METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION DEPENDENT INFORMATION SERVICES

摘要

A method and apparatus is described for providing location dependent information services to customers in a WAP-Bluetooth environment. WAP-Bluetooth server units are provided to customers including qualified third party developers. A WAP-Bluetooth SDK is provided to third party developers and qualified WAP-Bluetooth applications are developed thereby. Qualified applications are loaded on WAP-Bluetooth server units for providing location dependent information services. Connections are made with WAP-Bluetooth client terminals and location-dependent WAP pages are pushed toward the WAP-Bluetooth client terminals using a WAP-Bluetooth application. A WAP-Bluetooth signal is transmitted in a coverage area associated with the location dependent information service and connections made with client terminals to provide the location dependent information service. Qualified applications are registered such that applications are available to customers and third party developers in a product registry. Qualified applications are presented and provided on a trial basis to customers using a website. The SDK includes a WAP-Bluetooth development environment, WAP-Bluetooth software modules, WAP-Bluetooth application examples, a bootloader, a software platform, and a basic WAP-Bluetooth application, and documentation. The software platform includes a Bluetooth stack, an operating system, and drivers. The WAP-Bluetooth development includes a graphical user interface development tool.