form of software, a telephone connection, including wireless telephone connections, or any other type of suitable communications medium or combination of mediums as would be known in the art, provides the identifying code for theinaccessible location database 31 provides the replicated information corresponding toinaccessible location - Referring now to
FIG. 6 , there is shown a block diagram of a system 40 for providing information relate to inaccessible locations in accordance with a sixth embodiment of the invention. System 40 compriseslocations cemetery 10, historicallynotable location 21,plaque location 440,equipment location 340,memory reading devices database 32, communication links 42 betweenmemory reading devices database 32, the Global Positioning System (GPS)infrastructure 41, and GPS signals 43.Locations cemetery 10, historicallynotable location 21,plaque location 440,equipment location 340,memory reading devices database 32 comprise the same elements as insystems 1, 20, and/or 30 described above. In system 40 though,memory reading devices database 32 insystem memory reading device cemetery location notable location 21,plaque location 440, orequipment location 340,memory reading device GPS system infrastructure 41, accessesdatabase 32 viacommunication links 42, and communicates its GPS position todatabase 32.Database 32 determines the inaccessible location associated with the GPS position received frommemory reading device communication links 42, in thiscase cemetery location historical location 21, and communicates the information related toinaccessible locations memory reading device inaccessible location database 32 overcommunication links 42, and/or may be required to provide an identification number, code or password before the information related toinaccessible location memory reading device - In any embodiment of the invention, including the embodiments shown and described above, the information related to an inaccessible location may also comprise, in addition to information specifically related to the inaccessible location, data, symbols, codes, and/or other information not specifically related to the inaccessible location that may be used to access the information specifically related to the inaccessible location, whether resident on a memory device at an inaccessible location or a database located somewhere other than the inaccessible location. Moreover, the inaccessible locations where the invention may be employed are not limited to cemetery and historically notable locations, but may comprise any location that a person may find notable that is physically removed from easily accessible sources of power and communication, regardless of whether the climatic conditions likely encountered would be considered extreme. Thus, systems and methods for providing information related to an inaccessible location have been shown and described. Users of the systems and methods have the ability among other things to store, receive, and/or revise the information related to the inaccessible location in a number of ways.
- The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to the embodiments described above however will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without the use of inventive faculty. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the specific systems and methods shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the claims set forth below.
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1. A system for providing and receiving instructions directly relating to a stationary item positioned at a remote location, comprising:
at least one processor and memory device, wherein said at least one processor and memory device is affixed to said stationary item, the instructions residing on said memory device and uniquely and directly relating to said stationary item to which the memory device is affixed;
a portable device for wirelessly uploading and downloading the instructions to and from said affixed memory device;
wherein said at least one processor processes the instructions to and from said memory device, including processing for forwarding of the instructions from the associated memory device to said portable device.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one memory device comprises a contact memory device.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one memory device comprises a programmable read only memory device.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one memory device comprises a weather resistant memory device.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information resides on said at least one memory device in extensible markup language format.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information resides on said at least one memory device in hypertext markup language format.
7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a database associated with said at least one memory device, wherein the information on said memory device is replicated; and
wherein said memory device is uniquely associated with an identifying code.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the replicated information is accessed upon receipt of the identifying code the database.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the replicated information is accessed through an internet.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the replicated information is accessed through an internet.
11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the database is communicatively connected to said memory device.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the replicated information is revised at the database, and wherein the revised replicated information is communicated from the database to said memory device via the communicative connection.
13. A system for providing information directly relating to a stationary dedication at a remote location, comprising:
at least one spatially fixed processor and memory device affixed proximate to said stationary dedication, the information uniquely and directly relating to said stationary dedication;
a portable device for wirelessly uploading and downloading the dedication information to and from said memory device;
wherein said at least one processor processes the information to and from the associated memory device, including processing for forwarding of the information from the associated memory device to said portable device.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein at least one of the plurality of memory devices comprises a contact memory device.
15. The system of claim 13 , wherein said memory device comprises a weather resistant memory device.
16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the information resides on said memory device in extensible markup language format.
17. The system of claim 13 , wherein said information resides said memory device in hypertext markup language format.
18. The system of claim 13 , further comprising:
a database wherein the information residing on said memory device is replicated; and
wherein said memory device is uniquely associated with an identifying code.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the replicated information is capable of
being accessed upon receipt of the identifying code by the database.
20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the replicated information is accessed through an internet.
21. The system of claim 29 , wherein the replicated information is accessed through a telephone network.
22. The system of claim 18 , wherein the database is communicatively connected to said memory device.
23. The system of claim 22 , wherein the replicated information is revised at the database, and wherein the revised replicated information is communicated from the database to said memory device via the communicative connection.
24. An information generator for use at a remote location, comprising:
at least one spatially fixed processor and memory device affixed at least one remote location, wherein said at least one memory device includes thereon information uniquely and directly related to said at least one remote location;
a portable device for wirelessly connecting to said memory device;
wherein said portable device is capable of loading said information directly
related to the associated at least one remote location onto the associated memory device;
wherein, upon establishing a wireless communicative connection with said associated memory device, said portable device receives the information for display; and
wherein said associated processor processes the information to and from said associated memory device, including processing for forwarding of the information from the associated memory device to said portable device.
25. The information generator of claim 24 , wherein said at least one memory device comprises a contact memory device.
26. The information generator of claim 25 , wherein said at least one memory device comprises a weather resistant memory device.
27. The information generator of claim 24 , further comprising:
a database wherein the information residing on said at least one memory device is replicated; and
wherein said at least one memory device is uniquely associated with an identifying code.
28. The information generator of claim 27 , wherein the replicated information may be accessed upon receipt of the identifying code by the database.
29. The information generator of claim 28 , wherein the replicated information is accessed through an internet.
30. The information generator of claim 28 , wherein the replicated information is accessed through a telephone network.
31. The information generator of claim 27 , wherein the database is communicatively connected to said at least one memory device.
32. The information of claim 31 , wherein the replicated information may be revised at the database, and wherein the revised replicated information is capable of being communicated from the database to said at least one memory device via the communicable connection.
33. A method for providing information related to a remote location, comprising:
storing and retrieving information directly related to a remote location on at least one spatially fixed processor and memory device uniquely and directly associated with the remote location, such that said information can be wirelessly written to and retrieved from said memory device associated with said remote location at different points in time by a portable device, and wherein the information is displayed by said portable device;
affixing said at least one memory device at said remote location,
wherein said at least one processor processes the information to and from the associated memory device, including processing for forwarding of the information from said at least one memory device to said portable device.
34. The method of claim 33 , further comprising the step of:
replicating the information stored on said at least one memory device in a database.
35. The method of claim 34 , further comprising the step of:
revising the replicated information at the database, and communicating the revised replicated information to said at least one memory device over a communicable connection between the database and said at least one memory device.
36. The method of claim 34 , further comprising the step of:
providing the replicated information over a communication medium upon receipt by the database of an identifying code, the identifying code being uniquely associated with said at least one memory device having the information stored thereon.
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