Method and system for sending location coded images over a wireless network
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1. A wireless device locating apparatus, comprising:
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a display;
a database that resides on the server with a plurality of reference digital images;
a digital image from a wireless device presented at the display with at least one of the plurality of reference digital images that approximately matches the digital image; and
a location being identified from the one of the plurality of reference digital images.
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Abstract
A system is described that utilizes an imager in a wireless device (102) in a wireless network (100) and transmits a digital image to a service center (120) that assists in identifying the location of the wireless device (102) within a cell site (104).
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64 Claims
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1. A wireless device locating apparatus, comprising:
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a server;
a display;
a database that resides on the server with a plurality of reference digital images;
a digital image from a wireless device presented at the display with at least one of the plurality of reference digital images that approximately matches the digital image; and
a location being identified from the one of the plurality of reference digital images. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A wireless apparatus, comprising:
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an input unit;
an imager that creates digital images;
a satellite position system receiver in receipt of location data;
a transmitter; and
a controller that activates the imager in response to a the input unit and associates location data with the digital image for transmission by the transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A wireless system, comprising:
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a wireless device with a controller in communication with a display, an input unit and an imager;
a transmitter in the wireless device that transmits to a server a digital image associated by the controller with a plurality of cell site characteristics measured by the wireless device in response to the input unit;
a database that resides on the server with a plurality of reference digital images accessed in response to receipt of the digital image and cell site characteristics from the wireless device; and
a location of the wireless device identified upon selection of one of the plurality of reference digital images. - View Dependent Claims (13, 15)
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14. The system of clam 12, further comprising:
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a response message sent by the receiver to the wireless device in response to the location of the wireless device being located; and
a receiver in the wireless device in receipt of the response message which is displayed on the display by the controller.
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16. A method for locating a wireless device, comprising:
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receiving a digital image from the wireless device at a server;
accessing a database that is in communication with the server;
displaying at least one of the plurality of reference digital images with the digital image; and
identifying a location of the wireless device from the comparison of the digital image with the at least one of the plurality of reference digital images. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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- 21. The method of claim 19, wherein the function identifier is a request for direction.
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21-1. A method for wireless apparatus location, comprising:
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activating an imager in response to the controller being in receipt of a signal from the input unit;
associating the digital image with location data from a satellite position system; and
transmitting the digital image with associate location data.
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26. An apparatus for locating a wireless device, comprising:
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means for receiving a digital image from the wireless device at a server;
means for accessing a database that is in communication with the server;
means for displaying at least one of the plurality of reference digital images with the digital image; and
means for identifying a location of the wireless device from the comparison of the digital image with the at least one of the plurality of reference digital images. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A wireless apparatus, comprising:
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means for activating an imager in response to the controller being in receipt of a signal from the input unit;
means for associating the digital image with location data from a satellite position system; and
means for transmitting the digital image with associate location data. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A signal bearing medium of machine readable set of instructions for locating a wireless device, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a digital image from the wireless device at a server;
accessing a database that is in communication with the server;
displaying at least one of the plurality of reference digital images with the digital image; and
identifying a location of the wireless device from the comparison of the digital image with the at least one of the plurality of reference digital images. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A signal bearing medium containing machine readable instructions for wireless apparatus location, comprising the steps of:
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activating an imager in response to the controller being in receipt of a signal from the input unit;
associating the digital image with location data from a satellite position system; and
transmitting the digital image with associate location data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 44, 45, 46)
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45-2. The signal bearing medium of claim 43, further comprising the step of:
displaying on the display a response received by at a receiver to the transmission of the digital image and location data.
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47. A wireless apparatus, comprising:
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a controller with access to location data;
an imager in electrical communication with the controller; and
a receiver in electrical communication with the controller in receipt of a message that results in activation of the imager by the controller and generation of a digital image, where the controller associates location data with the digital image. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method for location a wireless apparatus, comprising:
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receiving a tagging message at a receiver in the wireless device;
activating an imager to generate a digital image in response to the message being processed by the controller; and
associating via the controller location data with the digital image. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A method for location a wireless apparatus, comprising:
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means for receiving a tagging message at a receiver in the wireless device;
means for activating an imager to generate a digital image in response to the message being processed by the controller; and
means for associating location data with the digital image. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59)
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60. A wireless apparatus, comprising:
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a controller with access to location data;
an imager in electrical communication with the controller; and
an input unit electrical communication with the controller in receipt of an input that results in activation of the imager by the controller and generation of a digital image, where the controller associates location data with the digital image. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62)
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63. A method for location a wireless apparatus, comprising:
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receiving an input from the input unit;
activating an imager to generate a digital image in response to the message being processed by the controller; and
associating via the controller location data with the digital image. - View Dependent Claims (64)
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