Information appliance system having a navigational position generator and method

US6380890B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Motorola, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Merlin Smith · Chandler, US
• Mark Clayton · Phoenix, US
• Rafael Saavedra · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 11, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 30, 2002
• Expiry date: Aug 11, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S5/02
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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 aggregate position data and 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 aggregating position data to form composite of position data (240). Composite of position data (240) is then transmitted to applications (210, 212, 214, 216) via a position session module (204).