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Telcontar Awarded Patent for Automated User Notification System
Telcontar’s patent portfolio expands from Spatial Processing to Automated Notification
Minneapolis, MN - ITS America – May 19, 2003 - Telcontar, a leading supplier of software and related services for location-based services (LBS) today announced it has been awarded patent number 6,529,723 for its NOC-based telematics service, an automated user notification system for monitoring and control. The method patent protects Telcontar’s automated telematics service offering, enabling Telcontar to provide full telematics services to customers without carrying the cost of a call center. Telcontar’s patent portfolio now consists of 6 awarded patents in areas such as spatial data access, spatial data management, notification and wireless asset management.
Said Eric Carlson, President and CEO of Telcontar, “Telcontar is very proud to have been awarded this patent for automated notification and control, useful in many applications. As a pioneer in the Location Based Services software platform market we have invested heavily in our intellectual property and this patent is a key addition to the strong patent portfolio that is one of our core values. We look forward to continuing to expand the portfolio in the future as our technology advances.”
“We’re very happy with our relationship with Telcontar because they deliver state-of-the-art solutions that meet our customer’s needs,” said Raymond J. Menard, Senior Vice President of Development at Criticom International Corp. “Achieving this patent is yet another sign of Telcontar’s leadership in their industry.”
About Telcontar
Telcontar is a worldwide provider of the premier spatial software platform. Telcontar clients such as Yahoo!, Hutchison 3G, Criticom, Satronics, Rand McNally Inc. and ATX Technologies use its Televoke Universal Telematics Server, Drill Down Server, Rich Map Engine and Traffic Manager products to offer end users asset or resource management, MSSC, real time navigation and traffic, driving directions, roadside or emergency assistance and maps. Telcontar is privately held and headquartered in San Jose, California with field offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Massachusetts and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit http://www.telcontar.com/.
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