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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 )...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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 )...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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