System for automatic vehicle location via cable TV
First Claim
1. A system for visually providing position information representing the location of an item, said system comprising:
- a cable television service provider coupled to a receiver which, in turn, is communicatively coupled to a position determining system monitoring an item to be located, said receiver adapted to receive position information of said item, said cable television service provider further adapted to transmit said position information received at said receiver to a display device.
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Abstract
A system for visually representing the location of an item on a television. In one embodiment, a user of the present system telephonically requests that a visual representation of the location of an item be transmitted from a cable television company and displayed on the user'"'"'s television. In the present embodiment, the user'"'"'s television is connected with the cable television company by cable. Once the request is received at the cable television company, position information indicative of the location of the item is transmitted from the item to a receiver. The position information is then transmitted from the receiver to the cable television company. The acquired position information is then transmitted from the cable television company to the user'"'"'s television. A visual representation of the position of the item is then displayed on the user'"'"'s television.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for visually providing position information representing the location of an item, said system comprising:
a cable television service provider coupled to a receiver which, in turn, is communicatively coupled to a position determining system monitoring an item to be located, said receiver adapted to receive position information of said item, said cable television service provider further adapted to transmit said position information received at said receiver to a display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for visually representing the location of an item, said system comprising:
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a position determining system coupled to an item to be located, a receiver communicatively coupled to said position determining system, said receiver adapted to receive position information of said item, a display device adapted to display a visual representation of said position information of said item, a cable television service provider communicatively coupled to said receiver, said cable television service provider transmitting said position information received at said receiver to said display device, and a data input device communicatively coupled to said cable television service provider, said data input device adapted to request transmission of said position information of said item from said cable television service provider to said display device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for visually representing the location of an item on a display device comprising the steps of:
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requesting, from a cable television service provider, a visual representation of the location of an item, acquiring, at said cable television service provider, position information indicative of the location of said item, transmitting said acquired position information from said cable television service provider to a display device, displaying a visual representation of said position information of said item on said display device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for visually representing the location of an item on a television comprising the steps of:
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requesting that a visual representation of the location of an item be transmitted from a cable television company and displayed on a television, generating position information indicative of the location of said item, receiving said position information at a receiver communicatively coupled to said item, transmitting said position information from said receiver to said cable television company communicatively coupled to said receiver, transmitting said acquired position information from said cable television company to said television, displaying a visual representation of said position information of said item on said television. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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