Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

U-blox Ag

Stephen Townsend

Andrew Thomas Yule

Graham Gordon Thomason

Saul Robin Dooley

Iwo Mergler

Buyer, vendor and third party computer systems are disclosed together with a related method for enabling a prospective Buyer to browse a Vendor's website purchase goods or services. The Buyer's computer system automatically extracts purchase information from which the Vendor can identify the Buyer's purchase. The Buyer's computer system may transmit, under control of the Buyer, confirmation to the Vendor that a third party has been instructed to pay the Vendor for the Buyer's purchase. A third party's computer system may transmit to the Vendor confirmation of receipt of an instruction from a Buyer to pay a Vendor for goods or services.

Computer systems and a related method for enabling a prospective buyer to browse a vendor's website to purchase goods or services

Buyer, vendor and third party computer systems are disclosed together with a related method for enabling a prospective Buyer to browse a Vendor's website to purchase goods or services. According to one aspect of the present invention, the Buyer's computer system automatically extracts purchase information from the Vendor's website from which the Vendor can identify the Buyer's purchase. According to a further aspect of the present invention, the Buyer's computer system transmits, under control of the Buyer, confirmation to the Vendor that a third party has been instructed to pay the Vendor for the Buyer's purchase. In a yet further aspect of the present invention, a third party's computer system transmits to the Vendor confirmation of receipt of an instruction from a Buyer to pay a Vendor for goods or services.

A GPS receiver () is disclosed comprising a GPS antenna and a GPS RF front-end including an analogue to digital converter for sampling received GPS signals; and a processor for outputting, including to an external device, the GPS signal samples together with ancillary information either directly or indirectly describing characteristics of the GPS signal samples and/or the GPS signals contained therein. Also disclosed is a corresponding method of providing a position fix and a computer program, computer-readable storage medium and apparatus for the same.

GPS receiver and related method and apparatus

GPS receiver ( ) is disclosed together a mobile unit especially in the form of a mobile cellular telephone ( ) incorporating the same. The GPS receiver ( ) comprises a GPS signal antenna ( ) for receiving externally transmitted GPS signals; an analogue-to-digital converter ( ) coupled to the antenna for sampling the received GPS signals; a memory ( ) for storing the GPS signal samples; and a digital GPS signal processor ( ) for retrieving pseudorange information from the GPS signal samples stored in the memory ( ). The receiver ( ) has a dormant mode of operation in which received GPS signals are sampled and stored in the memory ( ) but the signal processor ( ) is not operative for retrieving pseudorange information, and an active mode of operation in which the signal processor ( ) is operative for retrieving pseudorange information. Also, the receiver ( ) is arranged to change from the dormant mode to the active mode in response to a instruction received from external to the receiver ( ) and made whilst the receiver ( ) is operating in the dormant mode.

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East Grinstead, United Kingdom

Stephen Townsend