| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus (10) for communicating information about a provider of goods or services between a telecommunications network (60) and a mobile station (20) at an approximate physical location comprises a mobile switching center (250) including a database memory (70), and a distance determination module (300) in electronic communication with the database memory (70), the module (300) being adapted to compare the mobile station location with locations represented by physical location addresses (71, 75) stored in the database memory (70). The method comprises the steps of receiving an information segment query (30), determining the approximate location (40) of the mobile station (20), scanning the database memory (70) to provide a set of preselected information segments (72, 76) matching the query, along with a set of associated physical address locations, comparing the mobile station location (40) with the locations represented by the set of physical location addresses to provide a proximate subset of physical address locations, and transmitting a response (33), including at least one of the physical addresses in the proximate subset, to the mobile stations (20). The invention also comprises a network (60) which includes a communications interface (290), a database memory (70) communicating with the communications interface (290), and a distance determination module (300) which communicates with the database memory (70).</p> |
