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| United States Patent | 6,397,040 |
| Titmuss , et al. | May 28, 2002 |
| **Please see images for: ( Reexamination Certificate ) ** |
A method of selecting information sources from which information is provided to users via a telecommunications system, the method comprising: tracking the location of a user in the system by receipt of tracking information for the user; accessing location data indicating localities in which information from the respective sources is deemed to be relevant; generating a shortlist of information sources for the user on the basis of the tracking information and the location data; and transmitting the shortlist to a terminal associated with the user so as to allow the user to select an information source of interest and thereby to access information from the source.
| Inventors: | Titmuss; Richard John (Ipswich, GB), Allen; Katherin Margaret (Ipswich, GB), Lebre; Caroline Anne Michele (Ipswich, GB), Moore; Robert Peter (Suffolk, GB) |
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| Assignee: |
British Telecommunications public limited company
(London,
GB)
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| Family ID: | 10810813 |
| Appl. No.: | 09/125,708 |
| Filed: | August 25, 1998 |
| PCT Filed: | April 09, 1998 |
| PCT No.: | PCT/GB98/01056 |
| 371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date: | August 25, 1998 |
| PCT Pub. No.: | WO98/47295 |
| PCT Pub. Date: | October 27, 1998 |
| Apr 14, 1997 [GB] | 9707615 | |||
| Current U.S. Class: | 455/67.11; 455/412.2; 455/414.2; 455/457 |
| Current CPC Class: | H04Q 3/0029 (20130101); H04L 67/18 (20130101); H04W 4/02 (20130101); H04W 24/00 (20130101); H04W 64/00 (20130101); H04L 67/306 (20130101); H04L 67/04 (20130101); H04W 48/08 (20130101) |
| Current International Class: | H04Q 3/00 (20060101); H04Q 7/24 (20060101); H04Q 007/20 () |
| Field of Search: | ;455/456,414,517,525,38.1,403,558,550,552,422,67.1,431,412,457 ;342/357 |
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