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planetgs.com (106)
www.thegisforum.com (73)
www.bloglines.com (44)
www.spatialsciences.org.au (32)
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Tuesday, June 23. 2009
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EU LBS Patent Could Mean Trouble
The European Patent Office has granted an EU-wide patent for the transmission of location-based information between devices and the subsequent publishing of that information for viewing on a map. That sounds pretty broad!
GeoSentric Oyj, the folks behing GyPSii, got the patent. After pinging the PR folks I learned: It's Patent #EP1295500
"The original filing is under Benefon - to clarify that since the original filing, the company is now called GeoSentric and includes the TWIG product line and the core business of GyPSii. The Benefon name was changed to GeoSentric in mid 2007 and the intellectual property is used across the full company's product lines."
- press release
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Friday, May 22. 2009
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Google "Motion Based Profiles" Patent
The patent "Activating Applications Based on Accelerometer Data" basically aims to protect a process for collecting information based on the accelerometer in a cell phone to help determine what the person carrying the phone might be doing. Then the device and operate accordingly, (turn on apps, etc.)
So, my phone might be smart enough not to ring while I was traveling at 20 mph on my bike (that doesn't happen too much) or when I'm moving the lawn and take a message instead.
- The Register
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Monday, May 18. 2009
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Major League Baseball Geolocation Patent
I heard about this on Friday's Buzz Out Loud, then received an e-mail about it from reader Matt. Here's the deal:
MLB put out a press release last Thursday that confirmed MLB Advanced Media (MLB's online media arm) had received a patent for using multiple electronic methods of geolocation (such as wi-fi, IP targeting, etc.) to determine location in order to block access to online video. The patent is #7,486,943 titled: "System and method for verifying access based on a determined geographic location of a subscriber of a service provided via a computer network "
Continue reading "Major League Baseball Geolocation Patent"
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Monday, March 30. 2009
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TomTom and Microsoft Settle Patent Suits (for five years anyway)
Recall Microsoft sued TomTom, then TomTom countersued Microsoft.
Now, C|net reports they've settled into a five year agreement. TomTom will pay Microsoft some money to use the eight patents cited in that suit, but Microsoft will pay nothing to use TomTom's. TomTom will removes some code (file management) over the next two years.
More at Reuters.
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Thursday, March 26. 2009
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ITT Sues Phone Carriers Over GPS Patent
A corner of manufacturer ITT Corp filed a lawsuit against Verizon Wireless, Nokia, Motorola Inc and LG Electronics alleging patent infringement of patent 5,365,450: Hybrid GPS/data line unit for rapid, precise, and robust position determination.
The suit calls for an injunction and royalty payment, but allows for some flexibility for continued use of the devices for E911 purposes.
- Reuters
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Friday, March 20. 2009
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TomTom Countersues Microsoft
Two week ago we learned that Microsoft was suing TomTom over allegations the satnav company infringed on eight patents, some related to mapping, some related to basic operating system functions. Today TomTom has countersued. TomTom filed a patent infringement action in the Eastern District of Virginia on March 16th. That suit claims that Microsoft's Streets and Trips infringes on four TomTom patents related to vehicle navigation.
- Wall Street Journal
- C|net
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Adena Schutzberg about Tuscany's Open Source GIS Evolves
November 5
Thanks Mouse and sorry Tuscany!
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November 5
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Anon Y. Mouse about Tuscany's Open Source GIS Evolves
November 5
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