Patent ReferencesAuto theft detection system Integrated radio location and communication system Method for establishing a connection with a mobile subscriber and system for implementing the method Method for establishing a radio connection Stolen object location system Telemetry burst collision avoidance system System for continuously establishing and indicating the location of a movable object Monitoring and locating system for an object attached to a transponder monitored by a base station having an associated ID code Cellular position locating system Personnel location monitoring system and method InventorApplicationNo. 653488 filed on 05/24/1996US Classes:342/357.07, Tracking or monitoring (i.e., lost or stolen vehicles)342/357.09, With transmission of location-indicative information to or from a remote station342/457Land vehicle location (e.g., bus, police carExaminersPrimary: Tarcza, Thomas H.Assistant: Phan, Dao Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG01S 005/02AbstractA method of tracking stolen property uses a continously powered radio receiver for receiving encoded signals from a central station. When the received signal corresponds to a unique code stored at the receiver, a GPS receiver and a radio transmitter located with the stolen property are connected for a predetermined period of time to a source of power so that a GPS signal received by the receiver is processed and the position data produced thereby is transmitted to the central station. | |