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7110779 Wireless communications system including a wireless device locator and related methods  
A wireless communications system may include a plurality of wireless communications devices and a wireless device locator. More particularly, the wireless device locator may include at least one...
7102570 Mobile communications stations methods and systems  
A method for use in a mobile communication system for estimating the location of a target mobile station (MS) which includes receiving signals from the target MS (N) at a plurality of receivers (MS...
7102493 Asset monitoring and tracking system  
An apparatus and method for monitoring and reporting the status of a mobile asset are described, where the mobile asset may be moved by a transport vehicle from a starting location to a destination...
7099774 GPS based vehicle warning and location system  
An emergency vehicle alert system for providing information as to a location of an emergency vehicle to a motor vehicle, includes a first GPS receiving unit that is provided on the emergency...
7095984 Base station apparatus and direction-of-arrival estimating method  
Signals including a plurality of components representing a phase rotation between antenna elements by combining signals, which have arrived through each path of a first to an m-th paths, for every...
7095319 Method and apparatus for location search of portable device in wireless communications system  
There is disclosed a location search system which detects a position coordinate of a data processing device based on received radio wave information transmitted from the data processing device...
7084771 Child alert system  
A child alert system that uses radio transmitters and receivers to provide the location of a child, adult or object to which a transmitter unit of the system is attached. The transmitter unit...
7058411 Wireless communication positioning method and system  
A wireless communication positioning method for determining the position of a mobile station when connecting to a base station. The coordinates of the mobile station are estimated according to the...
7054620 Method for deferred location reporting in a radio cellular network  
The invention relates to the provision of deferred location reporting wherein the reporting is triggered by a trigger location change event. Trigger location change events are either related to a...
7053831 Location system  
Systems and methods for allowing the location of transmitter to be determined (approximated) without requiring its distance from a receiver to be precisely known. Methods for determining a location...
7053829 Method for determining a position with the aid of a radio signal having a rotating transmission characteristic  
A method determines the position of a mobile object by using at least one radio signal having a rotating transmission characteristic with at least one reference station. The relation between the...
7050817 Locating method and system  
A method for determining a location of a digital radio transmitter includes detecting, by at least three spatially separated receivers, a digitally encoded radio signal, having a known pattern of...
7046125 Racing vehicle position indication system and method  
A system for indicating race position to spectators of a race, includes lights on the race participants that are configured to provide visual displays to the spectators indicating the position of...
7039433 Methods for determining times and changes of times of transmission, radio communications system and processor  
The invention relates to a method for determining transmission times of signals transmitted by at least one radio transmitter BTS. In order to enhance the accuracy and reliability of estimates of...
7031722 Method for positioning a mobile station  
The present invention is directed to a method for locating a mobile station, comprising the steps of using fixed transmitting stations for locating a target mobile station by transmitting a...
7027819 Method and apparatus for determining a location of a mobile radio  
Cell coordinates available in the radio network is used to determine an area where the mobile radio is located and does not rely upon mobile radio measurements. Such cell coordinates for cells...
7027653 Variation detecting apparatus, variation detecting method, and storage medium and system for storing program involved in the method  
In the case where variations in ground objects in one and the same area are detected between a line drawing map describing profile lines of the ground objects or a reference line drawing/image...
7026983 Location data diffusion and location discovery  
A location discovery method using location data items that originate at known locations (X,Y) and are passed to, and diffused between, entities (A,B) by short-range communication. Each location...
7023383 Multiple pass location processor  
A multiple pass location processing method, for use in a wireless location system (WLS), comprises identifying a received transmission as requiring multiple pass location processing whereby the WLS...
7012554 Thermoelectric vehicle tracking device  
A tracking device for tracking a vehicle in which a radio transmitter is powered by heat energy of the exhaust system of an engine propelling the vehicle. A thermoelectric module is attached to a...
7012547 Electronic vehicle toll collection system and method  
A system for automatic collection of tolls includes an in-vehicle toll processor having memory for storing a toll-money-available quantity purchased by the user, and a toll-facility-identification...
7006008 System for determining the position of a transponder  
A system for determining the position of a transponder transmitting a signal and moving along a route is disclosed. The route includes a measuring station with at least two measuring points having...
7003264 System and methods for comparing data quality for multiple wireless communication networks  
Systems and methods for comparing data quality for multiple wireless communication networks are provided. One such method comprises: obtaining information related to a location of a first mobile...
6999780 Method and system for determining the altitude of a mobile wireless device  
A method and system for determining the three-dimensional location of a mobile wireless device. In one implementation, the device is a cellular telephone making a 911 call from one floor of a...
6996418 Apparatus and method for OFDM data communications  
A radio system employing Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) includes a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) along with a number of mobile terminals located within a coverage area of the...
6987744 Wireless local area network with geo-location capability  
A system of the present invention is operative for locating a wireless mobile device in communication with a wireless local area network (WLAN) that includes a plurality of cells defining a...
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...
6972718 Position calculating method, signal receiver, and position calculating apparatus therefor  
A method of measuring reception timings of signals transmitted and received between base stations and a mobile station and calculating the position of the mobile station by using the reception...
6972717 Method and apparatus for enhanced 911 location using power control in a wireless system  
A method of locating a mobile telephone includes steps of receiving, transmitting, increasing and determining. In the receiving step, a first base station receives a call from a mobile telephone,...
6970132 Targeted data transmission and location services using digital television signaling  
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media comprise receiving a broadcast digital television signal comprising data relevant to one or more particular locations; generating a pseudorange...
6961020 Position location using broadcast analog television signals  
A computer program product, apparatus, and method for determining the position of a user terminal. It includes receiving, at the user terminal, a broadcast analog television signal having a...
6954695 Apparatus system and method for remotely controlling a vehicle over a network  
A system and a method for controlling a vehicle remotely over a network are disclosed. A vehicle is provided with a vehicle control module configured to transmit and receive network communications...
6954643 Criteria for base station selection, including handover, in a wireless communication system  
The present invention provides method and apparatus for facilitating base station selection/handover by a user terminal in a distributed (e.g., cellular-type) wireless communication system. In...
6952181 Locating a mobile station using a plurality of wireless networks and applications therefor  
A location is disclosed for wireless telecommunication infrastructures. The systems output requested locations of hand sets or mobile stations (MS) based on, e.g., AMPS, NAMPS, CDMA or TDMA...
6950663 Method of locating a mobile station based on observed time difference  
An E-OTD method for locating a mobile station using measurement information related to arrival of signals transmitted from base stations of different operators for obtaining the base station...
6947734 Method and system for location accuracy analysis  
A wireless telecommunications network uses a wireless location technology to determine the locations of mobile stations. As part of a location accuracy analysis process, the wireless location...
6941148 Device registry for automatic connection and data exchange between pervasive devices and backend systems  
The present invention relates to communication improvements between a mobile device ( 12 ) and backend system ( 20 ) applications. A special purpose server computer—a Device Registry Server ( 18...
6933890 Method and system for positioning mobile units based on angle measurements  
A method and system for positioning mobile units using angle measurements taken by neighboring mobile units is disclosed. A selected mobile unit and mobile units in the vicinity of the selected...
6925380 Navigation control system  
A real-time path-directed controller for navigating an object along a desired path is disclosed. The controller comprises: a position sensor which contributes to the production of a conditioned...
6922546 GPS signal acquisition based on frequency-domain and time-domain processing  
An improved code acquisition scheme for faster acquisition of GPS “coarse acquisition” (C/A) codes leads to faster detection of GPS signals, and thereby a wireless terminal may determine its...
6920319 Method and apparatus for a mobile access system delivering location based information and services  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for providing a range of location dependent information and services to users of wireless devices coupled to the multi-point wireless access network of the...
6919803 Low power remote asset monitoring  
Arrangement for monitoring an asset including an interior sensor system arranged on the asset to obtain information about contents in the interior of the asset, a location determining system...
6914560 Position location using broadcast digital television signals comprising pseudonoise sequences  
A user terminal comprises a receiver adapted to receive, at the user terminal, a broadcast digital television signal transmitted by a television transmitter and comprising a pseudo-noise code; and...
6909964 Vehicle locating system  
A vehicle locating system includes a first transmitter within the vehicle, the first transmitter is configured to transmit a location signal; and a key fob including: a receiver, a direction...
6909902 Radio base station equipment and mobile station equipment determining location of mobile station by associating with another radio base station or mobile station in a mobile communication system  
This invention relates to a radio base station equipment and a mobile station equipment in a mobile communication system that operate as determination stations adapted for a predetermined...
6904343 Method of controlling automatic guided vehicle system  
A method of controlling an Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) system having a plurality of AGVs includes setting a moving path with task times of all the AGVs taken into account, and controlling the...
6901263 Device for remote location of an object and method for operating the device  
The invention relates to a locating device for remote location of an object, and a method for operating the locating device, particularly with a view to recovering objects which are stolen. The...
6901262 Methods and systems for providing mobile subscriber surveillance  
Methods and systems for providing mobile subscriber surveillance identify certain call signaling messages as candidate messages for mobile subscriber surveillance. From the candidate messages,...
6898524 Spot registration system  
The present invention provides a system for automatically registering destination of visit or a normally stationed spot to a mobile information system such as car navigation system. A position...
6895327 Telematics process for helicopters  
The invention relates to a telematics method for helicopters. According to the inventive method, the use spectrum of helicopters which are provided with all-weather flight guidance and obstacle...