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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2007
Jeffry Jovan Philyaw, Dallas, TX (US);
Jeffry Jovan Philyaw, Dallas, TX (US);
RPX-LV Acquisition LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method for connecting a wireless device to a remote location on a computer network. A beacon signal is transmitted from a beacon unit to a beacon signal receiver circuit disposed with a wireless device. The beacon signal includes components indicative of a first code associated with a remote location and of a second code associated with an attribute of the beacon unit. A first message packet indicative of the first and second codes is transmitted to an intermediate location. A computer database including a plurality of routing information for remote locations on the computer network and a plurality of first codes is accessed. Routing information associated with the first code is retrieved, and a reply packet including the routing information is transmitted to the wireless device. A second message packet is transmitted from the wireless device to a remote location using the routing information.