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Vehicle locating and communicating method and apparatus    
United States Patent5884221   
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Inventor(s)Wortham; Larry C. (Garland, TX)
AbstractA method and apparatus for locating and communicating with vehicles is provided, including at least one mobile cellular unit connected to at least one microprocessor and installed within a vehicle. The microprocessor interrogates the mobile cellular unit to obtain location information from an overhead message stream transmitted from cellular telephone transmitter sites. The location is displayed on a display located in the vehicle or the microprocessor periodically instructs the mobile cellular unit to initiate a call to a host controller and, upon receipt of transmitting instructions from the host controller, transmits the location information for display on a screen connected to the host controller.
   














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Inventor     Wortham; Larry C. (Garland, TX)
Owner/Assignee     HighwayMaster Communications, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
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Publication Date     March 16, 1999
Application Number     049573
Filing Date     March 26, 1998
US Classification     701/300 455/456.1 455/457
Int'l Classification     H04Q 007/22
Examiner     Zanelli; Michael
Assistant Examiner    
Attorney/Law Firm     Baker & Botts, L.L.P.
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Parent Case     CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/900,099, filed Jul. 25, 1997now U.S. Pat. No. 5,832,394, entitled "Vehicle Locating and Communicating Method and Apparatus" by Larry C. Wortham, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/628,827, filed Apr. 5, 1996, entitled "Vehicle Locating and Communicating Method and Apparatus" by Larry C. Wortham, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,652,707, issued Jul. 29, 1997; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/406,390, filed Mar. 17, 1995, entitled "Vehicle Locating and Communicating Method and Apparatus" by Larry C. Wortham, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,519,621, issued May 21, 1996; which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/279,211, filed Jul. 22, 1994, entitled "Vehicle Locating and Communicating Method and Apparatus" by Larry C. Wortham, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,513,111, issued Apr. 30, 1996; which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/178,022, filed Jan. 6, 1994, entitled "Vehicle Locating and Communicating Method and Apparatus" by Larry C. Wortham, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,398,190, issued Mar. 14, 1995; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/920,644, filed Jul. 28, 1992, entitled "Vehicle Locating and Communicating Method and Apparatus Using Cellular Telephone Network" by Larry C. Wortham, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,299,132, issued Mar. 29, 1994; which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/642,436, filed Jan. 17, 1991, entitled "Vehicle Locating and Communicating Method and Apparatus" by Larry C. Wortham, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,155,689, issued Oct. 13, 1992.
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USPTO Field of Search     701/300 340/989 340/990 340/992 455/456 455/457
Patent Tags     vehicle locating communicating
   
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