RE: [emergency] RE: Patent that may have implications for EM and alerting.

Carl,

 

I saw something from the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas - folks are selling a gizmo to track your pet via GPS - so you can find it - and know when it leaves your yard.

 

I guess Alzheimer patients also qualify, and delivery trucks - emergency vehicles!?!

 

Being GPS based and not speed / wireless - guess they are OK.  However - once again this looks like a patent that should fall foul of the new "obvious" standards...

 

DW

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [emergency] RE: Patent that may have implications for EM and
alerting.
From: "Carl Reed" <>
Date: Fri, January 25, 2008 12:13 pm
To: <>

About The Invention

The “Area Watcher for Wireless Network" patent provides a method and an apparatus for transmitting an automatic message when a wireless device moves into or exits a geographic area, based upon the speed of the wireless device. The geographic area to be monitored can be any defined area, including a cell site, zip code or proximity to a retail establishment.

 

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,321,773&OS=7,321,773&RS=7,321,773

 

Carl Reed, PhD
CTO and Executive Director Specification Program
OGC

 

The OGC: Helping the World to Communicate Geographically

 

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