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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7856236 | Area watcher for wireless network Dynamic and current information is provided regarding a wireless device's entry into or exit from a geographically defined “watched” area. An area watcher application monitors preconfigured wireless devices entry/exit into preconfigured watched areas. The watche... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7856234 | System and method for estimating positioning error within a WLAN-based positioning system The invention features a method of estimating an expected error of a position estimate for use in a WLAN positioning system that estimates the position of a WLAN-enabled device. The WLAN-enabled device receives signals transmitted by a WLAN access point in range of ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7856235 | Position detection with frequency smoothing The invention relates to a method for calculating a position of a mobile communications equipment. In order to obtain a more accurate position information of the mobile communications equipment, receiving physical communication channels within the mobile communicati... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853270 | System for geographically contextualizing data items A system for geographically contextualizing data items may include an interface, a memory and a processor. The memory may store a database which includes structured data types. The processor may receive, via the interface, a data item. The processor may determine wh... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853267 | Wireless system signal propagation collection and analysis Wireless systems coverage planning uses propagation modeling to provide a prediction of service coverage. Accurate and effective wireless systems coverage analysis requires a measurement of signal strength and knowledge of the location corresponding to the measureme... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853268 | GPS enabled cell phone location tracking for security purposes A wireless terminal enacts a boundary violation notification rule that includes geographic boundary and an action or a mobility violation notification rule that includes a mobility parameter and an action. The wireless terminal determines its location and/or rate of... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853269 | System and method for providing wireless network services using three-dimensional access zones A system and method for providing wireless network services using three-dimensional access zones is provided. One or more sensors may determine signal strength information, distance, or other positional information for wireless devices. An agent may provide informat... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7848762 | Computationally-efficient estimation of the location of a wireless terminal based on pattern matching A method of using a non-GPS-derived technique to estimate the location of an Assisted-GPS-enabled wireless terminal for the purposes of generating location-specific assistance data for the wireless terminal is disclosed. The wireless terminal then uses the assistanc... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848763 | Method for pulling geographic location data from a remote wireless telecommunications mobile unit A method to remotely determine a location of a mobile unit without intervention by a user of the mobile unit is provided. The mobile unit may receive a location query, download location data from a GPS, and transmit the location data via a wireless telecommunication... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848764 | System for providing location predictive advertising A system is described for providing location predictive advertising. The system may include a processor, a memory, and an interface. The memory may store an advertisement. The interface may communicate with an electronic device. The processor may determine a first g... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848761 | System and method for global positioning system (GPS) based presence 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 ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848760 | System and method for presence alarming A telecommunications system includes a wireless device (150) including a positioning controller (504) and a communications controller (502), said wireless device adapted to cause an audible warning to be generated if said wireless device is dete... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844281 | Method and system for providing location information for emergency services Emergency Services architecture for determining the location of a wireless caller. The architecture leverages a synchronization feature of GSM networks of the Base Station Subsystem (BSS) to enable employment of sparse networks by removing WLS (Wireless Location Sen... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844280 | Location of wideband OFDM transmitters with limited receiver bandwidth One illustrative embodiment takes the form of a system for locating wireless transmitters employing an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) digital modulation scheme. The OFDM scheme comprises transmitting signal components over narrowband frequency cha... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840222 | Reverse lookup of mobile location Location-based services are provided in a communication system comprising at least a portion of at least one wireless network. In one aspect of the invention, particular ones of a plurality of mobile user devices associated with a wireless network are identified for... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840223 | Portable telephone, image converter, control method and program Simple pseudo gradation conversion technique suitable for implementation in portable devices such as mobile phones employing a relatively low-speed processor. Target image is represented with 2Cn gradation levels for n kinds of color components (where Cn ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840225 | Radiolocation in a wireless network using time difference of arrival A method and an apparatus for radiolocation using time differences of arrival. The method includes receiving transmit timestamps from a set of wireless stations of a wireless network. Each station transmits at least once. The transmit timestamp uses a local timestam... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840224 | Facilitating user interactions based on proximity Techniques are described for providing location-based information and functionality to people and computing devices in various ways. In at least some situations, the techniques include enabling multiple people in a common geographic area to interact in various ways,... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840226 | Apparatus and method of location based telecommunication authorization An apparatus and method directed to automated call screening, and specifically the utilization of location history of a call recipient to determine call authorization, are provided. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a computer readable medium embodied in a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7835753 | Electronic toll system for traffic routes, and method for the operation thereof The invention relates to an electronic toll system for traffic routes, said system being designed on the basis of commercial GSMIUMTS mobile telephones or comparable appliances such as a PDA, car phones etc., with a GSM function, and to a method for the operation th... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835755 | System and method for anonymous tracking of individuals Preferably, the invention comprises a system for eliciting information anonymously from a user. The system comprises a plurality of broadcasting units operable to communicate over a communication network, wherein each respective unit is provided with a unique and id... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835754 | Estimation of speed and direction of travel in a WLAN positioning system A method for estimating the speed and bearing of a Wi-Fi enabled device using WLAN radio signals in a WLAN based location service is provided. A method used to estimate a speed of travel of a Wi-Fi enabled device comprises the Wi-Fi enabled device receiving signals ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831260 | Mobile electronic device having a geographical position dependent light and method of and system for achieving the same The present invention provides a method and system for controlling an illuminating device on a mobile electronic device comprising determining in a global position of the device in real-time, determining a state of at least one light condition currently affecting am... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831259 | Sharing and tracking real-time location for mobile users In one embodiment, an apparatus can include: a receiver configured to receive location-related data, and to provide real-time location information therefrom; and a processor configured to receive the real-time location information, and to provide an extension in a p... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7826856 | System and method for limiting a wireless communication device to a specified geographic zone A method, computer code product for limiting a wireless communication device to a specified geographic zone. The device is configured to connect to a subscriber device in a subscriber network and determine if the subscriber device is on a list of preapproved subscri... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822425 | SUPL initialization message in a location information system and method and system for processing SUPL by using the same A SUPL enabled terminal, method and system for processing SUPL are discussed. According to one embodiment, the SUPL enabled terminal includes a processor to process a SUPL location platform (SLP) mode indicator received in a SUPL initiation message, the SLP mode ind... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7822424 | Method and system for rangefinding using RFID and virtual triangulation A wireless system (20) and method for determining the location of a fixed or mobile target (31, 32, 33 . . . ) configured to have a transponder (31, 64) on the target (31, 32, 33 . . . ), a transceiver (21, 44) monitoring the targe... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7822426 | System and method for snapping a user location to a landmark of known location In one embodiment, an initial estimated location of a mobile electronic device is determined using a location determination method (LDM). An accuracy for the LDM is determined. An initial set of landmarks is determined based upon the initial estimated location and t... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7822423 | Provision of location information In a telecommunication system communication to and/or from a user equipment is carried on a user plane and messages supporting the communication are carried on a control plane. Information supporting provision of information about the location of the user equipment ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818015 | Method of determining optimal cell configuration based upon determined device location A configuration device for configuring a wireless device within a wireless cell can include a receiving unit configured to receive a request message from a wireless device within a wireless cell. In addition, the configuration device can include a first processing u... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7818016 | Method and system for providing a location-based alert service in wireless communication environment Disclosed is a method and a system for providing a location-based alert service in a wireless communication environment, wherein, in a case where a specific user is located in a certain zone using a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication network, t... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7813742 | Position-based channel coding system and method The present invention is a position-based channel coding system for communications devices. The device may comprise one or more of the following features: (a) a global positioning system (GPS) receiver capable of receiving positioning data from GPS satellites; (b) a... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813741 | System and method for initiating responses to location-based events A system and method for initiating responses to location-based events includes a rules system for applying one or more rules to state/attribute information corresponding to one or more mobile units, to determine if a location-based event has occurred. If it is deter... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809378 | Location visit detail services for wireless devices A location visit detail service, typically provided by a wireless carrier to a subscriber, includes a portable wireless device, a location identification means and a central processor. The central processor periodically receives location data generated by the locati... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809377 | Method and system for providing shipment tracking and notifications Improved approaches for monitoring status of articles being shipped are disclosed. The monitoring can produce notifications to interested parties. The notifications typically contain status information pertaining to the articles being shipped. Alternatively, interes... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805146 | Cell phone PDA/GPS communication network with AIS A method, a combined cellular, PDA communication device and system having specialized software applications for allowing a plurality of combined cellular phone/PDA device users to monitor each others' locations and status, to initiate cellular phone calls by touchin... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805145 | Information search system using radio portable terminal Information search system includes terminal having speech communication function and packet communication function and center for selectively performing speech communication and packet communication with the terminal. Center includes speech control section, speech r... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805147 | System and method for selectively transferring wireless caller location information A system and method for providing for a wireless calling party to configure his or her wireless service on a call-by-call or on a permanent basis so that only those calls where the caller wants his or her location to be available carry location information. To enabl... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7801533 | Location request control There is disclosed a method and system for providing location services in a mobile wireless network between a user and a location services provider, wherein the control point of periodic location requests is dynamically allocated to one of a plurality of network ele... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801534 | Method and system for conveying location-granularity preferences with location-based service requests A method and system for conveying location-granularity preferences with location-based service requests. A client station will detect a request to initiate a voice call, and before actually initiating the call the client station will send a message into a network in... | 09/21/2010 |
