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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190172 | Indoor/outdoor decision apparatus and indoor/outdoor decision method An appropriate indoor/outdoor decision is made for a mobile communication terminal in accordance with a purpose of selection of a positioning method or the like. A positioning server 10 is an indoor/outdoor decision apparatus for making an indoor/outdoor deci... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190169 | Method of canceling location information request A method of canceling a location information request is disclosed, in which if a location server having received a location information request about a specific terminal from an external client is unable to forward location information of the terminal to the externa... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190173 | Computerized mine production system The system contains a central computer unit having a first database controlled by a first logic unit. At least one mobile computer unit is joined with the mobile equipment. Each of the mobile computer units has a second database controlled by a second logic unit. At... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190171 | Method and device for providing the location of a mobile station The present invention provides a solution for providing the location of a mobile device connected to a first mobile network to a second mobile network. A mobile device receives information about the geographic location of the base stations in its neighborhood. Based... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190170 | Geographical web browser, methods, apparatus and systems A geographical web browser allows a user to navigate a network application such as the Word Wide Web by physically navigating in geographical coordinates and roaming through coverage areas of cellular base stations, wireless LANs, microcells, and other such broadcas... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185129 | System and method of passive and active scanning of WLAN-enabled access points to estimate position of a WLAN positioning device Systems and methods of passive and active scanning of WLAN-enabled access points to estimate position of a WLAN positioning device. A device estimates the position of itself. The device includes a WLAN radio module for receiving WLAN signals, extraction logic for ex... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185131 | Method of providing location-based information from portable devices The method of providing location-based information from portable devices allows for the tracking of the location of portable devices (14), such as cellular telephones, for example, for the recordation and subsequent analysis of demographic, location-based inf... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185130 | Location blocking service from a wireless service provider Location-blocking and identity-blocking services that can be commercially offered by a service promoter, e.g., a cellular service provider or a web advertiser. In the identity-blocking service, the service promoter may disclose the current physical location of a mob... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185132 | Systems and methods for associating communication information with a geographic location-aware contact entry Disclosed herein are systems and methods for associating communication information with a geographic location-aware contact entry. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include identifying a geographic location. The method may also include... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185128 | Method and apparatus for supporting location services with roaming Techniques for supporting location services with roaming are described. A mobile station interacts with a home mobile positioning center (H-MPC) in a home network for location services even when roaming. The mobile station communicates with a visited network for a d... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180371 | System and method for mobile device self-location A system is provided for mobile client-side location determination. The system includes a mobile device, which includes base transceiver station location data, a memory, a processor, and a location engine stored in the memory. When executed by the processor, the loc... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180366 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for message filtering based on previous path trajectories and probable destination Methods, systems and computer program products for filtering generally-broadcast messages received by a movable unit based on current spatial position, stored trajectory history, and probable future trajectories. A current spatial position of the movable unit is rec... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180368 | Femto-cell location by direct methods Illustrative embodiments of the inventive subject matter described herein include, but are not limited to, the following: a femto-cell device, methods for use by a wireless location system (WLS) in locating a femto-cell device, and a wireless location system having ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180369 | Facilty-based interpersonal communication and interactive information system An interpersonal communication and an interactive information system, where a user can access a wireless local area network from any compatible mobile device and obtain information specific to the user's location and communicate with other mobile devices in the user... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180372 | Positioning system, terminal apparatus, control method of terminal apparatus The terminal apparatus has: base station and terminal error information generating means for generating base station and terminal error information indicating a rate of the base station and terminal frequency difference with respect to the official frequency; geosta... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180365 | Method and apparatus for identifying a geographic area having undesirable wireless service A method and apparatus for identifying a geographic area having undesirable wireless service is described. The method includes, collecting Radio frequency (RF) environment information of the wireless service. The method further includes, determining locations of a p... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180370 | Mobile terminal and method of display position on map thereof A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying contents in a first region of a display on the mobile terminal, deriving position information from the contents displayed in the first region, and displaying a map including a position correspo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180373 | System and method for controlling device location determination A controlling device such as a remote control has programming for transmitting a signal response to a plurality of control environments, each environment including a signaling device. Each signaling device in receipt of the signal request sends a signal response hav... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180367 | Cluster-based fingerprinting algorithms Methods and apparatus to provide cluster-based fingerprinting algorithms are described. In one embodiment, m closest fingerprints from k fingerprints are determined. The k fingerprints may be determined as closest fingerprints to a scan s in a signal strength domain... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180364 | Mobile valet Enhanced delivery of services are provided through a wireless mobile device and one or more location service channels, preferably at the direction of the user of the mobile device requesting the desired service through common context-based user interfaces. The mobil... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175613 | Systems and methods for determining location of devices within a wireless network Systems and methods for determining a location of a device with a wireless network. Characteristics of signals received from the device at a plurality of nodes are measured. Based upon the measurements, estimates of the range from the device to the nodes are made. T... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175616 | Location reporting satellite paging system with optional blocking of location reporting A location reporting paging communication system comprising space satellites, ground stations and a remote receiving unit adapted to resolve a global position from signals transmitted from a communication transmitter. The subscriber in possession of the remote recei... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175617 | Sensor-based mobile search, related methods and systems A smart phone senses audio, imagery, and/or other stimulus from a user's environment, and acts autonomously to fulfill inferred or anticipated user desires. In one aspect, the detailed technology concerns phone-based cognition of a scene viewed by the phone's camera... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175614 | Method and system for associating a location with a wireless modem There is disclosed herein a method, system and computer software product for associating a location with a wireless modem, wherein the modem has a modem identifier and a registered address associated therewith and wherein the method comprises: receiving a communicat... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175615 | Location identification of a mobile terminal by employing radio frequency identification The location of a mobile terminal may be determined in response to signals received from a plurality of RFIDs. Information from a plurality of RFIDs for determining a location of a mobile terminal is received by the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may maintain ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170583 | Signal comparison-based location determining method At least one portable RF communications device in conjunction with at least two fixed-location service-area antenna stations respectively capable of RF communication with the at least one device performs the steps of: (I) using a portable device at a selected locati... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170578 | Location reporting system A communication system receives a registration message from a device that identifies a location of the device and a device identifier. The system transmits the location of the device to a location database. The system receives a watch list that identifies a pluralit... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170580 | Geo-boundary triggered messaging and schedule system and method of use A location based system is provided is configured to provide messages to a recipient based on time and location based information. The a method includes detecting when a mobile user has crossed within a predefined geo-boundary. The method further includes sending a ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170579 | System and method for generating a location estimate using non-uniform grid points The location of a wireless mobile device may be estimated using, at least in part, one or more pre-existing Network Measurement Reports (“NMRs”) which include calibration data for a number of locations within a geographic region. The calibration data for these l... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170582 | Extended positioning reporting A method of transferring positioning information using a set of data having a standardized set of formats for a single position entity comprises inclusion (212) of data representing at least two separate position entities or an entity having information beyon... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170581 | Systems for tracking kidnapped hostage tracking systems, transmitters used in the same, sensor network gateways used in the same, and methods of tracking kidnapped hostage A system for tracking location of person having signal transmitter includes at least one receiver for receiving unique ID signal transmitted by signal transmitter that transmits ID signal uniquely determined for respective mobile signal transmitter at at least one p... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165600 | System and method for advertising to a Wi-Fi device A method is disclosed for providing information related to goods available for purchase in a building. The method includes establishing a plurality of boundary zones where each of the plurality of boundary zones corresponding to a physical boundary zone within a wir... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165601 | Positional information system In an indoor positioning system, for establishment of a cost sharing system, the positioning information transmission device does not directly transmit positional information but performs concealment and variablization on the device ID and transmits the concealed an... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165598 | Methods and apparatus for providing media on mobile devices Techniques and mechanisms are provided for sending targeted content and data to mobile devices. Location information associated with a device is determined. In some instances, the location information is manually entered. In other instances, the location information... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165599 | Method and system for locating mobile stations using call measurement data A location of a mobile station is estimated based on wireless communications between the mobile station and a wireless telecommunications network. Call measurement data is obtained for a call involving the mobile station and a plurality of base station antennas. The... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160607 | Mobile terminal apparatus, method, and server for sharing contents A mobile terminal apparatus and method for sharing contents are provided. The mobile terminal apparatus includes a storage unit storing location information on an area; a location determination unit for determining a location of the mobile terminal apparatus; a netw... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160611 | Selective simultaneous communication with a wireless communication device based on location and mobility A radio access network (RAN) may base the number of wireless coverage areas that it uses for substantially simultaneous communication with a wireless communication device (WCD) on the location and/or movement of the WCD. Thus, for instance, if the WCD has been in a ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160609 | System and method for multiple range estimation location A system and method of determining the location of a mobile station by determining the time of transmission of a signal by a mobile station and determining range rings at a plurality of reference stations receiving the transmitted signal, where the range rings repre... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160610 | System and method for locating mobile device in wireless communication network A method is provided for determining a location of a mobile device in a wireless network. The method includes receiving global navigation satellite system (GNSS) measurements from the mobile device, and receiving terrestrial measurements from corresponding transceiv... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160604 | Integrity monitoring in a position location system utilizing knowledge of local topography A system for and method of deriving a position estimate of a receiver from a plurality of parameter measurements is provided. Each measurement is derived from a correlation function, which in turn is derived by correlating a signal received at the receiver with an i... | 04/17/2012 |
