IP Library Granted Patent US 7,957,725
Granted Patent B2
US 7,957,725 · App. 12/795,831 · Granted Jun 7, 2011

Methods for providing enhanced telecommunication services

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Patent No.
US 7,957,725
App. No.
12/795,831
Granted
Jun 7, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first method for facilitating personal contacts among a plurality of subscribers to a location-based person contact service provided by a service provider; a second method for communicating information to a user of a wireless device by a server; and a third method for real-time monitoring of vital signs of a living being. In the first method, personal profiles are transmitted to subscribers. In the second method, a message specific to both an establishment and the user is transmitted to a wireless device or smart display proximal to the user in the establishment. In the third method, information relating to a violated vital sign parameter determined from the monitoring is communicated to a local communication node.

Claims (12)

1. A method for communicating information to a user of a wireless device by a customer relationship management (CRM) server, comprising:

receiving data from the wireless device being carried by the user in an establishment, said data identifying the wireless device or relating to the user;

cross referencing the received data against a transaction history associated with the device or the user to determine demographic information concerning the user;

generating a message specific to both the establishment and the user, said message being a function of the determined demographic information concerning the user; and

transmitting the message to an instrument selected from the group consisting of the wireless device and smart display proximal to the user in the establishment, wherein said receiving, said cross referencing, said generating, and said transmitting are performed by the CRM server.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data identifies the wireless device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data relates to the user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transaction history is in a database comprised by the CRM server.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the instrument is the wireless device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the instrument is the smart display.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the smart display is a smart computer-driven display.

8. A system comprising a local server adapted to perform the method of claim 1 , said local server being the CRM server.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2013
From: VAN ERLACH, JULIAN
To: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 030367/0641 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2012
From: VAN ERLACH, JULIAN
To: VAN ERLACH ENTERPRISES, LLC
Reel/Frame 029322/0172 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2012
From: VAN ERLACH ENTERPRISES, LLC
To: VAN ERLACH, JULIAN
Reel/Frame 029322/0274 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2012
From: VAN ERLACH ENTERPRISES, LLC
To: VAN ERLACH, JULIAN
Reel/Frame 028552/0986 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2012
From: VAN ERLACH, JULIAN
To: VAN ERLACH ENTERPRISES, LLC
Reel/Frame 027806/0217 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2011
From: GENERAL PATENT CORPORATION
To: VAN ERLACH, JULIAN
Reel/Frame 027444/0543 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2010
From: VAN ERLACH, JULIAN
To: ENHANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 025527/0442 →
Continuity (3)
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