Positioning system

USPTO Application #: 20090030605
Title: Positioning system

Abstract: System for determining accurate position of an object such as a vehicle includes a GPS positioning system arranged to communicate with one or more satellites to obtain GPS signals therefrom, a correction unit coupled to the positioning system and arranged to receive or derive positional corrections for positional data derived from the GPS signals to thereby improve accuracy of the position of the object provided by the positioning system, and a notification system for notifying a person concerned with the position of the object about the current position of the object. The correction unit may be a DGPS-based correction unit arranged to communicate with satellites to receive positional corrections therefrom and/or communicate with ground base stations to receive positional corrections therefrom. (end of abstract)

Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq - Valley Stream, NY, US
Inventor: David S. Breed
USPTO Applicaton #: 20090030605 - Class: 701208 (USPTO)

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1. a continuation-in-part (CIP) of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/304,502 filed Dec. 15, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,324,039, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/636,574 filed Dec. 6, 2005, now expired; and

2. a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/461,619 filed Aug. 1, 2006 which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/711,452 filed Aug. 25, 2005, now expired, and is: A) a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/822,445 filed Apr. 12, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,085,637, which is: 1) a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/118,858 filed Apr. 9, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,720,920, which is: a) a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/177,041 filed Oct. 22, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,370,475, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/062,729 filed Oct. 22, 1997, now expired; and b) a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/679,317 filed Oct. 4, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,405,132, which is a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/523,559 filed Mar. 10, 2000, now abandoned, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/123,882 filed Mar. 11, 1999, now expired; and c) a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/909,466 filed Jul. 19, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,526,352; and 2) a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/216,633 filed Aug. 9, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,768,944; and B) a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/028,386 filed Jan. 3, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,110,880 which is a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/822,445 filed Apr. 12, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,085,637, the history of which is set forth above; and C) a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/034,325 filed Jan. 12, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,202,776 which is a CIP of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/822,445 filed Apr. 12, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,085,637, the history of which is set forth above;

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