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Methods and platforms are disclosed for providing enhanced telecommunication wireless and wireline services comprising: 1) wireless device location-based personal contact service; 2) digital multi-media telecommunication session documentation; 3) provision of digital product samples according to sub

Methods and platforms are disclosed for providing enhanced telecommunication wireless and wireline services comprising: 1) wireless device location-based personal contact service; 2) digital multi-media telecommunication session documentation; 3) provision of digital product samples according to subscriber-definable criteria and to a wireless device upon reading of a product identifying code with a wireless device; 4) wireless location-based product price, availability and information service; 5) short-range wireless device CRM (customer relationship management) functions; 6) wireless vital sign monitoring service capable of automatic messaging; 7) entertainment event futures determination method and securities market. The invention is physically comprised of a telecommunication platform such as a web-enabled computer, television or other device; or a telephone, cell phone, or wireless PDA that integrates some or all of: a computing apparatus, a digital camera, a data input method from external wireless devices, a network interface capable of interfacing with the Internet and/or a telecommunications network such as a public telephone network, a short-range wireless communication method with other wireless devices, such as Bluetooth, a user interface, a bar code or other product code (such as RFID) reading apparatus and software, a global positioning system (GPS) or other device location determination method, a network service provider and related application hosting facilities, software and databases.

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I claim: 1. Methods and platforms for providing enhanced telecommunication services comprising: a wireless device-based, specified location-based interpersonal contact initiation and personal information reviewing and exchange, further comprising multiple wireless devices equipped with geographic l

I claim: 1. Methods and platforms for providing enhanced telecommunication services comprising: a wireless device-based, specified location-based interpersonal contact initiation and personal information reviewing and exchange, further comprising multiple wireless devices equipped with geographic location determination technology, a global positioning system, a wireless network provider, and databases and hosting engines containing user personal profiles and transaction criteria logic wherein a user of a wireless device specifies at least one of a desired distance from one's device or a specific location regarding the transmission of one's own, or the reviewing of other personal profiles. generating a multimedia digital document of a telecommunication session comprising at least one correspondent, a telecommunication service provider, a software engine and database, and enabling software and hardware means of converting speech to text, image, sound, and data into an integrated digital document of said telecommunication session which may then be referenced in whole; providing digital product samples to wireline and wireless electronic devices, including but not limited to music, video, games, books, and product images and information based a recipient definable filter criteria for receiving such samples, including but not limited to genre, category, type or other product characterization and a further means of providing said samples upon the reading of a product identifying code by a user with a wireless device and requesting said samples associated with said product identifying code; providing to wireless devices equipped with global positioning technology, product specific price, availability and descriptive or related information upon a reading of a product identifying code such as a bar or RED (radio frequency identification) code with such a device or manual entry of said code into such device by cross-referencing said product code to an updateable database of geo-coded merchant locations, inventory status and prices Short-range wireless CRM (customer relationship management) comprising the local recognition of the proximity of a wireless device through RF technology including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, the obtaining of information about the user or owner of said device by a local wireless network server from the wireless device, the cross-referencing of that information to internal or external databases and the consequent serving of customized content to a local digital smart sign viewable by said user, or serving of said content to said wireless device providing a wireless living being vital sign and location monitoring and related messaging service comprising a first device capable of monitoring one or more vital signs or location of a living being, global position determination technology, a local wireless network, digital telecommunication devices addressable by said wireless vital sign monitor and programming of said digital devices enabling the transmission of vital sign status messages under user specifiable parameters to definable telephone or Internet addresses. 2. A method of claim 1, wherein a service provider provides a personal introduction and profile viewing service to users of wireless devices equipped with global positioning technology wherein the receipt, viewing, or transmission of personal messages and profiles is a function of user-specified location of the devices of other users or subscribers, or distance from one's own wireless device. 3. A method of claim 1, wherein a service provider or host maintains and updates a database of users, user profiles and the location of registered user devices in real time or at intervals of time through the use of global positioning or other location determination technology for wireless devices and establishes an association of said device location with said user profiles. 4. A method of claim 1, wherein a service provider or host maintains a log and records a history of interpersonal communications according to location criteria. 5. A method of claim 1, wherein a service provider provides on request the personal profiles to a user of those persons who frequently call from a user-definable geographic area but whose wireless devices are not presently located within that area. 6. A method of claim 1, wherein a service provider digitally integrates the speech-to-text for one or more languages into one or more other languages, image, sound and other digital data, including location at the time of data generation, generated by participants of a telecommunication session into a digital document containing a chronological or other user specifiable arrangement of said data into said digital document. 7. A method of claim 1, wherein said digital document is accessible from a remote location by an electronic device or is transmitted to such a device upon user request. 8. A method of claim 1, wherein said integrated digital document services is provided for a fee to users or subscribers. 9. A method of claim 1, wherein said integrated digital document is referencable by one or more user names during the communication session, date and time of generation, key words or phrases contained, location of data generation, or telephone number or other network address. 10. A method of claim 1, wherein a service provider provides digital product samples or product reviews to electronic devices of new or yet to be sold products or services, including but not limited to music, video, games and books, according to user-specified criteria regarding said product, including but not limited to genre, type and category; where said user criteria may be incorporated into a subscription service. 11. A method of claim 1, wherein said samples are emailed as attachment files; web links or hosted on an Internet site customizable according to said user criteria. 12. A method of claims 1, wherein a content provider offers and provides consideration for the referral of digital samples by a recipient to a third party. 13. A method of claim 1, wherein a wireless network service provides to a wireless device digital product samples according to a product identifying code such as RFID, barcode or magnetic code, read by, or entered into a wireless device by a user wherein said network may be cellular or local, and wherein said digital samples are stored on a database server and indexed by a product identifying code such as and RFID, barcode or magnetic code, and a logic engine serves said samples to said device upon matching said product codes. 14. A method of claim 1, further providing to wireless devices equipped with global position determination technology, product-related information, including price and inventory availability, upon a user reading or entering into said wireless device a product identifying code such as an RFID, barcode or magnetic code, and requesting a service provider to perform a lookup type according to a distance criteria selected by the user, from the location of said wireless device of available inventory matching said product code. 15. A method of claims 1, further service provider maintaining and updating a database of inventory and prices cross-referenced to product identifying codes such as RFID, UPC, barcodes or other codes and according to the geocoded locations of merchants reporting said inventory and price status; and further cross-referencing said data with the wireless look-up requests from users with wireless devices according to user-defined radial or driving distance criteria from the current location of users' wireless devices, further cross-referenced to geocoded maps of establishment locations and driving distances. 16. A method of claim 1, further comprising wireless or wireline short-range provision of content to a local smart sign or wireless device by a local smart wireless network upon obtaining user or owner-identifying information from the proximal wireless device to the network. 17. A method of claims 1, wherein said smart local network obtains a wireless device identification, or user or owner information from said wireless device and cross-references said identifying information to internal transactional or customer databases, or to external device registered owner databases. 18. A method of claims 16, wherein content is served to a proximal smart sign or said wireless device based in whole or in part on information obtained about the owner or user of said wireless device from a transmission of, or other information obtained about said wireless device and its registered owner. 19. A method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of a wireless living being vital sign or location monitor effecting the transmission of an electronic message to specified telephone or Internet addresses through a local wireless network connecting digital telephones or computers connected to the Internet which network is programmed to send said messages upon one or more of regular time intervals, or exception conditions regarding pre-determined values of vital signs or location of the subject and further containing the values of one or more vital signs and location.