COMIC SHOP LOCATOR

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
COMICSHOPLOCATOR.COM	DIAMOND COMIC DISTRIBUTORS, INC.	Suite 300 10150 York Road Hunt Valley MD 21030	COMIC SHOP LOCATOR;Computerized on-line directory service which gives consumers the ability to locate the names and telephone numbers of participating comic book specialty shops within an area, by entering their zip code into a graphical interface;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

There is disclosed a method and apparatus for an object locator system (10) for requesting and obtaining information about the location of a mobile object, having attached thereon a lightweight object locator (42), operable in a region served by a two-way paging system (12) and a global positioning satellite system (50). The object locator (42) may be selectively activated to conserve power or enabled to respond only when beyond or within a boundary. Further, the object locator system (10) may provide the location information in several forms including rectangular or polar coordinates referred to a base station (18) or origin, position on a map display, etc. In alternate embodiments the two-way paging system (12) may be substituted by a direct wireless link or a satellite relay communications link; the location information may be translated into human readable form either before or after transmission from the object locator; the location information may be presented at an output as selectable text; spoken message or graphic display including a map; the location information may have associated therewith other information such as time the location was determined, the status of the object locator, the condition of the battery, position of the object locator relative to a boundary or electronic fence or to indicate an alarm condition; or the location information may be accessed or delivered by dial-up or automatic means.