Location aware wireless data gateway
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Abstract
A wireless gateway is provided that connects mobile and remote assets or employees to business enterprise users through multiple wireless networks and the Internet by using web served applications. The central core of the gateway is a location aware business component that sends and receives location based information to and from remote and mobile assets and applies business logic to the location data to enhance and automate business applications run by the enterprise user. This functionality considerably exceeds that of a traditional wireless gateway, which simply manages messages passed through multiple wireless networks but does nothing with the content of the messages. The business logic component provides a common interface and protocol for handling location information and allows applications that follow the protocol to interface with the gateway to take advantage of location information by using location data to trigger events or to tag events, messages, or other data.
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110 Claims
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1-82. -82. (canceled)
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83. A navigation and communication system, comprising:
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a navigation and sensor device comprising a GPS receiver for receiving GPS satellite signals, a processor for computing location of the GPS receiver based on the GPS signals received, and a short range transmitter for wirelessly transmitting a signal representing the computed location; and
a handheld device for operation over a cellular network, comprising a receiver for receiving signals from the short range transmitter representing the computed location from said navigation and sensor device, and an antenna for transmitting over said cellular network a signal representing the location of the GPS receiver. - View Dependent Claims (84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102)
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93. A navigation and communication system, comprising:
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a navigation and sensor device comprising a GPS receiver for receiving GPS satellite signals, a processor for computing location of the GPS receiver based on the GPS signals received, and a short range transmitter for wirelessly transmitting a signal representing the computed location; and
a handheld device for operation over a network, comprising a receiver for receiving signals from the short range transmitter representing the computed location from said navigation and sensor device, and an antenna for transmitting over said network a signal representing the location of the GPS receiver.
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103. A navigation and communication system, comprising:
a handheld cellular phone for operation over a cellular network, comprising a receiver for receiving by a short range wireless link location signals representing the computed location of a GPS receiver mounted on a vehicle which receives GPS signals, computes the location of the vehicle and transmits the location signals to the cellular phone over a short range, said cellular phone adapted to transmit over the cellular network signals representing the location of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (104, 105)
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106. A communication system for a vehicle, comprising;
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a sensor device mounted on a vehicle for detecting the status of a parameter related to the vehicle, a short range transmitter connected to the sensor device for transmitting a status signal representative of the detected parameter; and
a cellular phone having a short range receiver for receiving the status signal from the short range transmitter and for transmitting the status signal over a cellular network. - View Dependent Claims (107, 108, 109, 110)
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