Patent · US Expired

Method and system for distributing position information

US6374179B1 · kind B1 · utility

58Cited by

13References

25Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Motorola, Inc. · US

Inventors

Merlin Smith · Chandler, US
Mark Clayton · Phoenix, US
Patrick A. Stadler · Gilbert, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 11, 2000
Grant date	Apr 16, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 11, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01C21/26
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of navigational position sources (208) disposed to provide position data, a position service module (202) to form a composite of position data (240) and a position session module (204) to transmit composite of position data (240) to applications (210, 212, 214, 216). An embodiment of a method includes providing a plurality of navigational position sources (208) disposed to provide position data, providing a position service module (202) disposed to receive position data, and form composite of position data (240). Composite of position data (240) is then transmitted to one or more applications (210, 212, 214, 216) via a position session module (204).

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