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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190174 | Method, system, and computer program product for providing location based services Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing location based services are provided. Embodiments may include storing locations for a plurality of users of a telecommunication environment and contact lists of associated users for the plurality of users... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8180374 | Method and system for transmitting data on the location of a mobile terminal to a receiver by means of a mobile radio network A method and a system for transmitting data on the location of a mobile radio terminal to a receiver by means of a mobile radio network. An area that lies within the service range of the mobile radio network is defined and is subdivided into several subareas. A plur... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8165602 | System and method for providing location based services in a mobile communication system In a method for providing Location Based Services (LBS) in a mobile communication system, upon receipt of a location trigger at an LS for requesting location information of an MS from a location client, the LS transmits an authentication request message for requesti... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165603 | Personal location code Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for receiving a request from a requestor to locate a user. The request identifies a personal location code (PLC) for the user. It is determined if the request is allowed based on the PLC. If the request is ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8150419 | Method of invoking privacy on telecommunications network A manner of invoking privacy related to user equipment in a telecommunications network, involving sending a location service request from a location service client to a location service center. The location service center sends a privacy request to the user equipmen... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8131307 | Method for requesting transportation services A method for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the use of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location is described. Individual and package transportation may be provided. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121620 | Location tracking of mobile phone using GPS function A system, method, service and mobile device are disclosed for providing a location of the mobile device. The invention utilizes a mobile phone with a global positioning system (GPS) module which is located in a wireless network. A third party device is able to submi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121621 | Position estimation system A position of a mobile communication terminal in an environment where the terminal cannot communicate with a GPS is defined more narrowly than a sector area of a base station in which the mobile communication terminal is located so that the position of the mobile co... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116787 | Wireless network coverage based on quality of service Coverage-based quality-of-service (QoS) in wireless networks. A premium QoS service is provided by the network to users who qualify to receive QoS signals by moving handsets into a bounded premium service geographical coverage area. A mobile handset periodically tra... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107972 | Method for providing triggered location information of a target terminal A method for providing triggered location information of a target terminal is provided. The method includes transmitting by a previous H-SLP a report message informing that a target terminal is in a roaming state during the triggered location service to an H-SLP of ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106819 | Optimizing performance of multiple location based service applications that are running either alone or simultaneously on a wireless device Requests for location fix for a mobile device are received from one or more Location Based Service (LBS) applications. The received requests are queued in a First In First Out (FIFO) queue in the mobile device. Based on information in a first request out of the FIFO... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8078195 | Methods and apparatus for facilitating the determination of GPS location information for a mobile station without disrupting communications of voice call Techniques for use in a mobile device for obtaining location information with use of a Global Positioning System (GPS) involve receiving, through a user interface of the mobile device, a voice call request for establishing a voice call; and in response to receiving ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073466 | Method and system for providing location measurement of network based to mobile communication terminal by using G-pCell database Disclosed are a method and a system for providing a mobile communication terminal with network-based location measurement by using a G-pCell database. The method and system are advantageous in that, when a mobile communication system employs a network-based location... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064927 | Wireless local access network system detection and selection Method and apparatus for detection and selection of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) service. A cellular network may provide an advertisement for a WLAN, such as in an overhead signaling message. The advertisement may identify the Access Point(s) by an Extended Se... | 11/22/2011 |
| RE42927 | System and method for obtaining and using location specific information A location information system uses a positioning system, such as the civilian Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS), in combination with a distributed network. The location information system includes a radio transceiver for communicating to the distributed networ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060116 | Location information system and method for performing notification based upon location According to an embodiment, a location based notification method in a H-SLP (Home-SUPL Location Platform) includes receiving, by the H-SLC, a request for positioning of the terminal; transmitting, a session initialization message including a notification mode parame... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060115 | Apparatus and method for location estimation in a wireless communication system An apparatus and method for location estimation in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes identifying if a received at least one signal passed through at least one repeater, when the received at least one signal is identified as having pas... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060117 | Location based information system A wireless device-based system provides location-based services by determining the location of the wireless device and arranges for the service and the payment therefor. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055275 | Interactive method for reporting location report by target user equipment in location service Disclosed is an interactive method for reporting location reports by a target UE in an LCS. The method comprises: the target UE receiving a location request initiated by an applicant and reporting a location report to the LCS system after detecting the occurrence of... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045998 | Method and system for communicating using position information A method for communicating using position information includes communicating on a first communication network at a first location using one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network and, upon moving from the first location to a second... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045999 | Location information system and method for performing notification based upon location According to an embodiment, a location based notification method in a H-SLP (Home-SUPL Location Platform) includes receiving, by the H-SLP, a request for positioning of a roaming terminal; transmitting, a session initialization message including a notification mode ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036681 | Location information system and method for performing notification based upon location According to an embodiment, a location based notification method in a H-SLP (Home-SUPL Location Platform) receiving, by the H-SLP, a request for positioning of a roaming terminal; transmitting a session initialization message including a notification mode parameter ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036680 | Location information system and method for performing notification based upon location According to an embodiment, a location based notification method in a SLP (SUPL Location Platform) includes transmitting, by the SLP, a session initialization message including a notification mode parameter indicating one or more of notification and verification bas... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032155 | Method of applying a spherical correction to map data for rendering direction-of-travel paths on a wireless communications device Displaying a map on a wireless communications device includes steps of obtaining map data for rendering the map to be displayed on the wireless communications device, determining a rotation that, when applied to the map, will orient a selected path in a selected dir... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019358 | Method and system for obtaining emergency caller location A method and system for determining if a phone has changed locations includes a subscriber phone equipment coupled to a phone system through a subscriber access line. The subscriber phone equipment includes a location test module and a datastore. The location test m... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8005488 | Automatic service vehicle hailing and dispatch system and method A system and method are provided for improving efficiency of operation and convenience of access to a fleet of taxis, or other service vehicles, requiring rapid, on-demand dispatch to customer-determined locations. Automatic speech recognition (ASR) and/or radioloca... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996017 | Location of subscriber terminal in packet-switched radio system The invention relates to a packet-switched radio system and to a method of performing a function of the subscriber terminal location service in a packet-switched radio system. The method comprises the (302) subscriber terminal transmitting a request message f... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7974639 | Method and apparatus for performing position determination with a short circuit call flow For a call flow to perform position determination, a network sends to a user equipment (UE) an indication (e.g., a request for permission) to perform a position fix for the UE. The UE responds by sending to the network an acknowledgment (e.g., a grant of permission)... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974638 | Interactive advisory system A method for locating at least one individual located remotely from a broadcast network. An analysis unit compares user profiles, dynamic locations stored in the communicator location database, and/or fixed locations entered into the analysis unit. A data set of at ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970415 | Location caching with expiration based on location A system for locating a device in a wireless network that caches a known location and sets an expiration time based on the location. The system correlates the location with known places, such as movie theaters, restaurants, etc. to set the expiration time. For examp... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966022 | Location information system and method for performing notification based upon location According to an embodiment, a location based notification method in a system including a H-SLP (Home-SUPL Location Platform), and a V-SLP (Visited-SLP) having a V-SLC (Visited-SUPL Location Center) and a V-SPC (Visited-SUPL Positioning Center) for a location service... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962155 | Location awareness of devices A method for managing devices is described. The method includes receiving wireless fingerprints from a plurality of devices, each of the wireless fingerprints comprising a unique device identifier, a wireless signal strength indicator that corresponds to a relative ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962156 | Probabilistic location prediction for a mobile station A probabilistic prediction is made of the location of a wireless-enabled mobile station in a wireless local area network. The prediction includes calculating a vector representing movement of the mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of t... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957751 | Personal location code Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for receiving a request from a requester to locate a user. The request identifies a personal location code (PLC) for the user. It is determined if the request is allowed based on the PLC. If the request is ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953420 | Hybrid locating method and system for locating a mobile terminal in a wireless communications network A method for enabling a subscriber terminal to remotely access terminal equipment, the terminal equipment storing identification data of the subscriber terminal, and the subscriber terminal being subscribed to a communication network and to a remote access service, ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949349 | Mobile communication terminal and positional information providing method An object is to provide a cell phone capable of achieving improvement in efficiency of communication and improvement in user's operability on the occasion of providing location information. A cell phone 10 has a data transmitter 101 for transmitting us... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945272 | Group communication service method, mobile terminal using the same, and group communication service system thereof A method of performing a group communication service with respect to a plurality of pushto service subscribers using mobile terminal location information is provided. The method includes acquiring location information of each of the plurality of pushto service subsc... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7917157 | Location services for mobile communication system There is disclosed a method of providing location information in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving a request for a current location of a mobile station; determining a time at which a last known location of the mobile station was deter... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912483 | Methods and apparatus for facilitating the determination of GPS location information for a mobile station without disrupting communications of a voice call Methods and apparatus for facilitating the determination of Global Positioning System (GPS) location information for a mobile station without disrupting communications of a voice call (e.g. a 911 emergency call). In one illustrative example, the mobile station cause... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7881731 | Method for providing triggered location information of a target terminal A method for providing triggered location information of a target terminal is provided. The method includes transmitting by a previous H-SLP a report message informing that a target terminal is in a roaming state during the triggered location service to an H-SLP of ... | 02/01/2011 |
