US6449485B1 — Technique for mobile wireless device location

Claim 1

Independent Claim 130 words

A mobile communications device comprising: a timing apparatus to output a time stamp, the timing apparatus synchronized to a base station timing reference; an antenna to receive and output GPS data transmitted from at least one GPS satellite; a GPS receiving circuit coupled to the antenna and timing apparatus to sample the GPS data and combine a GPS data sample with e time stamp to form a data packet; and a transmission circuit to transmit a plurality of data packets for periodic determination of the position of the mobile communications device at a sampling rate for correlation with data at a base station, the data at said base station being retrieved from a memory of the base station which data was received at the base station at the same time.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 130 words

A mobile communications device comprising: a timing apparatus to output a time stamp, the timing apparatus synchronized to a base station timing reference; an antenna to receive and output GPS data transmitted from at least one GPS satellite; a GPS receiving circuit coupled to the antenna and timing apparatus to sample the GPS data and combine a GPS data sample with e time stamp to form a data packet; and a transmission circuit to transmit a plurality of data packets for periodic determination of the position of the mobile communications device at a sampling rate for correlation with data at a base station, the data at said base station being retrieved from a memory of the base station which data was received at the base station at the same time.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 29 words

The mobile communications device of claim 1 wherein a frequency of the timing apparatus is synchronized to within one parts per million of the base station timing reference frequency.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 54 words

The mobile communications device of claim 1 wherein the timing apparatus further comprises: a real time clock which maintains an approximate time; an oscillator synchronized with the base station to determine an error in the real time clock; and wherein the time stamp includes data from both the real time lock and the oscillator.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 22 words

The mobile communications device of claim 1 wherein the time stamp and the GPS data sample are packetized with digitized voice data.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 57 words

The mobile communications device of claim 1 further comprising: a microphone to receive sound signals; an analog to digital converter coupled to the microphone to digitize the sound signals; and wherein the transmission circuit is coupled to the analog to digital converter to transmit packets including digitized sound signals, the GPS data sample and the time stamp.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 27 words

The mobile communications device of claim 1 further comprising: a prioritization circuit to increase a sampling and transmission rate of GPS data when a predetermined condition occurs.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 20 words

The mobile communications device of claim 6 wherein the redetermined condition includes the entry of an emergency code in keypad.

Claim 9

Independent Claim 144 words

A method of determining a position of a mobile transmitting unit comprising the acts of: synchronizing a timing apparatus with a timing signal received from a base station; receiving and taking a plurality of samples of a GPS signal from at least one GPS satellite for periodic determination of the position of the mobile transmitting unit; associating each sample of the received GPS signal with a corresponding time stamp, the corresponding time stamp based on the timing apparatus and indicating when the sample of GPS data was received; and transmitting the plurality of samples of the GPS signal each with the corresponding time stamp to a base station for correlation with the data at the base station, the data at said base station being retrieved from a memory of the base station which data was received at the base station at the same time.

Claim 10

Independent Claim 144 words

A method of determining a position of a mobile transmitting unit comprising the acts of: synchronizing a timing apparatus with a timing signal received from a base station; receiving and taking a plurality of samples of a GPS signal from at least one GPS satellite for periodic determination of the position of the mobile transmitting unit; associating each sample of the received GPS signal with a corresponding time stamp, the corresponding time stamp based on the timing apparatus and indicating when the sample of GPS data was received; and transmitting the plurality of samples of the GPS signal each with the corresponding time stamp to a base station for correlation with the data at the base station, the data at said base station being retrieved from a memory of the base station which data was received at the base station at the same time.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 18 words

The method of claim 8 wherein the act of synchronizing is done using a phase lock loop system.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 23 words

The method of claim 8 wherein the act of synchronizing synchronizes the timing apparatus to within two microseconds of a base station clock.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 28 words

The method of claim 8 further comprising the acts of: packetizing the sample of GPS signal with the corresponding time stamp on a data packet prior to transmission.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 35 words

The method of claim 8 further comprising: receiving audio data; digitizing the audio data; and transmitting the digitized audio data with the sample of GPS signal and the corresponding time stamp to the base station.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 23 words

The method of claim 8 further comprising: detecting when an emergency situation occurs; and increasing the sampling rate when the emergency situation occurs.

Claim 16

Independent Claim 109 words

A method of determining a position of a mobile communications device comprising: receiving GPS signals from at least one GPS satellite at a first station; storing the GPS signals as GPS signal segments in a memory; indexing each GPS signal segment with a corresponding index indicating a time when the GPS signal segment was received; receiving a plurality of GPS samples and each sample associated with a corresponding time stamp from a mobile communications device; matching GPS signal segments to corresponding GPS samples having time stamps corresponding to the index of each GPS segment; and determining what time the GPS sample was received using the matching GPS signal segment.

Claim 17

Independent Claim 109 words

A method of determining a position of a mobile communications device comprising: receiving GPS signals from at least one GPS satellite at a first station; storing the GPS signals as GPS signal segments in a memory; indexing each GPS signal segment with a corresponding index indicating a time when the GPS signal segment was received; receiving a plurality of GPS samples and each sample associated with a corresponding time stamp from a mobile communications device; matching GPS signal segments to corresponding GPS samples having time stamps corresponding to the index of each GPS segment; and determining what time the GPS sample was received using the matching GPS signal segment.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 24 words

The method of claim 14 further comprising: correlating the GPS sample to determine a position of the mobile communications device transmitting the GPS sample.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 27 words

The method of claim 14 further comprising: receiving digitized audio signals with the GPS samples and forwarding the digitized audio signals to a second mobile communications device.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	2005-09-09	2006-03-11	2006-09-10	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2009-09-09	2010-03-11	2010-09-10	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2013-09-09	2014-03-11	2014-09-10	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Technique for mobile wireless device location

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