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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7667642 | Acquisition, collection and processing system for continuous precision tracking of objects A system and method autonomously and precisely track objects moving along a known course. The objects include, for example, racing horses, other racing animals, or racing vehicles. The system and method utilize modern satellite navigation satellite systems, signal p... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7586439 | Satellite positioning system enabled media measurement system and method The present invention is directed to utilizing monitoring devices (200) for determining the effectiveness of various locations, such as media display locations (150) for an intended purpose (media display exposure). The monitoring devices (200) ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7561102 | Method of and system for expanding localized missing customer-vehicle law enforcement-aided VHF recovery networks with location-on-demand supplemental service features via such networks for improved law enforcement-aided recovery, and via the internet for providing supplemental customer service features A system and technique for improving the speed and ease of missing vehicle location and recovery by vehicle-carried transponder periodic coded replies to radio interrogation by a network of (VHF) transmitting towers, by integrating a concealed GPS location receiver ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7545318 | Remote tracking system and device with variable sampling and sending capabilities based on environmental factors A remote tracking device for use in a remote tracking system is described. The remote tracking device includes a positioning system receiver, such as GPS, operable to receive signals indicative of the location of the remote tracking device, a cellular transceiver op... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7446701 | Method and apparatus for tracking location of user equipment by using integrated GPS and TDOA scheme A method and an apparatus for tracking a location of a UE by using an integrated GPS and TDOA scheme in a mobile communication network are provided. A GPS position solution of the UE is obtained using GPS code information. TDOA position solutions are obtained using ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7433264 | Methods and systems for determination of vertical correction of observed reflection seismic signals Methods and systems for determining position of seismic sources and receivers are disclosed. Signals received by a first antenna are processed to determine its 3D coordinate position. Signals received by the first antenna and a second antenna are combined and proces... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421274 | Mobile electronic appliance with a radio interface A mobile electronic device with a peripheral unit in which a configuration selection is provided in which operating configurations intended for a radio interface of the peripheral unit are allocated to locations, the location information of a position finding device... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420464 | Methods and systems for gathering market research data inside and outside commercial establishments Methods and systems for tracking movements of participants in a market research study, for example, outside retail establishments, are provided. The methods and systems employ portable monitors carried on the persons of the participants to gather location data. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7408502 | Satellite positioning system enabled business location planning The present invention is directed to utilizing monitoring devices for determining the effectiveness of various types of business locations, such as media display locations for an intended purpose (media display exposure). The monitoring devices are distributed to a ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398153 | Portable motion-activated position reporting device The present invention is a portable motion-activated position reporting device. In one embodiment, a controller is coupled with an interrogator component, a position determining component, a wireless communications component, and an initiating component. In one embo... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394423 | Internet protocol based 911 system The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for initiating and handling an emergency IP request using an IP enabled device having GPS capability. The IP enabled device is monitored for one or more emergency criteria. If the emergency criteria are s... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391365 | Micro-tracking device for tracing action track of animals and method for using the same A micro-tracking device for tracing action track of animals is disclosed. The micro-tracking device has a weight between 1 and 10 grams and is fastened on any animal's any position (especially a flight animal's concave ring portion between its body and tail), for ca... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7379743 | Providing navigation services based on subscriber input location information stored in a telecommunication network A node in the telecommunication network supports location and direction services that are especially suited for wireless subscribers. Location coordinates such as determined by the global positioning satellite system are entered by a subscriber from the location to ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379015 | First responder positioning apparatus A positioning system for tracking the location of a first responder emergency worker. The system includes mobile enabler units and a personnel badge having a ranging transponder. Two enabler units can use two-way ranging signals, a prescribed turn around time and di... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373561 | Integrated packet bit error rate tester for 10G SERDES An integrated packet bit error rate tester includes a packet transmit circuit that has a first memory for storing transmit packet data and is connectable to a channel under test. A packet receive circuit includes a second memory for storing received packet data and ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373181 | Method and apparatus for sender controllable modalities A method and apparatus (110) for sender controllable modalities includes the step of generating a communication command (108). The method and apparatus further includes generating a priority command (110) wherein the priority command includes a ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369863 | Positional data recording The invention relates to positional data recording, and in particular, to a method and system for polling the concordance of a mobile radio terminal user for the transmission of positional data to a poller. Specifically, polling data are supplemented by a specificat... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366608 | G.P.S. management system A management system using Global Positioning System receivers for tracking remote units from a central office and quickly and conveniently determining if those remote units have varied from a set of predetermined parameters of operation. The system also includes pro... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366770 | Method and system for interfacing with a shipping service A logistics node receives a purchase order from a customer. The logistics node selects an appropriate carrier to transport products specified in the purchase order and conveys shipping instructions to the selected carrier. The logistics node also coordinates the shi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363044 | System and method for aiding a location determination in a positioning system The invention provides a cellular telephone or other communications device with improved satellite positioning capability. A location reference point and a selective uncertainty range may be used as aiding information to seed a global positioning calculation. In emb... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358894 | Key for a vehicle A vehicle comprises a base station for wireless transmission of locating support information to support locating, supported on a locating satellite, as well as a key for the vehicle, in which the key includes a locating module to determine the position of the key as... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353897 | Telematic method and apparatus with integrated power source Telematic method and apparatus adaptively uses fuel cell power source in vehicle with integrated power system, electrical system, telematic system, and body/powertrain system. Telematic communications systems including internet, digital video broadcast entertainment... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355513 | Ultra-reliable personnel position locating system A survivor locator system allows for the detection of the location for a person who is lost and requires recovery and extraction from their current environment. By using a phase matched antenna set, a GPS receiver, and a handheld simplified beacon-equipped survival ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353271 | Method and system for tracking clients A method and system for tracking access by clients to a server object of a server class. The client tracking system provides a derived client tracking server class that includes an overriding implementation of a query function of the server class. The overriding imp... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352323 | Positional information determining apparatus A positional information determining apparatus capable of reducing power consumption markedly in simple structure in radio transmission of positioning results to a navigation device. Satellite waves S1 to S4 are received from a plurality of GPS satelli... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353181 | Allocating freight haulage jobs In one aspect, a global freight haulage job manager is configured collect excess capacity information and freight haulage job information on the fly, and automatically match freight haulage jobs to excess capacity in real time. The global freight haulage job manager... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348882 | Method and system for alerting a person to a situation A method of alerting a person to a situation is disclosed. An alert signal is received from a mobile communication device in signal communication with a wireless communication system and an alert system. In response to the alert signal, a database of an alert servic... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349705 | Wireless remote location system and method A wireless subscriber unit for a tracking and locating system and method is disclosed. The locating system provides positional information of remote locator devices in the form of images viewable by subscribers over a network. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349805 | Wristop computer and a method in connection with it The invention relates to a wristop computer and a method in connection with a wristop computer (20). The display of the wristop computer intended for a compass application consists of a matrix-display element (1). The wristop computer includes means ( | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343243 | Fully automated vehicle dispatching, monitoring and billing A system for controlling vehicles (20) to provide transportation services without need for human intervention. A database (10) stores records each documenting needed transportation services. Processing circuitry (which may be one or several networked c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342483 | Method for contacting stolen vehicles A method and system for locating a stolen vehicle includes the steps of receiving at least one stolen vehicle input associated with the stolen vehicle at a call center and assigning a first ping rate responsive to the input. An automated request is sent in accordanc... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343244 | Vehicle tracker including input/output features and related methods A vehicle tracking unit for a vehicle of a type including at least one vehicle sensor may include a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller connected to the wireless communications device and the vehicle position deter... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339478 | Method and apparatus for remote control vehicle identification An apparatus and method for automatically tracking each individual vehicle, of a plurality of vehicles, in a race around a track. The device employs RFID tags on each of the vehicles being tracked. The device employs RFID tags and a gate to energize the tag to broad... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339460 | Method and apparatus for detecting cargo state in a delivery vehicle Method and apparatus for detecting cargo state in a delivery vehicle. A method is provided for determining a cargo state in a delivery vehicle. The method includes sensing a cargo state change, and determining whether or not the delivery vehicle is in motion. The me... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340343 | RTK positioning system and positioning method therefor The locations of pseudolites and the location of a stationary reference station are previously known by a user processing unit, and codes and carrier phase of signals transmitted from the pseudolites are measured by the stationary reference station, a moving referen... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336227 | Portable position determining device A position determining device is disclosed comprising a satellite navigation receiver for automatically providing computed position information, when the device has changed its position relative to a predetermined location, to a paging transmitter for transmission t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336170 | Tamper-resistant electronic seal A tamper-resistant remotely monitorable electronic seal including a shaft portion, a sensor, a socket arranged to engage the shaft portion and the sensor in a monitorable manner and a wireless communicator associated with at least one of the shaft portion, the senso... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336224 | Satellite positioning system receivers and methods A satellite positioning system receiver having a battery, wherein the receiver is programmed to determine (310) whether the receiver is connected to a power supply other than its battery, to begin continuous reception (320) of satellite positioning sys... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330150 | Combined global positioning system receiver and radio A portable GPS/radio unit communicates over a wireless radio network with at least one other unit which is transmitting radio signals over the network indicative of that unit's location. The GPS/radio unit comprises a GPS receiver for receiving satellite signals fro... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327312 | Position privacy in an electronic device A privacy enhancement device for electronic device such as a cellular telephone. The privacy enhancement device may include a jammer which may produces false information, e.g. false information indicative of pseudo ranges. In addition, the navigation information use... | 02/05/2008 |
