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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2002
Jose E. Korneluk, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Bruce M. Drawert, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Charbel E. Hayek, Plantation, FL (US);
Jeffrey S. Markwell, Sunrise, FL (US);
Jose E. Korneluk, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Bruce M. Drawert, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Charbel E. Hayek, Plantation, FL (US);
Jeffrey S. Markwell, Sunrise, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a cellular telephone or other communications device with improved satellite positioning capability. A location reference point and a selective uncertainty range may be used as aiding information to seed a global positioning calculation. In embodiments, the location reference point may represent the location of the cellular service site or other network service site serving the communications device. In embodiments, the selective uncertainty may be selected from a plurality of possible uncertainties and may represent an approximate distance from the communications device to the location reference point. In other embodiments, the selective uncertainty may represent a range of possible locations within a network service area.