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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...
7233858 Data providing service system  
A data-providing service system of the present invention provides a user with data of an apparatus having a navigation function which outputs current position information. The data-providing...
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...
7203501 Apparatus and method for determining position information of a mobile station  
An apparatus and method for determining position information of a mobile station (MS). The apparatus directly estimates a propagation delay error by measuring a signal strength of a propagation...
7188027 Methods and systems for determining a telecommunications service location using global satellite positioning  
In one aspect, a customer service information system includes a technician server configured to communicate with at least one input device used by a service technician at a customer service...
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...
7161533 Method and a system for positioning, and an electronic device  
The present invention relates to a method for determining the position of an electronic device. The electronic device is used for receiving signals from satellites of a positioning system, and in...
7161528 Device and method for the suppression of pulsed wireless signals  
The invention relates to a method of suppressing pulsed signals in particular of DME or TACAN type present in the radio signals received (Ue) by a radio-frequency receiver, characterized in that...
7158882 Method and apparatus for locating position of a mobile receiver  
A method and apparatus for locating position of a mobile receiver is described. In one example, sets of satellite measurements are determined with respect to a plurality of satellites over a period...
7155340 Network-assisted global positioning systems, methods and terminals including doppler shift and code phase estimates  
A mobile terminal is configured to receive wireless communications including GPS data from a terrestrial and/or satellite wireless network, and to perform pseudo-range measurements using the GPS...
7155338 Providing guiding service by means of a wireless terminal  
The invention relates to a guiding system for wireless terminals. In the system, position-specific information of route points of the route on which a first wireless terminal travels is determined...
7142152 Device and method for calibrating and improving the accuracy of barometric altimeters with GPS-derived altitudes  
A portable, handheld electronic navigation device includes an altimeter and a GPS unit. An internal memory stores cartographic data, for displaying the cartographic data on a display of the...
7130642 Method and apparatus for performing position determination in a wireless communication network with repeaters  
A method and apparatus to perform position determination in a wireless (e.g., cellular) communication network with repeaters. A signal received by a terminal is initially identified as being from a...
7129885 Adaptive weather radar detection system and method used in continental and maritime environments  
A method of adapting weather radar thresholds is disclosed. The method comprises generating a location from a location sensor, retrieving information representative of a weather type from a...
7124022 Feature mapping between data sets  
The present invention relates to data mapping and involves the mapping of at least one feature from one data set to a corresponding feature in a second data set. Individual points of the features...
7117087 Method for estimating location of moving object in navigation system  
The present invention relates to a method for estimating location of a moving object in a navigation system, which is capable of accurately estimating location of the object in a shadow area of GPS...
7116977 System and method for using location information to execute an action  
A system and method is provided for using location information associated with wireless devices. The system includes a wireless device, a location system, and a feature server. The wireless device...
7116266 Traffic alert and collision avoidance system enhanced surveillance system and method  
A traffic alert and collision and avoidance system (TCAS) is disclosed. The TCAS comprises a first transponder and a first interrogator associated with a first aircraft. The first transponder sends...
7107149 Position information presentation device, position information presentation method and program to present position information  
A position information presentation device comprises a position information acquisition part which acquires position information indicated by a latitude and longitude or an address on a portable...
7105790 Process to control the trajectory of a spinning projectile  
A process to control the trajectory of a spinning projectile. The projectile's accelerations are measured by means of an inertial unit in three axes within a reference linked to the projectile so...
7102491 Device for detecting the theft/theft of a vehicle and method of detecting the theft  
A theft detecting device has a position data-obtaining and communication arrangements which are energized after it is determined that “the automobile is stolen and is now in a stationary state”...
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