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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2009
Applicants:

John A. Mcclure, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Dennis M. Collins, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);

Aaron C. Stichter, Apache Junction, AZ (US);

John T. E. Timm, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

John A. McClure, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Dennis M. Collins, Fountain Hills, AZ (US);

Aaron C. Stichter, Apache Junction, AZ (US);

John T. E. Timm, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Hemisphere GPS LLC, Calgary, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A GNSS-based, bidirectional mobile communication system includes a mobile unit, such as a vehicle or a personal mobile system, with GNSS (e.g., GPS) and Internet (worldwide web) access. A base station also has GNSS and Internet access, and provides differential (e.g., DGPS) correctors to the mobile unit via the Internet. The Internet communications link enables audio and/or video (AV) clips to be recorded and played back by the mobile unit based on its GNSS location. The playback function can be triggered by the mobile unit detecting a predetermined GNSS location associated with a particular clip, which can be GNSS position-stamped when recorded. Alternatively, clips can be generated by utilities and loaded by the application either from a personal computer or automatically over the Internet. Moreover, maps, vehicle travel paths and images associated with particular GNSS-defined locations, such as waypoints, can be updated and position-stamped on the data server. A GNSS-based mobile communication method and a storage medium encoded with a machine-readable code for mobile communications are also provided.


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