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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100220555 | Electronic Device and Satellite Signal Reception Method for an Electronic Device An electronic device has a reception unit that captures positioning information satellites and receives satellite signals transmitted from the captured positioning information satellites, a solar panel, and a reception control unit that controls the reception unit. The ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100222961 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A TORQUE SENSOR A system for a vehicle includes an engine torque module, a torque detection module, a torque estimation module, a torque monitoring module, and a diagnostic module. The engine torque module generates a first estimated torque signal based on engine signals and/or GPS sig... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100223063 | Radio Device and Methods of Supplying Same A method of supplying a plurality of radio devices includes obtaining a plurality of radio devices. Each radio device includes a speaker, a satellite radio receiver, a user input, a display, a positioning device, a processor in communication with the speaker, the satell... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100223048 | Language translation employing a combination of machine and human translations A computer-implemented method of translating text from a source language to a target language includes the steps of (a) detecting a source language on a first communication device, (b) detecting a location of the first communication device, (c) determining the target la... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100217479 | Diagnostic connector assembly (DCA) interface unit (DIU) In a diagnostics system for use on vehicles, wherein the improvement comprises a connector assembly that translates diagnostic connector assembly signals into a digital format suitable for computer based analysis and fault diagnosis on an individual vehicle and vehicle ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100214130 | ADAPTIVE INSTRUMENT AND OPERATOR CONTROL RECOGNITION A system and method of acquiring information from an image of an instrument panel of a vehicle in real time wherein at least one imaging device with advanced light metering capabilities is placed aboard a vehicle, a computer processor means is provided to control the im... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100214164 | Longitudinal and Lateral Velocity Estimation Using Single Antenna GPS and Magnetic Compass A system and method is provided for determining a lateral velocity and a longitudinal velocity of a vehicle equipped. The vehicle includes only one antenna for a GPS receiver and a magnetic compass. A magnitude of a velocity vector of the vehicle is determined. A course... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100211248 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STABILITY CONTROL USING GPS DATA A system and method for stability control of a vehicle using GPS data. The system and method can receive GPS data and optionally vehicle operating data or signals and define one of a brake-based stability control subsystem and a torque management-based stability control... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100207812 | RIDESHARE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY A rideshare system and associated methodology for recommending rideshares to prospective riders and drivers uses itineraries and personal affinities to make the recommendations. The rideshare system computes a cost value by comparing the search criteria submitted by a u... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100201567 | COMMUNICATING LOCATION INFORMATION BETWEEN A PORTABLE DEVICE AND AN ACCESSORY Location data is exchanged between a portable media device and an accessory. If the portable media player is equipped with location determining capability, the portable media device can communicate its location data to the accessory, and the accessory can use this locat... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100194634 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION DETERMINATION WITH HYBRID SPS ORBIT DATA A method and system for a mobile station to determine its position (or velocity) and time using a hybrid combination of satellite orbit data. In one aspect, the mobile station combines predicted orbit data from one satellite and real-time orbit data from another satelli... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100198428 | MULTI-PURPOSE FOB SYSTEM A wireless device is provided having an integrated vehicle fob and entertainment functionality. The wireless device includes a vehicle fob transponder for providing signals to a vehicle for at least one of remote keyless entry, passive entry, passive start, and immobili... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100182196 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A GLOBAL SECURE USER PLANE LOCATION (SUPL) SERVICE A method and apparatus for providing assistance data for satellite positioning system receivers utilizing a secure user plane location (SUPL) service. In one embodiment, the assistance data is supplied by a global secure user plane location center that contains global a... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100179748 | TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM USING DIGITAL MAP FOR COLLECTING TRAFFIC INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREOF The present invention relates to a traffic information providing system and method using a traffic information collecting digital map. A traffic information collecting terminal receives GPS data from at least one GPS satellite, and generates traffic information target l... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100179757 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND POSITION MEASUREMENT INTERVAL CONTROL METHOD A portable terminal includes a body movement sensor configured to detect a movement of a user; a normal moving pattern storage unit configured to store, in advance, a normal moving pattern; a moving state determination unit configured to determine the moving state from ... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100171657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS POSITIONING AND LOCATION DETERMINATION According to the present invention, there is provided a system and method for wireless sensor networks (WSN) positioning which is cost-effective, scalable, can be easily implemented, and provides excellent performance and accuracy. In the present invention, a few refere... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100171654 | Multi-band, multi-channel, location-aware communications booster The invention is a device for multiband, multi-channel, wireless communications that automatically provides signal amplification when necessary, and that automatically avoids harmful interference to base stations and other parts of the communications infrastructure. The... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100171655 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING OPTIMAL SATELLITES FOR A-GPS LOCATION OF HANDSETS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS A system and method for determining a set of satellites for which assistance data may be provided to a wireless device. A boundary for an approximate area in which the wireless device is located may be determined and one or more sets of satellites may be determined as a... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100171656 | Electronic apparatus and image display method The invention discloses an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a storage module, a receiving module, a processing module, and a display module. The storage module is used to store a plurality of image data, and each image data has a corresponding coo... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100169111 | Portable Health & Safety Monitoring Device A portable health and safety monitoring device integrates real-time usage monitoring and wireless reporting. Wireless communications occur with each opening of a medication compartment which reporting the event time to a host server. The event is displayed online on a w... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100164791 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MAPPING DATA A method and apparatus for providing mapping data in a network are disclosed. For example, the method receives coordinate data from a customer mobile endpoint device, and processes the coordinate data against at least one existing map. The method then identifies a route... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100164790 | METHOD OF MANAGING MULTIPLE VEHICLE ANTENNAS A system and method of managing multiple vehicle antennas. Wireless signals to and from the vehicle are communicated via a primary antenna system having one or more antennas mounted in a housing on the vehicle. Operation of the primary antenna system is monitored so tha... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100164792 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING BROADCAST STATION WITH GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY ON EARTH A communication device for use in a system including a first global positioning system satellite, a second global positioning satellite, a broadcast transmitter and a database. The first global positioning system satellite is operable to generate a first position signal... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100160057 | Illuminated Flagpole An illuminated golf flagpole is disclosed. One embodiment comprises a frosted polycarbonate tube coated or continuous covering with electoluminescent film. Another embodiment provides a plurality of LEDs externally mounted to a flagpole tube and covered with a transluce... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100156712 | GPS GATE SYSTEM A GPS gate system is described for triggering transmission of a message. The system may include a GPS receiver determining a location of the GPS receiver based upon signals received from a GPS satellite system. The GPS receiver determines if the GPS receiver has passed ... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100156713 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A REFERENCE LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE A system and method for determining a reference location of a wireless device wherein a location request may be received for the wireless device where the location request fails to identify an approximate location for the wireless device. A reference location may be det... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100156715 | METHOD AND DISPLAYING ACCOMPANYING VEHICLE POSITION INFORMATION AND APPARATUS THEREOF The present invention relates to a method for displaying accompanying vehicle position information and an apparatus thereof. The method for displaying the position information according to the present invention receives position information, displays the received positi... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100156714 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE INTEGRITY OF SATELLITE TRACKING DATA USED BY A REMOTE RECEIVER A method and apparatus for monitoring the integrity of satellite tracking data used by a remote receiver is described. In one example, a first set of satellite tracking data is received at a server. Integrity data for a second set of satellite tracking data is generated... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100149032 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING POSITION USING TWO WAY TIME TRANSFER SIGNALS A system for enhancing location estimates by movable rovers including one or more base stations that engage in two way time transfer (TWTT) with the rovers. Each TWTT operation between a given base station and a given rover provides range measurements and clock differen... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100148924 | Wireless Communication Devices A method of controlling access to a movable container, the method comprising controllably locking the container using an electronically actuated locking mechanism; storing in a memory a desired geographical location; determining the geographical location of the containe... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100149030 | POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD An improved position determination system and method are described. The method includes determining that a failure to generate an acceptable GNSS position fix has occurred. In response to determining that the failure to generate an acceptable GNSS position fix has occur... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100149031 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FORGED RADIO FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS A system and method for determining whether a wireless device has transmitted one or more forged radio frequency (“RF”) measurements. A first set of signals from a plurality of RF sources may be received at a wireless device and transmitted to a location determining... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100141518 | AUTONOMOUS COOPERATIVE SURVEYING A method and apparatus for measuring depth of waterways and elevation of land features through autonomous consolidation of GPS device data acquired from a plurality of mobile platforms is disclosed. The GPS device data may then be processed and compared to published ref... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100141398 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING FACE-TO-FACE COMMUNICATION A wearable electronic tag for displaying graphics and text images and for communicating with other similar tags. Each tag includes a visible, graphical display adapted to be worn by a user. The tag also includes a short range, substantially unidirectional electronic com... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100141516 | System and method for providing GNSS assistant data without dedicated receivers A system and method of providing satellite assistance data to a mobile device without using a reference network. A request may be transmitted to a plurality of mobile device requesting that ones of the devices transmit a portion of a navigation data message received fro... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100144279 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND RADIO SYSTEM An apparatus is provided to include a detector. The detector can detect that an interfering communications connection to a received satellite system signal in a mobile terminal is to be established by the mobile terminal. The apparatus include a processor that can preve... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100141517 | Antenna System Having A Steerable Radiation Pattern Based On Geographic Location An antenna system (10) for receiving satellite signals in a vehicle exhibits a radiation pattern (11). The antenna system (10) includes a plurality of parasitic elements (18) which are electrically connectable together using linking switches ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100136944 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A TASK UPON DETECTION OF A VEHICLE TRIGGER A triggering event causes a telematics device to transmit information to a user device. Or, the telematics device may perform a task in response to determining that a trigger even occurred. The user device generates an alert in response to the transmitted information pr... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100138155 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS WITH INTEGRATED SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS A notebook computer can receive a satellite navigation system (SNS) signal from satellites and realize a navigation function. The notebook computer includes a navigation device, a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus and a CPU. The navigation device is used for r... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100137034 | MOBILE PHONE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MEASUREMENT UNIT CONVERSION TOOL THEREOF A mobile phone and a method for displaying measurement unit conversion tool thereof are provided. The method for displaying measurement unit conversion tool of the mobile phone includes the following steps. Firstly, a global positioning system (GPS) signal is captured. ... | 06/03/2010 |
