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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5689809 | Method for determining geographic relationships between communication units Geographic relationship between communication units (102, 103) within a communication system (100) can be achieved when a first communication unit transmits its location information. Upon receiving this location information, a second communication unit de... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5689811 | Communication system for communicating information ascertaining why reply information was not transmitted An information communication system including an order station for transmitting a command signal to a mobile station, the mobile station including a memory for storing information representing that it has received the transmitted command signal from the o... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5684860 | Apparatus for automatically distributing calls between users and a fleet of mobile stations through a central station Apparatus for automatically distributing communications between users and a fleet of mobile stations through a central station including a telephone exchange (1), a plurality of telephone answering modules (3) provided with a phone numbers data-bank and c... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5673305 | Apparatus and method for tracking and reporting the location of a motor vehicle An apparatus and method of tracking and reporting the location of a mobile article, such as a stolen motor vehicle. A controller receives and analyzes positioning signals transmitted from known locations to determine the location of the motor vehicle. The... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5648770 | Apparatus and method of notifying a party of a pending delivery or pickup An apparatus and method for notifying a party of a pending delivery or pickup of an item. A mobile vehicle or carrier is equipped with a satellite receiver, a controller and a communicator. The mobile vehicle determines its location based on positioning s... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5646632 | Method and apparatus for a portable communication device to identify its own location A method and apparatus for a portable communication device, such as a mobile radio terminal in a CDMA network, to identify its geographic location. A communication network comprises multiple base stations which transmit pilot signals, where the pilot sign... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5635940 | Communication configurator and method for implementing same A method and apparatus for communication configuring in digital equipment based on the location of the equipment includes a mechanism determining the location of the digital equipment and a mechanism configuring a communication channel of the equipment ba... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5621785 | Portable telephone set transmitting area identification signal indicative of a radio zone occupied thereby In a mobile communication system comprising a plurality of base stations disposed in respective radio zones, a portable telephone set (20) comprises a radio transmission/reception section (24) for receiving a first area identification signal transmitted f... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5613202 | Mobile station with function which enables a user to easily recognize a current position In a mobile station for use in radio communication with a selected station selected from a plurality of base stations which are placed at different positions and which have station numbers, respectively, position data are previously memorized in an RAM (1... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5557605 | Method for providing caller data in a time division multiplexed wireless communication system A source communication unit (101) transmits a voice message to a target communication unit (103) via a first wireless communication resource. In a first embodiment, the target communication unit transmits a caller data request regarding the source communi... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5519621 | Vehicle locating and communicating method and apparatus A method and apparatus for locating and communicating with vehicles is provided, including at least one mobile cellular unit connected to at least one microprocessor and installed within a vehicle. The microprocessor interrogates the mobile cellular unit ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5502758 | Mobile terminal position information detection method and system using the method A mobile terminal position information display system which detects accurate information on a position between a radio controller and a radio telephone and displays the position and locus of movement of the radio telephone. The system includes one or more... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5479482 | Cellular terminal for providing public emergency call location information A cellular terminal for transmitting information defining its location upon placing a 911 call. The cellular terminal includes a global satellite positioning (GPS) device; and upon the user of the cellular terminal placing an emergency telephone call, the... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5479479 | Method and apparatus for transmission of and receiving signals having digital information using an air link A cellular telephone is interconnected to a control unit via a cable. The cable contains both appropriate interdisciplinary connections for attachment to the telephone at one end and to the control unit at the other end via a universal connector. At least... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5465289 | Cellular based traffic sensor system A method and apparatus for providing vehicular traffic information using presently existing cellular telephone system technology. Traffic sensors monitor the control and voice channel transmissions of cellular units within a cellular telephone system. Dat... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5432841 | System for locating and communicating with mobile vehicles A vehicle location system which provides a plurality of cellular systems that each includes a memory for identifying the cellular subscriber stations that are based in the particular system and visiting cellular subscriber stations based in another of the... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5355511 | Position monitoring for communicable and uncommunicable mobile stations An information communicating system and method comprising an order station and a plurality of mobile stations. When the order station cannot communicate with a mobile station, the order station selects one mobile station which is nearest to the uncommunic... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5334974 | Personal security system A fully automatic personal security system which combines the advantages of worldwide LORAN-C or GPS navigation with the substantially worldwide communication capabilities of a cellular telephone or communication satellite. The security system comprises a... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5329576 | Wireless communication zone management system A wireless communication system comprising a plurality of antennae, the antennae being arranged in a grid pattern over a communication region, wireless portable terminals located within the communication region for emitting and/or receiving electromagneti... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5299132 | Vehicle locating and communicating method and apparatus using cellular telephone network A method and apparatus for locating and communicating with vehicles is provided, including at least one mobile cellular unit connected to at least one microprocessor and installed within a vehicle. The microprocessor interrogates the mobile cellular unit ... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5218367 | Vehicle tracking system A vehicle tracking system makes use of a conventional cellular telephone network including a plurality of fixed cellular transmitter sites each covering a predetermined area. The system includes a plurality of cellular signal processing units for installa... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5187810 | Route guidance system for provding a mobile station with optimum route data in response to a guidance request together with base station data indicative of an identification of a base station A mobile telecommunications system includes a plurality of base stations each being communicatable with a mobile station by radio. A telecommunications network accommodates the plurality of base stations for switching communications to the plurality of ba... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5121126 | Beacon enhanced telecommunications system and method A public switched telecommunications network including a beacon transmitter associated with a station in such network and transmitting periodic beacon signals containing information regarding the location of said beacon and station. A portable receiver is... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5068838 | Location acquisition and time adjusting system An information retrieval system and method for determining the location of a traveller based upon a comparison between broadcast radiowave frequencies at the location and a table of locations for radio stations which broadcast at those radiowave frequenci... | 11/26/1991 |
