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Apparatus And Method For Tracking The Position Of A Person/Object Using A Mobile Communication Network

  • US 20080020781A1
  • Filed: 09/24/2004
  • Published: 01/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for tracking the position of a person/object by using a mobile communication network comprising a plurality of terminals, a base station, a control station, a switching center, a Home Location Register (HLR), a Short Message Service (SMS) server and a position information management server, the apparatus comprising:

  • a CDMA wireless transmission and reception element for performing basic CDMA wireless transmissions and receptions in the mobile communication network;

    a position information extracting element for receiving position information from a GPS satellite and outputting the position information;

    an emergency call button for outputting an emergency call selection signal when a user performs a PUSH action in case of an emergency;

    a memory for storing an emergency message and an external notification audio data;

    a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) processing element for providing persona information; and

    a controller for performing the following actions;

    producing a current position by using the position information extracting element upon receiving a position information call instruction and transmitting the position information to the position information management server;

    reading the external notification audio data stored in the memory upon receiving an external notification instruction from the position information management server through a short message service and outputting the same;

    reading an emergency message stored in the memory when the emergency call selection signal has been inputted from the emergency call button and transmitting the same together with the current position information of the user to the position information management server through the short message service; and

    performing position registration in the HLR by determining position registration using an embedded distance/time standard timer; and

    a speaker for receiving the external notification audio data including the current emergency of the user and its measures from the controller and audibly projecting out the same.

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