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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:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Dominik J. Schmidt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Dominik J. Schmidt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gallitzin Allegheny LLC, Los Altos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); G01S 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method to determine position of a user includes sniffing for one or more earth-based media; and if the one or more earth-based media exists, using an earth-based positioning system (PS) receiver associated with one of the media and otherwise using a satellite-based PS receiver.