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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1998
William C. Kennedy, III, Dallas, TX (US);
Kenneth R. Westerlage, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Kenneth W. Hammer, Lutz, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A messaging unit (,) equipped with a cellular transceiver (,) is attached to a mobile item (,) located within a communications network (,). The messaging unit (,) issues a feature request having data digits that represent information on the mobile item (,). The cellular transceiver (,) transmits the feature request using the network (,). The feature request is received at an MTSO (,) and then routed to a platform (,), a clearinghouse (,), or the platform (,) through the clearinghouse (,). The data digits are translated into information on the mobile item (,) and stored at the platform (,) or the clearinghouse (,) for access by a host (,).