Mobile unit and system having integrated mapping, communications and tracking
AssigneeBlackbird Technologies, Inc.
InventorsThomas Loftus, Dorian Araneda, Michael Koontz
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Abstract
A handheld device and system, in which such device and system include at least one mapping module, at least one tracking module interoperative with said at least one mapping module, at least one communications module interoperative with each of said at least one tracking module and said at least one mapping module, at least two antennae communicatively connected via said at least one communications module to at least one central processing unit, wherein at least one of said at least two antenna is suitable for communications using at least two distinct communication modes.
Claims10
A handheld device, comprising:
- at least one mapping module;
- at least one tracking module interoperative with said at least one mapping module;
- at least one communications module interoperative with each of said at least one tracking module and said at least one mapping module;
- at least two antennae communicatively connected via said at least one communications module to at least one central processing unit, wherein at least one of said at least two antenna is suitable for communications using at least two distinct communication modes.
A communications system comprising:
- at least one central server comprising:
- a communications module;
- a central processing unit;
- and
- a graphical user interface;
- and
- a plurality of handheld devices;
- each handheld device communicating with the at least one central server, each handheld device comprising:
- at least one mapping module;
- at least one tracking module interoperative with said at least one mapping module;
- at least one communications module interoperative with each of said at least one tracking module and said at least one mapping module, said at least one communications module operative in at least two communications modes;
- a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver interoperative with at least one of said mapping module, said tracking module and said communications module
- at least two antennae communicatively connected via said at least one communications module to at least one central processing unit, wherein at least one of said at least two antenna is suitable for communications using at least two distinct communication modes;
- wherein the at least one central server can display the location of each of the handheld devices on the graphical user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.