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6941145 Radio communication terminal and position specifying system  
A radio communication terminal is used in a position specifying system, in which both retrieval timing and retrieval time of each of GPS satellites are received via a communication base station...
6937870 Wireless interactive transaction system  
A method and system for enabling automatic or semi-automatic interactive responses to electronic queries using audio-band coded data as the query medium and wireless data communications as the...
6937868 Apparatus and method for managing a mobile phone answering mode and outgoing message based on a location of the mobile phone  
An apparatus and method for managing a mobile phone answering mode and outgoing message or other indicator based on a location of the mobile phone are provided. The apparatus and method make use of...
6937867 Mobile station and its program  
A mobile station requests a start of positioning and receives a response of positioning from a positioning server, following which it informs the positioning server of its own station information...
6928292 Mobile handset with position calculation function  
To extend the areas where a mobile handset can determine its position using radio waves, the present invention provides a mobile handset that is equipped with both position calculation means using...
6922565 Public safety access point (PSAP) selection for E911 wireless callers in a GSM type system  
Public safety access points are selected in a wireless network for E911 calls based on ESRD substitution when ESRKs are not being used. The present invention was conceived as an ESRK workaround...
6920330 Apparatus and method for the use of position information in wireless applications  
Embodiments of the present invention are directed at gathering position information of mobile and stationary entities and using the position information in a wide variety of applications. Various...
6920329 Method and system for applying wireless geolocation technology  
A system and method for determining the positioning of mobile-appliance location determining sensors in a mobile-appliance communications network by estimating the positioning accuracy of the sensors.
6912395 Network and method for monitoring location capabilities of a mobile station  
The present invention is a communication network ( 100 ) and method for monitoring location capabilities of mobile stations ( 102 ) in a database ( 120 ) of a communication network. Initially, the...
6907238 Beacon for locating and tracking wireless terminals  
A method and apparatus to facilitate the locating and tracking of a wireless terminal, which may be advantageously used for E-911 service. The terminal may be directed to transmit a beacon for...
6898433 Location management for cellular systems  
A method for indicating a mobile station's (MS) location. A first radio network controller, RNC, acts as the mobile station's serving RNC (SRNC), for reporting the mobile station's location to the...
6898434 Apparatus and method for the automatic positioning of information access points  
An apparatus and method for the automatic positioning of information access points. An electronically connected individual (ECI) passes within range of a first information access point (IAP) and...
6898437 Power adaption in a multi-station network  
The invention relates to a method of operating a communication network, the network comprising a plurality of stations which are able to transmit data to and receive data from one another. The...
6892054 Interference suppression for wireless local area network and location system  
A wireless local area network and location system for locating objects within a monitored environment are disclosed. A plurality of access point stations receive and transmit communication signals...
6888456 Method and apparatus for detecting movement of an object and measuring tolerable distance  
A method and an apparatus for determining whether an object is moved are provided. The object is disposed in a communication system having many base stations. The apparatus includes a receiver, a...
6889051 Method and apparatus for measuring transmitting time offset of a base station  
An offset measuring method according to the present invention accurately measures a transmitting time offset of a base station. The offset measuring method for receiving signals from the radio base...
6889053 Likelihood-based geolocation prediction algorithms for CDMA systems using pilot strength measurements  
The location of a mobile wireless communication unit in the service area of a CDMA communications system is predicted utilizing two likelihood functions that define maximum likelihood estimators of...
6879836 Location management method and apparatus for managing a location of a GPS-equipped portable telephone carried by a member  
A location management method manages the location of a member which move around carrying a GPS-equipped portable telephone. The method includes inquiring of the GPS-equipped portable telephone...
6876859 Method for estimating TDOA and FDOA in a wireless location system  
A method, used in locating a mobile transmitter, includes providing a set of cross-correlation values, wherein each cross-correlation value is associated with a corresponding TDOA and/or FDOA...
6873852 System and method of estimating the position of a mobile terminal in a radio telecommunications network  
A system and method of estimating the position of a mobile terminal (MT) operating in a radio telecommunications network. Expected Received Signal Strength (RSS) values are predicted by a...
6871077 System and method for geolocating a wireless mobile unit from a single base station using repeatable ambiguous measurements  
A system and method for geolocating a mobile unit from a single base station is described. Communication signals and pilot signal information from a mobile unit are received at a base station with...
6865394 Location detection method, location detection system and location detection program  
A positioning method, which is related to a technique to measure a correct position of a terminal by preventing time required for the position measurement, of calculating a position of a receiver...
6865398 Method and system for selectively reducing call-setup latency through management of paging frequency and buffering of user speech in a wireless mobile station  
A method and system for selectively reducing call-setup latency. The method and system provides for selectively increasing the paging frequency used for paging certain mobile stations, so as to...
6865395 Area based position determination for terminals in a wireless network  
Techniques to estimate the position of a wireless terminal. In a method, the identities of a number of transmitters (e.g., BTSs) to be used to estimate the position are initially received. Expected...
6853847 Method and apparatus for positioning a mobile station  
A positioning apparatus and method for accurately determining a current position of a mobile station. The current position of the mobile station is determined utilizing radio waves arriving from a...
6845240 System and method for analog cellular radio geolocation  
A system and method for determining the geolocation of autonomous mobile appliances emitting analog waveforms is disclosed. More specifically, the inventive system and method is used to geolocate...
6839539 RF signal repeater in mobile communications systems  
A RF signal repeater system is added to a wireless communications network which increases user data rates at the periphery of the cellular coverage area by boosting the downlink (base station to...
6839023 Network support for access to location information of a mobile device  
Geographic coordinates of user equipment of a paged party are determined either by communicating with a GPS receiver associated with the user equipment of the paged party or by cellular...
6839022 Network support for subscriber access to mobile caller location information  
Geographic coordinates of user equipment of a calling party are determined either by communicating with a GPS receiver associated with the user equipment of the calling party or by cellular...
6834194 Relative future activity indicators for assisting in selecting the source of received communications  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for providing network access point differential future activity indicator (FAI) bits which includes the direction and magnitude of predicted future activity...
6819945 Wireless centrex feature activation/deactivation  
The instant invention discloses a method and system for providing a novel wireless centrex service that untethers subscribers from the immobility associated with traditional desktop telephones....
6819919 Method for providing matching and introduction services to proximate mobile users and service providers  
A system enabling mobile wireless users to obtain information on other proximate users both fixed and wireless. Said information is gathered from a central database that stores user profiles and...
6816705 Satellite communication system and method  
A satellite communications system and method, where a satellite 10 can pass messages between a user terminal 44 and an earth station 38 , as the satellite moves in an orbit 12 12 ′ as...
6813487 Method and apparatus for securing data stored in a remote electronic device  
A method and apparatus for protecting data in a remote electronic device serviced by a network provider and used by a subscriber. Initially, a communication from the subscriber indicating loss of...
6813501 Location dependent services  
A system for providing location dependent services to a plurality of mobile terminals within a coverage area. The system defines services deployment areas in which the services are available. A...
6813498 Apparatus, method and system for detection and recovery of missing wireless devices in communication systems  
Apparatus, method and system embodiments are illustrated which provide for detection and recovery of missing wireless devices in communication systems. The preferred system embodiment includes a...
6813503 Wireless communication terminal for accessing location information from a server  
A system, a method, and a wireless communication terminal for accessing location information from at least one server. The terminal comprising a receiver and a transmitter arranged to receive and...
6810323 System and method for storing and using information associated with geographic locations of interest to a mobile user  
A system ( 10 ) for storing and using information associated with geographic locations of interest to a mobile user comprises a mobile apparatus ( 100 ) and a remote apparatus ( 200 ). The mobile...
6810259 Location update protocol  
A location update protocol is provided for use in a mobile communications network having a distributed cache for managing subscriber profile information associated with each of a plurality of...
6810243 Surrogate service attendant  
Disclosed is a surrogate service attendant for ensuring invocation of services subscribed to by users of mobile-terminal equipment which are unattached or unregistered. When a call for an...
6799052 Hand-held cellular telephone system with location transmission inhibit  
A digital cellular telephone circuit contains a GPS (Global Positioning System) location circuit, which generates a location code indication signal transmitted to a cellular signal processing...
6792264 Reception forcing method for mobile communication system, mobile communication system and managing center  
A reception forcing method is used in a mobile communication system which includes a managing center. The method includes the steps of registering in advance identification information which is...
6788945 Method and apparatus to determine mobile user's location in a wireless communication network  
A wireless communication system and method for determining a location of a mobile station communicating within the system. The system comprises a plurality of base receivers for receiving wireless...
6785553 Position location of multiple transponding platforms and users using two-way ranging as a calibration reference for GPS  
A method and system for using two-way ranging navigation to accurately determine the location of a transponder platform above-Earth or a fixed or mobile target on the ground or on water. The...
6782267 Method and system for providing regional information  
A regional information providing method comprises the steps of: retrieving and obtaining regional information on a desired area from a regional information database site S 2 stored with the...
6782265 Location determination using RF fingerprinting  
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...
6782253 Mobile micro portal  
A geographic region has a network of beacons. Each beacon transmits a short-range facilitation signal for receipt on a user's mobile communication device. The facilitation signal initiates...
6771970 Location determination system  
A system for location tracking of mobile platforms, each mobile platform having a tracking unit is described. The system includes a location determination system communicating through a user...
6768909 Handoff between external and internal positioning systems  
A method and apparatus for determining the position of a mobile terminal using either an internal positioning system, such as a GPS receiver, or an external positioning system such as an external...
6768913 Method and apparatus for performing beam searching in a radio communication system  
A radio communication system includes a base station having a directional antenna for generating a plurality of beams. A first set of the beams is used to receive signals which are decoded at the...