Method and apparatus for locating mobile units tracking another or within a prescribed geographic boundary
DCFirst Claim
1. A communication system comprising:
- (i) a portable mobile remote unit;
(ii) a network of communication units;
(iii) the portable mobile remote unit able to communicate with at least a transmitter within the network to establish its geographic location within the system;
(iv) means to request for the location information of portable mobile remote units that are in a geographic boundary that is prescribed within the coverage area of said network;
(v) means to provide the location information of the portable mobile remote unit to the network upon determination that the portable mobile remote unit is within said prescribed geographic boundary requested by the network;
(vi) means to determine and report to the system that, another portable mobile remote unit has maintained relative proximity to the portable mobile remote over a period of time while in motion.
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Abstract
A mobile location reporting communication system consists of a network of communication sources and targets managed by one or more control stations. In the system, a communication source may request for the location of a mobile communication target from the network. The target conveys its location to the network and that information is provided to the source. In the invention a mobile communication source request for the location of mobile communication targets that are present in a prescribed geographic boundary. The network provides to the source only remote targets that are present in the prescribed boundary. Also in the invention, a concealed or clandestine mobile portable target, close to the mobile portable source, may be tracking the source. The source may invoke a method that may the result of mobile targets that have traveled a pre-specified distance with the source while maintaining proximity to the source.
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15 Claims
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1. A communication system comprising:
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(i) a portable mobile remote unit; (ii) a network of communication units; (iii) the portable mobile remote unit able to communicate with at least a transmitter within the network to establish its geographic location within the system; (iv) means to request for the location information of portable mobile remote units that are in a geographic boundary that is prescribed within the coverage area of said network; (v) means to provide the location information of the portable mobile remote unit to the network upon determination that the portable mobile remote unit is within said prescribed geographic boundary requested by the network; (vi) means to determine and report to the system that, another portable mobile remote unit has maintained relative proximity to the portable mobile remote over a period of time while in motion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A communication system for providing the location information of portable mobile remote units, in a geographic region to a wireless consumer requesting that information comprising:
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i) a pool of portable mobile remote units that are able to communicate with a network transmitter to establish their location within the system; ii) means for the wireless consumer to specify and forward to a network, geographic boundary information describing a region within the coverage area of said network where the location information of portable mobile remote units are required by the wireless consumer; iii) means to request that all portable remote units within said region (ii) establish their location at the network; iv) means to identify said request (iii) and verify at a portable mobile remote unit whether the portable remote unit exist within said region (iii); v) means to provide to the wireless consumer the location information of a portable mobile remote unit that exist in the geographic boundary defined by the wireless consumer after the verification of (iv). - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A method for determining that a first portable mobile remote communication unit is tracking a second portable mobile remote communication unit while in motion comprising:
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iv) obtaining the geographic location of the first and second portable communication units at intervals over a period of time; v) computing from said geographic location (i) whether the first and second portable communication units are maintaining relative proximity during said period of time; vi) if the result of said computation (ii) indicates that relative proximity is maintained between the first and second portable communication units over said period of time, advising the system that the first portable mobile remote unit is tracking the second.
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7. A method for providing the location information of portable mobile remote units in a geographic region to a wireless consumer requesting that information comprising:
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i) communicating with a base transmitter to establish the location of a portable mobile remote unit within the system; ii) specifying and forwarding to a wireless network, geographic boundary information describing a region within the coverage area of said network where the location information of portable mobile remote units are required by the wireless consumer; iii) requesting that all portable remote units within said region (ii) establish their location at the network; iv) identifying said request (iii) and verifying at a portable mobile remote unit that the portable remote unit exist within said region specified by said request (iii); v) providing to the wireless consumer the location information of a portable mobile remote unit that exist in the geographic boundary defined by the wireless consumer after the verification of (iv).
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8. A communication system comprising:
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i) a network of communication resources; ii) a pool of portable mobile remote units that are able to communicate with the network to establish their geographic location within the system; ii) means for a wireless consumer to specify and forward to the network, geographic boundary information describing a region within a coverage area of said network where a notification should be sent to one or more of said portable mobile remote units within said region; iii) means to forward said notification to portable mobile remote units within said region; iv) means to identify said notification (iii) at the portable mobile remote unit and means to verify whether the portable remote unit exists within said region (iii). - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for notifying portable mobile remote units within a geographic region in a wireless communication system comprising:
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i) communicating with one or more portable mobile remote unit in a network to establish their geographic location within the system; ii) specifying and forwarding to the network, geographic boundary information describing a region within a coverage area of said network where a notification should be sent to one or more of said portable mobile remote units within said region; iii) forwarding said notification to portable mobile remote units within said region; iv) identifying said notification (iii) at the portable mobile remote unit and verifying whether the portable remote unit exists within said region (iii). - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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