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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2001
Noah J. Ternullo, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Nader Mehravari, Ithaca, NY (US);
Patrick H. Madden, Owego, NY (US);
Noah J. Ternullo, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Nader Mehravari, Ithaca, NY (US);
Patrick H. Madden, Owego, NY (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A system and method for determining the context of a wireless device is disclosed. An emitter () transmits an infrared signal to a wireless client (). Emitter () is placed at a known location and has a known coverage area associated therewith. The location and coverage area form a locational context for emitter () and a client () located within the coverage area. Emitter () receives data from a service provider (). The received data is relevant to the locational context of emitter (). Emitter () transmits the data to client () using a diffuse infrared signal (). Client () receives the signal and processes it such that only information of interest to a user of client () is displayed.