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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
May. 26, 2005
Truc Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
William Su, Corona, CA (US);
Truc Nguyen, San Diego, CA (US);
William Su, Corona, CA (US);
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for directing customers to a business establishment. A query is received from an associated user representing a desired purveyor of a selected good or service in a selected geographic area. Data is then secured representing a set of purveyors of the desired goods or services in the selected geographic area. Business activity data is then acquired corresponding to business activities for each of the purveyors in the set. A business activity level signal is then generated to represent the level of business activity for each purveyor in the set. This data is then communicated to the associated user.