Claims
- 1-108 (canceled)
- 109. A method for determining the position of a user terminal, comprising:
receiving at the user terminal a broadcast television signal from a television signal transmitter; and receiving at the user terminal a mobile telephone signal from a mobile telephone base station; wherein the position of the user terminal is determined based on the broadcast television signal, the mobile telephone signal, a location of the television signal transmitter, and a location of the mobile telephone base station; and wherein the mobile telephone signal is selected from the group consisting of a EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Evolution) signal; a Code-Division Multiple Access 2000 (cdma2000) signal; and a Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) signal.
- 110. The method of claim 109, further comprising:
determining the position of the user terminal based on the broadcast television signal, the mobile telephone signal, the location of the television signal transmitter, and the location of the mobile telephone base station.
- 111. The method of claim 109:wherein the mobile telephone signal comprises a timing advance parameter; and wherein the position of the user terminal is determined based on the broadcast television signal, the timing advance parameter, the location of the television signal transmitter, and the location of the mobile telephone base station.
- 112. The method of claim 111, further comprising:
determining the position of the user terminal based on the broadcast television signal, the timing advance parameter, the location of the television signal transmitter, and the location of the mobile telephone base station.
- 113. An apparatus for determining the position of a user terminal, comprising:
a first receiver to receive at the user terminal a broadcast television signal from a television signal transmitter; and a second receiver to receive at the user terminal a mobile telephone signal from a mobile telephone base station; wherein the position of the user terminal is determined based on the broadcast television signal, the mobile telephone signal, a location of the television signal transmitter, and a location of the mobile telephone base station; and wherein the mobile telephone signal is selected from the group consisting of a EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Evolution) signal; a Code-Division Multiple Access 2000 (cdma2000) signal; and a Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) signal.
- 114. The apparatus of claim 113, further comprising:
a processor to determine the position of the user terminal based on the broadcast television signal, the mobile telephone signal, the location of the television signal transmitter, and the location of the mobile telephone base station.
- 115. The apparatus of claim 113:wherein the mobile telephone signal comprises a timing advance parameter; and wherein the position of the user terminal is determined based on the broadcast television signal, the timing advance parameter, the location of the television signal transmitter, and the location of the mobile telephone base station.
- 116. The apparatus of claim 115, further comprising:
a processor to determine the position of the user terminal based on the broadcast television signal, the timing advance parameter, the location of the television signal transmitter, and the location of the mobile telephone base station.
- 117. An apparatus for determining the position of a user terminal, comprising:
first receiver means for receiving at the user terminal a broadcast television signal from a television signal transmitter; and second receiver means for receiving at the user terminal a mobile telephone signal from a mobile telephone base station; wherein a position of the user terminal is determined based on the broadcast television signal, the mobile telephone signal, a location of the television signal transmitter, and a location of the mobile telephone base station; and wherein the mobile telephone signal is selected from the group consisting of a EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Evolution) signal; a Code-Division Multiple Access 2000 (cdma2000) signal; and a Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) signal.
- 118. The apparatus of claim 117, further comprising:
processor means for determining the position of the user terminal based on the broadcast television signal, the mobile telephone signal, the location of the television signal transmitter, and the location of the mobile telephone base station.
- 119. The apparatus of claim 117:wherein the mobile telephone signal comprises a timing advance parameter; and wherein the position of the user terminal is determined based on the broadcast television signal, the timing advance parameter, the location of the television signal transmitter, and the location of the mobile telephone base station.
- 120. The apparatus of claim 119, further comprising:
processor means for determining the position of the user terminal based on the broadcast television signal, the timing advance parameter, the location of the television signal transmitter, and the location of the mobile telephone base station.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Non-provisional patent application Ser. No. 10/232,142, “Position Location using Broadcast Television Signals and Mobile Telephone Signals,” by James J. Spilker, Jimmy K. Omura and Matthew Rabinowitz, filed Aug. 29, 2002, which is a continuation-in-part of the following U.S. Non-provisional patent applications: Ser. No. 09/887,158, “Position Location using Broadcast Digital Television Signals,” by James J. Spilker and Matthew Rabinowitz, filed Jun. 21, 2001; Ser. No. 09/932,010, “Position Location using Terrestrial Digital Video Broadcast Television Signals,” by James J. Spilker and Matthew Rabinowitz, filed Aug. 17, 2001; Ser. No. 10/054,302, “Position Location using Broadcast Analog Television Signals,” by James J. Spilker and Matthew Rabinowitz, filed Jan. 22, 2002; Ser. No. 10/159,831, “Position Location Using Ghost Canceling Reference Television Signals,” by James J. Spilker and Matthew Rabinowitz, filed May 31, 2002; and Ser. No. 10/054,262, “Time-Gated Delay Lock Loop Tracking Of Digital Television Signals,” by James J. Spilker and Matthew Rabinowitz, filed Jan. 22, 2002, the disclosures thereof incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
[0002] U.S. Non-provisional patent application Ser. No. 10/232,142 claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/315,983, “Digital Television Position Location Aided by GSM Measurements,” by James J. Spilker Jr., filed Aug. 29, 2001; U.S. Provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/329,592, “Digital Television Position Location Aided by CDMA Measurements,” by Jimmy K. Omura, filed Oct. 15, 2001; U.S. Provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/361,762, “DTV Position Location Augmented by GPS,” by James J. Spilker, filed Mar. 4, 2002; and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/378,819, “Combining E-OTD with a TV Based Cell Phone Position Location System,” by Jimmy K. Omura, filed May 7, 2002, the disclosures thereof incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
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