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US 6,085,090 AGranted
Autonomous interrogatable information and position device
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsDavid Moon Yee, Robert Henry Bickley, Philip John Zucarelli, Theodore Woolley Keller, Jeff Scott Osman
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Abstract
An autonomous interrogatable information and position device combines the functionality of a satellite communications device capable of sending and receiving voice and digital data messages, a geo-location device capable of self-determining its positional location; an input/output port configured to allow attachment of the device to external local site sensors or equipment in order to obtain external local site sensor data or control the equipment, and a control processor capable of monitoring and responding to positional location information, input sensor data, and incoming voice and digital data messages.
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An autonomous interrogatable information and position device, comprising:
- a satellite communications device for sending and receiving digital voice and data messages to and from a satellite communications network;
- a geo-location device for receiving positioning signals and for determining a positional location of said autonomous interrogatable information and position device without allowing external detection of said positional location;
- an input port, said input port configured to allow coupling of said autonomous interrogatable information and position device to external local site sensors to obtain external local site sensor data;
- voice input means;
- a voice message formatter for converting a voice signal received from said voice input means into a digital voice message for transmission to said satellite communications network via said satellite communications device;
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- a control processor coupled to said satellite communication device, said geo-location device, said voice input means, and said input port, said control processing being operable to monitor said positional location and said external local site sensor data, and being responsive to an interrogation message received by said satellite communications device to generate a response message in response to said interrogation message for transmittal to said satellite communications network via said satellite communications device.
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A method for determining a positional location and local site information of a remote entity, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing at said remote entity an autonomous interrogatable information and position device comprising:
- a satellite communications device for sending and receiving digital messages to and from a satellite communications network;
- a geo-location device for receiving a positioning data signal and for determining said positional location without allowing external detection of said positional location;
- an input port;
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- a control processor coupled to said satellite communication device, said geo-location device, and said input port, said control processor being operable to monitor said positional location and input data received at said input port, and said control processor being responsive to an interrogation message received by said satellite communications device to generate a response message for transmission to said satellite communications network via said satellite communications device;
- coupling said input port of said autonomous interrogatable information and position device to local site sensors of interest local to said remote entity;
- causing said autonomous interrogatable information and position device to monitor said positional location as determined by said geo-location device and local site sensor data received at said input port;
- transmitting an interrogation message to said autonomous interrogatable information and position device;
- receiving a response message from said autonomous interrogatable information and position device.
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A system for remotely tracking and monitoring local conditions of a remote entity, comprising:
- an autonomous interrogatable information and position device, comprising:
- a satellite communications device for sending and receiving digital messages to and from a satellite communications network;
- a geo-location device for receiving positioning signals and for determining a positional location of said autonomous interrogatable information and position device without allowing external detection of said positional location;
- an input port, said input port configured to allow coupling of said autonomous interrogatable information and position device to external local site sensors to obtain external local site sensor data;
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- a control processor coupled to said satellite communication device, said geo-location device, and said input port, said control processing being operable to monitor said positional location and said external local site sensor data, and being responsive to an interrogation message received by said satellite communications device to generate a response message in response to said interrogation message for transmittal to said satellite communications network via said satellite communications device;
- one or more site sensors configured to detect conditions of interest local to said remote entity, said autonomous interrogatable information and position device being coupled to receive input data from said one or more site sensors via input port;
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- a second satellite communications device configured to generate said interrogation message and receive said response message.
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An autonomous interrogatable information and position device, comprising:
- a satellite communications device for sending and receiving digital messages to and from a satellite communications network;
- a geo-location device for receiving positioning signals and for determining a positional location of said autonomous interrogatable information and position device without allowing external detection of said positional location;
- an input port, said input port configured to allow coupling of said autonomous interrogatable information and position device to external local site sensors to obtain external local site sensor data;
- a control processor coupled to said satellite communication device, said geo-location device, and said input port, said control processing being operable to monitor said positional location and said external local site sensor data, and being responsive to an interrogation message received by said satellite communications device to generate a response message in response to said interrogation message for transmittal to said satellite communications network via said satellite communications device;
- voice input means;
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- a voice message formatter for converting a voice signal received from said voice input means into a digital voice message for transmission to said satellite communications network via said satellite communications device.
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An autonomous interrogatable information and position device, comprising:
- a satellite communications device for sending and receiving digital messages to and from a satellite communications network;
- a geo-location device for receiving positioning signals and for determining a positional location of said autonomous interrogatable information and position device without allowing external detection of said positional location;
- an input port, said input port configured to allow coupling of said autonomous interrogatable information and position device to external local site sensors to obtain external local site sensor data;
- a control processor coupled to said satellite communication device, said geolocation device, and said input port, said control processing being operable to monitor said positional location and said external local site sensor data, and being responsive to an interrogation message received by said satellite communications device to generate a response message in response to said interrogation message for transmittal to said satellite communications network via said satellite communications device;
- a voice message deformatter for converting a digital voice message received from said satellite communications network via said satellite communications device into a voice message;
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- voice output means for converting said voice message into a voice signal.
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An autonomous interrogatable information and position device, comprising:
- a satellite communications device for sending and receiving digital messages to and from a satellite communications network;
- a geo-location device for receiving positioning signals and for determining a positional location of said autonomous interrogatable information and position device without allowing external detection of said positional location;
- an input port, said input port configured to allow coupling of said autonomous interrogatable information and position device to external local site sensors to obtain external local site sensor data;
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- a control processor coupled to said satellite communication device, said geo-location device, and said input port, said control processing being operable to monitor said positional location and said external local site sensor data, and being responsive to an interrogation message received by said satellite communications device to generate a response message in response to said interrogation message for transmittal to said satellite communications network via said satellite communications device, wherein said control processor executes preprogrammed operational sequences of instructions to generate said response message in response to said interrogation message.
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An autonomous interrogatable information and position device, comprising:
- a satellite communications device for sending and receiving digital messages to and from a satellite communications network;
- a geo-location device for receiving positioning signals and for determining a positional location of said autonomous interrogatable information and position device without allowing external detection of said positional location;
- an input port, said input port configured to allow coupling of said autonomous interrogatable information and position device to external local site sensors to obtain external local site sensor data;
- a control processor coupled to said satellite communication device, said geo-location device, and said input port, said control processing being operable to monitor said positional location and said external local site sensor data, and being responsive to an interrogation message received by said satellite communications device to generate a response message in response to said interrogation message for transmittal to said satellite communications network via said satellite communications device, wherein said control processor is configured to initiate a call to said satellite communications network.
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