Technique for collecting and using information about the geographic position of a mobile object on the earth's surface
First Claim
1. A method for providing information about movement of a mobile object to each of a plurality of positions along the Earth'"'"'s surface, comprising:
- obtaining position data related to each of the plurality of positions; and
storing the position data for the plurality of positions in a persistent database for selective retrieval therefrom upon request to provide information about movement of the mobile object.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for taking, transmitting, storing, processing, distributing and using data indicative of the position of a mobile object on the Earth'"'"'s surface. More specifically, the latitude, longitude and altitude for the current position of a mobile object is measured, and the data for that position is periodically transmitted along with ancillary information to a central base station for persistent storage of the data in a server. Such stored data is thus available on past and current positions of the mobile object for use by various computer applications to derive information about the object'"'"'s movements.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for providing information about movement of a mobile object to each of a plurality of positions along the Earth'"'"'s surface, comprising:
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obtaining position data related to each of the plurality of positions; and
storing the position data for the plurality of positions in a persistent database for selective retrieval therefrom upon request to provide information about movement of the mobile object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing information about movement of a mobile object to each of a plurality of positions along the Earth'"'"'s surface, comprising:
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collecting in a persistent database position data related to each of the plurality of positions; and
responsive to a request related to a specified time and/or position, providing information about movement of the mobile object corresponding to the specified time and/or position by accessing the position data for the plurality of positions stored in said persistent database. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for providing information about movement of a mobile object to each of a plurality of positions along the Earth'"'"'s surface, comprising:
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obtaining position data related to each of the plurality of positions; and
partitioning the position data for the plurality of positions into a plurality of clusters of related positions that are accessible to provide information in response to a request. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for providing information about movement of a mobile object to each of a plurality of positions along the Earth'"'"'s surface, comprising:
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obtaining position data related to each of the plurality of positions;
deriving, based on the position data, an individual map for each of a plurality of said positions; and
animating movement of the mobile object by combining a plurality of said individual maps. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. Apparatus for providing information about movement of a mobile object to each of a plurality of positions along the Earth'"'"'s surface, comprising:
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means for obtaining position data related to each of the plurality of positions; and
means for storing the position data for the plurality of positions in a persistent database for selective retrieval therefrom upon request to provide information about movement of the mobile object.
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30. Apparatus for providing information about movement of a mobile object to each of a plurality of positions along the Earth'"'"'s surface, comprising:
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means for collecting in a persistent database position data related to each of the plurality of positions; and
means for, responsive to a request related to a specified time and/or position, providing information about movement of the mobile object corresponding to the specified time and/or position by accessing the position data for the plurality of positions stored in said persistent database.
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31. Apparatus for processing information about movement of a mobile object to each of a plurality of positions along the Earth'"'"'s surface, comprising:
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means for obtaining position data related to each of the plurality of positions; and
means for partitioning the position data for the plurality of positions into a plurality of clusters of related positions.
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32. Apparatus for providing information about movement of a mobile object to each of a plurality of positions along the Earth'"'"'s surface, comprising:
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means for obtaining position data related to each of the plurality of positions;
means for deriving based on the position data an individual map for each of a plurality of said positions; and
means for animating movement of the mobile object by combining a plurality of said individual maps.
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