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Client-server based remote locator device

  • US 6,131,067 A
  • Filed: 09/06/1996
  • Issued: 10/10/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer implemented method of determining the location of a mobile remote sensor, the method comprising the steps of:

  • accessing a server using a client, said client being remote from said server;

    providing an identification code from said client to said server, said identification code uniquely associated with said remote sensor;

    interrogating said remote sensor from said server based on said identification code;

    transmitting positioning data from said remote sensor to said server in response to said step of interrogating;

    analyzing said positioning data at said server to produce processed positioning information, said processed positioning information representing the location of said remote sensor;

    transmitting said processed positioning information from said server to said client; and

    displaying said processed positioning information at said client so that a user can identify the location of said remote sensor.

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