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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8031114 | Infrastructure and method for geography based vehicle alert With the present invention a cost effective infrastructure for geofencing of vehicles is provided which is able to monitor a large amount of complex geofences. In addition, a reliable method for geofencing of vehicles in real-time is provided. ... | 10/04/2011 |
| RE42285 | Applications processor including a database system, for use in a wireless location system An Applications Processor (14) including a centralized database system is used in a wireless location system (WLS). The APs 14 may be used to manage resources in the WLS, including signal collection systems (SCSs 10) and TDOA location processors... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7903029 | Wireless location routing applications and architecture therefor A system for wirelessly locating mobile station/units (MS) and using resulting location determinations for providing a product or service is disclosed. The system is useful for routing an MS user to a plurality of desired locations, alerting an MS user to a nearby d... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7812766 | Locating a mobile station and applications therefor A location system is disclosed for wireless telecommunication infrastructures. The system is an end-to-end solution having one or more location systems for outputting requested locations of hand sets or mobile stations (MS) based on, e.g., AMPS, NAMPS, CDMA or TDMA ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7764231 | Wireless location using multiple mobile station location techniques A hybrid wireless location system and method is disclosed for locating mobile stations (MSs). Multiple wireless location techniques (FOMs) are provided for MS location. One or more FOMs can be activated in various combinations (serially or parallelly) for outputting... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7444227 | Vehicle communication system A vehicle communication system is provided to facilitate meeting our people in nearby or neighboring cars with similar interests, desires or wants. The vehicle communication system has a host vehicle two way communication device, a host vehicle personal data storage... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7433696 | Wireless node location mechanism featuring definition of search region to optimize location computation A wireless node location mechanism that defines a search region to optimize the computations associated with estimating the location of a given wireless node. According to one implementation, a coverage map associated with each radio receiver that records signal str... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428417 | System and method for presence perimeter rule downloading A telecommunications system includes a plurality of network clients (150) including a positioning controller (504) and a communications controller (502); and a positioning server (152) including a coordinating controller (161) for ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423538 | Child alert system A child alert system that uses radio transmitters and receivers to provide the location of a child, adult or object to which a transmitter unit of the system is attached. The transmitter unit includes a panic button for allowing the wearer of the transmitter unit to... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418339 | Method for initiating navigation guidance in a distributed communications system A method is provided for improved navigation guidance in a portable navigation device (104) having a first navigation operating mode (302) for requesting (318, 324) and receiving (326, 334) routelet data and navigation route data and oper... | 08/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7409187 | Positioning system, terminal device, control method of terminal device, control program of terminal device, and computer readable recording medium recording control program of terminal device A communication base station has: base station position information storing means; signal electric wave for communication with sending time information generating means; satellite time information generating means; time difference information generating means for ge... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408509 | Direction finding method and system using probabilistic mapping A Direction Finding Method and System Using Probabilistic Mapping is disclosed. Also disclosed is a preferred system that employs a technique for taking in data sets (lines of bearing) from DF receivers and characterizing those signals with their respective probabil... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7392015 | Calibration methods and structures in wireless communications systems Calibration methods and structures are provided for wireless communications devices that compensate across a signal bandwidth for relative gain and phase errors between spatial communication channels while utilizing existing transceiver structures and facilitating t... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383050 | Providing location information of a user equipment In a communication system, a method for providing a location service with geographical location information associated with a user equipment capable of communicating with the communication system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: storing connection inf... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383043 | Wireless network system capable of tracking a location of a mobile station and a method for tracking a location of the mobile station A system and a method for tracking a location of a private wireless network subscriber can precisely track and find out a location of a subscriber even within a service zone of a base station and can realize this precise tracking in a simple fashion. In a private wi... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373153 | Method of locating a mobile terminal with its position being displayed on another mobile terminal The invention relates to the field of methods of locating a mobile terminal and displaying its position on another mobile terminal. The method comprises: a communications step between a first mobile terminal and a server, the first mobile terminal supplying t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373152 | Radio signal strength mapping through a telematics system The invention provides a method of and system for determining a radio-frequency signal strength at a mobile vehicle. A signal strength measurement request is received from a call center for a selected radio frequency, a signal strength of the selected radio frequenc... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370004 | Personalized interactive network architecture A system for personalizing interaction between a user communicating over at least one communication channel and a provider of information/products/services, the user having a communication device for communication over the channel with the provider, the system compr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370362 | Method and apparatus for locating rogue access point switch ports in a wireless network Methods and apparatus are disclosed for locating and disabling the switch port of a rogue wireless access point. In one embodiment, a network management device is configured to detect the presence of a rogue access point on a managed wireless network. Once detected,... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369830 | Monolithic GPS RF front end integrated circuit A highly integrated GPS RF Front End which uses a single conversion stage employs an image rejection mixer stage to eliminate the need for an image reject RF bandpass filter. Also a relatively high sample rate A/D is employed which allows a timeless monolitic IF Fil... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366523 | Method and system for providing location-based services A resource request that is originated by a short-range wireless communications device originates a request. A location indicator is added to the resource request that identifies a location of the WCD. The location indicator is based on a location of an access point ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366675 | Methods and apparatus for increasing, monitoring and/or rewarding a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines Methods and apparatus are provided for increasing and/or for monitoring a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines. In a first embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving information regarding whether at least two medicine containers were... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366492 | Method and system for mobile location detection using handoff information Methods and systems for mobile station location detection. A mobile station measures signal strength of each of a set of signals associated with the mobile station, then determines whether a number of signals in the set is less than a predetermined threshold. Based ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366522 | Method and system for location tracking Techniques for location tracking, location utilization, and dissemination and management of location information are disclosed. As a location monitoring system, one embodiment includes at least a plurality of mobile computing devices supported by a wireless network,... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366795 | Seamless multiple access internet portal Multiple access internet portals are provided. A representative system, among others, includes a communication facility and a wireless internet server. The communication facility is operable to connect to a plurality of wireless devices through a mobile network. The... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362865 | Wireless network system A wireless network system provides for a wireless access point. The wireless access point is configured to receive data, from a wireless computing device, that is encrypted using encryption key data and to determine if the encryption key data corresponds to a home c... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363043 | Passive GSM-based self-locating device A self locating device that uses GSM signals associated with GSM digital telephone base stations to determine its current location. The device uses GSM common channel signals to determine observed time differences between a local base station and at least two additi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359719 | Radio positioning systems The invention described relates to a radio positioning system primarily for a mobile telephone network, in which a list of offsets in time, phase, frequency, or derivatives thereof, or their equivalents expressed as offsets in distance or derivatives thereof, of a p... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359716 | Location based service (LBS) system, method and apparatus for authorization of mobile station LBS applications A system, method and apparatus for providing location services whereby location determination and location disclosure are treated as separate and independent processes. Location determination may be performed (as necessary) via a first set of network entities to obt... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359718 | Location determination and location tracking in wireless networks The present invention is directed to systems and methods which monitor a network environment, collect client information available online, and refine location determinations of individual clients based on observed information as well as online information. More part... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359730 | Method and apparatus for reducing interference associated with wireless communication The present invention provides for a method and apparatus for reducing interference associated with wireless communication in an area having sensitive electronic equipment. A wireless communications device receives, from an access point, a signal having a signal str... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358897 | Apparatus, methods and computer program products for GPS signal acquisition using an adaptive search engine A GPS receiver includes a digital signal processor (DSP) configured to receive a carrier-modulated signal and to provide an adaptive GPS search engine operative to search the carrier-modulated signal for GPS signals over a variable number of carrier timing hypothese... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358898 | Method for calibrating an AOA location system for all frequencies in a frequency hopping signal A method for calibrating an antenna and signal processing system enabling angle of arrival (AOA) determination for a frequency hopping signal, in which a calibration coefficient is determined in response to one or more calibration signals injected into the system at... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7359711 | Methods and apparatus for improving accuracy of radio timing measurements A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code for improving accuracy of radio timing measurements. According to some embodiments, a wireless terminal or other wireless device can make adjustments to a measurement made from a radio transmission source... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358857 | Global positioning systems applications A global positioning system includes a fixed base unit of known position and at least one mobile unit, the base unit and the mobile unit each including a GPS receiver. This system further includes means for comparing the simultaneous GPS identified positions of the ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353614 | Vehicle compass system with continuous automatic calibration The compass system of the present invention utilizes an improved calibration routine in which a processing circuit of the compass recalibrates the compass each time three data points are obtained from a magnetic field sensor that meet predetermined criteria. One suc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355509 | Smart modem device for vehicular and roadside applications The present invention is directed generally to a smart modem device for vehicular and roadside applications for remote data collection and transmission to a central data collection and processing facility. The modem includes a number of sets of connection managers a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355510 | Telematics system vehicle tracking A method of tracking a vehicle including receiving vehicle information at a call center from a telematics unit via a wireless network, determining whether the vehicle information is associated with a vehicle station identification for a missing vehicle on a vehicle ... | 04/08/2008 |
