Information portal
View Patent ↗A communication system for providing high-speed wireless access to mobile processing systems a stationary transceiver defining an information portal in its immediate vicinity. A local server in communication with this stationary transceiver is configured to respond to a mobile processing-system present within the information portal.
1. A method for providing a mobile processing system with information, said method comprising:
maintaining an information portal that covers an information portal location;
establishing wireless communication with a mobile processing system that enters said information portal;
at least in part on the basis of said information portal location, providing names of establishments, the establishments having establishment locations that have a selected relationship with said information portal location.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said establishments are selected from the group consisting of restaurants, ATMs, and train stations.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said establishment locations and said information portal location are within a selected distance of each other.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing information about said establishments.
5. A communication system comprising:
a stationary transceiver defining an information portal in a vicinity thereof, said information portal having a portal location;
a local server in communication with said transceiver, said local server being configured to provide, to a mobile processing-system present within said information portal, names of establishments having establishment locations, said establishment locations having a selected relationship with said portal location.
6. The communication system of claim 5 , wherein said local server is configured to provide names of at least one of restaurants, ATMs, and train stations.
7. The communication system of claim 5 , wherein said establishment locations and said information portal location are within a selected distance of each other.
8. A computer-readable medium having encoded thereon software for providing a mobile processing system with information, said software comprising instructions for:
maintaining an information portal that covers an information portal location;
establishing wireless communication with a mobile processing system that enters said information portal;
at least in part on the basis of said information portal location, providing names of establishments, the establishments having establishment locations that have a selected relationship with said information portal location.
9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein said software comprises instructions for selecting said establishments from the group consisting of restaurants, and ATMs.
10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein said software comprises instructions for selecting establishments such that said establishment locations and said information portal location are within a selected distance of each other.
11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 , further comprising instructions for providing information about said establishments.