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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2006
Applicant:
Vivek Bhalchandra Nadkarni, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Vivek Bhalchandra Nadkarni, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a position determining system that includes a position determining component such as a GPS receiver, and a controller, the system is made geographically dependent by providing a memory with geographic information to which position information from the position determining component is compared to determine whether the system is being used outside the permissible geographic region.