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Patent for pinpointing cellphones
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R. A. Hettinga)
Thu Feb 3 09:34:30 2000
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Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 16:57:44 -0800
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From: Somebody
Subject: Patent for pinpointing cellphones
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 07:39:56 -0500
From: Somebody Else
Subject: Remember the revelation that cell phone location could be
pinpointed to a smaller area than a cell?
Remember the revelation that cell phone location could be
pinpointed to a smaller area than a cell?
http://www.ragingbull.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=QCOM&read=22988
United States Patent
5,859,612
Gilhousen
January 12, 1999
Method for using an antenna with a rotating beam for determining the
position of a mobile subscriber in a CDMA cellular telephone system
Inventors:
Gilhousen; Klein S. (Bozeman, MT)
Assignee:
Qualcomm Incorporated (San Diego, CA)
Appl. No.:
659408
Filed:
June 6, 1996
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