Enhanced location based services

• US 9,158,000 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2012
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Sauerwein, James Timothy Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Dao
• Application Number:
  US13/494,446
• Publication Number:
  US 20130328717A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,218 Days
• Field of Search: 342/357.22, 342/357.4, 342/357.42, 342/357.46, 701/467, 701/468
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/06 employing an initial estimate of the location of the receiver as aiding data or in generating aiding data
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/27 creating, predicting or correcting ephemeris or almanac data within the receiver

Abstract

A device management system is comprised of a server-side proxy component and at least one back-end computer. The server-side proxy component is configured to receive ephemeris and almanac data from a source and information from at least one client describing the geographic location of the client. The server-side proxy component is configured to send the ephemeris and almanac data and the information from the client to a back-end computer. Responsive to receiving this data and information, the computer compiles it into GPS data relevant to the location of the client.

Claims

1. A device management system comprising a server-side proxy component and at least one back-end computer;

wherein said server-side proxy component is configured to receive ephemeris and almanac data from a source;

wherein said server-side proxy component is further configured to receive information from at least one client describing a geographic location of said at least one client;

wherein said server-side proxy component is further configured to send said ephemeris and almanac data and said information from said at least one client describing said geographic location of said at least one client to said at least one backend computer; and

wherein said at least one back-end computer is configured, responsive to receiving said ephemeris and almanac data and said information from at least one client describing said geographic location of said at least one client, to compile said ephemeris and almanac data into GPS data relevant to said information from said at least one client describing said geographic location of said at least one client.

2. The device management system of claim 1, wherein said server-side proxy component is further configured to receive a request for said GPS data from said at least one client;

wherein said server-side proxy component is further configured to transmit said request to said at least one back-end computer; and

wherein said at least one back-end computer is configured, responsive to receiving said request from said server-side proxy component, to send said GPS data to said at least one client.

3. The device management system of claim 1, wherein said at least one back-end computer is further configured to continuously send said GPS data to said at least one client at fixed time intervals.

4. The device management system of claim 2, wherein said at least one back-end computer is further configured to continuously send said GPS data to said at least one client at fixed time intervals.

5. The device management system of claim 2, wherein said source is at least one of:

at least one GPS satellite, a data feed.

6. The device management system of claim 3, wherein said source is at least one of:

at least one GPS satellite, a data feed.

7. The device management system of claim 1, wherein said server-side proxy component and said at least one back-end computer are located on the same physical device.

8. The device management system of claim 1, wherein said server-side proxy component is further configured to request information from at least one client describing a geographic location of said at least one client.

9. A method for transmitting GPS data, the method comprising the steps of:

a computer receiving ephemeris and almanac data from a server-side proxy component said server-side proxy component having received said ephemeris and almanac data from a source;

said computer receiving information describing a geographic location of at least one client from a server-side proxy component said server-side proxy component having received said information describing a geographic location of at least one client from said at least one client; and

said computer, responsive to receiving said ephemeris and almanac data and said information describing a geographic location of at least one client, compiling said ephemeris and almanac data into GPS data relevant to said information from said at least one client describing said geographic location of said at least one client.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

said computer receiving a request for said GPS data from said server-side proxy said server-side proxy having received said request from said at least one client; and

said computer transmitting said GPS to said at least one client.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

said computer transmitting said GPS data to said at least one client at fixed time intervals.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

said computer transmitting said GPS data to said at least one client at fixed time intervals.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein said source is at least one of:

at least one GPS satellite, a data feed.

14. A computer program product for transmitting GPS data, the computer program

product comprising:

one or more computer-readable, tangible storage devices being non-transitory computer readable medium;

program instructions, stored on at least one or more storage devices being non-transitory computer readable medium, to receive ephemeris and almanac data from a source;

program instructions, stored on at least one or more storage devices being non-transitory computer readable medium, to receive information from at least one client describing a geographic location of said at least one client; and

program instructions, stored on at least one or more storage devices being non-transitory computer readable medium, to compile said ephemeris and almanac data into GPS data relevant to said information from said at least one client describing said geographic location of said at least one client.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one or more storage devices being non-transitory computer readable medium, to receive a request for said GPS data from said at least one client; and

program instructions, responsive to receiving said request from said server-side proxy component, to send said GPS data to said at least one client.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one or more storage devices being non-transitory computer readable medium to continuously send said GPS data to said at least one client at fixed time intervals.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions, stored on at least one or more storage devices being non-transitory computer readable medium to continuously send said GPS data to said at least one client at fixed time intervals.