Location Monitoring

Location 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.

03/01/07 - 20070049294 - Floating ip address for roaming internet connected subscriber units
A system apparatus for wireless communication that includes receiving, receiving data for a subscriber, determining the subscriber to whom the data is addressed, determining which cell the subscriber currently resides, and transmitting the data accordingly. ...

03/01/07 - 20070049293 - Provisioning of wireless private access subscribers for location based services
A private wireless network access point is associated with a predetermined telephone number corresponding to a physical location. The associated predetermined telephone number is included with call setup information when a wireless terminal in a private wireless network communicates via the access point so that a location of the wireless ...

03/01/07 - 20070049292 - Gps data management module for use in location-based service systems
A system and method are presented to provide radio and GPS coverage versatility in a location-based service (LBS) system, such as an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system. A mobile client in communication with one or more servers of an LBS system includes one or more mobile communication devices and one ...

03/01/07 - 20070049291 - Method and system for indoor positioning using mobile terminal
A method and system for indoor positioning using a mobile terminal, the method including designating a plurality of virtual locations using the mobile terminal while the mobile terminal is in motion; and tracking a location of a specific terminal by performing a localization measurement communication with the specific terminal based ...

03/01/07 - 20070049290 - Systems and methods for locating cellular phones and security measures for the same
Systems and methods for locating a cellular phone are provided. More particularly, systems and methods for providing the location of a requested user's cellular phone from a requesting user's device (e.g., a second cellular phone) based on access rights defined by the requested user. Location descriptions may be provided at ...

03/01/07 - 20070049289 - Location based service system and position information updating method thereof
A location based service system and a position information updating method thereof are disclosed. The position information updating method includes the steps of positioning an actual position through a global positioning system inside a mobile communication terminal, calculating predicted motion position of the mobile communication terminal, comparing the actual position ...

03/01/07 - 20070049288 - Creating optimum temporal location trigger for multiple requests
A technique evaluates overlapping request intervals, and from them determines a temporal reporting interval that satisfies requirements for all that overlap. The temporal reporting interval represents a temporal trigger used to best support multiple triggers on the same target, without modification or support by the target mobile. Disclosed embodiments relate ...

03/01/07 - 20070049287 - System and method for call processing in a mobile device with position location capability
An exemplary wireless device includes a communication radio and a position location receiver. When the wireless device has established a call with the communication radio, and a request for position location is received, the communication radio is deactivated while the position location information is collected using the position location receiver. ...

03/01/07 - 20070049286 - System and method for determining position of mobile communication device by grid-based pattern matching algorithm
Provided is a method and system for determining a position of a mobile communication device in a mobile communication network, the method including the steps of: dividing an area covered by the mobile communication network into a plurality of grids and collecting a first base station signal information with respect ...

02/22/07 - 20070042789 - System and method for using location information to execute an action
A system and method is provided for using location information associated with wireless devices. The system includes a wireless device, a location system, and a feature server. The wireless device includes any wireless apparatus having wireless communications capabilities. The location system can generate location information pinpointing the location of the ...

02/22/07 - 20070042788 - Method for processing a location service
The present invention discloses a method for processing a location service, the method comprises: a target UE sending an MO-LR location service invoke to an LCS system, carrying an LCS Client identity and a service identity; the LCS system receiving the MO-LR location service invoke, positioning the target UE, and ...

02/15/07 - 20070037586 - System and method for locating a mobile terminal using secure user plane location
Disclosed is a method for determining the location of a targeted mobile set using SUPL (Secure User Plane Location) in a wireless communications network, including sending a target set location initiation message to the targeted mobile set in response to a request message, causing a home positioning server to exchange ...

02/15/07 - 20070037585 - Periodic positioning method in mobile communications system
A positioning method in a SUPL based position information system, and more particularly, a method for performing periodic positioning capable of processing a periodic positioning request by a location server or a periodic positioning request by a mobile communications terminal when the location server and the terminal respectively manage a ...

02/15/07 - 20070037584 - Method for triggering handover of mobile terminal and system thereof
A mobile terminal and method for performing handover, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes calculating a distance value between a mobile terminal and each of a plurality of neighbor base stations based on power values of the plurality of neighbor base stations; and transmitting information of a ...

02/15/07 - 20070037583 - Location recognition system using stereophonic sound, transmitter and receiver therein, and method thereof
A location recognition system and method using stereophonic sound, the system having a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter uses the stereophonic sound and transmits location tracking information of an object. The transmitter includes a sound detector which detects a sound of the object and converts the detected sound to ...

02/15/07 - 20070037582 - Locating system and method
A mobile rover has a navigation receiver receiving radio positioning data from radio positioning entities. The mobile rover can report its position to a mobile controller unit or another entity so that the location of the mobile unit can be tracked based on the radio positioning data received by the ...

02/08/07 - 20070032249 - Location services for and about mobile nodes
IP-based Location Services (IP-LCS) is a valuable application that may be supported by a majority of cellular phones in the future. Services offered by such applications can be closely coupled to the location of the user. IP-LCS may be designed to permit a location based application resident on a mobile ...

02/08/07 - 20070032248 - Wireless terminal position detecting method and system therefor
In any indoor location, whenever operating a wireless terminal position detecting system comprising a transferable wireless terminal, a plurality of base stations individually allowing a connection from said wireless terminal, and a plurality of wireless receiving stations individually receiving wireless signal from said terminal and base stations, there is a ...

02/08/07 - 20070032247 - Automated concierge system and method
A method and system for providing automated concierge services to end users communicates with users over network devices, such as telephones and wireless devices, and utilizes third party network location-based service (LBS) applications, such as Internet/Web locators, to obtain location information based on user requests. On receipt of a request ...

02/08/07 - 20070032246 - Air based emergency monitor, multimode communication, control and position finder system
Air based emergency monitor, multimode communication, control and position finder system with a receiver having multiple inputs for reception and demodulation of position finder signals to position finder baseband signals. One or more cameras or microphones or data signal generation devices, storage devices, and processors for recording or storing and ...

02/08/07 - 20070032245 - Intelligent transportation system and method
An intelligent transportation system and method employing ad-hoc multihopping wireless network technology. The system and method are capable of communicating travel condition information between vehicles (200), and employ a plurality of nodes (250), each adapted for communication in the multihopping network (100), and each being further adapted for deployment on ...

02/08/07 - 20070032244 - Group-centric location tagging for mobile devices
An annotation is manually and/or automatically correlated with a location and selectively distributed to participants of an associated user network. Thus, network participants possessing a common bond can obtain “trusted” information regarding specific locations. This allows a network participant to locate resources such as friends, restaurants, hotels, and/or entertainment sites, ...

02/08/07 - 20070032243 - Treatment of a location request by a first location request treatment device (a gateway mobile location centre) in a home register (hlr) for retransmission to a second location request treatment device
The invention relates to the efficient treatment of location requests by a home register and GMLCs of various versions by means of a method for treating a location request relating to a subscriber in a mobile radio network. Once a request (SRI) from a first location request treatment device (GMLC-R5) ...

02/01/07 - 20070026872 - Method for determining a relative position of a mobile unit by comparing scans of an environment and mobile unit
In the method for determining a relative position of a mobile unit by comparing scans of an environment, scans of an environment of the mobile unit are recorded continuously by a distance sensor and stored in a memory. Furthermore the processing unit compares a first scan with a second scan, ...

02/01/07 - 20070026871 - Wireless network with adaptive autonomous location push
A method of providing location-based services includes transmitting a first location criterion from a wireless network server to a wireless device. The method also includes evaluating whether a physical location of the wireless device satisfies the first location criterion. The process of evaluating is performed in part using the wireless ...

02/01/07 - 20070026870 - Location determination using rf fingerprinting
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 reducing the number of possible positions that have to be analyzed. In particular, the illustrative embodiment eliminates possible positions for the mobile unit ...

02/01/07 - 20070026869 - Methods, devices and computer program products for operating mobile devices responsive to user input through movement thereof
A mobile device having first and second modes of operation is operated responsive to detection of a predefined localized movement of a housing of the mobile device using a sensor associated therewith. The detected predefined localized movement is associated with first and second functions of the mobile device responsive to ...

01/25/07 - 20070021128 - High-rate proximity detection with the ability to provide notification
Techniques are presented for identifying mobile devices within a coverage region of a wireless station. Positions for mobile devices, if any, within the coverage region are determined. It is then determined whether the positions are within one or more defined areas, called “notification areas” herein. Additionally, selected mobile devices within ...

01/25/07 - 20070021127 - Method and apparatus for supporting location service over radio communication systems
An approach is provided for reliably exchanging location service data over an unlicensed mobile access network operating with a cellular network. A request is processed for position location information of a terminal configured to operate with an unlicensed mobile access network that has connectivity with a radio communication network for ...

01/25/07 - 20070021126 - Method and apparatus for maintaining a fingerprint for a wireless network
The disclosure is directed to a mobile communication device that measures characteristics or attributes of a first communications network that vary according to physical location within that first communications network to create a fingerprint, or signature, of a location within the first communications network. When the fingerprint of the current ...

01/25/07 - 20070021125 - Location service requests throttling
A technique to allow a server such as a location server to throttle concurrent or closely timed location requests for the position of a given wireless device such that within a certain time period preferably only one location request will be initiated to the positioning engine and the remaining closely-timed ...

01/25/07 - 20070021124 - Method and apparatus for determining the location of a node in a wireless system
A location technique is utilized within a wireless communication system where power measurements from various nodes are weighted to determine a node's location. An iterative location process is executed where as more and more nodes are heard from, a node will re-locate itself in order to improve location accuracy. ...

01/18/07 - 20070015518 - Mobile resource location-based customer contact systems
Mobile resource management systems including a location module configured to identify at least one of a plurality of potential customers having a location within a proximity zone. A mobile agent device is associated with the mobile agent and is configured to transmit a location signal indicative of a location of ...

01/18/07 - 20070015517 - Location related keyword monitoring on a mobile communications device systems and methods
Embodiments of the invention comprise systems and methods related to the provision of location based services via a mobile communications device. In different embodiments, a communication system is described, comprising a mobile communications device, a mobile communications base station, and a server computer system. The location of the device may ...

01/18/07 - 20070015516 - Access point with location application systems and methods
Systems and methods are disclosed herein to provide location determination capability and applications for an access point. For example, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a network access point includes a processor adapted to control at least one function of the access point device and a memory ...

01/18/07 - 20070015515 - Position information service providing system and method thereof
If a user 101 clicks a link to a specific URL (step 501), a terminal 102 transmits a content request to a content server 201 (step 502), and in parallel, starts a location measurement processing (step 203). Upon completion of the location measurement processing (step 204), the location measurement result ...

01/11/07 - 20070010260 - System and method for using location information to execute an action
Provided are methods for executing an action in response to a request for a service using location information in conjunction with service-specific parameters. A user may request a provider of a specified service (e.g., taxi, plumber, pharmacist, etc.). In evaluating the request, providers may be evaluated based on the location ...

01/11/07 - 20070010259 - Method and apparatus for providing a wireless transmit/receive unit user with signal quality guidance
The current location and bearing of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are determined. Next, signal quality measurements of a pre-determined geographic region are taken. This geographic region includes the current location of the WTRU. From these quality measurements, a signal quality profile is generated. The signal quality profile and a ...

01/11/07 - 20070010258 - 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 unique designator associated with a location of a mobile phone. Additionally, the sender location identifier also includes a sender identification ...

01/11/07 - 20070010257 - Method and system for locating a terminal in a wireless telecommunications network, computer program product therefor
A method is disclosed for locating a terminal in a local wireless telecommunications network adapted to provide an estimated position of the terminal depending on a set of configuration data and a set of measuring data indicating whether the terminal belongs to a subset of said coverage areas and acquired ...

01/04/07 - 20070004430 - Position measuring system and method using wireless broadband (wibro) signal
Provided is a position measuring system and method using a Wireless Broadband (WiBro) signal. The position measuring system measures the position of a terminal using relative delay information that is a parameter of the WiBro signal, used for a hand-over. Since the position of a terminal is measured using a ...

01/04/07 - 20070004429 - Method and apparatus for providing location services with short-circuited message flows
A user equipment (UE) sends to a serving network a request for periodic reporting of the UE location to a client entity, periodic location information, a request to use GMLC short circuit, and/or a request to use MO-LR short circuit. Various network entities may accept or reject each of the ...

01/04/07 - 20070004428 - Continuous data optimization of moved access points in positioning systems
Methods and systems of continuously optimizing data in WiFi positioning systems. A location-based services system uses WiFi-enabled devices to monitor WiFi access points in a target area to indicate whether a WiFi access point has moved relative to its previously recorded location. A WiFi-enabled device communicates with WiFi access points ...

01/04/07 - 20070004427 - Continuous data optimization of new access points in positioning systems
Methods and systems of continuously optimizing data in WiFi positioning systems. A location-based services system uses WiFi-enabled devices to monitor WiFi access points in a target area to indicate whether a WiFi access point is newly-observed. A WiFi-enabled device communicates with WiFi access points within range of the WiFi-enabled device ...

01/04/07 - 20070004426 - Location information display for cellular device
A method in one example comprises the steps of receiving, from a requesting user of a cellular device, a request for real-time location information for at least a second user; retrieving location data for the requesting user and the at least a second user; transmitting the location data for the ...

01/04/07 - 20070004425 - Network support for mobile terminal presence notification
An apparatus in one example has: a plurality spaces in a predefined three dimensional area; at least one mobile terminal in a wireless telecommunications network; a tracking system structured to track the at least one mobile terminal in the plurality of predefined spaces in the predefined three dimensional area; and ...

01/04/07 - 20070004424 - Method and apparatus for providing location based vendor information to a wireless mobile terminal
A method and apparatus for providing location based vendor information to a wireless mobile terminal is provided. The method includes receiving subscriber provisioned response criteria from a subscriber, receiving a request for location based vendor information from a subscriber mobile terminal, determining the location of the subscriber mobile terminal, retrieving ...

12/28/06 - 20060293064 - Probabilistic location prediction for a mobile station
A probabilistic prediction is made of the location of a wireless-enabled mobile station in a wireless local area network. The prediction includes calculating a vector representing movement of the mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of the network are located, and determining a region ...

12/28/06 - 20060293063 - Peripheral resource location determination method, apparatus and system
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of peripheral resource location determination in a wireless environment, comprising determining an access point ID from an access point providing access to a wireless station (STA) in the wireless environment; querying a server on which resides a table of resources for ...

12/28/06 - 20060293062 - Method for estimating the position of a subscriber station of a radio communication system and network device
In a method for estimating the position of a subscriber station of a radio communication system, a receiver station receives reports from the subscriber station, said reports containing information relating to the signal strength of a receiving signal of at least one transmitting station in the locality of the subscriber ...

12/21/06 - 20060286988 - Method for providing data to a mobile terminal which is moving
The invention relates to a method by which a wireless communication 1 system provides a service, e.g. video streaming, for a mobile terminal 2 on a push & store basis. Conventional push & store services have the shortcoming that a moving mobile terminal may have a short transit time within ...

12/21/06 - 20060286987 - Method for determining mobile communication terminal user's point of interest and apparatus for providing geographic information using the method
A method for determining a mobile communication terminal user's points of interest, in which geographic information of an area where the mobile communication terminal user stays longer than a threshold time, and an apparatus for providing the geographic information using the method. The method includes providing identification information received from ...

12/14/06 - 20060281469 - Employee tracking system with verification
A method and system for verifying that an employee and a client are present at a single location. A telephonic communications channel is established between the single location and a location verification system provider. Data is received at the system provider, from the employee over the telephonic communication channel. Data ...

12/07/06 - 20060276203 - Method of transmitting cellular telephone location data
In cellular telephony mobile equipment location-based services data transmission an application carries out measures on Base Transceiver Stations or associated cells by detecting, storing and transmitting respective information to a remote Service Center by means of messages, and a processing system, applying calculation procedures and a Base Transceiver Stations geographic ...

12/07/06 - 20060276202 - Method and apparatus for creating and using a base station almanac for position determination
A method and apparatus for creating and using a base station almanac for position determination is described. The base station almanac includes a number of records, where each record can describe a sector or a transmitter (e.g., a base station or a repeater) in a wireless communication network. Each record ...

12/07/06 - 20060276201 - Wireless location routing applications and archectiture therefor
A system for wirelessly locating mobile station/units (MS) and using resulting location determinations for providing a product or service is disclosed. The system is useful for routing an MS user to a plurality of desired locations, alerting an MS user to a nearby desired product or service based on satisfaction ...

12/07/06 - 20060276200 - Mobile and wireless network architecture for law enforcement
An officer communication system and method for providing a peer-to-peer mobile and wireless network software architecture which allows mobile units or clients, administrators, and/or dispatchers to communicate information that is pertinent to law enforcement, or related services. Such information includes text, images and/or audio. For example, such information can be ...

12/07/06 - 20060276199 - Vehicle tracker having selectable transceiver mute mode and associated methods
A vehicle tracking system for a vehicle may include a wireless transceiver that is switchable from a mute mode to an operational mode. The wireless transceiver when in the mute mode may receive signals from a communications network, but does not transmit signals to the communications network. The wireless transceiver ...

12/07/06 - 20060276198 - Determination of the positions of mobile communication terminals with the aid of navigation data of various origins
A telecommunications system comprises a terrestrial repeater (TR) telecommunication network, a satellite positioning network (CS) which delivers signals containing navigation data, and mobile communication terminals (UE) comprising reception and calculation means (DPS) which can determine the respective positions thereof from said signals, and the navigation data that they contain, in ...

11/23/06 - 20060264222 - Dynamic service binding providing transparent switching of information services having defined coverage regions
It is determined whether a location of a mobile device is within a coverage region of a first information service. Communications for the first information service are redirected to a second information service when the location of the mobile device is not within a coverage region of the first information ...

11/23/06 - 20060264221 - Information processor and processing method, information processing system, information processing program, recording medium, and vehicle
A sensor station (21) installed to a truck (1) receives sensor information transmitted from wireless temperature sensors (32-1) through (32-6) installed inside a container of the truck (1) and stores a temperature variation inside the container during package transportation. When the truck (1) arrives at a delivery center (7), the ...

11/16/06 - 20060258373 - Location services in a packet radio network
A method for providing location service information related to a mobile station in a mobile communications system supporting connections of a first type, for example circuit-switched, and a second type, for example packet-switched. The method comprises receiving a request from a requesting entity; retrieving the location service information related to ...

11/16/06 - 20060258372 - Two-way pager and method for communicating preset messages over the global system for mobile communications (gsm/gprs) network
The present invention provides a communication system for transmitting messages from one or more dispatcher stations to and from one or more stand-alone, two-way pagers via a radio frequency communication channel, namely, the short message service (SMS) of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM/GPRS) cellular telephone network. The paging ...

11/16/06 - 20060258371 - Network entity, method and computer program product for dynamically changing a request for location information
A network entity includes a controller adapted to operate a location-based application for initiating a location reporting session. The location reporting session includes determining and reporting a current location of a mobile station based on one or more parameters having one or more associated values, where, when the session is ...

11/16/06 - 20060258370 - Method and system for utilizing a location-based internetwork gateway
A system for utilizing a location-based application across a plurality of networks. A target mobile device operates within a target network of the plurality of networks. A requesting device operates within a requesting network of the plurality of networks. The requesting device transmits a location request for a location of ...

11/16/06 - 20060258369 - Method and apparatus for performing position determination with a short circuit call flow
For a call flow to perform position determination, a network sends to a user equipment (UE) an indication (e.g., a request for permission) to perform a position fix for the UE. The UE responds by sending to the network an acknowledgment (e.g., a grant of permission) to perform the position ...

11/16/06 - 20060258368 - Personalized location information for mobile devices
Providing location information on a mobile device includes receiving signals from external devices. Each signal includes information that specifies a geographic location for the external device that has provided the signal. A geographic location for the mobile device is calculated by using the information contained in each of the received ...

11/16/06 - 20060258367 - Using cell phones and wireless cellular systems with location capability for toll paying and collection
A method for toll collection via a wireless network may include tracking a current position of a mobile station within a vehicle, and collecting a toll based on the current position of the mobile station. ...

11/16/06 - 20060258366 - Drilling method
A subject of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal device capable of informing an appointed person of the information that the user of the mobile terminal device will be late for an appointment, irrespective of the user's situation. A mobile terminal device (100) includes a position sense ...

11/16/06 - 20060258365 - Method and system for monitoring mobile comunication terminal position determination performance by using wireless communication network and a- gps
Disclosed are a system, method and computer readable storage medium storing a LBS(Location Based Service) wireless network analysis program receiving, analyzing, processing and displaying LBS messages defined in IP-801-1 standard by using a wireless network and an A(Assisted)-GPS(Global Positioning System), wherein the LBS wireless network analysis program, coded in a ...

11/09/06 - 20060252431 - Systems and methods for locating cellular phones and security measures for the same
Systems and methods for locating a cellular phone are provided. More particularly, systems and methods for providing the location of a requested user's cellular phone from a requesting user's device (e.g., a second cellular phone) based on access rights defined by the requested user. Location descriptions may be provided at ...

11/02/06 - 20060246919 - Method for transmitting location information
A method for transmitting location information includes the steps of: a) receiving a start message including MO (mobile originated location request) mode information from a first terminal; b) calculating location information of the first terminal; and c) transmitting the calculated first terminal's location information according to the MO (mobile originated ...

11/02/06 - 20060246918 - Apparatus and methods for associating a geographical position with an event occuring on a wireless device
Apparatus and methods for estimating a geographical position corresponding to an event associated with operation of a wireless device communicating in a wireless communications network. The time and distance between the occurrence of the event and the related time and speed of the wireless device of at least one of ...

10/26/06 - 20060240846 - Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on signal path impairment
A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are traits of electromagnetic signals that are dependent on topography, the receiver, the location of the transmitter, and other factors. For ...

10/26/06 - 20060240845 - Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on the traits of the multipath components of a signal
A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are traits of electromagnetic signals that are dependent on topography, the receiver, the location of the transmitter, and other factors. For ...

10/26/06 - 20060240844 - Computationally-efficient estimation of the location of a wireless terminal based on pattern matching
A method of using a non-GPS-derived technique to estimate the location of an Assisted-GPS-enabled wireless terminal for the purposes of generating location-specific assistance data for the wireless terminal is disclosed. The wireless terminal then uses the assistance data to acquire and process one or more GPS signals and to derive ...

10/26/06 - 20060240843 - Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on non-uniform locations
A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are traits of electromagnetic signals that are dependent on topography, the receiver, the location of the transmitter, and other factors. For ...

10/26/06 - 20060240842 - Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on non-uniform probabilities of movement
A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region is disclosed. The technique is based on the recognition that there are traits of electromagnetic signals that are dependent on topography, the receiver, the location of the transmitter, and other factors. For ...

10/26/06 - 20060240841 - Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on assisted gps and pattern matching
A method of using a non-GPS-derived technique to estimate the location of an Assisted-GPS-enabled wireless terminal for the purposes of generating location-specific assistance data for the wireless terminal is disclosed. The wireless terminal then uses the assistance data to acquire and process one or more GPS signals and to derive ...

10/26/06 - 20060240840 - Continuous data optimization by filtering and positioning systems
Methods and systems of continuously optimizing data in WiFi positioning systems. A location-based services system for WiFi-enabled devices calculates the position of WiFi-enabled devices. A WiFi-enabled device communicates with WiFi access points within range of the WiFi-enabled device so that observed WiFi access points identify themselves. A reference database is ...

10/26/06 - 20060240839 - Methods and systems for location estimation
Methods and systems for location estimation. Signals are received from a plurality of satellites and a plurality of base stations by a mobile station. The location of the mobile station is estimated according to TOA (Time-Of-Arrival) and TDOA (Time Difference-Of-Arrival) measurements calculated based on the signals. ...

10/19/06 - 20060234724 - Method, apparatus and system for gps time synchronization using cellular signal bursts
A system, apparatus and corresponding method by which to synchronize to a time reference a main module of a device—a main module such as global positioning system (GPS) receiver—using a cellular communication signal received by a cellular module also included in the device. To synchronize the main module to the ...

10/19/06 - 20060234723 - Methods and terminal devices
A method and terminal device are provided which effect the steps of receiving a message indicating that a user of another terminal device has pressed a talk button, the message including a geographical location of the other terminal device, or any information derived therefrom; and indicating the geographical location of ...

10/19/06 - 20060234722 - Methods, configuration and computer program having program code means and computer program product for determining a position of a mobile communications device within a communications network
To determine a position of a mobile communications device within a communications network (localization). possible location areas for the mobile communications device are determined from communications signals of the mobile communications device by using base stations located within the communication network, and these possible location areas are superimposed to form ...

10/12/06 - 20060229087 - Location-based cell determination for mobile communication networks
The geographic location of user equipment operating in a cellular communication network is determined, and handover is performed at least in part in response to the geographic location of the user equipment. ...

10/12/06 - 20060229086 - Surveillance system and method
A plurality of modules interact to form an adaptive network in which each module transmits and receives data signals indicative of proximity of objects. A central computer accumulates the data produced or received and relayed by each module for analyzing proximity responses to transmit through the adaptive network control signals ...

10/12/06 - 20060229085 - System and method for providing communication and positioning information
A communication module capable of simultaneously providing communication and positioning information is provided. The communication module includes a processor with an integrated positioning receiver. The processor transmits and receives communication information, such as interconnect voice, dispatch voice, or data, using a first transceiver. The integrated positioning receiver is coupled to ...

10/12/06 - 20060229084 - Method and system for including location information in a ussd message by a network node
The present invention relates to a method of providing a location specific service in a digital cellular communication network using unstructured supplementary service data. In the method, the service data is sent to a network node of said network by at least one mobile station, and the service is dependent ...

10/05/06 - 20060223548 - Method for sending urgent messages in a mobile communication device
A method of sending urgent messages for a mobile communication device is disclosed in this invention, which comprises at least the flowing steps: setting at least two predetermined keys on the first mobile communication device, pressing the two keys essentially simultaneously for a predetermined duration, acquiring a base station identity ...

10/05/06 - 20060223547 - Environment sensitive notifications for mobile devices
Systems and methods for generating notifications based on one or more environmental conditions sensed a mobile computing device. The notifications can also be based on information related to one or more applications that can run on the mobile computing device. The mobile device can also detect non-environmental inputs from the ...

10/05/06 - 20060223546 - Adapting a communications network of wireless access nodes to a changing environment
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for adapting a communications network of a plurality of wireless access nodes, such as base stations to a changing environment. The method comprises determining a current location of at least a first user in the communications network, identifying a need for ...

09/28/06 - 20060217131 - 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 reference database of locations of Wi-Fi access points. At least one vehicle is deployed including at least one scanning ...

09/28/06 - 20060217130 - Methods and systems for deriving seed position of a subscriber station in support of unassisted gps-type position determination in a wireless communication system
In a method and system for deriving a seed position of a subscriber station in a wireless communications system in supporting unassisted GPS-type position determination is provided, the subscriber station receives overhead messages from the wireless communications system, and derives the seed position from the parameter values. The subscriber station ...

09/28/06 - 20060217129 - Mobile communication device and position search method
A mobile communication device capable of issuing a report as quickly as possible to a report destination of which telephone number or electronic mail address varies depending on the current position is provided. When identification information of the report destination is inputted, the identification information is converted to a communication ...

09/28/06 - 20060217128 - Node dependent wireless transmit antenna selection technique
A system and method for selecting a best transmit antenna for a transceiver using antenna diversity that caches the identity of the best transmit antenna for each remote node from which a message has been received. The best transmit antenna is then selected for each message sent to a remote ...

09/28/06 - 20060217127 - Method and apparatus for finding a mobile radio terminal
A method and apparatus for finding a radio terminal (10) in a radio communications network. The method includes making observations of attributes of radio signals associated with the radio terminal (10) and generating a route for a seeker (20) to find the radio terminal (10), based on the observations and ...

09/21/06 - 20060211430 - Gps position tracking method with variable updating rate for power conservation
A system and method in which the position update rate is adaptively modified, based on previous position measurements. By adjusting the update rate based on velocity predictions from two or more position fixes, a lower update rate may be used without exceeding the maximum error. Lowering the update rate reduces ...

09/14/06 - 20060205416 - Push-to-locate wireless communication device and method of use
A wireless communication device for geographically locating a second wireless communication device includes a housing; a push-to-locate activation mechanism configured to detect selection of a target number corresponding to the second wireless communication device and send a push-to-locate request for the target number to a carrier network to obtain a ...

08/31/06 - 20060194590 - 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 identification information sent from the base station of the second mobile communication network, notification information generator configured to generate notification information including the identification information and the ...

08/31/06 - 20060194589 - Methods and systems for proximity communication
Methods and systems for proximity based communication between users of proximity communication devices (“PCDs”). A localized communication network is established by peer-to-peer communication between PCDs. Each PCD communicates with other PCDs in a wireless, localized, peer-to-peer network structure. Each PCD is identified to other PCDs in its own localized area ...

08/31/06 - 20060194588 - Method and system for determining the altitude of a mobile wireless device
A method and system for determining the three-dimensional location of a mobile wireless device. In one implementation, the device is a cellular telephone making a 911 call from one floor of a multi-story building. An embodiment of the method of the invention includes establishing a database that associates transmission metrics ...

08/31/06 - 20060194587 - 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 arrangement determines a location area of the device as a function of first data and a location of each of ...

08/24/06 - 20060189327 - Location blocking service from a wireless service provider
Location-blocking and identity-blocking services that can be commercially offered by a service promoter, e.g., a cellular service provider or a web advertiser. In the identity-blocking service, the service promoter may disclose the current physical location of a mobile subscriber (i.e., a cellular phone operator) to a third party (e.g., a ...

08/24/06 - 20060189326 - Tracking system
A tracking system includes a call handler and a database containing information relating to items to be tracked. The database contains customer identification criteria that guide the call handler to determine whether to track a tracked item for a customer. Communication nodes communicate with the customer, send a signal to ...

08/24/06 - 20060189325 - Mobile communication terminal for outputting schedule information based on the location of user and method
A method and apparatus of outputting schedule information based on the location of a mobile communication terminal is provided. The method includes the steps of: registering, in response to a user's request, at least one piece of location information for determining whether to inform of schedule information based on the ...

08/24/06 - 20060189324 - 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 estimates reception quality data for the corresponding reception location data for the first cell. Optical location data ...

08/17/06 - 20060183486 - Systems and methods for locating cellular phones and security measures for the same
Systems and methods for locating a cellular phone are provided. More particularly, systems and methods for providing the location of a requested user's cellular phone from a requesting user's device (e.g., a second cellular phone) based on access rights defined by the requested user. Location descriptions may be provided at ...

08/17/06 - 20060183485 - Location system and wireless base station
In the conventional wireless location system that synchronizes base stations by wireless communication, waveforms of a signal used for synchronization and of a signal used for delay measurement are the same, and therefore if there is a reflected wave in an earlier-sent signal, it becomes difficult to distinguish two kinds ...

08/17/06 - 20060183484 - Location services for unlicensed mobile access
There is disclosed a method of supporting location services in an unlicensed mobile access network, comprising transferring location related information between one or more mobile stations and a network control element. ...

08/10/06 - 20060178154 - Method and apparatus for performing position determination with pre-session action
A network sends to a user equipment (UE) an indication (e.g., a request for permission) to perform a position fix for the UE. The network also selectively sends to the UE a pre-session command for an action related to position determination. For example, the command may direct the UE to ...

08/03/06 - 20060172745 - Mobile electronic device having a geographical position dependent light and method and system for achieving the same
The present invention provides a method and system for controlling an illuminating device on a mobile electronic device comprising determining in a global position of the device in real-time, determining a state of at least one light condition currently affecting ambient light at the global position and adjusting the intensity ...

08/03/06 - 20060172744 - Method and system for subscriber integrity in a mobile communications system
A system and method for protecting the integrity of subscribers in a process of positioning a mobile terminal (2b) via a location based service client (5), in relation to the client (5), in a communications system. A gateway mobile location centre (4) is adapted to: receive a request for an ...

08/03/06 - 20060172743 - Detecting the location of mobile radio subscribers who are to be monitored
An improved surveillance of subscribers of a mobile radio network by a monitoring center is made possible by a method for monitoring a subscriber of a mobile radio network. According to this method, a switching facility requests location data from a subscriber location data service facility, and after obtaining location ...

07/27/06 - 20060166680 - Radio communication terminal unit and method of transmitting base station identification number
A cellular phone unit, upon turning from a standby mode to a data communication mode, responds to a user's instruction of location positioning to turn from the data communication mode to the dormant mode, receives again base station identification numbers from several base stations through a paging channel, and designates ...

07/27/06 - 20060166679 - Gps enabled cell phone location tracking for security purposes
A wireless terminal enacts a boundary violation notification rule that includes geographic boundary and an action or a mobility violation notification rule that includes a mobility parameter and an action. The wireless terminal determines its location and/or rate of motion by accessing the GPS receiver of the wireless terminal. The ...

07/27/06 - 20060166678 - Profile selection and call forwarding based upon wireless terminal gps location coordinates
A wireless terminal adjusts its profile settings based upon its GPS coordinates. The wireless terminal accesses its GPS receiver to determine its location coordinates, which may include elevation. The wireless terminal then accesses a plurality of location based profile rules, each of which includes location parameters and corresponding profile settings. ...

07/20/06 - 20060160545 - Methods and apparatus for identifying asset location in communication networks
The location of unmodified wireless assets in a wireless communication network may be identified using time differences of arrivals of a communication sequence at different network receivers. Time-stamping devices may include correlator circuits in parallel with signal decoders to time-stamp communication sequences. Cellular wireless networks may be frequency-multiplexed to increase ...

07/20/06 - 20060160544 - Distance dependent direct mode peer -to-peer communication establishment in a tdd cdma network
A method for establishing P2P (peer-to-peer) communication in wireless communication networks, comprising steps of: determining whether two user equipments (caller and call) are in the same cell, and computing whether the distance between the two user equipments (UEs) meets the requirement for P2P communication according to the registry information and ...

07/06/06 - 20060148492 - Position information system and dispatch support system
A position information system (101) obtains position information (latitude and longitude) of a dispatch location from a telephone number/address DB (113) or an address/position information DB (114) based on the sender telephone number of a telephone (103) of a customer or the like requesting the dispatch. A display control portion ...

07/06/06 - 20060148491 - Positioning system and method using mobile internet signal
A positioning system using a mobile Internet signal is disclosed. The positioning system includes access points for transmitting downlink signals for mobile Internet communications, an access terminal for generating positioning information using the downlink signals received from the access points and access point information on the access points, and a ...

07/06/06 - 20060148490 - Method and apparatus for dynamically altering the operational characteristics of a wireless phone by monitoring the phone's movement and/or location
A method, apparatus and program product for dynamically altering the behavior of a wireless phone based on the movement and/or location of the phone is provided. The present invention further provides caller-initiated control over the behavior of a wireless phone. ...

07/06/06 - 20060148489 - Position communication method and apparatus
A wireless communication apparatus and network including voice transmission means characterized in that there is included a location position determination means adapted to output data which uniquely characterises a geographic location of the apparatus, and means adapted upon an initiation of a close of a voice transmission from said apparatus ...

07/06/06 - 20060148488 - Method for handling location data
A method, a device and an application for creating a collection of selected geographical positions that have been visited by the device. The mobile terminal has a geographical position system and a memory for containing the collection of selected geographical positions. A current position of interest is obtained or determined ...

07/06/06 - 20060148487 - Method for automatically searching wireless lan acces point and terminal for processing the same
Disclosed is a method for automatically searching a wireless LAN AP (access point) in a terminal having a wireless LAN module, a mobile communication module, and a GPS receiving module installed therein. The method comprises: (a) acquiring location information of the wireless LAN AP provided in a service area of ...

07/06/06 - 20060148486 - Communication device having function for searching access point of wireless local area network and method thereof
The present invention relates to a communication device that automatically searches for wireless local area network (WLAN) access points, and to a method thereof. The communication device includes a GPS receiving module (12) for receiving position information of the connection device from a GPS satellite; a WLAN module (11) for ...

06/29/06 - 20060142025 - Vehicle stereo system
A vehicle stereo system installed in a motor vehicle is disclosed to include a global positioning module that calculates the present location data of the motor vehicle, a memory device that has stored therein radio network records, each radio network record containing a plurality of geographic zones, and a plurality ...

06/29/06 - 20060142024 - System and method for invoking applications based on a location of a mobile station
The present invention reduces latencies in a wireless network while decreasing bandwidth usage in the wireless network for mobile stations. The wireless network monitors the current access network identifier for a mobile station. Upon detecting a change in current access network identifier due to movement of the mobile station, the ...

06/29/06 - 20060142023 - Method in a mobile telecommunication network for obtaining location and time information about users
The method is for obtaining location and time information about users. A digital content is first created which is stored in a user terminal. Location data is then retrieved from the user terminal. Either or both of the location data and the digital content are digitally signed in the user ...

06/22/06 - 20060135177 - Relating to internet protocol (ip) location, privacy and presence
An extension to the Location Information Service (LIS) architecture uses a centralized, user-selected, Privacy Profile Register (PPR) and Presence Register (PR) element, the User Privacy and Presence Register (UPPR) (also known as the Home Register (HR)). This centralized model provides access to value added services that allow the user to ...

06/22/06 - 20060135176 - Method and controller for selecting between a plurality of different position determination approaches
A method and controller is provided for selecting between a plurality of different position determination approaches, where in at least some instances a selection is made between multiple mobile station based location determination approaches, as well as in other instances additional network based location determination approaches. In at least some ...

06/22/06 - 20060135175 - Method and apparatus for reducing signalling traffic in a telecommunication system
A method and an apparatus for updating the location of a plurality of mobile stations (107) in a moving craft or vehicle (105). Each time a new mobile station (107) is attached to a common terminal (103) located in the moving craft or vehicle, an initial location updating message is ...

06/22/06 - 20060135174 - Provision of information regarding a mobile station
A method of providing information regarding a mobile station adapted for communication via a communication system is provided. In the method an area even notification request is received at a location service entity provided in association with the communication system, the area event notification request containing information associated with the ...

06/15/06 - 20060128397 - System and method for verifying access based on a determined geographic location of a subscriber of a service provided via a computer network
A system and method relates to limiting the presentation of rules based events based on the geographic location of computer users attempting to view the rules based event via a network. The method includes receiving over a network a request to view a rules based event at a computer, obtaining ...

06/15/06 - 20060128396 - Method for the location of mobile terminals, related systems and terminal, computer program products thereof
A method for determining the location coordinates of a mobile terminal with respect to reference elements adapted to send toward the mobile terminal radioelectric signals involves the steps of measuring the radioelectric signals to derive respective measurements, the measurements being affected by measurement errors, and subjecting the measurements to state-based ...

06/15/06 - 20060128395 - Location services for mobile communication system
There is disclosed a method of providing location information in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving a request for a current location of a mobile station; determining a time at which a last known location of the mobile station was determined; comparing the time to a threshold ...

06/08/06 - 20060121914 - Handover method and apparatus for mobile terminal using location information in heterogeneous system network
A handover method and apparatus for a mobile terminal using location information in a network of heterogeneous systems are provided. The handover method uses service area map information provided by a location service server in a mobile communication network in which at least one or more heterogeneous wireless network systems ...

06/08/06 - 20060121913 - System and method for providing location information to applications
First location information related to a location-aware device (514) is gathered. Second location information for a location-unaware device (520) is determined from the first location information. A data structure is created comprising a binding of the second location information and an identifying parameter of the location-unaware device (520). The data ...

06/08/06 - 20060121912 - Device and method for generating an alert signal
An alert signal is generated based on the geographical position of a device and/or based on time or date. The alert signal is generated when the device is within a certain distance from a predefined location. An actual position of the device, the location of a place of interest, and ...

06/01/06 - 20060116133 - Portable communication terminal device and response message transmitting method
A portable communication terminal device includes a section for detecting a call from a calling party; a section for obtaining position data for a present position of the portable communication terminal device; a section for storing data of a plurality of areas and a plurality of messages to the calling ...

06/01/06 - 20060116132 - Method and a system for managing a fleet of vehicles, and an associated vehicle
The invention provides a system for managing a fleet of vehicles suitable for being returned to at least one station having locations for vehicles, the station being declared to be available when at least one of its locations is not occupied by a vehicle, and to be unavailable when each ...

06/01/06 - 20060116131 - Reporting satellite positioning system assistance integrity information in wireless communication networks
A wireless communication device (102) including a satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver (104), and a wireless transceiver (106) communicably coupled to the satellite positioning system receiver. The wireless transceiver for receiving satellite positioning system assistance information, for example, SPS reference time, from a wireless communication network, and for transmitting integrity ...

06/01/06 - 20060116130 - Network overlay location system and method for air interface with frequency stopping
Embodiments of a system and method are disclosed that enable geo-location of a mobile appliance (20) communicating over a frequency hopping air interface for a network overlay geolocation system having plural wireless location sensors (30). The wireless location sensors (30) include a radio receiver channel capable of receiving the forward ...

05/25/06 - 20060111124 - System and method for geo-location of mobile appliances using diverse standard tasking and reporting
A novel system and method for tasking and reporting the geolocation of a mobile appliance for a wireless communications network overlay system is disclosed. Embodiments of the novel system and method allow for geolocating a mobile appliance regardless of the wireless air interface protocol standard utilized by the mobile appliance. ...

05/25/06 - 20060111123 - Wide area and large capacity intelligent object tracking system and method
The wide area object and large capacity tracking system comprises a plurality of tags to be attached to an object to be tracked and being configured so as to generate and transmit a tag signal indicative of the object-related information, a tag-recording unit configured to program a tag's memory with ...

05/25/06 - 20060111122 - Method and system for sending localization and identity dependent information to mobile terminals
The present invention discloses methods and devices, with which a selection action of information is performed in a central system before communicating the selected information to a user terminal. This selection (4,6) is according to the invention based on a least both the identity (9) of the user and the ...

05/18/06 - 20060105781 - Location-based information intermediation and acquisition method, intermediation computer system, and mobile communication terminal
A system for providing a mobile communication terminal, the position of which can be detected with location-based information that is associated with a detected position, and a method of service for providing the mobile communication terminal with the location-based information automatically and quickly by synchronizing with behavior of the mobile ...

05/18/06 - 20060105780 - Location-based information intermediation and acquisition method, intermediation computer system, and mobile communication terminal
A system for providing a mobile communication terminal, the position of which can be detected with location-based information that is associated with a detected position, and a method of service for providing the mobile communication terminal with the location-based information automatically and quickly by synchronizing with behavior of the mobile ...

05/18/06 - 20060105779 - Method, system and apparatus for detecting a position of a terminal in a network
In a position detection system utilizing a WLAN supporting multiple data transfer rates, it is possible to reduce the number of required installed base stations, so system construction costs can be lowered. In a wireless station, a transmitted signal is judged at the time of transmission, and in case it ...

05/18/06 - 20060105778 - Frequency allocation in a radio system
In a method of selecting a radio channel from a plurality of radio channels comprised in a frequency plan and assigning the selected radio channel to a mobile radio station in consideration of the current geographic location of the mobile radio station which is provided with memory means storing data ...

05/18/06 - 20060105777 - Wireless base station and mobile station
A mobile station used in a mobile communication system which accepts location registrations from mobile stations in order to perform mobile station location management, the mobile station being comprising a detection unit which detects that it is in an overlap region of hierarchical location registration areas; and a delay unit ...

05/18/06 - 20060105776 - 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 employment of sparse networks by removing WLS (Wireless Location Sensor) equipment from selected cell sites. Thus, the location of a wireless caller ...

05/18/06 - 20060105775 - Method, system, and program for network design, analysis, and optimization
Provided are a method, system, and program for rendering information on network infrastructure. A selection of customer sites is received and a database is queried to determine geographical locations of the selected network sites. A graphical user interface is rendered including representations of the selected customer sites in a map ...

05/11/06 - 20060099959 - Method and system to monitor movable entities
A method to wirelessly monitor an entity having an attached transponder is disclosed. A geographical zone is defined. The geographical zone can be defined by allowing a user to define and load to a transponder a plurality of waypoints, each waypoint defined by a geographical coordinate and a radius originating ...

05/11/06 - 20060099958 - Method and system for positioning in a mobile communication network
A method and system for obtaining the position of a mobile station (1) located in a current network of a communications system including a plurality of networks supporting different positioning protocols. The current network (6) (107) is identified at a location centre (2) based on the identified current network (6), ...

05/11/06 - 20060099957 - Data monitoring system in communication network and monitoring method thereof
A data monitoring system in communication network has the global position system (GPS) receiver, a packet data collecting device and a mobile station-packet data serving node monitoring system (MPMS). The GPS receiver provides time information which is received from the GPS satellites. The packet data collecting device collects the communication ...

05/04/06 - 20060094444 - Intelligent network interface
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for interconnecting disparate communications systems. A call request that originates from a communications network is directed to a network interface. The network interface consequently redirects the call request to a communications entity, such as a radio or a cellular radio system that serves ...

05/04/06 - 20060094443 - Geographical web browser, methods, apparatus and systems
A geographical web browser allows a user to navigate a network application such as the Word Wide Web by physically navigating in geographical coordinates. For example, a geographical web browser is implemented in a mobile unit such as a dashboard computer. The mobile unit includes one or more transducers such ...

04/27/06 - 20060089153 - Location-sensitive calibration data
A system, method and device are provided for determining the position of a mobile station through the identification of an approximate position of the mobile station. Thereafter received signal strength (RSSI) fingerprint data for the approximate position is requested and retrieved. The fingerprint data and received signal strength data collected ...

04/27/06 - 20060089152 - Location-based synchronization of mobile terminals
This invention describes a new methodology for a location-based synchronization of content in mobile terminals (e.g., wireless devices, portable devices, mobile communication devices, mobile phones, etc.). The present invention enables a new usage model for mobile terminals: it makes it possible to have the content of the mobile terminal be ...

04/27/06 - 20060089151 - System and method for controlling modulation
A system and method for controlling modulation. The system includes a plurality of modulators and a transmitting unit. The plurality of modulators decodes data from a data signal and also encodes the data into a clock signal. The transmitting unit transmits the encoded clock signal. According to the system and ...

04/20/06 - 20060084446 - Mobile station with a plurality of interfaces
A method and a mobile station, in which the CPU memory of the mobile station provides interfaces for a plurality of applications that are external to the mobile station. Applications program modules for the external applications are stored in that part of the CPU memory of a mobile station which ...

04/13/06 - 20060079250 - Method and apparatus for providing enhanced communication capability for mobile devices on a virtual private network (vpn)
A service communication system for mobile vehicles has a cellular telephony interface in individual ones of the mobile vehicles, for establishing telephony events over a cellular network with a base station, and a global positioning system in individual ones of the mobile vehicles for determining global position from transmissions from ...

04/13/06 - 20060079249 - User privacy management apparatus and method in mobile communications system
Provided is a user privacy management apparatus and method on a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) network including a SUPL Location Platform (SLP) and a SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET) and performing privacy authorization according to location of the SET, wherein when the location of the SET is calculated, the SLP ...

04/13/06 - 20060079248 - Mobile communication terminal and position information using method
An object of the present invention is to provide a cell phone capable of using base station position information and GPS position information more appropriately. This cell phone 10 is provided with a first position acquirer 12 for acquiring first position information of cell phone 10 calculated using a position ...

04/13/06 - 20060079247 - Method for directing a user of a mobile device from a current location to a product
A method is described for directing a user of a mobile device from a current location to a product, wherein an identification code of the product is recorded in the mobile device and transmitted to a name server. The identification code is used in the name server among others for ...

04/13/06 - 20060079246 - Location based service for point-to-multipoint broadcasting
A method for providing a location based service (LBS) in a point-to-multipoint broadcasting system comprises, in a mobile station, receiving a transmitter identifier (ID) from a point-to-multipoint transmitter, and obtaining location information based on the transmitter ID. The method also comprises determining a service area for the LBS based on ...

04/13/06 - 20060079245 - Methods and systems for position co-ordination
A position coordination system for coordinating a position of a number of users includes at least one user terminal, at least one mobile communications device, and a network connecting the at least one user terminal and the at least one mobile communications device. The at least one user terminal is ...

04/13/06 - 20060079244 - System and method for collecting continuous location updates while minimizing overall network utilization
A wireless device and method for providing location updates to a wireless network includes determining a current location of the wireless device, comparing the current location to a second location and transmitting a location update, including presence information, to the wireless network when the current location differs from the second ...

04/13/06 - 20060079243 - Telephone system and method for selectively ringing a portable phone based on the self-detected geographical position of the portable phone
A portable phone is equipped with a position detector that detects the geographical position of the portable phone, and the function of the phone can be changed according to its geographical position. One or more “regions” may be defined by the user of the portable phone, and the ring parameters ...

04/06/06 - 20060073838 - Automatic critical health care service system using wireless communication, positioning and/or rf id
Three solutions for an automatic critical health care service system are proposed. First two solutions include a mobile phone device, a service provider system, a home hospital system and a nearest hospital system. The third solution also includes a RF ID technology based storage means. The mobile phone device comprises ...

03/30/06 - 20060068810 - Position calculation method and storage medium storing a program threrefor
A position calculation method includes a step of calculating error degradation quantities about respective measurement results (“distance-ranging results”) on distances between respective reference stations and a detection-target station from the respective distance-ranging results and positions of the respective reference stations, a step of calculating weight-assigning factors about the respective distance-ranging ...

03/30/06 - 20060068809 - Method for finding the location of a mobile terminal in a cellular radio system
A system, method and device are provided which determine the position of a mobile station in connection with consulting signal delay transmission data from an almanac for the purpose of identifying the nearest set of base stations. Thereafter, the position of the mobile station is determined using multilateration. ...

03/30/06 - 20060068808 - Method, system and apparatus for using mobile telephone and gps receiver to inexpensively access the server based gis context for navigation operations
Method, system and apparatus for using a mobile phone with GPS receiver attached are provided for navigation operation. The GPS device locates coordinates using the Satellite Positioning System (SPS). An apparatus and method are invented to convert the GPS coordinates into encoded voice prompts, text messages or touch-tone signals. The ...

03/23/06 - 20060063537 - Method and apparatus for determining position of mobile communication terminal
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for determining the position of a mobile communication terminal. A location server for determining a position of the mobile communication terminal in an Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS), the location server including a position calculating algorithm, and a base station information database, wherein ...

03/23/06 - 20060063536 - Method for determining location of ue by using agps information
Disclosed is a method for determining a location of a UE by means of AGPS information. The method includes generating by an SLC a pseudo UE ID according to a request for location information of the UE, the pseudo UE ID being used for maintaining security in communication with an ...

03/23/06 - 20060063535 - Method of building a locating service for a wireless network environment
A method of building a locating service for a wireless network environment includes: an environment input step, a detection point calculation step, a measuring step and an assumed non-detected position point step to find measured position points and to measure a four-directional signal strength of the measured position point. By ...

03/23/06 - 20060063534 - Communicating information associated with provisioning of a service, over a user plane connection
A method of communicating information associated with provisioning of a service in a communication system and arrangement for the same is disclosed. In the method information about possible associations between an identifier of a mobile user equipment (10) and user plane addresses is stored in storage means (34). A service ...

03/16/06 - 20060058039 - Method of generating control signals based on location of radio terminals
A method of generating a control signal to enable or inhibit a wide variety of applications is provided. The method generally includes the steps of determining the location of a first mobile radio terminal, determining the location of a second mobile radio terminal, comparing the locations of the terminals, and ...

03/16/06 - 20060058038 - Method for controlling paging and registration of a mobile device in a wireless communications system
A method for locating a mobile device in a wireless communications system comprised of a plurality of base stations is provided. The method comprises associating the mobile device with a first base station of the plurality of base stations. Thereafter, a paging signal is delivered from a subset of base ...

03/16/06 - 20060058037 - Custom information for wireless subscribers based on proximity
A method of delivering location-specific information to a wireless subscriber includes receiving one or more rules from an information distribution entity. The one or more rules define a geographic area related to the information distribution entity and define information to be distributed to the wireless subscriber when a wireless device ...

03/16/06 - 20060058036 - Mobile information terminal and communication system
Herein disclosed are a portable information terminal and a communication system according to the present invention. The portable information terminal comprises an information providing unit 109 for providing information in accordance with a providing method which the information providing unit 109 is set to, a providing pattern data storage unit ...

03/09/06 - 20060052114 - Method and system for determining the speed and position of a mobile unit
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for estimating the position and velocity of mobile wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) in a wireless communication system. Network stations use directional communication beams to divide service areas into sectors to provide communication services to the WTRUs. A WTRU saves pertinent information such as sector ID, ...

03/09/06 - 20060052113 - Roaming presence and context management
Apparatus for mediating between a cellular telephony network and a wireless LAN, comprises a first adaptor for allowing signal exchange with the cellular telephony network, a second adaptor for allowing signal exchange with the wireless LAN; and a presence tracker associated with the adaptors for obtaining and storing a current ...

03/09/06 - 20060052112 - Direction finding cell phones
A direction finding system comprising: at least one first hand holdable unit comprising circuitry that transmits a radio beacon signal; and at least one second hand holdable unit having a display screen and comprising direction finding (DF) circuitry that receives a radio beacon (RB) signal transmitted by a first unit ...

03/02/06 - 20060046741 - Method of establishing a communication connection
The invention concerns a method of establishing a communication connection between terminals (21 to 27) as well as a server (3) for supporting such establishment. Geographical positions of subscribers of a user group are determined. The server (3) correlates said geographical positions with road network data (31) and dynamically assigns ...

03/02/06 - 20060046740 - Technique for providing location-based information concerning products and services through an information assistance service
A user who is “roaming,” as determined, e.g., by his/her use of a mobile communication device, or by his/her obtaining travel directions, may be tracked and offered various goods and services, and advertising information depending on the circumstances that the user may encounter. In a first embodiment, when a user ...

02/23/06 - 20060040676 - Mobile terminal capable of generating a location information signal that indicates a landmark closest to the mobile terminal
A tracking method, which is implemented using a mobile terminal, includes the steps of establishing in the mobile terminal a landmark database that contains location data of a plurality of predetermined landmarks, enabling the mobile terminal to periodically receive a position information signal that contains position information of the mobile ...

02/23/06 - 20060040675 - Method for operating a radio system, emitting station and radio system
In a radio system having stations which are at least partially provided with a directional antenna, a first emitting station is provided with a directional antenna in a first spatial radio area. The first emitting station sends a direction information message indicating the spatial direction in which the data is ...

02/16/06 - 20060035648 - Locating system and method
A mobile controller unit has a radio positioning system and a two-way communication system and a rover unit also has a radio positioning system and a two-way radio communication system. The controller unit can query the rover unit to send its location data so that the rover unit can be ...

02/16/06 - 20060035647 - Apparatus and method for displaying caller id with location information
A system and method that provides communication devices with the capability of informing the user where the other party is located. A communication device receives a communication initialization signal. The communication device then receives data comprising location data of the communication device that initiated the communication. The data is translated ...

02/16/06 - 20060035646 - Location based services in communications networks
This disclosure concerns systems and methods for implementing location based services in communications networks. In one example, when the GMLC of a telecommunications network receives a request for the location of a mobile terminal, an SMLC is interrogated to obtain therefrom, if available, data indicative of the location of the ...

02/09/06 - 20060030335 - Identity blocking service from a wireless service provider
Location-blocking and identity-blocking services that can be commercially offered by a service promoter, e.g., a cellular service provider or a web advertiser. In the identity-blocking service, the service promoter may disclose the current physical location of a mobile subscriber (i.e., a cellular phone operator) to a third party (e.g., a ...

02/09/06 - 20060030334 - Position information management system
A position information management system in which a portable remote terminal includes a plurality of kinds of positioning means for positioning based on a GPS, positioning based on a portable-telephone or PHS base station, positioning based on a radio marker, and independent positioning based on a direction detector, so that ...

02/09/06 - 20060030333 - Geo-fencing in a wireless location system
Method and systems are employed by a wireless location system (WLS) for locating a wireless device operating in a geographic area served by a wireless communications system. An exemplary method includes defining a geo-fenced area. The method then includes monitoring a set of predefined signaling links of the wireless communications ...

02/09/06 - 20060030332 - Method and system for geolocation of wireless transmissions using distributed processors in wireless receiver towers and a method for collecting a fee for processing geolocation requests
A system and method for geolocation of wireless transmitters and a business method for collecting a fee for the geolocation. The system includes multiple cell towers and a central system administrator linked to the cell towers. Each cell tower includes a geolocation processor, capable of performing geolocation calculations for wireless ...

02/02/06 - 20060025157 - Location judgment method using cell broadcast, mobile terminal thereof, and program
A “cell broadcast information accumulation section” which accumulates cell broadcast information received by a “cell broadcast receiver” by relating it to the reception date and time, and especially information of a category for which the distribution area is “only one cell” (regional information). According to the cell broadcast information (especially ...

02/02/06 - 20060025156 - Smart telephone call routing for wireless communication devices
The present disclosure relates to calls to a particular communication service and carrier networks, based on location of a user. The user has a wireless communication wireless communication device that functions as a locator of the user, and indicates where the user may be in proximity to communication networks that ...

02/02/06 - 20060025155 - Method and mobile station for autonomously determining an angel of arrival (a0a) estimation
A method (900) and a mobile station (160) for autonomously determining an angle of arrival (AOA) estimation are described herein. The mobile station (160) may receive information associated with a plurality of sectors (200) from a base station (140) having a plurality of antennas. Each of the plurality of antennas ...

02/02/06 - 20060025154 - System and method for locating persons or assets using centralized computing of node location and displaying the node locations
A system and method for providing position information of mobile user terminals (103) in a portable voice and data wireless communications network, such as an ad-hoc wireless communications network (100). More particularly, the present invention relates to a system of locating persons or assets using a centralized computing device, such ...

02/02/06 - 20060025153 - Position information providing system, base station and position information providing method for use therewith
The present invention provides a base station that can expand a position information providing service in the closed range of a single cell. The base station stores the transmission time in a transmission time storing part, calculates the RTT in an RTT calculating part, employing a received signal from a ...

02/02/06 - 20060025152 - Apparatus and method of controlling diversity reception for mobile communication terminal combined with satellite dmb receiver
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of controlling diversity reception for a mobile communication terminal combined with a satellite digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) receiver, which may control operations of an antenna and a tuner of the satellite DMB receiver using position information obtained by global positioning system (GPS). There ...

01/26/06 - 20060019675 - Technology for controlling wireless communication
A mobile terminal is carried by a moving object, and the mobile station is configured to perform wireless communications with a base terminal from among a plurality of base stations. The mobile station acquires a communication status between itself and at least a first base station and a second base ...

01/26/06 - 20060019674 - 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 network is capable of determining the position of a handset. The method includes receiving a trigger from the MSC; sending ...

01/19/06 - 20060014549 - Smart telephone call routing for wireless communication devices
The present disclosure relates to calls to a particular communication service and carrier networks, based on location of a user. The user has a wireless communication wireless communication device that functions as a locator of the user, and indicates where the user may be in proximity to communication networks that ...

01/19/06 - 20060014548 - Determination of mobile terminal position
A multitude of measurement units is distributed over a cell area in a wireless communications system. The measurements units are instructed to measure properties of uplink signals of radio resources utilized by mobile terminals, whose position is requested. The measurements are in particular embodiments signal strength measures. The measurements are ...

01/19/06 - 20060014547 - System and method for location based policy management
The disclosure is directed to a system including a set of short-range wireless access points and a policy server. The set of short-range wireless access points are configured to provide a short-range wireless network having a coverage area and are configured to communicate with a wireless enabled device within the ...

01/19/06 - 20060014546 - Dynamic media content for collaborators including disparate location representations
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for delivering dynamic media content to collaborators. Embodiments typically include providing collaborative event media content including a grammar and a structured document; receiving a plurality of disparate client location representations; generating a dynamic client context for a client in dependence upon at ...

01/19/06 - 20060014545 - Using multiple receive antenna to determine the location of a transmitter with respect to a receiver in ultra wideband systems
An apparatus, system, method, and computer program product for determining a location of at least an image of a transmitter transmitting a signal is disclosed. The location of at least the image of the transmitter is determined by receiving a signal transmitted by the transmitter at at least three receiver ...

01/12/06 - 20060009237 - Partitioning method for mobile communication network with overlapping location areas
A partitioning method for a mobile communication network with overlapping location areas is disclosed. The method comprises: finding at least a potential LAC labeling operation for each cell within the network; determining a respective gain for each potential LAC labeling operation; selecting one potential LAC labeling operations according to the ...

01/12/06 - 20060009236 - Determining a location
Methods and systems for determining a location using a software based radio are disclosed. ...

01/12/06 - 20060009235 - Method and apparatus for determining location of a base station using a plurality of mobile stations in a wireless mobile network
A method and apparatus for determining a position of a base station in a wireless communication network that includes a mobile station in communication with base stations. A BTS calibration server is networked with the base stations. A BTS calibration program is programmed into a group of mobile stations that ...

01/12/06 - 20060009234 - Portable electronic device
A portable electronic device has a user interface having a display and an entertainment system which outputs entertainment media signals to the user interface. A tracking system generates tracking data from signals received from Global Positioning System satellites and a monitoring system processes the tracking data to obtain monitoring data ...

01/12/06 - 20060009233 - System and method for geograpically locating a cellular phone
According to an embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a method for geographically locating a cellular phone. The method comprises: determining an effective cell-area for each of a first cell and a second cell in a cellular network; and determining a handover area within which the cellular phone is ...

01/05/06 - 20060003775 - Advanced triggers for location-based service applications in a wireless location system
Method and systems are employed by a wireless location system (WLS) for locating a wireless device operating in a geographic area served by a wireless communications system. An exemplary method includes monitoring a set of signaling links of the wireless communications system, and detecting at least one predefined signaling transaction ...

12/29/05 - 20050288035 - Method and system for location-aware wireless mobile devices including mobile user network message interfaces and protocol
A method and system for location-aware wireless mobile devices including a mobile user network interfaces and protocol. A network-independent location-aware network protocol provides communication with location-aware wireless mobile devices. The protocol is network-independent to support and deliver location-aware services over virtually any wireless or wired network transparently regardless of the ...

12/29/05 - 20050288034 - Method and apparatus for using position location to direct narrow beam antennas
A novel mobile unit which communicates with a new and advantageous base station. The mobile unit includes a system for generation of position information and a transceiver for transmitting the position information. In the preferred embodiment, the transceiver is a CDMA system and the system for generating position information includes ...

12/29/05 - 20050288033 - System and method for location determination
In one embodiment, a system and method for determining a location of a mobile device are described. A number of different locations for the mobile device is provided using a location determining system. The locations for a number of virtual base stations are determined utilizing the known locations for the ...

12/22/05 - 20050282558 - System and method for asynchronous wireless positioning by ordered transmission
Disclosed is a wireless positioning system and method that can perform a high-precision position tracking. The wireless positioning system includes a target device that is an object of wireless positioning, beacon devices and a processing unit. The beacon devices transmits wireless signals and sense reception time points of the wireless ...

12/22/05 - 20050282557 - System and method for implementing a remote location acquisition application program interface
An Application Program Interface (API) is defined at a requesting terminal. The API provides a common interface between an application program requesting a location for a target mobile terminal and a location server at the requesting terminal. The location server may be integrated into the API or may be a ...

12/22/05 - 20050282556 - Method and system for distributing and collecting location sensitive information over a wireless local area network
In a first aspect, the present invention is a method that includes specifying on the electronic device a request for a product or service, and receiving in the electronic device advertising information related to a local merchant from the local merchant and transmitted over a wireless local area network (LAN). ...

12/15/05 - 20050277427 - Method for determining a location
A method for providing a mobile telecommunications terminal with location information is disclosed. The mobile telecommunications terminal is adapted to communicate with a base station via a first wireless communication protocol. The method comprises: transmitting, from the mobile telecommunications terminal via a second wireless communication protocol, a location information request ...

12/15/05 - 20050277426 - System for locating a mobile unit
A wireless local area network (LAN) comprises an access point which transmits a beacon signal at 0 dBm. The detection threshold of the mobile unit is −65 dBm and thus the mobile unit is detected when located within 10 metres of the access point. ...

12/08/05 - 20050272443 - 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 unit. The method also includes monitoring a location of the mobile unit using the identifier and a network-assisted location finding system to ...

12/08/05 - 20050272442 - System for dynamically pushing information to a user utilizing global positioning system
A computer implemented method is provided for directing region-specific information. The method receives information relating to location of users, and provides location-specific information to the users. ...

12/08/05 - 20050272441 - Method, apparatus and system for notifying a user of a portable wireless device
A method, apparatus and system for notifying a user of a portable communication device. In one embodiment, a location of a first portable communication device is determined for a first user and the location of a second portable communication device is determined for a second user. A determination is made ...

12/08/05 - 20050272440 - Method of providing location service for wlan user
A method of providing location service for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) subscribers. With a location subsystem preset in the WLAN and the WLAN subscribers accessing to a 3G network, the method comprises at least the steps of the WLAN location subsystem detecting whether it has received a location request ...

12/08/05 - 20050272439 - Mobile localization in gsm networks
A positioning system and an antenna in a cellular mobile network, for operators that requires no modifications to standard phones and terminals used in said network and capable of using a range of different positioning methods, comprising one or several LMU systems that makes radio measurement (GSM and GPS)and transmit ...

12/01/05 - 20050266856 - Providing geographical data in response to a request from a communication terminal
An apparatus, method, program, and product, each capable of providing geographical data in response to a request from a communication terminal. The geographical data providing apparatus may provide geographical data, according to spatial data and command data received from the communication terminal. The geographical data providing apparatus may provide geographical ...

12/01/05 - 20050266855 - Method and system for radio map filtering via adaptive clustering
A method for estimating a location of a wireless device in a wireless local network is provided. The method includes forming a first set comprised of the signal strength received from access points that the wireless device received a signal from and an indicator of no signal strength measured for ...

11/24/05 - 20050261003 - Call log maps embedded within or provided with telephone and pager billing statements
Telephone (installed and mobile) and pager billing statements can be significantly enhanced if the call log information was summarized and presented by visual means, such as maps. A method and system is described herein to deliver telephone and pager call log details through one or more maps embedded within or ...

11/24/05 - 20050261002 - Tracking method and system to be implemented using a wireless telecommunications network
A tracking method for a tracking system that includes target and tracking devices includes the steps of: in response to a location request issued by the tracking device and transmitted through a wireless telecommunications network, enabling operation of the target device to access a location-based service that is provided by ...

11/24/05 - 20050261001 - Provision of location dependent services without revealing the user identity via a mobile telecommunications network
Application service providers (ASP1, ASP2 . . . ) are linked to a mobile telecommunications network (N), such as a cellular telecommunications network, for providing services such as information-providing services to users (MS1, MS2, MS3 . . . ) in the network. For example, one service provider (ASP1) may, on ...

11/24/05 - 20050261000 - Method for supplying persons with updated, location-dependent information by means of acoustic and/or optical information
According to said method, each person is allocated a mobile receiver, which contains information stored in a memory. A respective code signal is assigned to said information. One or more first transmitters transmit(s) code signals in respective areas that are spatially limited. The receiver has reproduction means for reproducing the ...

11/17/05 - 20050255860 - Gps-microphone for communication system
A communication apparatus, such as a GPS-microphone, which is adapted for incorporating a communication system, includes a communication unit such as a speaker-microphone set, a communication transmitter such as a radio frequency transmitter communicatively networked with the communication system through radio frequency signals, and a positioning controller such as GPS ...

11/17/05 - 20050255859 - Methods and apparatuses for measuring frequencies of basestations in cellular networks using mobile gps receivers
Methods and apparatuses for frequency synchronizing basestations in a cellular communication system. In one aspect of the invention, a method to predict a timing of transmission of a basestation in a cellular communication system includes: receiving a first time tag for a first timing marker in a first cellular signal ...

11/17/05 - 20050255858 - Method and apparatus for detecting excess delay in a communication signal
A method and apparatus of determining a lower bound of an excess delay in a time of arrival measurement of a received signal. Determining the lower bound of an excess delay in a time of arrival measurements includes receiving signals from at least two base stations and determining the time ...

11/17/05 - 20050255857 - Method and apparatus for selecting a location platform for a user equipment to roam and method for determining a location of a user equipment using the same
A method and an apparatus for selecting a location platform for a user equipment to roam and a method for determining the location of the user equipment using the same. The method for selecting a location platform includes: checking a visiting network of the UE in response to a location ...

11/17/05 - 20050255856 - Intelligent wireless network switching
A system and method for managing network links in a mobile wireless device employs a database of connectivity profiles to allow geographic data to assist in the selection of network links to minimize down time and allow for proactive management of the network connection. ...

11/17/05 - 20050255855 - Locating mobile terminals
A method of generating a location estimate for a mobile station in a wireless communications network. The method includes receiving first measurement data relating to at least one radio link between the mobile station and a first site and using said first measurement data in a location calculation method with ...

11/17/05 - 20050255854 - Locating mobile terminals
A method of providing a location estimate for a mobile station in a wireless communications network. The method of providing the location estimate includes implementing, in parallel, a plurality of different location estimate generation methods, each location generation method generating a location estimate. The method of providing the location estimate ...

11/17/05 - 20050255853 - Method for enabling a location service client to contact a user of a mobile device
A method for sending (700) information enabling a contacting of a user of a mobile device (MS) to at least one location service client (CL1,CL2) is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of selection (200) of a type of location service clients on the mobile device (MS), transmission (300) of ...

11/10/05 - 20050250516 - Location information system reflecting user preferences and service providing method thereof
For users with user terminals in a wireless or mobile network, a mechanism is provided for returning a representative location based on the user's profile settings and the user's current physical location. The representative location is not the user's actual physical location, but a conceptual location used for reporting the ...

11/10/05 - 20050250515 - Local public information system
A local public information system can deliver public information to appropriate target persons in a local area at appropriate times, and make it possible for the persons to reconfirm the information once delivered, without incurring communication expenses and noise. The system includes an information delivery server and an on-board device ...

11/10/05 - 20050250514 - Mode control method of mobile wireless communication device
The present invention discloses a mode control method used in a mobile wireless communication device. The mobile wireless communication device has a first communication mode and a second communication mode. The method includes the following steps: calculating a motion speed of the mobile wireless communication device; and controlling the mobile ...

11/03/05 - 20050245271 - System and method using location-aware devices to provide content-rich mobile services in a wireless network
A system and method is provided for providing enriched content over a wireless network to a mobile device based on location information read by the mobile device from a location information storage device. The location information storage device may be a bar code, RFID tag, Infobutton, or any other device ...

10/27/05 - 20050239480 - Positioning apparatus and method of a mobile terminal using a positioning server independently constructed on a network
A positioning apparatus and method of a mobile terminal using a positioning server independently constructed on a network. The positioning apparatus includes a positioning server, independently constructed on a network, for collecting and storing/managing assistant data that includes orbit information and correction information of a satellite, and providing the assistant ...

10/27/05 - 20050239479 - Hands-free reminder for a wireless communications terminal
A wireless communications device includes a transceiver to communicate with a wireless communications network and a controller, and alerts a user to whether the device is proximate a hands-free zone. A hands-free zone is a geographical area having predetermined boundaries where the user may not communicate without the use of ...

10/27/05 - 20050239478 - Terminal location
A method for locating a mobile terminal in a communications network, the method comprising the steps of: applying one of a plurality of available methods to estimate a location of the mobile terminal; and applying one of a plurality of available methods to calculate a region around the estimated location ...

10/27/05 - 20050239477 - Location information of emergency call providing system using mobile network
The present invention relates to a system for providing location information using a mobile communication network, and more particularly, to a system for providing emergency relief location information using a mobile communication network, by which location and situation information of a mobile communication subscriber can be easily known through the ...

10/27/05 - 20050239476 - Method and system for providing location information of a mobile station
The present disclosure provides a method and system (100) for obtaining the geographical position (latitude, longitude) of mobile station (MS) such as a CDMA 1x handheld mobile device (102) when it is in a packet mode session. The disclosed method and system allows the mobile station (102) to transparently switch ...

10/27/05 - 20050239475 - Method and arrangement for transferring positioning information between controlling units in a mobile communication network
The present invention relates to a method and arrangements in a mobile telecommunication network for providing a first radio network controlling unit with positioning information for a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal is located within a cell and served by a radio base station covering said cell. The cell is ...

10/13/05 - 20050227710 - Base station control equipment, mobile station equipment, and radio communication system
The invention relates to a radio communication system, a base station control equipment and a mobile station equipment which constitute the radio communication system. An object of the present invention to maintain high channel capacity while adapting to geographical distribution of a mobile station which can perform soft hand-off. The ...

10/13/05 - 20050227709 - System and method for providing location based services over a network
In a method for providing location-based information over a network, a plurality of GPS reference data sets, corresponding to a plurality of respective local areas, are acquired at intervals such that each GPS reference data set is updated on a continuous basis. A plurality of aiding data sets are generated ...

10/13/05 - 20050227708 - Mp3 broadcasting device with cigarette-lighter plug
AN MP3 broadcasting device, which can be used via plugging in a cigarette-lighter socket inside a car, has a cigarette-lighter plug, a frequency modulation (FM) radio module, a transmission module, a playing module, a control module and a frequency-setting module. The cigarette-lighter plug is used to obtain a first electric ...

10/13/05 - 20050227707 - System and method for location and motion detection in a home wireless network
A method and system for determining location and/or motion for one or more wireless devices communicating at short range (i.e. less than about 30 feet) with other wireless devices on a wireless network. Signal strength measurements are passed within communication frames between wireless devices which can be used to represent ...

10/13/05 - 20050227706 - Position detection with frequency smoothing
The invention relates to a method for calculating a position of a mobile communications equipment. In order to obtain a more accurate position information of the mobile communications equipment, receiving physical communication channels within the mobile communications equipment, receiving first signal codes within said physical communication channels, measuring a signal ...

10/13/05 - 20050227705 - Data communication method, telecommunication system and mobile device
A data communication method in a communication system is provided. Speech and/or data is transmitted and received by a mobile device of the communication system using a predetermined transmission resource. The location of the mobile device of the communication system is determined. Information about the location of the mobile device ...

10/13/05 - 20050227704 - Facilitating entering location data
There are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for service improvement techniques for a transportation service provider using mobile devices. In one aspect there is received user-entered data for at least one field present in a provided electronic form. The form includes a link that, when activated, establishes a ...

10/13/05 - 20050227703 - Method for using base station power measurements to detect position of mobile stations
A method of using power measurements from base stations to calculate position of a mobile station. The method includes providing position coordinates for a plurality of base stations in a mobile phone network, measuring Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) levels of nearby base stations with a mobile station, identifying three ...

09/29/05 - 20050215270 - Method for verifying geographical location of wide area network users
A method for verifying a purported location of a wide area network user is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving information from a user via a wide area network, including a purported geographical location of the network user. A first network address from which the information is received ...

09/29/05 - 20050215269 - Navigation system
The present invention relates to a method of determining the location of a target. The method includes initializing a set of base stations to determine their location relative to each other. At the target, the time of arrival of at least one signal from each of the plurality of base ...

09/29/05 - 20050215268 - Method and apparatus for detecting received radiation power
A radiation detection method and apparatus thereof for estimating radiation power received by the mobile station. The locations of nearby base stations and the mobile station are obtained from the broadcast system messages and the location service provided by the service provider, and based on the location information, the radiation ...

09/29/05 - 20050215267 - Information transmitting and encryption method and apparatus
The present invention provides a method and system for the transmission of text, sound and images between a sender and a receiver location for receiving coordinate or location coded transmitted information, and providing text, sound and images by processing said transmitted information via paired coordinate information in a location database. ...

09/22/05 - 20050208954 - User-tagging of cellular telephone locations
A user-controlled cellular telephone positioning feature allows a cellular telephone user to correlate a user-specified location name with a cellular telephone location among one or more cells of a cellular telephone network. In one implementation, a cellular telephone location tagging application is stored and operated on a cellular telephone. The ...

09/22/05 - 20050208953 - System and method for providing poisition information of mobile terminal using cellular broadcasting technology
There are provided a system and a method for providing position information of a mobile terminal using cellular broadcasting technology. The ephemeris and almanac information of the GPS satellite required for calculating the position of the mobile terminal are broadcasted by the CBS through the BTS to which the mobile ...

09/22/05 - 20050208952 - 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 based on signals detected among a plurality of radio transceivers. In certain implementations, the wireless node location mechanism further incorporates ...

09/22/05 - 20050208951 - Method for locating mobile terminals, system and components therefor
To locate a mobile terminal (MS1, MS2, . . . ) within a mobile communication network comprising at least a radio base station (BTS1, BTS2, . . . , BTSn), a set of physical dimensions are measured, which identify, according to respective functions, the location coordinates (x, y, z) of ...

09/15/05 - 20050202832 - Privacy features for a cellular telephone location identification system
A method for providing security features for a cellular phone. The method includes the step of authorizing administrator changes to location identification settings associated with the cellular phone. Location identification option selections then can be received from the administrator for the cellular phone and at least one location identification rule ...

09/15/05 - 20050202831 - Telephone user interface for efficient self-location of mobile phone
Method for identifying a location of a wireless device responsive to a single user command. The method can include (a) determining a physical location of the wireless device using at least one of a global positioning system and a network based solution, (b) communicating data identifying the physical location to ...

09/15/05 - 20050202830 - Method and system for monitoring location of a cellular phone in relation to a predefined geographic area with automatic notation of boundary violations
A method for monitoring location of a cellular phone in relation to a predefined geographic area with automatic notification of boundary violations is provided. If the cellular phone is carried by a person, the invention can be used to monitor a range of movement of a person carrying the cellular ...

09/15/05 - 20050202829 - Satellite positioning system receiver utilizing time-aiding information from an independent source
An electronic device (10). The device has means (222) for receiving SPS information from an SPS system (40). The device also comprises means (223) for receiving broadcast timing information from a source (50) other than the SPS system. The device also comprises means for determining a location fix of the ...

09/08/05 - 20050197139 - Positioning technique
A target device's location in a radio network is estimated by maintaining a probabilistic model for several sample points that indicate expected distributions of signal values at a given location. The target device observes signal values, wherein the sequence of observations and the respective locations constitute a Hidden Markov Model. ...

09/08/05 - 20050197138 - Environmentally driven phone behavior
A method for controlling the behavior of a telephone using policies, the method comprising a Policy Creation Program (PCP) and a Behavior Control Program (BCP). The policies comprise telephone behavior instructions and three criteria conditions: location criteria, context criteria, and caller criteria. Each policy is also assigned a policy priority ...

09/08/05 - 20050197137 - Methods and apparatus for facilitating the determination of gps location information for a mobile station without disrupting communications of a voice call
Methods and apparatus for facilitating the determination of Global Positioning System (GPS) location information for a mobile station without disrupting communications of a voice call (e.g. a 911 emergency call). In one illustrative example, the mobile station causes GPS navigational-type data to be regularly or periodically received and stored in ...

09/08/05 - 20050197136 - Selective termination of wireless connections to refresh signal information in wireless node location infrastructure
Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to refreshing signal information in an infrastructure wireless node location mechanism. The wireless node location mechanism selectively terminates connections with wireless clients to refresh signal strength information used to compute an estimated location for the wireless clients. The wireless node location mechanism terminates the connection ...

09/01/05 - 20050192027 - 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 cell, and generating predetermined data for measuring position information of the UEs on the basis of propagation signals received from ...

09/01/05 - 20050192026 - System and method for cdma geolocation
A system and method is disclosed for determining the location of a mobile appliance using the reverse pilot channel provided in CDMA 2000 communication systems to determine an attribute (e.g., time of arrival, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, received power level) of a reverse pilot signal at one ...

09/01/05 - 20050192025 - Method and apparatus for an interactive tour-guide system
An interactive tour guide system includes software downloaded from a tour-guide web site to a PDA (portable digital assistant) or tablet laptop computer. The user indicates his geographic location to the interactive tour-guide device by entry on a dynamic city map. Intelligent agent software responsive to a request from the ...

09/01/05 - 20050192024 - Method and apparatus for improving radio location accuracy with measurements
A method and apparatus to utilize a set of measurements (either partial or compete) to improve the accuracy of an initial position estimate for a wireless terminal. The initial position estimate for the terminal is first obtained (e.g., based on a cell-ID or an enhanced cell-ID solution). Measurements are obtained ...

08/25/05 - 20050186968 - Mobile object locator
There is disclosed a method and apparatus for an object locator system (10) for requesting and obtaining information about the location of a mobile object, having attached thereon a lightweight object locator (42), operable in a region served by a two-way paging system (12) and a global positioning satellite system ...

08/25/05 - 20050186967 - Multi-network location services support
Location of a portable device with a transmitter, such as a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in a cellular telecommunications network, is obtained by a primary network augmented by data obtained from a diverse network. In a particular configuration, changes of the indication of the location of the portable device are ...

08/25/05 - 20050186966 - Real-time system and method for improving the accuracy of the computed location of mobile subscribers in a wireless ad-hoc network using a low speed central processing unit
A system and method for improving the accuracy in computing the location of a mobile subscriber device connected in a wireless network. The system and method employ a predictive filter, including a measurement weight algorithm to decrease standard deviation error, to correctly determine a location of a mobile subscriber device. ...

08/25/05 - 20050186965 - Method of enabling a wireless information device to access location data
A method of enabling a first wireless information device to access absolute location data in which the first wireless information device does not possess its own absolute location finding system but is instead able to receive, over a wireless network, absolute location data from a second wireless information device that ...

08/18/05 - 20050181807 - Geographical web browser, methods, apparatus and systems
A geographical web browser allows a user to navigate a network application such as the Word Wide Web by physically navigating in geographical coordinates. For example, a geographical web browser is implemented in a mobile unit such as a dashboard computer. The mobile unit includes one or more transducers such ...

08/18/05 - 20050181806 - Geographical web browser, methods, apparatus and systems
A geographical web browser allows a user to navigate a network application such as the Word Wide Web by physically navigating in geographical coordinates. For example, a geographical web browser is implemented in a mobile unit such as a dashboard computer. The mobile unit includes one or more transducers such ...

08/18/05 - 20050181805 - Method and system for determining the location of an unlicensed mobile access subscriber
A method and system for locating an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) subscriber. The method enables a user of a mobile station comprising a hand-set or the like that supports voice and data access via both licensed and unlicensed radio spectrums to be located. Accordingly, services requiring location information, such as ...

08/18/05 - 20050181804 - Applications of signal quality observations
A method and apparatus for using at least one signal quality parameter in an application. A target device makes observations of at least one signal quality parameter in a wireless communication environment. Because there are gross differences between different target devices' observations, there are one or more device models that ...

08/18/05 - 20050181803 - System for combining geographic location information, database-derived affinity matches, and user control in order to permit individuals to rendezvous
A system combining features of affinity and/or preference matching, location services, wireless devices, and security to provide users with controllable ability to rendezvous or track based upon user-defined interests or characteristics. Security features may include multiple levels of user-selected security and identification of users by a variety of means, including ...

08/11/05 - 20050176442 - Estimating the location of inexpensive wireless terminals by using signal strength measurements
A system is disclosed that enables the estimation of the location of a wireless terminal in a wireless network. The illustrative embodiment works without requiring modifications to be made to the wireless terminal. Furthermore, the hardware of some embodiments of the present invention can be inexpensively deployed indoors. Some embodiments ...

08/11/05 - 20050176441 - Method and apparatus for locating mobile stations in a wireless telecommunications system
A method for determining the location of a mobile station/cell phone making a call that may be an emergency 911 call. When the call is originated at the mobile station, the supporting wireless network receives data from a GPS device built into the mobile station as to the latitude and ...

08/04/05 - 20050170846 - Agps system using a public radio paging network and a terminal position measurement method using the system
An assisted global positioning system (AGPS) system capable of determining a position of a terminal more quickly and accurately by transceiving AGPS data utilizing a public radio paging network, which can transmit a large quantity of data at a very high speed. The present invention provides a mobile terminal with ...

08/04/05 - 20050170845 - Method and system for selective wireless communication
Methods, devices and systems for wireless communication. A device user defines a list of contacts and receives a collective indication of which contacts are located within a neighborhood of the device. The neighborhood is defined at the device, for example by the device itself or by the user. A plurality ...

08/04/05 - 20050170844 - Determination to request mobile station position through employment of call characteristics
A network component of an apparatus in one example employs one or more call characteristics to make a determination to initiate a request for one or more positions of one or more mobile stations. ...

08/04/05 - 20050170843 - 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 antenna and a transceiver connected thereto, and a controller for cooperating with the transceiver for transmitting a plurality of location finding signals ...

07/28/05 - 20050164712 - 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. ...

07/28/05 - 20050164711 - Apparatus and method for suppressing mechanical resonance in a mass transit vehicle
A mass transit vehicle traction motor control system includes an automatic control block for receiving and processing a tachometer signal having a first resonance signal superimposed thereon to produce a rate request signal having a corresponding second resonance signal superimposed thereon. A filter is provided for decreasing an amplitude of ...

07/28/05 - 20050164710 - 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. When the location finding device determines that the location finding device is not located within the first ...

07/21/05 - 20050159171 - Mobile communication system, mobile communication terminal, and mobile communication method
A mobile communication system provides a radio base station, a mobile communication terminal and a radio control station. The radio base station communicates with a mobile communication terminal within a service area. When the mobile communication terminal cannot communicate with the radio base station, the mobile communication terminal measures a ...

07/21/05 - 20050159170 - Method and system for transmitting assistance location data for fleet and asset management
An approach is provided for transmitting assistance location information to a plurality of telemetry devices over a two-way wireless network (e.g., paging system). A location server, within a Network Operations Center (NOC), generates the assistance location information, such as Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS) data, from a location reference network ...

07/21/05 - 20050159169 - Method and system for tracking mobile telemetry devices
An approach is provided for tracking a telemetry device over a wireless network. A determination is made whether the telemetry device is operating in a first mode requiring assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS) data from the wireless network to determine location of the telemetry device. The A-GPS data is transmitted ...

07/14/05 - 20050153709 - System and method for a gps enabled antenna
A system and method for providing a global positioning system (GPS) enabled antenna system are provided. The GPS enabled antenna may be used, for example, on a wireless communications device such as a wireless handset. The wirelesscommunications device includes a GPS switching module coupled to a conventional communications antenna, including ...

07/14/05 - 20050153708 - Blade support structure of bulldozer
In a blade support structure of a bulldozer, a rotational axis of an angle control can be formed as a rotational axis which is always directed to one vertical direction, without reference to a pitch control of a blade. A pitching joint is arranged in a front end portion of ...

07/14/05 - 20050153707 - Portable service identification, notification and location device and method
A system and method for automated location of transportation vehicle passengers enables a passenger to request a transportation vehicle by activating a transceiver. The transceiver transmits a request signal upon activation to a transportation server. The transportation server sends a location request to a location system. The location system then ...

07/14/05 - 20050153706 - Providing location information in a visited network
A method for establishing a media for communications in association with a location information service provided in association with a communication system is disclosed. In the method a user equipment is provided with information enabling the user equipment to communicate on a user plane connection with at least one location ...

07/14/05 - 20050153705 - Method for cellular communications
The invention relates to cellular communications systems. In order to enhance an efficiency of a cellular communications system a file in electronic form with fragments of a digital geographical map of the vicinity is preliminarily introduced into a control center of a cellular communications system, the map comprising coordinates and ...

07/07/05 - 20050148339 - Personal item monitor using radio frequency identification
A personal item monitoring system includes a monitor having a transmitter and a receiver located therein. At least one radio identification tag is adapted to be coupled to a personal item. Alternatively, the radio identification tag may be pre-installed into the personal item. The monitor emits a radio frequency received ...

06/30/05 - 20050143093 - Mobile communication system and method for capturing information of other mobile communication terminals
Disclosed is a mobile communication system and a method for capturing information of other mobile communication terminals, that can identify criminal who harmed a user of mobile communication terminal based on information of the criminal's mobile communication terminal by capturing information of other mobile communication terminals, located within a certain ...

06/30/05 - 20050143092 - Positioning system, positioning method, and positioning server
To provide a positioning system, a positioning method, and a positioning server, which are capable of improving accuracy in detection of a position. In a positioning system, three or more access points connected to a terminal station by wireless communication are connected to a positioning server through a network, the ...

06/30/05 - 20050143091 - Indoor location identification system
A system and method or accurate location identification of a mobile cellular telephone in an indoor environment in case of emergency are provided. The system comprises elements of a distributed antenna system (DAS) and at least one location identification unit (LIU) coupled to the DAS and operative to extract the ...

06/30/05 - 20050143090 - Location aided wireless signal characteristic adjustment
Location data is used to augment signal parameter measurement and signal control of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs). When communication between a base station and the WTRU is established and a location of the WTRU is obtained by the base station, the data is correlated to a database. The correlated data ...

06/30/05 - 20050143089 - Location aided cell search
Positions of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are determined over time. The determined positions are used to determine a movement direction of the WTRU. Based on a current position of the determined positions and the movement direction of the WTRU, at least one cell that the WTRU is approaching is ...

06/23/05 - 20050136945 - E-otd augmentation to u-tdoa location system
A method for use in a wireless communication system with a network overlay geolocation system having a sparse deployment network in which base stations of the wireless communication system may or may not have a co-located wireless location sensor (WLS). The method uses U-TDOA measurements on the uplink (reverse) signal ...

06/23/05 - 20050136944 - Sequence-based positioning technique
A target device's location is estimated by a location estimation module (LEM) that comprises a probabilistic model (PM) for a plurality of sample points, each of which comprises a sample location and an expected distribution of signal values at that sample point. The location estimation module (LEM) makes a sequence ...

06/23/05 - 20050136943 - Location-assisted wireless communication
Techniques for location-assisted wireless communication use real-time location(s) of wireless transceiver(s) together with stored location-indexed channel information to improve communication over a wireless channel between the transceiver(s). The stored channel information includes channel characteristics (e.g., average power, angle-of-arrival, and time delay of multipath components) that are substantially constant in time ...

06/23/05 - 20050136942 - Terminal-based server for location tracking
A mobile terminal device that facilitates location services (LCS) in a cellular network. The system, as embodied in a mobile terminal device, comprises a mobile communications component that communicates wireless signals, and a location services component embodied in the mobile communication component to provide positioning information. A location request is ...

06/23/05 - 20050136941 - System and method for locating wired networks using wireless data
A system and method is provided for using a wireless network to determine a device's physical location and retrieve location specific settings based upon the device's physical location. A device's physical location is determined by matching the identifier of the wireless access point (WAP) to which the device is connected ...

06/16/05 - 20050130672 - Method and system for determining mobile station position
A method and system determines mobile station position information based upon base station identification and a repeater discriminant. A position location database includes base station identifications and repeater discriminant combinations, and unique position information associated with each combination. A repeater implements a discriminant to a transmitted signal in either the ...

06/16/05 - 20050130671 - Mobile device and geographic information system background and summary of the related art
The present invention provides a system and mobile device for providing geographic information to a user. The system includes a mobile device that is wirelessly connected to a geographic database. The mobile device includes a plurality of sensors for determining a first location and a first direction. A controller is ...

06/16/05 - 20050130670 - Systems and methods for distributed processing of location information associated with emergency 911 wireless transmissions
The present invention relates to systems and methods to locate and recover objects equipped with tracking devices by determining the location information of the object. The system employs multiple radio direction finding (RDF) devices, which is capable of determining the angle of arrival of a radio signal. The MSC sends ...

06/16/05 - 20050130669 - Positioning system using radio signal sent from node
To provide a method of measuring a position of a node by using a radio communication system which comprises the node to send a position measuring signal, and a plurality of base stations to receive radio signals from the node, the method including: the base stations watching signals from the ...

06/16/05 - 20050130668 - Localization of radio-frequency transceivers
The invention concerns a localization and communication methods and system between mobile stations and a central server through a wireless network comprising a plurality of wireless radio-frequency transmitting access points (AP1-AP4), among which a first access point is chosen to perform the communication, comprising the steps of measuring the signal ...

06/16/05 - 20050130667 - Specialised mobile terminal
The invention refers to a specialised mobile terminal (1) intended to be localised by means of a suitable equipped telecommunications network (2). The mobile device (1) only implements the functions required for location definition and can be activated both remotely and possibly locally by the user of the device (1). ...

06/09/05 - 20050124354 - Location estimation of wireless terminals using indoor radio frequency models
A method of estimating the location of a wireless terminal that is within a structure is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method can be practiced without the addition of hardware to either the wireless terminal or to base stations of the telecommunications system. In the illustrative embodiment, an indoor radio ...

06/02/05 - 20050119009 - Method and system for recording physical information related to a moving vehicle during wireless communications
The present invention is directed to a method and a system for detecting a wireless telephone communication in a vehicle, and once detected, starts recording the value of relevant physical parameters of the vehicle. For instance, these parameters are the current time at which the telephone communication is received or ...

06/02/05 - 20050119008 - Method, device and system for adjusting mobility management
It is disclosed a method of adjusting mobility management in a mobile communication network, said mobile communication network comprising a mobility control unit (4; 40; 320) adapted to track location of communication units (1; 10; 310) communicating in said mobile communication network and to control the mobility management for said ...

06/02/05 - 20050119007 - System and method for identifying the position of mobile terminals
The present invention relates to a system 10 and corresponding method for locating mobile terminals 12 following a location request whereto is associated information whose content depends on the position and characteristics of the mobile terminal 12 to be located. The system 10 comprises a cellular phone location centre (MLC ...

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