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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:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2005
Applicants:
David G. Lawrence, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael L. O'connor, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
David G. Lawrence, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael L. O'Connor, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Novariant, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A global navigation satellite system receiver manufacturer provides functional extensibility to a global navigation satellite system receiver. An application programming interface to the receiver is provided. The interface is public, such as using pubically available software or pubically distributed instructions, for loading on applications or other extensions to the core functionality of the GPS receiver. Other programmers than the manufacturer may add applications to the GPS receiver, avoiding separate devices in a vehicle.