| US 7,340,214 B1 | ||
| Short-range wireless system and method for multimedia tags | ||
| Max Hamberg, Vantaa (Finland) | ||
| Assigned to Nokia Corporation, Espoo (Finland) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 13, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/73,200. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04B 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—41.2 [455/552; 455/553.1; 455/412.1; 455/414.1; 370/238; 709/204] | 74 Claims |
| 1. A system, comprising:
a server programmed to store electronic tag data constructs in association with a virtual wall data construct stored in the
server;
a short-range wireless access point connected to the server, the access point located at a place;
a mobile short-range wireless device programmed to enable its user to create an electronic tag data construct containing an
identity of the user and associated with a multimedia message, the multimedia message including at least one of an audible
data and a digital image file incorporated into the electronic tag data construct,
wherein the device is programmed to send the electronic tag data construct over a short-range wireless link to the access
point for association with the virtual wall data construct in the server to enable viewing the electronic tag by other users
with short-range wireless viewing devices; and
a long-range wireless circuit in the user's mobile short-range wireless device capable of sending multimedia messages, to
forward content of the multimedia message over a long-range wireless network to long-range wireless receiving circuits.
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