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7392131 Method for supplying a program-aided information system with specific positional information  
Disclosed is a method for supplying a program-aided information system with specific location information, in which the information system provides at least one selection of certain...
7383051 Estimating the location of a mobile unit based on the elimination of improbable locations  
A method for determining the location of a mobile unit (mobile unit) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The illustrative embodiment provides a computationally-efficient technique for...
7382804 Bandwidth efficient system and method for ranging nodes in a wireless communication network  
The present invention provides a bandwidth efficient system and method of measuring the range between nodes ( 102, 106, 107 ) in a wireless communications network ( 100 ) with one-way data...
7376430 Location system and method for operating mobile terminal as a responsible location for selecting a positioning method  
In a mobile communication network, a controlling node receives capability information from a mobile terminal, indicating positioning methods supported by the mobile terminal and selectability of...
7376428 Positioning method and radio system  
The invention relates to a method for performing positioning in a radio system. At least two different antenna elements of an array antenna of a base station transmit mutually non-interfering...
7373153 Method of locating a mobile terminal with its position being displayed on another mobile terminal  
The invention relates to the field of methods of locating a mobile terminal and displaying its position on another mobile terminal. The method comprises: a communications step between a first...
7373109 System and method for registering attendance of entities associated with content creation  
A system and method for registering or otherwise associating items with generated content. Identification of who and/or what is present in connection with the generation of content is determined....
7369861 Methods and apparatus for sharing cell coverage information  
An apparatus and methods are provided for sharing cell coverage information among devices in a cell network. Cell coverage information includes bitmap models of signal strength to enable...
7363044 System and method for aiding a location determination in a positioning system  
The invention provides a cellular telephone or other communications device with improved satellite positioning capability. A location reference point and a selective uncertainty range may be used...
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...
7359715 Method and system for detecting a preferred wireless network for a mobile device  
A method and system for detecting a wireless network includes receiving at a mobile device a signal having data indicative of a location of the mobile device. A determination is made whether the...
7359714 Context-aware and location-aware cellular phones and methods  
Context-aware and location-aware cellular phones and methods are described. In one embodiment, cellular phones are configured to wirelessly receive information that pertains to their current...
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...
7355510 Telematics system vehicle tracking  
A method of tracking a vehicle including receiving vehicle information at a call center from a telematics unit via a wireless network, determining whether the vehicle information is associated with...
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...
7349702 Self-evolving proximity sensor inclusion-exclusion zones  
An indoor location awareness method for locating a device using device-observable signals of known proximity sensors and device-unobservable signals of known proximity sensors. The exclusion of the...
7346359 Method for RF fingerprinting  
The invention provides a novel method for preparing a wireless environment for location determination of a wireless mobile unit, and for location determination of a wireless mobile unit. In...
7343148 Modification of portable communications device operation in vehicles  
Restrictions on use of a cellular telephone in a vehicle, such as an automobile, are imposed using a global position system (GPS) device to determine the location of a vehicle in relation to...
7340259 Robust, efficient, localization system  
Replica correlation processing, and associated representative signal-data reduction and reconstruction techniques, are used to detect signals of interest and obtain robust measures of...
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...
7330729 Mobile terminal device and positional information system  
A geomagnetic sensor for detecting geomagnetism is provided in a mobile terminal device. The output value of the geomagnetic sensor is compared with a first set value that has been set in advance,...
7324823 System and method for selectively transferring wireless caller location information  
A system and method for providing for a wireless calling party to configure his or her wireless service on a call-by-call or on a permanent basis so that only those calls where the caller wants his...
7321777 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...
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...
7319876 System and method for using equipment identity information in providing location services to a wireless communication device  
A system, apparatus, and method provides location services to a mobile station by employing equipment identity information. In one aspect of the present inventive concept, a location server uses...
7313405 Radio communication system, mobile terminal and radio communication method  
A radio communication system able to determine the position of each mobile terminal, able to deliver exact information, and able to precisely centrally manage the entire system, including mobile...
7313404 Vehicular navigation based on site specific sensor quality data  
A method and system for determining a location of a vehicle, the method comprises determining reception location data within a first cell of a work area for a vehicle. A reception quality estimator...
7310534 Location status indicator for mobile phones  
A method of presenting location data representing a mobile phone's current approximate location to a mobile phone user via the mobile phone display. The location information is iconically displayed...
7310532 Method of automatically updating presence information  
A method, apparatus, and signal-bearing media for determining a presence rule for a mobile device and updating presence information for the mobile device when the presence rule is met. The presence...
7305260 Function specific interchangeable cover piece for a mobile communication device  
An interchangeable cover piece for a mobile communication device such as a cellular telephone replaces the standard cover piece to enable the mobile communication device to provide a specific...
7305247 Cell control method and cell system  
The present invention allows the cell shape of any base station in operation to be changed, thereby enabling services to be provided according to the needs. A mobile terminal attempts to...
7305245 Location-based services that choose location algorithms based on number of detected access points within range of user device  
A location beacon database and server, method of building location beacon database, and location based service using same. Wi-Fi access points are located in a target geographical area to build a...
7304606 Mode determination for mobile GPS terminals  
The present invention discloses a system for determining the position of a GPS terminal. The system comprises a GPS terminal, a location aiding server, and a communications system. Messages are...
7302270 Time interval processing and annotation in presence systems  
A method, apparatus and computer program product for performing time interval processing and annotation in presence systems includes obtaining presence information attributes relating to a...
7302269 Radiolocation in a wireless network using time difference of arrival  
A method and an apparatus for radiolocation using time differences of arrival. The method includes receiving transmit timestamps from a set of wireless stations of a wireless network. Each station...
7299058 Position calculation method and storage medium storing a program therefor  
A position calculation method includes a step of calculating error degradation quantities about respective measurement results (“distance-ranging results”) on distances between respective...
7295119 System and method for indicating the presence or physical location of persons or devices in a site specific representation of a physical environment  
A system and method for providing security to a wireless communication system having wireless communication components positioned at different locations within a physical environment are provided....
7292866 Mobile communications terminal, service area calculation apparatus and method of calculating service area  
A mobile communications terminal includes positional information generator configured to generate positional information indicating a current position of the terminal, receiver which receives...
7292865 Location visit detail services for wireless devices  
A location visit detail service, typically provided by a wireless carrier to a subscriber, includes a portable wireless device, a location identification means and a central processor. The central...
7292184 Positioning system, positioning terminal, information provision device, positioning method, control program for positioning system, and computer-readable recording medium for recording control program for positioning system  
A positioning system that uses a positioning terminal, an information provision device, and a communication network. The information provision device is configured to perform position calculations...
7289814 System and method for detecting proximity between mobile device users  
A system and method are provided to alert two mobile communications users in the event they come in close proximity to one another. The present system uses a distributed algorithm denoted as the...
7283827 System and method for monitoring the location of individuals via the world wide web using a wireless communications network  
A system is described for monitoring the geographical location of a subscriber's mobile cellular telephone, and for providing the location information to an authorized user through the world wide...
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...
7277712 Method and system for providing location information for emergency services  
Emergency Services architecture for determining the location of a wireless caller. The architecture leverages a synchronization feature of GSM networks of the Base Station Subsystem (BSS) to enable...
7277711 Location system and method for client terminals which provide location-based service to mobile terminals  
In one of multiple mobile communication networks, a serving node responsible for locating mobile terminals is responsive to a registration request from a mobile terminal for storing the serving...
7277710 Method for determining availability of a radio network  
A mobile station may determine its present location. The mobile station may then access a database, which correlates the mobile station's present location with a coverage area of a radio network....
7274942 System and method for providing information to a portable terminal  
An information providing system can include a registration terminal having a guidance information registration database which stores information groups, which are correlated with reference position...
7272404 Position acquisition  
A first transceiver ( 4, 30 ) can position itself by forming an ad hoc network ( 20 ) of transceivers which assist the first transceiver in acquiring its position. A dedicated infrastructure such...
7272402 Method and system for obtaining emergency caller location  
Methods and systems for obtaining the location of a caller during an emergency or other telephone call. Before or during a call, a phone system can obtain from one or more sources a subscriber...
7272401 Apparatus and method for determining position information of user equipment  
An apparatus for determining position information of one or more UEs (User Equipments), which includes a plurality of Node Bs for transmitting propagation signals to UEs positioned in a specific...
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