Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-30
2011-08-30
Beamer, Temica M (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
C455S456200, C455S414200
Reexamination Certificate
active
08010126
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 deliver 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 one of the embodiments, the location system is a GPS receiver that generates the longitude and the latitude of the wireless devices at which it is provisioned.
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Enzmann Mark J.
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Zellner Samuel N.
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Beamer Temica M
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