Computer access dependent on the location of the accessing terminal
CA 2280103 A1 · Owner: Griffith, Gary L. · Inventors: Griffith, Gary L.
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Determining the location of a wireless terminal and provides access to data stored in a database of a central computer associated with that location to the wireless terminal. The user of the wireless terminal is not required to perform any activity to gain access to data associated with the location. The degree of access to the data associated with a location is dependent upon the authorization information supplied by the wireless terminal to the central computer after the location of the wireless terminal has been determined. In addition, the wireless terminal may be a computer capable of wireless communication a wireless PDA, or a, wireless telephone set having display and data entry …
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- Filed August 12, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 12, 2019.
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