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Terminal equipment, positional information display method, positional information providing device and positional information providing method

  • US 6,167,277 A
  • Filed: 12/23/1996
  • Issued: 12/26/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A terminal equipment connected together with other terminal equipment to a communication channel for communicating with base stations via a communication link, comprising:

  • detection means for detecting and updating a nearest base station identification received from the base station nearest said terminal equipment;

    transmission means for transmitting said nearest base station identification to a server when the transmission of positional information for said terminal equipment is demanded by said other terminal equipment, said server having stored therein data cross-referencing the position of said base stations with respective base station identifications so that the position of said terminal equipment is determined by comparing said nearest base station identification to said data; and

    receiving means for receiving and updating positional information of said other terminal equipment sent by way of said communication channel.

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