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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1997
David Moon Yee, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Robert Henry Bickley, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Philip John Zucarelli, Glendale, AZ (US);
Theodore Woolley Keller, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Jeff Scott Osman, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
An autonomous interrogatable information and position device combines the functionality of a satellite communications device capable of sending and receiving voice and digital data messages, a geo-location device capable of self-determining its positional location; an input/output port configured to allow attachment of the device to external local site sensors or equipment in order to obtain external local site sensor data or control the equipment, and a control processor capable of monitoring and responding to positional location information, input sensor data, and incoming voice and digital data messages.