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Telecommunications > Radiotelephone System > Emergency Or Alarm Communication > Location Monitoring Location MonitoringLocation Monitoring patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.02/22/07 - 20070042749 - Portable loss prevention system A portable proximity detection system containing a standards based short wireless transceiver, a controller and an alarm system monitors the presence of a portable electronic device equipped with a compatible transceiver within range and alarms when that device leaves its range. ... 02/01/07 - 20070026842 - Method of configuring a tracking device A method of configuring a tracking device including accessing a tracking device management system comprising a tracking system server and a database with a terminal through a management system communication interface. A desired configuration option is selected from a plurality of configuration options provided by the tracking system server and ... 01/25/07 - 20070021100 - System for asset tracking An asset tracking system includes a tracking device for mounting on an asset. The tracking device has a GPS receiving device for receiving GPS signals from GPS satellite transmitters. A tracking device communication device and a microcontroller are connected with both the GPS receiving device and the tracking device communication ... 01/18/07 - 20070015489 - Efficiently bounding the location of a mobile communications device A system and methods enable a mobile communications device to determine the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) that serves the device, without disclosing the device's exact location. The device makes a query to its service provider that includes a bounded description of the device's location. The mobile device receives a ... 01/04/07 - 20070004379 - System and method for providing the precise location of a cell phone making an emergency call The present invention relates to providing precise location data to a 911 operator of a cell phone operator who initiates a 9-1-1 call and, more particularly, to the interaction of transmitting circuitry in a cellular telephone and complementary receiving circuitry in a landline telephone or stand-alone unit. When a cellular ... 01/04/07 - 20070004378 - Method and system for establishing an emergency call in a communications system A method for establishing an emergency call between a user equipment within a radio coverage area and one of at least two points able to answer the call, the method comprising: receiving said emergency call request; determining a first estimate of the position of said user equipment within said coverage ... 12/28/06 - 20060293024 - Methods and apparatus for improved 911 support for voip service Systems and methods are presented for routing 911 or other emergency calls from VoIP terminal equipment, wherein the terminal includes GPS or other means to obtain geographic location information for the current location when a 911 call is initiated, and the terminal includes the geographic location information in a call ... 12/28/06 - 20060293023 - System and method for position equipment dusting in search and rescue operations A wireless communication system useful in locating users of mobile communication units (MUs) in emergency situations. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of aircraft-deployable, wireless position determining equipment (PDE) to generate position information from an emergency call request received from an MU, and a wireless mobile positioning center ... 12/21/06 - 20060286961 - System and method for determining a location of an emergency call in a sparsely-populated area A wireless communication system useful in assisting and locating users of mobile communication units (MUs) with emergency situations. In one embodiment, the system includes position determining equipment (PDE) to generate position data information related to receiving an emergency call request, wherein some of the PDEs are associated with a first ... 12/14/06 - 20060281437 - Systems and methods for supporting e911 emergency services in a data communications network The present invention provides systems and methods for supporting enhanced 911 (E911) emergency services in data communications networks that includes Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephones, by facilitating the identification of the geographic location of a VoIP telephone. The invention generally provides GPS-based geographic location information to the E911 emergency ... 12/07/06 - 20060276168 - System and methods for providing updated mobile station location estimates to emergency services providers A wireless communication system, including apparatuses and methods, for handling emergency calls from wireless communication devices to emergency services providers and for automatically providing updated location estimates for the wireless communication devices to during such emergency calls absent any request therefor. The updated location estimates are generally provided in response ... 12/07/06 - 20060276167 - Method and apparatus for performing position determination with a short circuit call flow For a call flow to perform position determination, a network (100) sends to a user equipment (UE) (120) an indication (e.g., a request for permission) to perform a position fix for the UE (120). The UE (120) responds by sending to the network an acknowledgment (e.g., a grant of permission) ... 11/30/06 - 20060270384 - Systems and methods for location identification of endpoints Devices, systems and methods for transient endpoint location identification are disclosed. The exemplary method may include transmitting a registration request from an endpoint to a server. The server requests a location identification number from the endpoint. The server associates the address of the endpoint with the location identification number provided ... 11/09/06 - 20060252408 - Using mac address of a wlan access point as location information The invention proposes a method for handling services requiring location information of a user terminal, wherein the user terminal is connected to a local network, a connection to an external network is provided via a network access means, and the network access means is identified by an identity, the method ... 10/12/06 - 20060229059 - Emergency call handling in a voice-over-packet environment A network element for use in a network that provides voice-over-packet services to a plurality of communication devices, each of the communication devices being associated with a respective directory number. The network element comprises an interface connectable to a trunk group dedicated to emergency calls and a control entity. The ... 10/12/06 - 20060229058 - Real-time person-to-person communication using geospatial addressing Real-time location-based messaging methods and systems enable users of portable computing devices to communicate with other users of portable computing devices based upon the current geographic location of the one or more users. A user can select or define a geographic coordinate(s) in the physical world and a proximity/area around ... 10/05/06 - 20060223494 - Location-based emergency announcements A system and method for sending and receiving emergency announcements from a server to a client device are disclosed. The announcements can be sent based on the location of the client device and/or a designated time window. An announcement manager on the client device can display, store and manage the ... 10/05/06 - 20060223493 - Method and apparatus for enhancing the survivability of wireless communication systems in response to catastrophic events A method and apparatus for enhancing the survivability of a wireless communications network in response to catastrophic events. The operation of one or more partitions of wireless system components is monitored, and one or more emergency communications are rerouted through the network when one or more of these partitions of ... 07/13/06 - 20060154643 - System and method of localization A system and method for locating a communication device is provided wherein the communication device detects at least one accessible communications network, selects one of the accessible communications networks, and sends an emergency signal over the selected network. The plurality of communications networks may comprise a cellular network, at emergency ... 06/22/06 - 20060135116 - Localisation method A system and method for locating a communication device is disclosed, where an emergency call routine is activated. The routine detects whether at least one communications network is existent at the location of the communication device. In case that more than one communication network is existent, determining a priority of ... 06/15/06 - 20060128358 - Apparatus and method of explicit indication of call from emergency call centre Herein are disclosed an apparatus and method of explicit indication of call from emergency call centre. The method includes the steps of forming an emergency signal in relation to the mobile station terminated call; sending the emergency signal to the mobile station on behalf of the emergency call centre; and ... 06/15/06 - 20060128357 - Enhanced emergency service provider A service enhancement to emergency-911 capability involves a new entity termed an EESP which implements and operates a system that communicates subscriber-specific emergency information portably linked to subscriber identity in a timely fashion to emergency care providers. ... 06/08/06 - 20060121877 - Methods and apparatus for placement of an emergency call Emergency call placement methods and apparatus for a user equipment in a wireless network are disclosed. The placement method includes detecting initiation of an emergency call during a non-idle connection mode of the user equipment (204), terminating the non-idle connection mode (206) and initiating a new connection for the emergency ... 05/11/06 - 20060099928 - Method of enabling an emergency call in an ieee 802.11e enabled wireless local area network The present invention is based on inserting an additional information into the admission control requests (7,8) defined in IEEE 802.11e in order to identify and differentiate the requests (7,8) related to emergency calls. By doing this, the entity entitled to perform the admission control, i.e. the central controller (3), or, ... 03/30/06 - 20060068753 - Emergency call handling system An emergency call handling system and method that accepts emergency services requests (e.g., 9-1-1 calls), routes and delivers them to appropriate emergency services call takers (e.g., Public Safety Answer Points or “PSAP” and other appropriate recipients). The centralized design of the system provides additional functionality such as emergency management capabilities. ... 02/23/06 - 20060040640 - Cellular telephone safety system A system for increasing the safety of using cellular telephones stores the geographic coordinates of intersections and other traffic features of a local area in a server. The server is interfaced to the cellular telephone network. A programmable GPS enabled telephone handset determines its location upon start-up and transmits that ... 02/16/06 - 20060035622 - Personal activity sensor and locator device A rescue device has a motion detector and a transceiver that operates either to transmit a locating signal, which can be tracked by others, or to receive and track a locating signal transmitted by another. A control logic circuit suppresses transmission of the locating signal by the transceiver unless a ... 02/02/06 - 20060025106 - Method for alerting wireless units of an impending emergency situation The present invention provides a method for alerting wireless units of an impending emergency situation. A wireless communication network or government authority forecasts the path of an impending emergency situation to create an impending impact area. The wireless communication network determines the wireless units that are located within the impending ... 01/19/06 - 20060014517 - Method and apparatus for providing network support for a wireless emergency call A system is provided to allow a network to obtain the location of a mobile station (e.g. mobile phone) having AGPS/AFLT CDMA capability during an emergency call—without the use of the MPCAP parameter. The MPC invokes the PDE, which is IS-801 AGPS capable, without the MPCAP parameter. The PDE then ... 01/12/06 - 20060009192 - Global roaming services for telecommunications systems A system and method for extending a user's communications services to an airplane seat telephone terminal proximate the user while the user is aboard an airplane is provided. The system includes a Subscriber Interface (SI) for providing a Subscriber Identity Record (SIR) including the user's flight data and a Universal ... 12/08/05 - 20050272405 - Controlling transmission of broadcast content A method of controlling transmission of broadcast content from a content provider via a broadcast means to an end user device using an intermediary network comprises validating the time and location of the end user device by verifying the identity and location of a device on the intermediary network; sending ... 11/17/05 - 20050255826 - Cellular telephone based surveillance system The invention provides sensors and event monitoring to a cellular telephone to perform surveillance. Using audio and visual sensing capabilities, an environment can be monitored to detect significant surveillance events and to trigger surveillance alerts in response to the events, or to report current sensor information in response to an ... 10/27/05 - 20050239436 - Systems and methods for providing signals to a device to cause a task to be performed in an emergency situation Systems and methods provide for signals to be received at a device that cause a particular task to be performed at the device in an emergency situation. For example, a signal may be provided to a vehicle, cellular phone, or other device to cause an audio system of the device ... 10/20/05 - 20050233727 - System and method for handling sessions of specific type in communication networks The invention provides a method and system for handling a session setup procedure initiated by an user equipment for establishing a session of a specific type to a called entity, wherein a session setup request sent to a network entity for establishing the requested session, includes location information and an ... 09/29/05 - 20050215230 - Always-on method for reinforcing existing mobile station e911-based location detection services applications A method of locating a mobile station that is turned off. The method includes turning off the mobile station while keeping a battery of the mobile station intact in the mobile station. The mobile station enters a soft power-off mode after the mobile station has been turned off if the ... 09/08/05 - 20050197097 - Enhanced emergency system telephone feature for pbx and key systems When an emergency call is made from a location on a premises that has on-premises (non-public) emergency-response personnel, the communications system responds by accessing a private database of information about the premises, retrieves therefrom information about the location of the physical location on the premises and best access to the ... 08/25/05 - 20050186938 - System and apparatus for locating lost persons or animals A network of receiving stations receives encoded signals from portable radio transmitters that are either hand held or implantable into the body. Each of the radio transmitters has a unique identification number associated with it that is transmitted as part of the signal. It is possible to estimate the location ... 07/14/05 - 20050153681 - Mobile data device and method of locating mobile data service A method including providing a PDA having a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, a GPS receiver coupled to the processor and a RF transponder capable of communicating using Internet Protocol; storing user identification information in the memory; storing medical history information in the memory; determining location using the ... 06/30/05 - 20050143049 - Software and hardware enabled satellite detectable distress transmissions from ubiquitous wireless connectivity devices The Present Invention is comprised of new hardware and software, to be paired with wireless connectivity devices including Cellular Phones, PCS Digital Cellular Phones, PDA's, Laptop Computers, pagers, GPS auto and handhelds, and remote end user devices, wherein said hardware and software enables said wireless connectivity devices to modulate transmission ... 06/30/05 - 20050143048 - Activating home network devices when 911 indicator Methods, systems, and apparatuses that operate with different communications devices, different users, and/or different communications networks to generate, enable, disable, transmit, and/or otherwise control an Emergency Remote Control Communications Signal to an Emergency Remote Control Communications Address associated with an Emergency Remote Control Communications Address. According to embodiments of this ... 06/23/05 - 20050136886 - System and method for associating postmark information with digital content A system and method is provided for associating postmark information with digital content. Content is created or otherwise selected from available content selections. Information is received at the mobile device from a radio frequency (RF) transponder. The information may include postmark information to allow the mobile device to associate the ... 06/09/05 - 20050124316 - Apparatus and method of explicit indication of call from emergency call centre Herein are disclosed an apparatus and method of explicit indication of call from emergency call centre. The method includes the steps of forming an emergency signal in relation to the mobile station terminated call; sending the emergency signal to the mobile station on behalf of the emergency call centre; and ... 06/02/05 - 20050118984 - Receiving, displaying, and recording apparatus When an emergency broadcast is made, the emergency broadcast channel must be forcedly switch-selected. If an emergency broadcast is detected while a recorder is recording a received signal, the received signal output to the recorder is forcedly switched to the emergency broadcast channel; and the channel originally intended to be ... 06/02/05 - 20050118983 - Method and apparatus for communication A communication system according to various aspects of the present invention comprises one or more remote units. The communication system may also include at least one communication center. The remote units may also be configured to communicate with each other. The communication center and/or the remote unit may be configured ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |