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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7847729 | GPS pre-acquisition for geotagging digital photos A handheld electronic device, such as a GPS-enabled wireless communications device with an embedded camera, a GPS-enabled camera-phone or a GPS-enabled digital camera, determines whether ephemeris data needs to be obtained for geotagging digital photos taken with th... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7411512 | Tracking the geographic location of an animal Systems and techniques for tracking the geographic location. In one aspect, a method includes receiving timed magnetic field information descriptive of a magnetic field to which a magnetometer was subject, the magnetic field information having been collected while t... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403154 | Determining position without use of broadcast ephemeris information Devices and methods are described for determining position information without broadcast ephemeris data for extended time periods. A server or client device receives or collects historical state data of satellites of a satellite-based positioning system and generate... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7364352 | Time measurement device and method A mechanism having at least a function of measuring an arbitrary elapsed time is provided, which disables the function from being reset after the function is started, and enables the function to be reset after the function is stopped. The function is continuously he... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7333815 | Power-saving remote locator system and method A server for authenticating subscribers in a tracking and locating system and method is disclosed. The locating system provides positional information of locator devices in the form of pages viewable by subscribers over a network. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330122 | Remote tracking and communication device A remote tracking and communication device comprising a housing which encloses a processor, a memory, a position locator, a first transmitter, and a second transmitter. Each of the latter components are electronically coupled to the processor. Both the first and sec... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7298326 | Portable device and method employing beam selection to obtain satellite network positioning signals A portable device, such as a handheld device (10), laptop device or other suitable portable device, employs an antenna beam selection structure that is coupled to a plurality of built-in antennas (12 and 14) of the portable device that have diff... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7277708 | Router and mobile communication terminal for mobile communication network The present invention provides a mobile communication network system comprising a first mobile communication network having a plurality of routers, a second mobile communication network having a plurality of routers, and a mobile communication terminal. A router loc... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7260378 | Locator system for processing commercial 911 requests A locator system for processing commercial 911 requests is disclosed. An e911-enabled wireless network including a switching center is configured to route emergency 911 calls to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP); and is further configured to receive a commercia... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7236798 | Systems and methods for object location notification A system and a method for determining and reporting a location of an object are provided. The method may include receiving a message, the message including information identifying a locator device and information identifying a location of the locator device. The met... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231218 | Lawful intercept service A system and method is provided for monitoring the activities and/or locations of wireless units in a wireless network independent of location-based service preferences of those wireless units. That is, a system and method is provided that allows an authorized reque... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7221797 | Image recognizing apparatus and method An image recognizing apparatus and method is provided for recognizing behavior of a mobile unit accurately with an image of external environment acquired during the mobile unit is moving. Behavior command output block 12 outputs behavior commands to ca... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210240 | Posture and body movement measuring system A sensing device is attached to a living subject that includes a first sensors for distinguishing lying, sitting, and standing positions. In another embodiment, sensor data is stored in a storage device as a function of time. Multiple points or multiple intervals of... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7196659 | 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... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7173532 | Intelligent controlled entry-exit system The present invention is to an integrated end-to-end system and process composed of numerous application systems and subsystems (applicable in total or in subparts) which enables parties (such as businesses, buildings, prisons, governments, etc.) to acquire informat... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7148801 | Article locator system A system and method for locating objects such as people, pets, and personal articles is described. A transceiver is attached to the person, animal, or item to be tracked and a handheld locator device is employed to transmit a locator signal containing an address cod... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149541 | System and method for the transfer of digital data to a mobile device A system, method and computer program for ordering, paying for and download digital products to a mobile device in a cost-effective manner. The mobile device includes a short range transceiver and a network transceiver. The mobile device accesses electronic shop ser... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7142900 | Combined global positioning system receiver and radio A portable GPS/radio unit (10) communicates over a wireless radio network (12) with at least one other such unit. The unit (10) may transmit radio signals over the network (12) indicative of the unit's location. The unit (10) inclu... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142152 | Device and method for calibrating and improving the accuracy of barometric altimeters with GPS-derived altitudes A portable, handheld electronic navigation device includes an altimeter and a GPS unit. An internal memory stores cartographic data, for displaying the cartographic data on a display of the navigation device. Accordingly, the device is capable of displaying cartogra... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7133685 | Monitoring boundary crossings in a wireless network A method of providing location-based services for a mobile unit operating in a wireless network including network structures. The method includes receiving an identifier associated with the mobile unit. The method also includes monitoring a location of the mobile un... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130632 | Router and mobile communication terminal for mobile communication network The present invention provides a mobile communication network system comprising a first mobile communication network having a plurality of routers, a second mobile communication network having a plurality of routers, and a mobile communication terminal. A router loc... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7113864 | Fully automated vehicle dispatching, monitoring and billing A system for controlling vehicles to provide transportation services without need for human intervention. A database stores records each documenting needed transportation services. Processing circuitry (which may be one or several networked computers) reviews these ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7098795 | Systems and methods for providing notification of a location of a restrained party Systems and methods for notifying a user that a restrained party is within a specified distance of a specified location are disclosed. A method according to the invention includes storing identity data that represents an identity of a restrained party, location data... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7084757 | Portable terminal and information provision system utilizing the portable terminal A portable terminal comprising a transmission part that transmits to information provision equipment or a server, a signal indicating presence at a prescribed location, presence of a communications counterparty at a prescribed location, a reception part that receive... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7023967 | Method and apparatus for voice mail sharing between wired and wireless telephones A method and system for sharing voice messaging support includes a voice messaging system coupled to a wireless network and wireline network. A given mailbox in the system can be shared between telephones on multiple ones of the networks in question. Once a message ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7016689 | Method and apparatus for a wireless telecommunication system that provides location-based messages A wireless telecommunication system receives information from a wireless mobile unit and determines that the wireless mobile unit is within a designated region. Information specific to the designated region is received at a centrally located location-based message s... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6999779 | Position information management system A position information management system in which a portable remote terminal includes a plurality of kinds of positioning means for positioning based on a GPS, positioning based on a portable-telephone or PHS base station, positioning based on a radio marker, and in... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6975941 | Method and apparatus for intelligent acquisition of position information Improved methods and systems for position acquisition and/or monitoring are disclosed. The position acquisition and/or monitoring can be performed with improved intelligence so that data acquisition, transmission and/or processing is reduced. As a result, the positi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6972684 | Personal tracking device A system for monitoring the location of individuals, such as parolees, includes a wearable device worn by the individual and a portable device operatively coupled to the wearable device. The portable device is operatively coupled to a monitoring system through a wir... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6946991 | Portable terminal A portable terminal (e.g., portable telephone) is constituted using a geomagnetic sensor for detecting an azimuth, and a GPS receiver for detecting a present position thereof. A direction of a prescribed place (e.g., Mecca) is calculated based on the azimuth informa... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6909964 | Vehicle locating system A vehicle locating system includes a first transmitter within the vehicle, the first transmitter is configured to transmit a location signal; and a key fob including: a receiver, a direction indicator, and wherein the direction indicator is configured to point towar... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6828907 | Vehicle locating device A vehicle locating device including a transmitter securable within a vehicle. The transmitter generates a receivable signal. A receiver is provided that is in communication with the transmitter. The receiver is comprised of a housing. The housing has a top surface a... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6657587 | Tracking system using miniaturized concealable communications module A tracking system uses a miniaturized geographic position determination and communications module, preferably in the form of a thin capsule, enabling the enclosure to be hidden in very small spaces, including personal concealment. Electronic circuitry and... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6657549 | Location finding system and method A method of locating an article or person employs at least one transponding station (TS1) having its own radio identity carded by a person or article in the radio coverage area of a radio system. The system employs a plurality of clusters of spatially sep... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6590534 | Electronic car locator A method of using radio frequency communications is taught for location of an automobile for the convenience of the owner. In addition, a method of using magnetic dead reckoning is taught. Methods and apparatus using cellular phones are taught.... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6542120 | Solar powered GPS device A solar powered GPS device for receiving GPS signals transmitted from GPS satellites in order to determine a time of day. The solar powered GPS device includes a housing that has an interior. A GPS assembly is mounted in the housing for receiving GPS sign... | 04/01/2003 |
