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7158080 Method and apparatus for using long term satellite tracking data in a remote receiver  
Method and apparatus for using long term satellite tracking data in a remote receiver is described. In one example, long term satellite tracking data is received at a remote receiver from a server....
7154438 Prioritized list of potential culled satellite ephemeris information for quick, accurate assisted locating satellite location determination  
Locating satellites (e.g., GPS) are culled into a preferred group having a longest dwell time based on a time passing through an ellipsoid arc path through a cone of space, and communicated to...
7148844 Global positioning apparatus and method for using a temperature compensated oscillator to perform a position fix  
A global positioning receiver unit utilizes a temperature compensated oscillator and a unit controller. The temperature compensated oscillator generates a clock signal, and the unit controller is...
7142155 GPS receiver  
A GPS receiver calculates a position with as high accuracy as possible by appropriately setting a threshold of a reception level of the signal from each GPS satellite and a DOP threshold based on...
7142156 System and method for providing time to a satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver from a networked time server  
System and method for enabling signal acquisition in a satellite positioning system (SPS) when signals from SPS satellites are attenuated by the operating environment of a SPS receiver. A preferred...
7142157 Determining position without use of broadcast ephemeris information  
Devices and methods are described for determining position information without broadcast ephemeris data for extended time periods. A server or client device receives or collects historical state...
7133745 Method for compensating rotational position error of robot cleaner  
A method for compensating a rotational position error of a robot cleaner is disclosed to reduce a rotational position error of a robot cleaner by compensating an offset value of a gyro sensor of...
7127351 Combined parallel and sequential detection for GPS signal acquisition  
A two part signal acquisition process includes a parallel signal detection process and signal verification/false alarm rejection process. A massively parallel architecture of acquisition...
7123190 Skipping z-counts and accurate time in GPS receivers  
A navigation-satellite receiver comprises high-sensitivity radio frequency front-end and navigation processor associated with a client CPU. The client CPU runs an operating system that serially...
7119742 Method and apparatus for estimating position utilizing GPS satellite signal  
The invention is directed to an apparatus and method for determining or estimating position using GPS signals. The system includes a receiver such as a GPS receiver for receiving GPS signals and a...
7116270 Method and system for multipath detection  
A navigation system including a GPS receiver; a variable directivity antenna capable of forming a null point in at least one direction; a null point setting unit for setting the null point of the...
7113128 Culled satellite ephemeris information for quick, accurate assisted locating satellite location determination for cell site antennas  
Locating satellites (e.g., GPS) are culled into a preferred group having a longest dwell time based on a time passing through an ellipsoid arc path through a cone of space, and communicated to...
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”...
7102566 GPS for telephone line records  
Methods and systems are disclosed for enhancing telephone line records with Global Positioning System coordinates. One embodiment acquires Global Positioning System information and provides the...
7102567 System and method for estimating clock acceleration and location determination  
A method and a system for a location determination (a) acquire a first positioning signal; (b) analyze the first positioning signal to provide an estimate of a clock signal acceleration; (c)...
7091905 Culled satellite ephemeris information based on limiting a span of an inverted cone for locating satellite in-range determinations  
Locating satellites (e.g., GPS) are culled into a sub-plurality based largely on dwell time within an inverted cone above a relevant site in communication with a wireless device. A first inverted...
7079076 Method of determining the position of a radio-frequency signal receiver without knowledge of the initial approximate position, and receiver for implementing the same  
The method of determining the position of a radio-frequency signal receiver consists first of all in dividing the Earth's surface into N geographical regions as a function of the N channels...
7069019 System and method to estimate the location of a receiver  
System and method to determine the location of a receiver are provided. The received signal is decomposed into signal chunks that are then correlated with the reference signals of the transmitting...
7068217 Positioning device, mobile terminal, positioning method, and positioning program  
A device and method are provided to reduce the time required for positioning by a GPS without allowing specific parties to occupy a communication channel. An initial location acquisition unit...
7065629 Address translation logic for use in a GPS receiver  
The address translation logic of the present invention is incorporated in a global positioning system (GPS) receiver and operates to group data in memory based on translating the address from a...
7061425 Frequency error tracking in satellite positioning system receivers  
A method in a satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver 100 including acquiring a plurality of at least two SPS signals, estimating frequency error for each of the plurality of SPS signals, and...
7053824 Method and apparatus for receiving a global positioning system signal using a cellular acquisition signal  
Method and apparatus for a GPS device that uses at least one cellular acquisition signal is described. More particularly, a GPS device is configured to receive at least one cellular acquisition...
7053827 GPS reception method and GPS receiver  
The present invention is intended to provide the synchronization acquisition of signals received from four GPS satellites in a short time and with stability by the time in which an intermediate...
7042392 GPS access system and method  
This invention describes a means for acquiring GPS P/Y code under jamming conditions. It improves jam resistance by augmenting a component of the GPS signal with one from a different satellite...
7043363 Host based satellite positioning systems  
Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a host based positioning system. The host based positioning system includes a tracker hardware interface that connects to a...
7026987 Asynchronous assisted GPS position determination  
A method of and computer system for assisting GPS position determination is described. Ephemeris and updated almanac information for a GPS satellite is received over a datalink. Based on the...
7019690 Culled satellite ephemeris information for quick, accurate assisted locating satellite location determination for cell site antennas  
Locating satellites (e.g., GPS) are culled into a preferred group having a longest dwell time based on a time passing through an ellipsoid arc path through a cone of space, and communicated to...
7002515 GPS receiver using software correlation for acquisition and hardware correlation for tracking  
A GPS receiver includes a CPU for synchronously acquiring the GPS satellites by using software correlating and a hardware section composed of multiple hardware correlating units that execute a...
7002514 Using multiple detection algorithms in positioning signal processing  
A systematic method for acquiring positioning signals, such as global positioning system (GPS) signals, uses different signal detection algorithms at different stages of signal detection. For...
6992618 Method and apparatus for scheduling search for and acquisition of global positioning satellites  
A wireless remote unit performs SPS acquisition interleaved with receiving paging information over a wireless slotted paging channel and receiving data packets over a wireless data communication...
6993345 Positioning system of wireless terminal  
A wireless terminal has the enhanced performance in the attainability of successful search of GPS satellites based on the operation of a position data server. The server sets a GPS satellite search...
6985811 Method and apparatus for real time clock (RTC) brownout detection  
A method and apparatus for real time clock brownout detection. A low power real time clock (RTC) operates continuously to keep time in a global positioning system (GPS) receiver while some receiver...
RE38899 Method for providing location certificates  
Methods and apparatus for providing location certificates to certify the position or location of an object are disclosed. The position of the object is computed using radio signals and the secure...
6963749 Radio communication terminal unit and method of transmitting location information  
A cellular phone unit receives GPS satellite information of GPS satellites and base station information of base stations. It extracts the GPS satellite information and the base station information...
6958726 Method and apparatus for adjusting acquisition assistance data received by a mobile receiver from a server  
Method and apparatus for adjusting acquisition assistance data received by a mobile receiver from a server is described. In one example, pseudoranges are measured from the mobile receiver to a set...
6957143 Monitoring of substitution of high quality position measurements with upgraded low quality position measurements  
A method for monitoring of the substitution at least one high quality position measurement with a set of upgraded low quality position measurements comprising the steps of: (A) selecting a high...
6937865 Position detection system integrated into mobile terminal  
A wireless communications mobile terminal conserves bandwidth by determining which position detection assisting devices within a position detection system are available for use and limiting...
6933886 Signal acquisition using data bit information  
Techniques are provided for aiding in acquiring a signal using the data bit information that is associated with each signal source. One aspect of the invention is to use the data bit information...
6922168 Method for obtaining GPS signal for user terminal  
Disclosed is a method for obtaining a GPS signal by a user terminal operating in a time division duplex method, the user terminal receiving the GPS signal and a base station signal, the method...
6917330 Positioning system  
In order to solve a conventional problem that precision deterioration that cannot be determined by only a DOP, a positioning system is provided which comprises: a receiver for receiving signals...
6915210 Method of updating GPS almanac data for satellites not in view  
A method of updating Global Positioning System almanac data includes steps for obtaining a current satellite almanac for a satellite constellation at a server in a communications infrastructure...
6909896 Apparatus and method for two-way data communication via satellite  
Two-way data communication via satellite, using data communication in a first direction via satellites in geostationary orbit, and a data communication in a second direction via satellites in a...
6903684 Method and apparatus for optimizing GPS-based position location in presence of time varying frequency error  
Position determination accuracy of a wireless communication device may be negatively affected by a large unaccounted GPS doppler bias, which in turn may affect GPS doppler estimations and GPS...
6888498 Method and system for compensating satellite signals  
A method and system pertaining to a dual antenna compensation algorithm is provided. A local area augmentation system may include a dual antenna system to receive signals from satellites. The...
6882908 Method for calculating instantaneous characteristics of a satellite in orbit, equipped with a GNSS receiver  
A method for calculating instantaneous characteristics of a satellite in orbit equipped with a GNSS receiver, capable of performing measurements of pseudo-distance, when fewer than four...
6882936 Integrated GPS/interference location system with anti-jam processor  
A user set determines a location of an interference signal by receiving a satellite signal and an interference signal and increasing the interference signal-to-noise ratio to produce a first output...
6882306 Method for determining a position of an electronic device using a satellite positioning system  
The present invention relates to a method for determining the position of an electronic device using satellites in a positioning system. In the method, satellite orbit data and a default position...
6873288 Enhanced GNSS receiver  
An improved GPS or GNSS receiver can operate at low signal levels and in the presence of RF interference including multipath. Three separate technologies known in the prior art are integrated: a)...
6864836 Method for receiver autonomous integrity monitoring and fault detection and elimination  
A method for detecting and identifying a faulty measurement among a plurality of GPS measurements, obtained by a GPS receiver with respect to a plurality of satellites in view of the GPS receiver,...
6856282 Directly acquiring precision code GPS signals  
In general, the invention is directed to techniques for directly acquiring P-codes without first acquiring C/A-codes. For example, in one embodiment, a system comprises an assist server to track a...
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