Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Courier network
- Patent Title (中): 快递网络
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Application No.: US14314156Application Date: 2014-06-25
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Publication No.: US09232383B1Publication Date: 2016-01-05
- Inventor: Alexander Burba , Brandon T Hunt , Andy Hickmott
- Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
- Agent Aaron Chettergee; Micky Minhas
- Main IPC: G07F19/00
- IPC: G07F19/00 ; H04W8/00 ; H04W4/00 ; H04W88/04

Abstract:
Example apparatus facilitate couriering (e.g., physically carrying) targeted electronic data between a provider in a first physical location and a recipient in a second physical location. An apparatus may store targeted electronic data or may store metadata concerning the targeted electronic data. The apparatus may also store requests for targeted electronic data or information from which targeted electronic data can be identified. An example apparatus may identify targeted electronic data to be provided and may then acquire the targeted electronic data from a provider. The provider may be another courier, another recipient, a source provider (e.g., database), or other source. The apparatus may provide the targeted electronic data to the recipient using a close-range communication channel that does not use the Internet. The targeted electronic data may be identified based on a state of an operating system, an application, or content at the recipient.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150382169A1 Courier Network Public/Granted day:2015-12-31
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