Navigation system and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8792911
APP PUB NO 20100331014A1
SERIAL NO

12493607

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A navigation system and method which provides direction to visitors in buildings or groups of buildings. The system includes a check-in computer for recording identification information and destination information of a person upon entry into a building, for interrogating a wireless communicator associated with the person to obtain a wireless identifier, and for storing the identification information, the destination information, and the wireless identifier in a record. The system further includes a plurality of navigation stations for receiving the wireless identifier along a route of the person, for determining directions to a next navigation station along the route based upon the destination information in the record, and for providing the directions to the person.

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  • NCR CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Flett, Graham Dundee, GB 8 38
Macmillan, Peter Dundee, GB 1 2
Sanches, Ricardo F Dundee, GB 2 20

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