Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-20
2007-02-20
Beamer, Temica (Department: 2681)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
C455S456200, C455S414200
Reexamination Certificate
active
09739162
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a system and method for conducting survey using wireless devices. The system architecture of the present invention comprises a location server and a location system. The location server can receive a survey request from a subscriber, delineate a survey area for the survey, broadcast a query containing the survey to a plurality of wireless devices, process responses received from the wireless devices, and delivers a result of the survey to the subscriber. The location system can generate location information for each of the wireless devices that received the query. The location system may be a network-based unit or a portable unit provisioned at each of the wireless devices. In the preferred embodiment, the location system is a GPS receiver that generates the longitude and the latitude of the wireless device at which it is provisioned.
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Enzmann Mark J.
Moton, Jr. Robert T.
Zellner Samuel N.
Beamer Temica
BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
Merchant & Gould LLC
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