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Patent No.:

US 8213961 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2011
Applicants:

Janell Paulson, Carlsbad, CA (US);

George Thomas, San Diego, CA (US);

Gurunath Ramaswamy, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Janell Paulson, Carlsbad, CA (US);

George Thomas, San Diego, CA (US);

Gurunath Ramaswamy, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
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Abstract

A mobile computing device has a transceiver circuit, a location determination circuit, and a processing circuit. The transceiver circuit is configured to receive a remote position fix from a remote computer via a wireless network. The location determination circuit is configured to receive satellite data and to calculate a local position fix. The processing circuit is configured to operate an application, to receive a request for a position fix from the application, to determine whether the remote position fix is available, and to provide the local position fix to the application based on whether the remote position fix is available.


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Paulson, Janell. (2012). Use of local position fix when remote position fix is unavailable (U.S. Patent No. 8213961). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8213961

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