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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:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Viktors Berstis, Austin, TX (US);
Joel Leslie Smith, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/700 ;
Abstract
A method for locating machines in space, comprises the steps of determining a location of each machine via a global positioning system calculation performed at the machine. The GPS position is used to determining a cell corresponding to the determined location in which the machine is located. Each machine waits for a time slice allocated for the cell to broadcast a message indicative of the machine's position. In turn, the broadcasted messages are received from a plurality of machines and used determine the locations of the plurality of machines.