Personal index of items in physical proximity to a user

Details Personal index of items in physical proximity to a user Personal index of items in physical proximity to a user

2003-09-30

2009-06-02

Labaze, Edwyn (Department: 2887)

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Systems controlled by data bearing records

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C235S375000, C235S383000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07540419

ABSTRACT:
A dynamic index may list physical items in the changing vicinity of a user or a generator of the index. The vicinity may be within the same space as the user or the generator, such as a store, a library, a shelf, an aisle, within a given radius, a street, a city, a campus, a building, an area and a park. The index may store information about the physical items near the user or generator, such as content found on tags associated with the physical items. The content might be a description of the physical items and their locations. The present invention also includes a system and method to generate such a dynamic index.

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