Abstract:
A wireless communication system has a plurality of information server computers coupled by a wired network (100) and a plurality of wireless mobile devices (106,134,136) that communicate using a wireless network (102), each mobile device including a network browser, a display and a processor. A server (114) couples the mobile devices to the information server computers through the wireless network and the wired network. When a particular one of the network browsers desires to access a resource from one of the information server computers, the server determines whether a resource request therefrom is to an information server computers that provides spatial-related information and, if so, determines an appropriate location of interest and produces a revised resource request. The device (106) can therefore, for example, cause a display screen thereof (116) to display an identifier of at least one other wireless device and a status indicator pertaining thereto or the location thereof.
Abstract:
A wireless communication system has a plurality of information server computers coupled by a wired network (100) and a plurality of wireless mobile devices (106,134,136) that communicate using a wireless network (102), each mobile device including a network browser, a display and a processor. A server (114) couples the mobile devices to the information server computers through the wireless network and the wired network. When a particular one of the network browsers desires to access a resource from one of the information server computers, the server determines whether a resource request therefrom is to an information server computers that provides spatial-related information and, if so, determines an appropriate location of interest and produces a revised resource request. The device (106) can therefore, for example, cause a display screen thereof (116) to display an identifier of at least one other wireless device and a status indicator pertaining thereto or the location thereof.