Wireless location using signal fingerprinting and other location estimators
    51.
    发明授权
    Wireless location using signal fingerprinting and other location estimators 有权
    使用信号指纹识别和其他位置估计的无线位置

    公开(公告)号:US09237543B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-12

    申请号:US11739097

    申请日:2007-04-24

    摘要: A wireless location system is disclosed. Locations of mobile stations (MS) may be determined using one or more MS locating technologies based on, e.g.: computed offsets from terrestrial base stations; satellite transmissions; indoor antennas; low range base stations; and in particular, signal pattern recognition for associating wireless signal characteristics with distinct geographic locations. The system can: adapt and/or calibrate its performance with environmental and geographical changes; capture location signal data for enhancement of a self-maintaining database of predictive location signal data; evaluate MS locations using heuristics and constraints related to terrain, MS velocity and path extrapolation; and adjust MS locations adaptively and/or statistically for providing more reliable and accurate locations. The system can be configured for environments ranging from dense urban, urban, suburban, rural, mountain to low traffic or isolated roadways. The system is useful for 911 emergencies, tracking, routing (e.g., to desired products/services), people and animal location including applications for confinement to and exclusion from certain areas.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种无线定位系统。 可以使用一个或多个MS定位技术来确定移动站(MS)的位置,例如:来自地面基站的计算的偏移; 卫星传输; 室内天线; 低范围基站; 特别是用于将无线信号特征与不同地理位置相关联的信号模式识别。 该系统可以:适应和/或校准其性能与环境和地理变化; 捕获位置信号数据,用于增强预测位置信号数据的自维护数据库; 使用与地形,MS速度和路径外推相关的启发式和约束来评估MS位置; 并自适应地和/或统计地调整MS位置,以提供更可靠和准确的位置。 该系统可以配置为从城市,城市,郊区,农村,山区到低交通或隔离道路等环境。 该系统对于911紧急情况,跟踪,路由(例如,所需产品/服务),人员和动物位置(包括限制和排除某些区域的应用)是有用的。

    NETWORK SERVICES DEPENDENT UPON GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTRAINTS
    52.
    发明申请
    NETWORK SERVICES DEPENDENT UPON GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTRAINTS 有权
    网络服务依赖于地理约束

    公开(公告)号:US20160007159A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-07

    申请号:US14791387

    申请日:2015-07-03

    申请人: Dennis J. Dupray

    IPC分类号: H04W4/02 H04L29/08

    摘要: A method and system arc disclosed for determining the geographic location of a user communicating on a communications network such as the Internet. In one embodiment, a provider of a product or service: (a) receives the user's phone number (or other identification for contacting the user's station), and (b) supplies the user's station with a distinctive identifier. The provider then supplies a location determining service with the user's phone number (or other identification). A phone call is made to the phone number by the location determining service for retrieving the distinctive identifier from the network station having the phone number. If the distinctive identifier is retrieved and the location determining service determines that the user's station is within an appropriate geographical area (or not within an inappropriate area), then the provider can provide the requested product or service to the user.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于确定在例如因特网的通信网络上进行通信的用户的地理位置的方法和系统弧。 在一个实施例中,产品或服务的提供者:(a)接收用户的电话号码(或用于联系用户站的其他标识符),以及(b)向用户站提供独特的标识符。 然后,提供商提供具有用户电话号码(或其他标识)的位置确定服务。 通过位置确定服务对来自具有电话号码的网络站检索不同标识符的电话号码进行电话呼叫。 如果检索到特征标识符,并且位置确定服务确定用户的站位于适当的地理区域内(或不在不适当的区域内),则提供商可以向用户提供所请求的产品或服务。

    Geographically Constrained Network Services
    53.
    发明申请
    Geographically Constrained Network Services 有权
    地理约束网络服务

    公开(公告)号:US20140213288A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-31

    申请号:US14228951

    申请日:2014-03-28

    申请人: Dennis J. Dupray

    IPC分类号: H04W4/02

    摘要: A method and system arc disclosed for determining the geographic location of a user communicating on a communications network such as the Internet. In one embodiment, a provider of a product or service: (a) receives the user's phone number (or other identification for contacting the user's station), and (b) supplies the user's station with a distinctive identifier. The provider then supplies a location determining service with the user's phone number (or other identification). A phone call is made to the phone number by the location determining service for retrieving the distinctive identifier from the network station having the phone number. If the distinctive identifier is retrieved and the location determining service determines that the user's station is within an appropriate geographical area (or not within an inappropriate area), then the provider can provide the requested product or service to the user.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于确定在例如因特网的通信网络上进行通信的用户的地理位置的方法和系统弧。 在一个实施例中,产品或服务的提供者:(a)接收用户的电话号码(或用于联系用户站的其他标识符),以及(b)向用户站提供独特的标识符。 然后,提供商提供具有用户电话号码(或其他标识)的位置确定服务。 通过位置确定服务对来自具有电话号码的网络站检索不同标识符的电话号码进行电话呼叫。 如果检索到特征标识符,并且位置确定服务确定用户的站位于适当的地理区域内(或不在不适当的区域内),则提供商可以向用户提供所请求的产品或服务。

    Geographically Constrained Network Services
    54.
    发明申请
    Geographically Constrained Network Services 有权
    地理约束网络服务

    公开(公告)号:US20120289256A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-11-15

    申请号:US13561846

    申请日:2012-07-30

    IPC分类号: H04W4/02

    摘要: A method and system arc disclosed for determining the geographic location of a user communicating on a communications network such as the Internet. In one embodiment, a provider of a product or service: (a) receives the user's phone number (or other identification for contacting the user's station), and (b) supplies the user's station with a distinctive identifier. The provider then supplies a location determining service with the user's phone number (or other identification). A phone call is made to the phone number by the location determining service for retrieving the distinctive identifier from the network station having the phone number. If the distinctive identifier is retrieved and the location determining service determines that the user's station is within an appropriate geographical area (or not within an inappropriate area), then the provider can provide the requested product or service to the user.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于确定在例如因特网的通信网络上进行通信的用户的地理位置的方法和系统弧。 在一个实施例中,产品或服务的提供者:(a)接收用户的电话号码(或用于联系用户站的其他标识符),以及(b)向用户站提供独特的标识符。 然后,提供商提供具有用户电话号码(或其他标识)的位置确定服务。 通过位置确定服务对来自具有电话号码的网络站检索不同标识符的电话号码进行电话呼叫。 如果检索到特征标识符,并且位置确定服务确定用户的站位于适当的地理区域内(或不在不适当的区域内),则提供商可以向用户提供所请求的产品或服务。

    Gateway and hybrid solutions for wireless location

    公开(公告)号:US07525484B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-28

    申请号:US09770838

    申请日:2001-01-26

    IPC分类号: G01S3/02

    摘要: A location system is disclosed for commercial wireless telecommunication infrastructures. The system is an end-to-end solution having one or more location centers for outputting requested locations of commercially available handsets or mobile stations (MS) based on, e.g., CDMA, AMPS, NAMPS or TDMA communication standards, for processing both local MS location requests and more global MS location requests via, e.g., Internet communication between a distributed network of location centers. The system uses a plurality of MS locating technologies including those based on: (1) two-way TOA and TDOA; (2) pattern recognition; (3) distributed antenna provisioning; and (4) supplemental information from various types of very low cost non-infrastructure base stations for communicating via a typical commercial wireless base station infrastructure or a public telephone switching network. Accordingly, the traditional MS location difficulties, such as multipath, poor location accuracy and poor coverage are alleviated via such technologies in combination with strategies for: (a) automatically adapting and calibrating system performance according to environmental and geographical changes; (b) automatically capturing location signal data for continual enhancement of a self-maintaining historical data base retaining predictive location signal data; (c) evaluating MS locations according to both heuristics and constraints related to, e.g., terrain, MS velocity and MS path extrapolation from tracking and (d) adjusting likely MS locations adaptively and statistically so that the system becomes progressively more comprehensive and accurate. Further, the system can be modularly configured for use in location signaling environments ranging from urban, dense urban, suburban, rural, mountain to low traffic or isolated roadways. Accordingly, the system is useful for 911 emergency calls, tracking, routing, people and animal location including applications for confinement to and exclusion from certain areas.

    Geographically constrained network services
    59.
    发明申请
    Geographically constrained network services 审中-公开
    地理位置限制的网络服务

    公开(公告)号:US20080132214A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-05

    申请号:US10857565

    申请日:2004-05-28

    IPC分类号: H04M3/42 H04Q7/20

    摘要: A method and system are disclosed for determining the geographic location of a user communicating on a communications network such as the Internet. In one embodiment, a provider of a product or service: (a) receives the user's phone number (or other identification for contacting the user's station), and (b) supplies the user's station with a distinctive identifier. The provider then supplies a location determining service with the user's phone number (or other identification). A phone call is made to the phone number by the location determining service for retrieving the distinctive identifier from the network station having the phone number. If the distinctive identifier is retrieved, and the location determining service determines that the user's station is within an appropriate geographical area (or not within an inappropriate area), then the provider can provide the requested product or service to the user.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于确定在诸如因特网的通信网络上进行通信的用户的地理位置的方法和系统。 在一个实施例中,产品或服务的提供者:(a)接收用户的电话号码(或用于联系用户的站的其他标识),以及(b)向用户的站提供独特的标识符。 然后,提供商提供具有用户电话号码(或其他标识)的位置确定服务。 通过位置确定服务对来自具有电话号码的网络站检索不同标识符的电话号码进行电话呼叫。 如果检索到特征标识符,并且位置确定服务确定用户站在适当的地理区域内(或不在不适当区域内),则提供商可以向用户提供所请求的产品或服务。