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Article: California Inventors Develop Position Determination Method Using Global Positioning Signal
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- December 17, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 17 -- Matthew Rabinowitz of Portola Valley, Calif., and James J. Spilker Jr. of Woodside, Calif., have developed a position determination method using global positioning signal.
The patent has been assigned to Rosum Corp., Mountain View, Calif.
According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for determining the position of a user terminal comprises receiving at the user terminal a broadcast television signal from a television signal transmitter; determining a first pseudo-range between the user terminal and the television signal transmitter based on a known component of the broadcast ...