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7389181 Apparatus and method for producing video drive-by data corresponding to a geographic location  
A system and method of providing video drive-by data is provided to enable a street level view of a neighborhood surrounding a selected geographic location. The system includes a video and data...
7379729 Locator system  
A locator system is disclosed. An e911-enabled wireless network including a switching center is configured receive a request to generate location information regarding a remote mobile station, and...
7376507 Geophysics-based method of locating a stationary earth object  
A geophysics-based method for determining the position of a stationary earth object uses the periodic changes in the gravity vector of the earth caused by the sun- and moon-orbits. Because the...
7372400 Methods and apparatus for a navigation system with reduced susceptibility to interference and jamming  
A navigation system provides a significant level of protection against all forms of interference or jamming to GPS in a cost-effective way. The system employs a network of ground reference stations...
7372399 Network system for onboard equipment  
An onboard equipment network system comprises a radar core device, a GPS core device, an echo sounder core device and a sonar core device and display devices which are connected to a network...
7369860 Data protection for position-dependent services  
The invention relates to a privacy function check which is efficient in terms of network load, and is carried out by means of a method for requesting the agreement of a user of a mobile radio...
7366523 Method and system for providing location-based services  
A resource request that is originated by a short-range wireless communications device originates a request. A location indicator is added to the resource request that identifies a location of the...
7366522 Method and system for location tracking  
Techniques for location tracking, location utilization, and dissemination and management of location information are disclosed. As a location monitoring system, one embodiment includes at least a...
7363043 Passive GSM-based self-locating device  
A self locating device that uses GSM signals associated with GSM digital telephone base stations to determine its current location. The device uses GSM common channel signals to determine observed...
7359713 Battery consumption optimization for mobile users  
Systems and methods are disclosed to provide power management for a mobile communication device having a location determination function. The frequency of the location determination function may be...
7359712 Method and apparatus for confirming position of a mobile station  
A method ( 400 ) and an apparatus for confirming the position of a mobile station ( 180 ). The mobile station ( 180 ) may receive a positioning message including information associated with a...
7349705 Wireless remote location system and method  
A wireless subscriber unit for a tracking and locating system and method is disclosed. The locating system provides positional information of remote locator devices in the form of images viewable...
7345652 Antenna system and RF signal interference abatement method  
Disclosed is an antenna system including a Luneberg Lens having a spherically shaped outer surface and a spherically shaped focal surface spaced from its outer surface with a plurality of patch...
7340212 Method and system for delivery of location-specific data using digital satellite broadcast  
A method and system for location-specific delivery of digital satellite broadcast data comprising determining a current service location, selecting a satellite radio band based on the...
7333815 Power-saving remote locator system and method  
A server for authenticating subscribers in a tracking and locating system and method is disclosed. The locating system provides positional information of locator devices in the form of pages...
7321775 Method for obtaining location related information allowing to locate a terminal attached to a communication network  
The present invention concerns a method for obtaining location information on the location of a terminal (UE) attached to a communication network, said method comprising the steps of: issuing, by...
7321774 Inexpensive position sensing device  
Inexpensive position sensing devices that allow widespread use and availability of position information are disclosed. One embodiment of the position-sensing device acquires, down converts and...
7321575 Node position measuring system  
A node position measuring system according to this invention includes a node, a reference station, base stations, a server that calculates a position of the node, and a network. The reference...
7305244 Method for activating a location-based function, a system and a device  
A method for activating a location-based function, at least one item of position data is determined for the function as a condition for activating the function. A device in a wireless communication...
7302225 Time acquisition in a wireless position determination system  
A system and method for providing timing information to a wireless device in a position determination system is disclosed. A wireless device includes a reference signal receiver, a signal...
7299125 In-transit package location tracking and reporting  
Methods, program products, and apparatus for reporting the location of packages or parcels as they move from a reception location through various vehicles and distribution locations to a delivery...
7292183 GPS reference system providing synthetic reference phases for controlling accuracy of high integrity positions  
A positioning system or synthetic phase processor or rover station for providing high integrity positions with graduated accuracies. The positioning system includes one or more real time kinematic...
7283090 System for standard positioning service and precise positioning service cooperative operation  
A system for standard positioning service (SPS) and precise positioning service (PPS) cooperative operation is disclosed. In one embodiment, a PPS receiver is utilized to process a PPS data portion...
7277713 Sender location identifier, method of identifying a sender location and communication system employing the same  
The present invention provides a sender location identifier for use with a short message service (SMS). In one embodiment, the sender location identifier includes a memory configured to provide a...
7274332 Multiple evaluators for evaluation of a purality of conditions  
A system and method is disclosed for locating people or objects. In particular, a system and method for locating a wireless mobile station using a plurality of mobile station location estimators is...
7274327 Method and apparatus for determining location in a satellite communication system  
A receiver unit ( 400 ) capable of determining its approximate location using a first and a second satellite transmission source ( 12 & 14 ) and, a first terrestrial transmission source ( 18 )...
7269512 Information processing apparatus and GPS positioning method  
An information processing apparatus is configured to measure a Doppler shift in the frequency of a radio wave from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite and a pseudo-distance between the...
7266140 GPS positioning method and GPS reception apparatus  
A GPS positioning method is disclosed which can shorten the time required until positioning arithmetic operation is started after power is made available. An oscillation frequency of a reference...
7263375 Personal navigation assistant system and apparatus  
A personal location system including signal-transmitting RFID tags associated with various landmarks, such as hallways of buildings. The system's personal receiver is preloaded with information...
7262692 Emergency evacuation guiding system using signal strength for guidance  
An emergency evacuation guiding system for guiding people to run away in a building system as an accident occurs comprises a detector system for detecting an accidents which is occurred in the...
7257414 Estimating the Location of a Wireless Terminal Based on Non-Uniform Probabilities of Movement  
A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are traits of...
7257153 Method of synchronizing a receiver, and a receiver  
The invention relates to a method for synchronizing a receiver ( 1 ) with a transmitted code-modulated spread spectrum signal. The method uses at least one reference code (r(x)), which corresponds...
7254402 GPS satellite signal acquisition assistance system and method in a wireless communications network  
A system and method for assisting an integrated GPS/wireless terminal unit in acquiring one or more GPS satellite signals from the GPS satellite constellation. The invention includes a method for...
7251562 Network assisted pseudolite acquisition for enhanced GPS navigation  
The invention comprises a set of pseudolites deployed throughout an area of interest in which the GPS constellation visibility may be limited, such as in and around some high-rise buildings in an...
7245923 Mobile device and geographic information system background and summary of the related art  
The present invention provides a system and mobile device for providing geographic information to a user. The system includes a mobile device that is wirelessly connected to a geographic database....
7236126 AGPS system using NTP server and method for determining the location of a terminal using a NTP server  
Disclosed is a method for determining the location of a terminal in an AGPS system in a wireless LAN using AGPS data provided from a PDE (position determination entity) and time information...
7233798 Method and apparatus for determining location of a remote unit using GPS  
To address the need for faster location determination by GPS-equipped units, this application describes embodiments of the present invention that provide GPS-assist data to a remote unit ( 110 )...
7228227 Bezier curve flightpath guidance using moving waypoints  
A flightpath guidance system and method is disclosed for using moving waypoints for a curved route plan such as a Bezier curve. The actual location of a vehicle and a leading target point along the...
7227496 GPS rover station having position dithering for controlling accuracy of secure positions  
A positioning system or synthetic phase processor or rover station for providing high integrity positions with graduated accuracies. The positioning system includes one or more real time kinematic...
7221909 Method for guiding wireless communication device into communicable range and wireless communication device  
A personal digital assistant (PDA) detects its position by a two-axis acceleration sensor provided therein. While the PDA is within a communicable range where the PDA can communicate with the...
7221696 Communication system and method for acquiring pseudonoise codes or carrier signals under conditions of relatively large chip rate uncertainty  
A Spread Spectrum system acquires signals with frequency uncertainty. The present invention independently computes the number of frequency bands necessary to cover the carrier frequency uncertainty...
7218938 Methods and apparatus to analyze and present location information  
Method and apparatus to analyze and present location information in an easy-to-digest manner are disclosed. In one embodiment, each piece of location information can include a piece of...
7215965 Facility and method for wireless transmission of location data in a voice channel of a digital wireless telecommunications network  
A wireless communication facility and method employs a mobile unit having a number of alternative modes of digital wireless communication. The unit may be a battery pack or other accessory device...
7212829 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...
7212155 GPS navigation using successive differences of carrier-phase measurements  
The present invention includes a process for navigating an object according to signals from satellites by propagating the position of the object forward in time using successive changes in the...
7203598 Traffic information and automatic route guidance  
A traffic information system includes a traffic information server linked to a mobile terminal via a supporting wireless communications network. The traffic information system provides traffic...
7184883 GPS-based steering needle instrument  
A a flight instrument enabling a pilot to intercept and precisely follow a predefined GPS track. The instrument—known as a GPS steering indicator—provides a visual display which is similar in...
7176832 Safety system at sea for accurately locating a shipwrecked navigator  
The invention concerns a safety system on board a ship for facilitating rescue of a person having fallen overboard whereby each navigator on board is equipped with an individual portable radio...
7167796 Vehicle navigation system for use with a telematics system  
A navigation system for a vehicle includes a vehicle-based telematics system, a vehicle-based global positioning system and a control. The telematics system is operable to receive a user input from...
7162392 Sport performance systems for measuring athletic performance, and associated methods  
System determines impact of a helmet, comprising: accelerometer and processor, the accelerometer detecting acceleration of the helmet, the processor configured to process the signals from the...
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