[July 24, 2008] TruePosition Gets 3 U.S. Patents Tweet (Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TruePosition, a provider of wireless location technologies and solutions and a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp., announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded TruePosition three U.S. patents. According to company officials, the patented technologies are a critical part of the TruePosition Location Platform that is designed to enable mobile wireless service providers to determine the location of mobile phones and wireless devices. TruePosition said U.S. Patent, "Monitoring of call information in a wireless location system," teaches the technology that enables wireless operators to implement location services for GSM, CDMA, and UMTS with minimal impact on the network. By deploying a passive, wired monitor with the TruePosition Location Platform, TruePosition can task the system, enabling implementation of TruePosition's control-channel location technology. U.S. Patent, "Applications processor including a database system, for use in the wireless location system", details the internal resource and data management of the TruePosition Location Platform. This system facilitates triggers of location events, collects and stores location information, and performs historical analysis of location-related data. TruePosition noted the latest patent is U.S. Patent, "Robust, efficient, localization system". Using the technology described in this patent, the TruePosition Location Platform is able to detect weaker wireless signals to locate mobile phones faster and with greater accuracy, as a result of sampling and compressing digital representations of received signals. "The TruePosition Location Platform has evolved into the premier location solution for high capacity, high-performance, location-based safety and security services," stated Stephen Stuut, CEO of TruePosition. "With these technologies, TruePosition can provide the accuracy and consistency that the public needs for solutions such as E-911 in the United States and other emergency number services being developed around the world." TruePosition is a provider of wireless location solutions for the personal and public safety and government security markets. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]