Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Navigation – Employing position determining equipment
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-28
2009-08-18
To, Tuan C (Department: 3663)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Navigation
Employing position determining equipment
C340S991000, C340S993000, C455S456100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07577525
ABSTRACT:
A management system using Global Positioning System receivers for tracking remote units from a central office and quickly and conveniently determining if those remote units have varied from a set of predetermined parameters of operation. The system also includes provisions that allows information to be sent from the remote units to the central office and vice versa. The system also has safety features that promote the rapid dispatch of law enforcement personnel when requests for emergency assistance have been made from the remote units.
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