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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100210254 | System and Method for Regulating Mobile Communications Use by Drivers The present invention relates to a system for regulating use of mobile communication functions while driving. The system includes a vehicle diagnostic device configured to generate vehicle diagnostic data indicating a current state of a vehicle, a vehicle diagnostic inf... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100188287 | Global positioning satellite [GPS] based recovery device and risk management system for portable computing devices and data A device and software utilizing Global Positioning Satellite [GPS] technologies for monitoring and recovering portable computing devices and, a method and system for acquiring such devices and for compensating owners of devices. The invention inserts a GPS mechanism int... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100184342 | Method for responding to a missing marine propulsion device A missing outboard motor system provides a microprocessor of the outboard motor with the ability to disable or cause a malfunction of the engine of the outboard motor. This disabling of the outboard motor engine can be programmed to occur upon the detection of tampering... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100185552 | PROVIDING GPS-BASED LOCATION AND TIME INFORMATION Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing data pertaining to a one or more users' visits to an establishment. A location of one or more global positioning system devices is determined. Each global positio... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100179849 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING BACKHAUL OPPORTUNITIES A method for identifying backhaul opportunities is provided. The method includes receiving data corresponding to a position, time and status from a plurality of vehicles. The method includes generating a database of trips made by the plurality of vehicles based on the d... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100174488 | Tsunami Detection Method And System A method of detecting a tsunami by using the global positioning system (GPS) is provided. The method comprises steps of distributing a plurality of GPS receivers over a sea surface in a target area; receiving signals from GPS satellites by the plurality of GPS receivers... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100167708 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING A SAFETY MONITOR REPORT USING A MOBILE DEVICE A safety monitoring system and method sets a preset acceleration and a preset gravity gradient of a mobile device, and a preset contact. If an obtained acceleration and a gravity gradient of the mobile device are greater than preset values, the system and method obtains... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100164710 | OBJECT MONITORING, LOCATING, AND TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING RFID DEVICES An RFID system and method utilizes an RFID device, wherein the RFID device senses a thing or condition interior to a closable container at or proximate the RFID device and transmits messages. The messages include information uniquely identifying the RFID device and info... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100156711 | TRAVEL TRACKING APPARATUS A business travel tracking apparatus which includes a processor having a processor memory and a global positioning system sensor for determining vehicle position. An input device is provided which is in communication with the processor for designating each trip as eithe... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100159983 | Multi sensor detection, stall to stop and lock disabling system A multi sensor detection and disabling lock system includes detector cases for holding interchangeable detectors that sample for chemical, biological and radiological compounds, agents and elements, with each detector case disposed in or upon the monitored product where... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100160013 | Vehicle tracking system, method and game The “Vehicle Tracking System and Game” integrates a GPS navigation system with invention specific hardware and software. A user installs a mobile unit on his race vehicle which features software allowing a processor connected to the electronics of the user's vehicle... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100148920 | AUTOMATED PRESENCE DETECTOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES The disclosure presents various embodiments, as well as features and aspects thereof, of a presence detection technique and system used in motor vehicles. Exemplary embodiments recognize the presence of a motor vehicle driver in, or near, a motor vehicle. Based on the r... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100149027 | Multi-Functional System for Extending and Modulating 130dBm Frequency of GPS Terminal for Life Jacket Disclosed is a complex multifunction system of a frequency band (130 dBm) frequency extension modulation of a GPS terminal in a life jacket which is used when there is an accident at sea, at a ship or at an airplane. The system comprises a body including a front plate w... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100149028 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING POWER CONSUMPTION OF CONTAINER TRACKING DEVICES THROUGH MESH NETWORKS A system of tracking transcontinental shipping containers, which is optimized to conserve the power consumption of tracking devices attached to the containers, is disclosed. The system uses short-range transceiving devices to form a mesh network that includes the tracki... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100149019 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADS-B VALIDATION, ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MULTILATERATION, AND ELLIPTICAL SURVEILLANCE A system and method are disclosed to track aircraft or other vehicles using techniques including multilateration and elliptical surveillance. Unlike conventional approaches that use time difference of arrival for multilateration at a fixed set of reception points, this ... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100141514 | COMBINING TIME AND GPS LOCATIONS TO TRIGGER MESSAGE ALERTS A method, system and computer program product for automatically alerting one or more recipients of the arrival of an individual to a known destination via a global positioning system (GPS) navigation device. To issue an accurate alert of arrival time and or distance, th... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100141515 | POSITION TRACKING DEVICE AND METHOD The present application relates to tracking a position of a device, e.g. for detecting slow and rapid earth deformation, by making use of a recursive filter having the filter characteristic adapted to a detected type of motion. If the motion of the position tracking dev... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100134280 | TRACKING SYSTEM WITH REDUNDANT SECURITY AND RETRANSMISSION FEATURES The invention relates to a tracking system with redundant security and retransmission features. The invention comprises one or more positioning devices (2), one or more localisers (1), one or more communication networks and one or more control centres (... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100127921 | Granularity Control In Publishing Information A system and method for sharing user information between online services may determine a degree of relationship between the services to determine how much, and what precision level, of user information should be shared. In one example, the user information may be global... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100127920 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FALSIFIED GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE A system and method for determining whether an estimated location of a wireless device includes one or more forged satellite measurements. An estimated location of the wireless device may be determined from signals received from a first set of satellites, and a set of r... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100127919 | Geo-Fence With Minimal False Alarms A method and apparatus is disclosed for a wireless device locator system and determining whether a device has entered or exited a two dimensional geographic zone area and alerting the device user when the device has entered or exited the zone. The method and apparatus m... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100125216 | ACTIVITY MONITORING SYSTEM AND MONITORING DEVICE OF THE SAME This invention relates an activity monitoring system and a device thereof. The device includes a global positioning system for providing a positioning information, a wireless communication module, a status sensor module including a multi-axle accelerating sensor and a h... | 05/20/2010 |
| 20100117896 | Global Satellite Positioning System Gunfire Detection System A GPS gunfire detection system, which includes a plurality of detectors, each of which is provided with several microphones, disposed on an object, and a GPS tracker is located close to the object. The detectors detect circumstances regarding the object being hit by bul... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100109944 | GNSS-BASED TRACKING OF FIXED OR SLOW-MOVING STRUCTURES A multi-antenna GNSS system and method provide earth-referenced GNSS heading and position solutions. The system and method compensate for partial blocking of the antennas by using a known attitude or orientation of the structure, which can be determined by an orientatio... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100103036 | PORTABLE TRANSCEIVER WITH VEHICLE SECURITY CONTROL AND LOCATE FEATURES A portable transceiver for locking and locating an automobile, includes a remote keyless entry system for locking the automobile; a locating device determining a location of the transceiver, wherein the remote keyless entry system and the locating device are housed in a... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100100307 | Universal GPS Traffic Monitoring System A traffic data collection process and monitoring system that uses a plurality of GPS enabled mobile devices to transmit near at real-time traffic direction and speed information to a server and or/at real-time (sub 10 second latency). The sever processes the information... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100090891 | TRACKING AIR AND GROUND VEHICLES In one aspect, an air and ground vehicle tracking system includes a base station configured to transmit locations of air vehicles to a radio and a GPS receiver disposed in a ground vehicle and configured to derive a location of the ground vehicle. The radio is configure... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100088203 | WASTE MANAGMENT SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING REFUSE BINS TO CORRESPONDING USERS A waste management system for associating a collected refuse bin with a corresponding user of that bin. The system comprises a GPS tracker unit on-board a collection vehicle for recording the GPS co-ordinates of each refuse bin during refuse collection therefrom by the ... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100079337 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING POSITIONS OF THE SAME A system and method is provided to track positions of a portable electronic device. Different communication modules capable of retrieving position signals are enabled selectively according to the status/type of position signals of the portable electronic device. All of ... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100079336 | Comparing Spatial-Temporal Trails In Location Analytics Systems and computer implemented methods are provided for comparing, associating and deriving associations between two or more spatial temporal data trails. One or more spatial-temporal data trails comprising one or more places are received at a processor. Each place is... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100076878 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A ROAD PRICING SCHEME A vehicle monitoring device, comprising: a location device for determining location data indicating a location of a vehicle during a journey between an origin point and a destination point; a fuel consumption device for determining fuel consumption data indicating an am... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100066600 | MOBILE APPARATUS FOR TRACKING SATELLITE AND METHOD THEREOF A mobile apparatus for tracking a satellite, includes: a mobile unit; a GPS receiving unit mounted on the mobile unit that generates position coordinates of the mobile unit; a level meter mounted on the mobile unit that adjusts the mobile unit in horizontal and obtains ... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100070129 | VEHICLE DATA RECORDER A vehicle data recorder comprises a front end RF receiver and a memory device for storing sampled satellite positioning signal data from the 5 front end receiver. The memory device stores a block of sampled data corresponding to a time period leading up to the time of a... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100070349 | ROAD TOLL SYSTEM A road toll system comprises a vehicle-mounted unit comprising a satellite navigation receiver implementing a position tracking function, a memory device storing toll payment information and means for determining the routes taken by the vehicle based on the position tra... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100063904 | AUTOMATED TRAVEL LOG SYSTEM The invention is a tracking module for a vehicle operable to record business trips for producing mileage reports. The tracking module includes a processor, a power unit, a GPS receiver, operable to periodically determine the vehicle's location based upon GPS readings, a... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100052982 | GPS DEVICE WITH SECURITY FUNCTION AND MEHOD THEREOF This present disclosure provides a GPS device with security function and method for the same. The GPS device includes a communications unit configured to transmit communication data between the GPS device and at least one external controlled device, at least one motion ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100053328 | Surveillance system A method for monitoring motor vehicle traffic wherein the motor vehicles being monitored have an onboard computer and an interlock system whereby the motor vehicle can be operated, fully, limited or not, after a driver identification has been entered into the computer, ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100039318 | ARRANGEMENT FOR AND METHOD OF TWO DIMENSIONAL AND THREE DIMENSIONAL PRECISION LOCATION AND ORIENTATION DETERMINATION In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of and apparatus for determining inaccurate GPS samples in a set of GPS samples is disclosed, according to the following actions: a) obtaining GPS samples as taken by a global positioning system on board a vehicle whe... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100039317 | CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT COMPONENT LOCATION TRACKING In a method for construction equipment component location tracking, a wireless mesh network communication is initiated between a component monitor and a component information unit which is mechanically coupled with the component. An identity of the component is received... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100039319 | AUTOMATED RECORDATION OF CRANE INSPECTION ACTIVITY In a method for creating a record of crane inspection activity, a wireless inspection communication between a component monitor and a component information unit is initiated in response to a crane inspection activity. The component information unit is mechanically coupl... | 02/18/2010 |
