WirelessDevNet LBS NewsWire #1

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PATENT FILED FOR LBS SPACE

According to a message we picked up on in a popular LBS discussion group, The US patent office recently granted this piece of IP for the LBS space. According to a spokesperson from the company involved (GlobalRover LLC) "Our goal is make certain pieces of the IP available and not to use these pieces as roadblocks for the industry."
Patent # 6343317 - Abstract
A system for delivering position-related information from a data repository to a user includes a computerized appliance for receiving and reporting the position-related information to the user, a data repository remote from the appliance for storing information related to the position of the computerized appliance, a system for determining the position of the appliance, and a wireless communication link between the data repository and the appliance. The position-determining system tracks the position of the appliance, and in the information is selected and provided to the appliance from the data repository based on the determined position. In one embodiment position is determined by a GPS system integrated with the appliance, aid information is selected by an Internet service and sent to the appliance based on the reported position, via a cellular telephone Internet link between the server and the appliance. In other embodiments position is determined by a local indoor system.

LBS NewsWire #1

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