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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2003
Michael W. Powers, Lubbock, TX (US);
Sam D. Sorensen, Lubbock, TX (US);
Chuck C. Williams, The Colony, TX (US);
John W. Walter, Lubbock, TX (US);
Adam V. Behnke, Lubbock, TX (US);
Michael W. Powers, Lubbock, TX (US);
Sam D. Sorensen, Lubbock, TX (US);
Chuck C. Williams, The Colony, TX (US);
John W. Walter, Lubbock, TX (US);
Adam V. Behnke, Lubbock, TX (US);
Global Business Software Development Technologies, Inc., Lubbock, TX (US);
Abstract
A system includes antenna control stations and a system interface. Each antenna control stations directs an orientation of an associated antenna to search for an identification signal associated with a mobile phone. The antenna control station communicates a detection response describing the orientation of the associated antenna. The system interface computes the location of the mobile phone based on the detection responses received from the antenna control stations.