Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Kevw Simons
  • Patent number: 6782253
    Abstract: A geographic region has a network of beacons. Each beacon transmits a short-range facilitation signal for receipt on a user's mobile communication device. The facilitation signal initiates associating the facilitation signal with a service and conditionally alerts the user to the service via the device dependent on a user profile. The user-profile and the association between facilitation signal and service are user-programmable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Yevgeniy Eugene Shteyn, Paul John Rankin, Simon Royce Turner