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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:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
David J. Hall, Madison, AL (US);
Jonnathan H. Kim, Huntsville, AL (US);
Assignee:
Time Domain Corporation, Huntsville, AL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 ;
Abstract
A system, electronic device and method are provided that utilize the positioning capabilities of impulse radio technology to track one or more moving athletes. The movement of these athletes can be displayed on a television, a handheld unit or an Internet site. In addition, the present invention can utilize the communication capabilities of impulse radio technology to enable secure communications to take place between an athlete and their teammates, fans or coaches. The athletes can include, for example, track and field athletes, baseball players, football players, basketball players, soccer players or hockey players.