There is disclosed a method and apparatus for an object locator system for requesting and obtaining information about the location of a mobile object, having attached thereon a lightweight object locator, operable in a region served by a two-way paging system and a global positioning satellite system. An illustrative embodiment of the system uses a predetermined vocabulary comprising one or more dimensions to extract color and texture information from an information signal, e. These electrodes are placed so as to have contact with one another when the peripheral device is mounted on the image display apparatus.