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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, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2003
Applicant:
Thomas M. King, Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Thomas M. King, Tempe, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Libertyville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method () and an apparatus () for a wireless portable communication device () for determining coarse position information are provided. The wireless portable communication device () receives information about a plurality of visible satellites (), and determines a coarse position of the wireless portable communication device () and uncertainty parameters expected at the coarse position, using the determined coarse position and uncertainties to acquire satellites.