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US 8,285,247 B2Granted
Locator system
AssigneeBryan Holland
InventorsBryan Holland, Timothy A. Brisson
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Abstract
A locator system is disclosed. An e911-enabled wireless network including a switching center is configured receive a request to generate location information regarding a remote mobile station, and send said location information to a subscriber only after obtaining consent from the remote mobile station.
Claims31
A locator system for a mobile locator device comprising:
- the mobile locator device including
- an antenna operable for at least one of sending or receiving signals from a plurality of transmitters for use in radiolocation,
- a wireless communication interface operable to communicate with an E911-enabled wireless network, the E911-enabled wireless network operable to store a current location of the mobile locator device, and
- a CPU configured to periodically participate in a location-determination process of the current location of the mobile locator device for storage in the E911-enabled wireless network;
- and
- a server computer having a CPU and computer readable medium storing a server-software program, the software program configured to
- receive a request from a client for the current location of the mobile locator device,
- receive a current location of the mobile locator device from the E911-enabled wireless network, and
- provide the current location to the client in response to the request from the client.
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A method for locating and tracking a mobile locator device comprising the steps of:
- receiving at least one signal for use in use in radiolocation;
- calculating a current location data of the mobile locator device based on the at least one signal for use in radiolocation;
- storing the current location data in an E911-enabled wireless network, the E911-enabled wireless network operable to store a current location of the mobile locator device;
- receiving a request from a client for the present location of the mobile locator device;
- retrieving the current location data of the mobile locator device from the E911-enabled wireless network;
- and
- providing the current location data to the client in response to the request from the client,
- wherein the mobile locator device is not provided with any information regarding the request for the position data of the mobile locator device.
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A mobile locator device comprising:
- an antenna operable for at least one of sending or receiving signals from a plurality of transmitters for use in radiolocation,
- a wireless communication interface operable to communicate with an E911-enabled wireless network, the E911-enabled wireless network operable to store a current location of the mobile locator device, and
- a CPU configured to participate in a location-determination process of the current location of the mobile locator device for storage in the E911-enabled wireless network,
- wherein a server computer is configured to receive the current location data stored in the E911-enabled wireless network and provide the position data to a client in response to a request from the client, and
- wherein the mobile locator device is not provided with information regarding the request for the position data of the mobile locator device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.