Patent attributes
A first method for facilitating personal contacts among a plurality of subscribers to a location-based person contact service provided by a service provider; a second method for processing a product identifying code that identifies a product; a third method for communicating information to a user of a wireless device by a server; and a fourth method for real-time monitoring of vital signs of a living being. In the first method, personal profiles are transmitted to subscribers. In the second method, a sample of the product or information pertaining to the product is transmitted to a wireless device. In the third method, a message specific to both an establishment and the user is transmitted to a wireless device or smart display proximal to the user in the establishment. In the fourth method, information relating to a violated vital sign parameter determined from the monitoring is communicated to a local communication node.