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Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2008
Applicants:

Alejandro R. Holcman, San Diego, CA (US);

Babak Aryan, San Diego, CA (US);

Jack B. Steenstra, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alejandro R. Holcman, San Diego, CA (US);

Babak Aryan, San Diego, CA (US);

Jack B. Steenstra, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for creating a dynamic GeoFence area by determining an instant reference point using a first set of pseudorange measurements received by a GeoFence device, defining the dynamic GeoFence area referenced to the instant reference point, determining a position fix using a second set of pseudorange measurements, and comparing the position fix to the dynamic GeoFence area. In one aspect, an alert message based on the comparison results is presented to a user.


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