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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:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Max Allen Heckard, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Tommy Wai-Hing Tsui, Chandler, AZ (US);
Jerry Shihkuo Tang, Chandler, AZ (US);
David Jesus Garcia, Chandler, AZ (US);
Dean Paul Vanden Heuvel, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ;
Abstract
A method for masking a location ( ) of a mobile subscriber in a cellular communications network is disclosed. The subscriber location ( ) is masked by dividing a territory of cellular coverage into a grid ( ) of cells ( ) and dislocating the actual location ( ) to a center of a cell ( ) or to a point within a circle ( ).