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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2006
Applicants:
Gerald W. Pfleging, Batavia, IL (US);
George P. Wilkin, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Inventors:
Gerald W. Pfleging, Batavia, IL (US);
George P. Wilkin, Bolingbrook, IL (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An exemplary method facilities obtaining travel information. A request for travel information is received from a user by a point-of-sale gas pump at a service station or a wireless router operated in the vicinity of the pas pump. At least a location of a specified destination is received at a server at the service station, where the location of the specified destination is input by the user. Travel information based on the location of the specified destination is determined and conveyed to the user.