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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180379 | Synchronizing mobile and vehicle devices Location information is received at a mobile device from the memory of a vehicle device. The mobile device is updated based on the location information. Sensor data is received from at least one sensor measuring movement of the mobile device, and an estimated locati... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175620 | System and method for generating non-uniform grid points from calibration data 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... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165606 | Apparatus, system, and method for location information management in a portable communication device An apparatus, system, and method for managing geographical location information of a portable communication device by determining and storing the geographic location information while registered on a cellular communication system in response to detecting an availabl... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165607 | System and method for estimating cell center position for cell ID based positioning Systems and methods for estimating a cell center location in a wireless communication system having an interface to a satellite positioning system (“SPS”) such as for example, a Geosynchronous Positioning System (“GPS”). The wireless communication system pro... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160617 | Apparatus and method for use in location determination An apparatus is provided that includes circuitry configured for location determination arranged to obtain a geographic location of the apparatus; circuitry configured receiving connection point identification data, the connection point identification data useable in... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8145242 | Determining geographic zone Included are embodiments for determining data for at least one geographic zone. At least one embodiment of a method includes determining at least one geographic zone for monitoring and receiving data related to at least one contact of a user entering the at least on... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8112101 | Communication terminal, position notification method, and communication system A communication terminal which communicates with a communication device includes a position detecting section which detects a current position of the communication terminal, and a control section which automatically notifies the communication device of the current p... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103294 | Determining the change in time at a mobile terminal In a terminal 106 having a receiver 202 for receiving the signals from plural transmission sources 101-105 whose positions and transmission time offsets are unknown within the terminal, a method is provided for determining the change in t... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103293 | System and related circuits and methods for detecting and locating wireless communication device use within a geographical area or facility A system for detecting and locating illicit cellular telephone use within a facility includes an array of radio frequency (RF) receivers, each receiver being placed in a predetermined location in the facility, and a central server, the receivers being in electrical ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099113 | Passive traffic alert and communication system A passive traffic alerting method includes: identifying traffic events from analyzing traffic information; selecting an identified traffic event based on a location of a mobile communicator; and alerting the mobile communicator with a passive message regarding the s... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099112 | Network entity, method and computer program product for dynamically changing a request for location information A network entity includes a controller adapted to operate a location-based application for initiating a location reporting session. The location reporting session includes determining and reporting a current location of a mobile station based on one or more paramete... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8064931 | GPS-based traffic monitoring system A cellular phone comprises a cellular phone control module that controls the cellular phone, a global positioning system (GPS) selectively generates vector and location data, and a transmitter. The cellular phone control module selectively wirelessly transmits the v... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8055279 | Transmission control method and device When information of its own station is transmitted to another mobile station by a CSMA access method, by a transmission control method and device, moving speed information and location information is transmitted with a predetermined minimum transmission power until ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8010134 | Architecture for mobile advertising with location Systems and methods are provided for mobile device advertising. The system includes a mobile device, a content provider, and an advertisement provider. A plurality of location fix technologies is executed to determine a plurality of location fixes for the mobile dev... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010135 | Location notification method, location notification system, information processing apparatus, wireless communication apparatus, and program There is provided a wireless communication apparatus including a base station information input portion to input base station information of a base station transmitting a radio wave having a wave reaching range including a particular location, the base station infor... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7996021 | Location determination in a wireless communication network A wireless network permits wireless devices to determine their own location and receive location-based services. The network includes a communication server coupled to a plurality of access points and at least one mobile wireless device that wirelessly communicates ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7974641 | Communication terminal apparatus and computer program A communication terminal apparatus includes: a communication unit performing communication; a storage unit collecting and storing history information on communication; a registration unit registering at least communication address information on communicating partie... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974642 | System and method for estimating cell center position for cell ID based positioning Systems and methods for estimating a cell center location in a wireless communication system having all interface to a satellite positioning system (“SPS”) such as for example, a Geosynchronous Positioning System (“GPS”). The wireless communication system pr... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7962444 | System and method for presenting a contextual action for an indicator A method and apparatus are presented for the presentation and activation of contextual actions for interpreted content. In one aspect, keywords are recognized from an existing webpage, re-processed into a second webpage, and presented via a browser. The indicators a... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7949351 | Data boundary aware base station assisted position location The present invention is a novel and improved method and apparatus for performing position location in wireless communications system. One embodiment of the invention comprises a method for performing position location on a subscriber unit in a terrestrial wireless ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941164 | Satellite positioning system receiver utilizing broadcast doppler information A cellular communicating device (10). The device comprises means (221) for communicating bi-directional data to and from a cellular transceiver station along a bi -directional channel (30S). The device also comprises means ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7925272 | Arrangement and method for a location database The present invention relates to the field of location databases containing position related information, and specifically to a method of providing quick and accurate response to users requesting location dependant data from such database. This speed-up in response ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925278 | Method and system for locating a wireless device in a wireless communication network A method and system for locating a Wireless electronic device (200) in a wireless communication network (100) is provided. The method includes sending a ranging code (504) by the wireless electronic device to a predefined number of base stations... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7881733 | Method and system to monitor and control devices utilizing wireless media A method and system of selectively communicating with one or more devices within pre-defined geographical zones is disclosed. A plurality of geographical zones is defined, each zone being defined by latitude and longitude attributes. A plurality of devices is associ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873375 | Method for the location of mobile terminals, related systems and terminal, computer program products thereof A method for determining the location coordinates of a mobile terminal with respect to reference elements adapted to send toward the mobile terminal radioelectric signals involves the steps of measuring the radioelectric signals to derive respective measurements, th... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7865195 | Mobile communication terminal and position monitoring method Location positioning setting information is read from a setting storage section when the user depressed a power key. The location positioning setting information comprises setting information, such as the maximum duration time of the location positioning operation a... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7856238 | Method for mobile to inform base station of additonal GPS capabilities In a method of configuring a mobile communication between a position determination entity and a mobile device, an indication that the mobile device has an ability to perform a positioning system search simultaneously with a communication is sent to the position dete... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7818017 | Location-based services that choose location algorithms based on number of detected wireless signal stations within range of user device A location beacon database and server, method of building location beacon database, and location based service using same. Wi-Fi access points are located in a target geographical area to build a reference database of locations of Wi-Fi access points. At least one v... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7787891 | Mobile station localization apparatus, systems, and methods Embodiments herein may use first and second path loss values L1 and L2 to calculate first and second distances R1 and R2 between the MS and first and second base stations BS1 and BS2, respectively, in a a reduction in signal... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7783308 | Method of and apparatus for zone dependent content in a mobile device A mobile device comprises a geographic sensor for determining an approximate location of the mobile device, a memory for storing information, and a microprocessor for controlling the device and adapted for receiving data from the geographic sensor and determining wh... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7769396 | Location-based services that choose location algorithms based on number of detected access points within range of user device A location beacon database and server, method of building location beacon database, and location based service using same. Wi-Fi access points are located in a target geographical area to build a reference database of locations of Wi-Fi access points. At least one v... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7706815 | Wireless device, program products and methods of using a wireless device to deliver services In at least one embodiment, a plurality of raw time-stamped waypoints describing a geographical route are received. The plurality of raw time-stamped waypoints are filtered based upon at least one of a set including a threshold distance between pairs of the pluralit... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7643836 | Determining approximate locations of network devices that are inaccessible to GPS signals Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for determining approximate locations of network devices. Information is received concerning last known locations of portable network devices that attach to a network, and used to compute an approximate location of a... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7640027 | Mobile communication terminal capable of determining position and method of determining position in the mobile communication terminal A mobile communication terminal capable of position determination, including: a base station information recorder recording detailed base station information corresponding to at least one base station; a base station signal receiver receiving base station signal inf... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7636576 | System and method for determining and representing one or more potential physical locations of a newly detected wireless network device A previously unknown wireless device, which may be either an access point or a station, is detected by receipt of transmissions from that device at one or more access points that are currently operating within a managed wireless network. A graphic representation of ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7616966 | Determining optimal access point locations for access points that perform automatic channel selection and automatic power adjustment An automatic channel selection (ACS) process enables an access point to determine a best channel available, i.e., the channel with a least amount of interference, for it operation. When ACS is enabled, the access point scans frequencies for all neighboring access po... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7577448 | Multi-mode global positioning system for use with wireless networks The present invention discloses a GPS system that can operate in different modes depending on the network facilities and bandwidth available, the GPS information that can be acquired, or user or system requirements. The modes comprise standalone mode, where a mobile... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7567813 | Method and system for automatically providing handset operational status information to a wireless carrier Discloses a system to provide cellular handset operational status information to wireless carriers relating to insertion or proximity of mobile cellular handsets to a hybrid fixed wireless interface (HFWI) device. Upon handset coupling to a HFWI, by insertion of the... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7561890 | Hotspot location database system, mobile terminal for use in such a system and method for creating maintaining and updating such a system The invention relates to a hotspot location database system and a method for creating, maintaining and updating such a system. A hotspot location database (6) is created locally in a mobile terminal (1). The mobile terminal is adapted to monitor locati... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7561889 | Alarm apparatus and its method for producing a use prohibition alarm by intercepting and discriminating a mobile signal of communication system prescribed in its mobile phone In a mobile network communication between a base station 2 producing a control signal Sa within an administration area 2-1 and at least one mobile phone 1 having a kind of communication system, an alarm apparatus 3 is used for prod... | 07/14/2009 |
