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7181229 System which automatically disables or switches off a cellphone  
This invention relates to a system for disabling a cellphone in the presence of certain conditions, and for switching it off in the presence of some other conditions, while allowing its use in the...
7181192 Handheld portable automatic emergency alert system and method  
In one embodiment, an automated emergency alert system includes a handheld portable communication device operable to initiate communication over a wireless telecommunications network, a dynamic...
7177653 Mobile user position locating system  
A method and system for locating a mobile user of one or more mobile users while on a call in a wireless telecommunication network utilizes a decision network that determines if the call signal is...
7177637 Connectivity to public domain services of wireless local area networks  
A method and/or apparatus to permit non-authorized wireless mobile devices access to public domain services of a local area network. One embodiment of the invention provides a wireless access point...
7177623 Localized cellular awareness and tracking of emergencies  
A method of initiating a telecommunication connection between a wireless 911 caller, an emergency 911 dispatcher, and at least one emergency personnel, including identifying a geographical location...
7174133 Systems and methods for determining the delay offsets of communication systems  
Methods for determining delay offsets of communication systems are provided. One such method comprises: determining components of a propagation path of a base station of a communication network;...
7174172 System and method for asset location in wireless networks  
Described is a system and method for tracking an asset. The system may include a plurality of wireless access points and a computing arrangement communicating with the access points. The...
7171217 Location finder  
A system and a method for reporting a location are provided. A location finding device determines whether the location finding device is located within a first distance of a first location or area....
7171163 Dynamic channel quality measurement procedure implemented in a wireless digital communication system to prioritize the forwarding of downlink data  
A wireless digital communication system includes a base station in communication with a plurality of user equipment mobile terminals (UEs). The system prioritizes the forwarding of blocks of...
7171219 Backward update strategy for location management  
A backward location update method for location management in wireless PCNs is provided. The VLR employs an intelligent micro procedure to determine different types of location update requests and...
7171218 Mobile unit, server and method of providing information  
A mobile unit capable of communication using a plurality of communication subsystems including a usability determination section to determine usability of the plurality of communication subsystems...
7167715 System and method for determining relative positioning in AD-HOC networks  
A system and method for improving the ability of a portable voice and data wireless communications network to provide position information regarding mobile nodes located within a network. The...
7167714 Location determination using RF fingerprints  
A method for determining the location of a mobile unit (MU) in a wireless communication system and presenting it to a remote party. The location of a remote MU is determined by comparing a snapshot...
7164929 Method and apparatus for location tracking in a multi-path environment  
The present invention provides a method of calibrating a wireless tracking system and a method of tracking a mobile unit in a wireless local area network. The method includes providing at least one...
7164925 Method and device for positional determination of user appliances in a radio communication system using additional positional elements in neighboring radio cells  
A method and system are provided for positional determination of at least one user appliance in a radio communication system, which includes a number of base stations for dividing into radio cells,...
7155240 Method of determining the position of a target using transmitters of opportunity  
A method of determining the position of a target comprising the steps of: providing a transmitter or a plurality of transmitters to transmit a signal to the target, providing a receiver or a...
7155237 Method and system for determining position of a mobile terminal utilizing time of arrival calculation in combination with a time difference of arrival calculation  
The present invention provides for a method of, and related system for, determining the position of a mobile radio terminal (10,M) arranged for communication with a plurality of base stations (BS1,...
7151941 Location of subscriber terminal in packet-switched radio system  
The invention relates to a packet-switched radio system and to a method of locating a subscriber terminal in a packet-switched radio system. In the method (302) the core network of the radio system...
7149530 Device for presenting information to mobile  
A device for presenting information on a mobile includes mobiles and terminals interconnected intercommunicably through communication means, wherein a terminal transmits, to the mobile concerned,...
7149531 Location applications for wireless networks  
A method for locating terminals in a wireless network including several base stations. A probabilistic model of the wireless network indicates a probability distribution for signal values of...
7149499 System for dynamically tracking the location of network devices to enable emergency services  
A system dynamically discovers the geographic location of entities of a computer network. A network entity is configured to include a location determination engine and a radio frequency (RF)...
7142874 Method and system for geographically verifying a wireless service customer  
A method and system for geographically verifying a wireless service customer. An operating boundary of a first sector is identified and a first transmitting characteristic is assigned to this first...
7142873 System and method for calibration of a wireless network  
In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and system for calibrating a wireless network including a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), and a Position Determination Device (PDD). The wireless...
7142875 Selecting domain for transmitting a location service request  
In a system comprising at least two different domains both supporting location services, the Gateway Mobile Location Center routing the location service requests receives a routing address for both...
7139580 Method and apparatus for estimating the position of a terminal based on identification codes for transmission sources  
Techniques to determine the position of a terminal under the coverage of a repeater in a wireless communication system. In an aspect, an identification code is transmitted for each repeater and...
7139584 Apparatus and method for mobile unit positioning  
An apparatus for mobile positioning and a method therefor are disclosed for determining the location of a mobile unit in a wireless communication system. First, an angle of arrival of a wireless...
7139582 Method for the continuous real time tracking of the position of at least one mobile object as well as an associated device  
In a method for the continuous real time tracking of the position of at least one mobile object in a defined multidimensional space, at least one mobile transmitter module is attached to at least...
7136665 Mobile communications system and method for controlling transmission power  
A mobile communications system, designed to enable the overall amount of power emitted to be kept down, provided with a mobile station location information generating unit for generating location...
7133685 Monitoring boundary crossings in a wireless network  
A method of providing location-based services for a mobile unit operating in a wireless network including network structures. The method includes receiving an identifier associated with the mobile...
7130646 Positioning with wireless local area networks and WLAN-aided global positioning systems  
Accurate position capability can be quickly provided using a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). When associated with a WLAN, a wireless device can quickly determine its relative and/or coordinate...
7129837 Continuous security state tracking for intermodal containers transported through a global supply chain  
A control center continuously monitors a security state of a container through an extended network spanning from a shipper to a consignee. The control center changes the security state responsive...
7130645 Location-dependent information reproduction with adaptation of a geographic selection parameter  
A method for providing an information unit to a user is described, wherein the information unit describes an object having a predetermined spatial relationship to the user. The method includes...
7130643 Method and system for selectively paging a communication device based on self-detected position of the communication device  
A portable phone is equipped with a position detector that detects the geographical position of the portable phone, and a telephone system may ring one or more land-based phones or portable phones...
7127257 Use of mobile stations for determination of base station location parameters in a wireless mobile communication system  
In a wireless communication network, base station antenna positions and time offsets are stored in a base station almanac data base along with other information used for obtaining the most reliable...
7127258 WLAN roaming based on location  
A wireless data communications system has mobile units which become associated with access points. Association between a mobile unit and an access point is changed as mobile units move within an...
7127261 Enhanced telecommunication services  
Methods and platforms are disclosed for providing enhanced telecommunication wireless and wireline services comprising: 1) wireless device location-based personal contact service; 2) digital...
7123925 Method and apparatus for locating devices  
A method of obtaining positional information about individual wireless devices a1–a16, r1–r125 within a wireless ad-hoc network including a plurality of position determining devices r1–r125 which...
7120451 Method for optimizing home location register queries in a wireless communication system  
When a subscriber record is moved from a first HLR to a second HLR that utilizes a different protocol, the wireless communication system sends two queries for location information for the mobile...
7116991 Method of determining the position of a mobile station in a mobile telecommunication network  
The present invention concerns a method of determining the position of a mobile station in a mobile telecommunication network, the said network including a plurality of base stations designed to...
7116988 Location of wireless nodes using signal strength weighting metric  
Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to a wireless node location mechanism that uses a signal strength weighting metric to improve the accuracy of estimating the location of a wireless node...
7116987 Location estimation of wireless terminals through pattern matching of deduced and empirical signal-strength measurements  
A method of estimating the location of a wireless terminal is disclosed. The illustrative embodiment of the present invention is based on the observation that the signal strength of a signal from a...
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...
7110774 Dual mode uplink/downlink location measurement and multi-protocol location measurement  
Certain aspects of the disclosure relate to combining uplink and downlink location technologies into a single location-service system, to obtain the benefits offered by both of technologies while...
7110776 Transmission method for cellular telephony mobile equipment's location data  
A method of cellular telephony mobile equipment location based services data transmission utilizing an application which generates at least one message containing a set of data in a compressed...
7107056 Method and system for estimating movement speed of mobile unit  
The present invention is related to a method for estimating a movement speed of a mobile unit in a mobile radio communication system. First, a signal from the mobile unit is received. Then, a first...
7107038 Method for determining if the location of a wireless communication device is within a specified area  
The present invention is directed to a method for determining whether a location associated with a wireless station, such as a cellular telephone, is located within an area of interest. The area of...
7103365 System and method for locating an alternate communication mechanism in case of a failure of a wireless communication device  
A system (and method and programmable storage medium for storing program steps of the method) for locating an alternate communication mechanism in case of a failure of a wireless device, includes a...
7103366 Method and apparatus for defining a behavior region for a communication device  
A portable phone is equipped with a position detector that detects the geographical position of the portable phone, and a telephone system may ring one or more land-based phones or portable phones...
7096039 Backhaul multicasting using Ethernet-based radio access networks  
The present invention sets forth a methodology for providing improved downlink backhaul services from a radio network controller (RNC) to a plurality of base stations via a backhaul network that...
7096002 Security system  
A navigation unit on board a mode of transportation is coupled to a communication device for transmitting an emergency call to a remote tracking center when an emergency button on the mode of...