Internet distributed real-time wireless location database

A method for providing real-time location based services, comprising the steps of:

• collecting signals from each of a plurality of mobile transmitters at one or more base stations;
• determining the location of said plurality of mobile transmitters from signals received at said one or more base stations, wherein the location of each of said plurality of mobile transmitters is determined from signals received at less than three of said one or more base stations;
• storing the location of said plurality of mobile transmitters in a database at a server machine;
• and
• providing a subscriber with access to the databases via a computer network connection.

A method for providing real-time location based services to a subscriber via a computer network, comprising the steps of:

• collecting signals from a plurality of mobile transmitters;
• determining from the received signals a plurality of corresponding transmitter locations, by comparing the received signals with a plurality of calibrated stored signals, the calibrated stored signals representing a plurality of specific locations;
• storing the transmitter locations in a database at a server machine;
• said subscriber sending an HTTP query via an internet connection to said database at said server machine;
• and
• said server machine sending a response to said HTTP query back to said subscriber via said internet connection.

A method for providing real-time location based services to a subscriber, comprising the steps of:

• collecting signals from a plurality of mobile transmitters;
• determining from the received signals a plurality of corresponding transmitter locations by comparing the collected signals with a plurality of calibrated stored signals, the calibrated stored signals representing a plurality of specific locations;
• storing the transmitter locations in a database at a server machine;
• generating at the server customized information based on the transmitter locations, and
• providing the customized information to the subscriber.

A method for providing real-time location based services, the method comprising:

• collecting signals from each of a plurality of mobile transmitters at one or more base stations;
• determining from the collected signals a plurality of corresponding transmitter locations by applying a non-triangulation method using collected signals at less than three base stations and using one or more calibrated stored signals associated with each transmitter location;
• storing the transmitter locations in a database at a server machine;
• and
• providing a subscriber with access to the databases via a computer network connection.

A method for providing real-time location based services, comprising the steps of:

• collecting signals from each of a plurality of mobile transmitters at one or more base stations;
• determining the location of each of said mobile transmitters from signals received at said one or more base stations, wherein the location of each of said mobile transmitters is determined from less than three signals collected from each of said mobile transmitters;
• storing the location of said plurality of mobile transmitters in a database at a server machine;
• and
• providing a subscriber with access to the databases via a computer network connection.

A method for providing real-time location based services, the method comprising:

• collecting signals from each of a plurality of mobile transmitters at one or more base stations;
• determining from the received signals a plurality of corresponding transmitter locations by matching the received signals from each of said plurality of mobile transmitters with one or more of a plurality of stored signals, the stored signals representing a plurality of precise locations;
• storing the transmitter locations in a database at a server machine;
• and
• providing a subscriber with access to the databases via a computer network connection.