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Geolocation determination

  • US 6,415,220 B1
  • Filed: 05/24/2000
  • Issued: 07/02/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Method for the determination of the current position of a mobile device, the method comprising the following steps:

  • providing a plurality of stationary nodes in at least one network, providing each of said plurality of stationary nodes with position information representing the stationary position of the respective corresponding node, transmitting the respective position information from at least one stationary node of the at least one network to a mobile device, and determining the current position of the mobile device on the basis of the at least one transmitted position information, wherein the transmission of the position information is effected in an OSI protocol layer higher than a transport layer of the OSI protocol such that the transmission is independent from the physical type of the networks and/or the transmission.

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