| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE35920 |
Event-activated reporting of vehicle location |
October 13, 1998 |
| Apparatus that is carried on a land vehicle, a marine vehicle or vessel, or an airborne vehicle or vessel for notifying others that a vehicle accident or other abnormal situation has occurred and for notifying others of the location of the vehicle at the time of the accident. The vehicle |
| D581297 |
GPS receiver with integrated lightbar and display |
November 25, 2008 |
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| D571236 |
Survey rover unit using real-time kinematic technology |
June 17, 2008 |
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| D522504 |
Rugged handheld data collecting and computing device |
June 6, 2006 |
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| D516811 |
Carrying case for a laser alignment tool |
March 14, 2006 |
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| D504337 |
Integrated guidance system |
April 26, 2005 |
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| D492306 |
Handheld data collection device |
June 29, 2004 |
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| D473129 |
Bracket with latch for coupling a global positioning system related device to a pole |
April 15, 2003 |
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| D471539 |
GPS receiver |
March 11, 2003 |
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| D467824 |
Portable receiver for position measurement |
December 31, 2002 |
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| D467242 |
Antenna housing |
December 17, 2002 |
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| D464250 |
Bracket for coupling a global positioning system related device to a pole |
October 15, 2002 |
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| D444144 |
Antenna housing |
June 26, 2001 |
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| D442947 |
Antenna housing |
May 29, 2001 |
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| D442168 |
Global positioning system antenna housing |
May 15, 2001 |
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| D440890 |
Position determining system including pole-mounted communication system |
April 24, 2001 |
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| D440504 |
Position determining system and radio receiver |
April 17, 2001 |
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| D426225 |
Global positioning system receiver enclosure |
June 6, 2000 |
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| D423461 |
Junction box |
April 25, 2000 |
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| D386152 |
Hand-held survey data collector |
November 11, 1997 |
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| D347436 |
Combined global positioning system antenna and preamplifier |
May 31, 1994 |
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| D346170 |
Combined global positioning system antenna and preamplifier |
April 19, 1994 |
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| D344942 |
Hand-held navigational unit |
March 8, 1994 |
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| D343383 |
Antenna coupler for a portable grid locator |
January 18, 1994 |
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| 7619561 |
Managed traverse system and method to acquire accurate survey data in absence of precise GPS dat |
November 17, 2009 |
| A method and system obtains precise survey-grade position data of target points in zones where precise GPS data cannot be obtained, due to natural or man-made objects such as foliage and buildings. The system comprises a GPS receiver mounted on a survey pole, with an inertial measurement |
| 7613468 |
Method and a system for communicating information to a land surveying rover located in an area w |
November 3, 2009 |
| Embodiments of the present invention pertain to methods and systems for communicating information to a roving positioning device. In one embodiment, a cellular communication device, a non-cellular wireless communication device, and a computer networking device for forwarding data pac |
| 7609449 |
System for producing orthogonal, intersecting light beams |
October 27, 2009 |
| A system for producing three light beams on orthogonal, intersecting lines, includes a diode laser source providing a laser beam, and a lens for collimating the beam. A pair of reflective surfaces reflect first and second portions of the collimated beam, producing first and second su |
| 7596465 |
System and method for built-in testing of a GPS receiver |
September 29, 2009 |
| Built-in test equipment (BITE) incorporated in a GPS receiver for providing a loop forward test. The loop forward test capability may be combined with a loop backward capability to provide a comprehensive built-in test (BIT) capability for the signal path in a GPS receiver. A code ge |
| 7590681 |
Method and system for managing and delivering web content to internet appliances |
September 15, 2009 |
| A method and a system allow presentation of web pages to an internet appliance (e.g., a hand-held computer, a mobile telephone, or a digital personal assistant) according to user preferences. The user preferences are captured by a management server, which provides a web page customiz |
| 7589671 |
GPS node locator using an intermediate node location for determining location of a remote node |
September 15, 2009 |
| A network-aided GNSS node locator for receiving GNSS signal samples. A GNSS positioning system may include a GNSS remote node for sampling a GNSS signal and transmitting the GNSS signal samples through a communication network having an intermediate node. The GNSS node locator receive |
| 7589668 |
GNSS signal processing with frequency-dependent bias modeling |
September 15, 2009 |
| Three new methods are presented to improve floating solutions and ambiguity resolution for multiple global satellite navigation systems (GNSS), one of which may be an FDMA-based GNSS such as GLONASS: (1) modeling of the hardware-related differential clock error between two (or more) |
| 7587832 |
Rotating laser transmitter |
September 15, 2009 |
| The transmitter has a generally flat, circuit board stator, a rotor including a plurality of magnets mounted in a ring around a central opening, and a bearing, supporting the rotor for rotation about an axis that extends through the central opening, A pentaprism assembly including an |
| 7584353 |
Preventing unauthorized distribution of media content within a global network |
September 1, 2009 |
| One embodiment of the invention is a method for providing media content while preventing its unauthorized distribution. The method includes transmitting from a client to an administrative node a request for delivery of an instance of media content (IMC); determining which content sou |
| 7580794 |
Remote subscription unit for GNSS information |
August 25, 2009 |
| A GPS information service system for providing supplemental GPS correction and signal acquisition information to subscribers. A GPS information server broadcasts GPS aiding information encrypted with subscription keys. A remote GPS subscription unit receives the key enablers for the |
| 7580389 |
Medium hopping data transmitter |
August 25, 2009 |
| A first communication device (e.g., the communication device that is sending data) monitors a radio channel in a predetermined set of radio channels. A message is transmitted on the first radio channel if the first radio channel is unoccupied. A second radio channel from the predeter |
| 7578002 |
Controlling interaction of deliverable electronic media |
August 18, 2009 |
| A method of restricting client interaction of deliverable electronic media. In one embodiment, the method is comprised of detecting a media player application operable within a computer system. The media player application enables the computer system to present contents of a media fi |
| 7576690 |
Position determination with reference data outage |
August 18, 2009 |
| Position determination at a rover station on the basis of positioning signals from a plurality of positioning satellites. During normal operation a position of the rover station is determined on the basis of the positioning signal from the positioning satellites and reference data re |
| 7574606 |
Location authentication stamp attached to messages |
August 11, 2009 |
| A location stamp automatically attached to messages indicates location information such as longitude and latitude information from a GPS device. The location stamp helps a receiver to identify the location of the sender or a transaction, identify the sender, and provides context to the |
| 7574290 |
Method and system for implementing automatic vehicle control with parameter-driven disengagement |
August 11, 2009 |
| Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for implementing automatic vehicle control with parameter-driven disengagement. In one embodiment, a course for a vehicle is determined along which the vehicle is to be automatically guided. An indication is received tha |
| 7574215 |
System and method for distribution of GPS satellite information |
August 11, 2009 |
| A positioning information distribution system for distributing positioning information through a data network is described. In one embodiment, the system distributes satellite information from a global positioning system (GPS). The system includes an information processing station connec |
| 7570761 |
Method and system for preventing unauthorized recording of media content in the iTunes.TM. envir |
August 4, 2009 |
| A method and system for preventing unauthorized recording of media content in an iTunes.TM. environment. Embodiment of the method begins by activating a compliance mechanism in response to receiving media content at a client system. The media content is received from a content provider |
| 7559718 |
Transducer arrangement |
July 14, 2009 |
| A transducer arrangement and method that generates control signals indicating relative positions of the ends of a hydraulically movable tool of a machine. The generated control signals of the present invention are used by a conventional control circuit of the machine to control the ends |
| 7555032 |
Signal receiver using alternating time segments |
June 30, 2009 |
| A GPS receiver and method using alternating "A" and "B" integration time segments. The polarities of certain GPS data bits are known beforehand and their expected reception times are known. The GPS signal in 10 millisecond "A" time segments and "B" time segments is depolarized accord |
| 7552539 |
Method and apparatus for machine element control |
June 30, 2009 |
| A method of monitoring the location, and the orientation of a machine element, and apparatus for monitoring and controlling the operation of the machine include a robotic total station and a plurality of targets in known positions relative to the machine element. The total station, l |
| 7551126 |
GNSS sample processor for determining the location of an event |
June 23, 2009 |
| An apparatus and method for determining a GNSS position of an event where an event capture device writes a short burst of GNSS signal samples with an approximate time into an event data file and a GNSS sample processor reads the event data file some time later for determining the geo |
| 7541975 |
Enhanced GNSS signal processing |
June 2, 2009 |
| In accordance with embodiments of the invention, a skyward-looking sensor enables classification of points in its hemispherical field of view as either sky, partial sky or not sky, which in turn enables determination from data supplied by the GNSS receiver of whether each satellite in th |
| 7541974 |
Managed traverse system and method to acquire accurate survey data in absence of precise GPS dat |
June 2, 2009 |
| A method and system obtains precise survey-grade position data of target points in zones where precise GPS data cannot be obtained, due to natural or man-made objects such as foliage and buildings. The system comprises a GPS receiver mounted on a survey pole, with an inertial measurement |
| 7538721 |
GNSS signal processing with partial fixing of ambiguities |
May 26, 2009 |
| Three new methods are presented to improve floating solutions and ambiguity resolution for multiple global satellite navigation systems (GNSS), one of which may be an FDMA-based GNSS such as GLONASS: (1) modeling of the hardware-related differential clock error between two (or more) |
| 7535416 |
Dual platform location-relevant service |
May 19, 2009 |
| A location-relevant service system provides location-relevant information to, or performs location-relevant service for, a first mobile unit based on the location of a second mobile unit. In one instance, the first mobile unit is fixed on a vehicle, while the second mobile unit can be |
| 7532159 |
Fast time to first fix by calibration of a real time clock |
May 12, 2009 |
| A generic navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal receiver having a fast time to first fix by calibrating a low power always-on real time clock (RTC). The receiver includes an RTC calibrator having a fraction calculator. The RTC calibrator may also include a time expander. Before t |
