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| United States Patent | 6,650,284 |
| Mannings , et al. | November 18, 2003 |
Apparatus provides information to a mobile user. The apparatus includes a mobile communications system having a fixed part and one or more mobile parts for communicating with the fixed part. The fixed part is adapted to receive one or more requests for user-specific information from the mobile part, and to provide the user with information relating to the or each request. Preferably the mobile user has access to permanent user-specific information and/or non-permanent user-specific information, and the mobile part is adapted to send said permanent user-specific information and/or non-permanent user-specific information to the fixed part.
| Inventors: | Mannings; Robin Thomas (Ipswich, GB), Wall; Nigel David Charles (Ipswich, GB) |
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| Assignee: |
British Telecommunications a public limited company
(London,
GB)
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| Family ID: | 10760679 |
| Appl. No.: | 10/046,201 |
| Filed: | January 16, 2002 |
| Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 615074 | Jul 12, 2000 | ||||
| 041141 | Mar 12, 1998 | 6111539 | |||
| 793502 | 6169515 | ||||
| Sep 1, 1994 [GB] | 9417600 | |||
| Current U.S. Class: | 342/357.31 |
| Current CPC Class: | G01C 21/34 (20130101); G09B 29/106 (20130101); G01S 5/0027 (20130101); G01S 19/09 (20130101); G01S 19/48 (20130101); G01S 19/49 (20130101); G08G 1/096716 (20130101); G08G 1/096741 (20130101); G08G 1/096775 (20130101); G08G 1/096811 (20130101); G08G 1/096822 (20130101); G08G 1/096861 (20130101); G08G 1/096872 (20130101); G08G 1/096883 (20130101); G08G 1/096888 (20130101); G08G 1/127 (20130101); G01C 21/3492 (20130101); G01S 19/41 (20130101); G01S 2205/002 (20130101); G01S 2205/006 (20130101); G01S 2205/008 (20130101) |
| Current International Class: | G01C 21/34 (20060101); G01S 5/14 (20060101); G01S 5/00 (20060101); G08G 1/0968 (20060101); G08G 1/127 (20060101); G08G 1/0962 (20060101); G09B 29/10 (20060101); G08G 1/0967 (20060101); G01S 005/02 (); H04B 007/85 () |
| Field of Search: | ;342/357.09,357.1,457 ;701/213,217,220 |
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Information for all employees of Mannesmann VDO AG "Verkehrstelenmatik: Ein Shcritt auf dem Weg zur intelligenten Strasse" ["Traffic telematics: A Step on the way towards the intelligent road"], dated May 1994, (formerly VDO Adolf Schindling AG, D-64832 Babenhausen). . "Telematik fur den Verkehr in Europa" ["Telematics for traffic in Europe" ], accompanying brochure to the "Telematik fur den Verkehr in Europa" [Telematics for traffic in Europe] exhibition held on Jul. 22/23, 1994, the Forum of the Schlosspark, Ludwigsburg, published by the Verband der Automobilindustrie e.v. (VDA), Frankfurt/Main. . Euro-Scout's . . . 93AT025, pp. 59-66 by Mr. H Sodeikat, Siemens AG.. |
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