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Information appliance system having a navigational position generator and method
Assignee: Motorola Solutions Inc
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Filing: 2000-08-11
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Granted: 2002-04-30
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Expires: 2020-08-11
Abstract
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 ).
Inventors
- 👤 Merlin Smith
- 👤 Mark Clayton
- 👤 Rafael A. Saavedra
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 14:31
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01C; G01C21/00; G01C21/26; G01S; G01S5/00; G01S5/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
74 words
An information appliance system having a navigational position generator comprising: a plurality of navigational position sources disposed to provide position data; a position service module, wherein the position service module is disposed to receive the position data, and wherein the position service module aggregates the position data from the plurality of navigational position sources to form a composite of position data; and a position session module disposed to receive the composite of position data.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
74 words
An information appliance system having a navigational position generator comprising: a plurality of navigational position sources disposed to provide position data; a position service module, wherein the position service module is disposed to receive the position data, and wherein the position service module aggregates the position data from the plurality of navigational position sources to form a composite of position data; and a position session module disposed to receive the composite of position data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The information appliance system of claim 1 , wherein the composite of position data comprises the position data from one or more of the plurality of navigational position sources.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The information appliance system of claim 1 , further comprising a user node, wherein the position generator is coupled to the user node, and wherein the position generator defines a position of the user node.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The information appliance system of claim 1 , further comprising an application, wherein the application is disposed to receive the composite of position data from the position session module.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
47 words
The information appliance system of claim 4 , wherein the application specifies one or more of the navigational position sources from which to receive the composite of position data, and wherein the position session module is disposed to transmit the composite of position data to the application.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
55 words
The information appliance system of claim 1 , wherein the position service module compares the position data from each of the plurality of navigational position sources, wherein the position service module identifies a set of erroneous position data, and wherein the position service module eliminates the erroneous position data from the composite of position data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
The information appliance system of claim 1 , further comprising a user node, wherein a portion of the plurality of navigation position sources are coupled to the user node.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The information appliance system of claim 1 , further comprising a user node, wherein a portion of the plurality of navigation position sources are located external to the user node.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
The information appliance system of claim 8 , wherein the position service module is disposed to receive the position data from the portion of the plurality of navigational position sources located external to the user node.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
99 words
An information appliance system having a navigational position generator to provide position data to an application comprising: a plurality of navigational position devices disposed to provide the position data; a position service module, wherein the position service module is disposed to receive the position data, and wherein the position service module aggregates the position data from the plurality of navigational position sources to form a composite of position data; and a position session module disposed to receive the composite of position data, wherein the application is disposed to receive the composite of position data from the position session module.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
99 words
An information appliance system having a navigational position generator to provide position data to an application comprising: a plurality of navigational position devices disposed to provide the position data; a position service module, wherein the position service module is disposed to receive the position data, and wherein the position service module aggregates the position data from the plurality of navigational position sources to form a composite of position data; and a position session module disposed to receive the composite of position data, wherein the application is disposed to receive the composite of position data from the position session module.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
The information appliance system of claim 10 , wherein the composite of position data comprises the position data from one or more of the plurality of navigational position devices.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
The information appliance system of claim 10 , further comprising a user node, wherein the position generator is coupled to the user node, and wherein the position generator defines a position of the user node.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
47 words
The information appliance system of claim 10 , wherein the application specifies one or more of the navigational position devices from which to receive the composite of position data, and wherein the position session module is disposed to transmit the composite of position data to the application.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
98 words
A method of providing position data to an application in an information appliance system comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of navigational position sources disposed to provide the position data; providing a position service module, wherein the position service module is disposed to receive the position data; aggregating the position data from the plurality of navigational position sources to form a composite of position data; and providing a position session module disposed to receive the composite of position data, and wherein the position session module is disposed to transmit the composite of position data to the application.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
98 words
A method of providing position data to an application in an information appliance system comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of navigational position sources disposed to provide the position data; providing a position service module, wherein the position service module is disposed to receive the position data; aggregating the position data from the plurality of navigational position sources to form a composite of position data; and providing a position session module disposed to receive the composite of position data, and wherein the position session module is disposed to transmit the composite of position data to the application.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 14 , wherein the step of aggregating the position data comprises aggregating the position data from one or more of the plurality of navigational position sources to form the composite of position data.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 14 , further comprising providing a user node, wherein the composite of position data defines a position of the user node.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 14 , further comprising specifying one or more of the navigational position sources from which to receive the position data.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 14 , further comprising comparing the position data from each of the plurality of navigation position sources and identifying a set of erroneous position data, wherein the position service module eliminates the erroneous position data from the composite of position data.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 14 , further comprising providing a user node, wherein a portion of the plurality of navigation position sources are coupled to the user node.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method of claim 14 , further comprising providing a user node, wherein a portion of the plurality of navigation position sources are located external to the user node, and wherein the position service module is disposed to receive the position data from the portion of the plurality of navigational position sources located external to the user node.
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