Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for determining a telecommunications service location using global satellite positioning
- Patent Title (中): 使用全球卫星定位确定电信业务位置的方法和系统
-
Application No.: US11935749Application Date: 2007-11-06
-
Publication No.: US07647172B2Publication Date: 2010-01-12
- Inventor: Steven G. Smith , Robert H. Willis, Jr. , Mitchell E. Davis , Marvin R. Hamrick , Roland T. Morton, Jr. , Jeffery A. Sylvester
- Applicant: Steven G. Smith , Robert H. Willis, Jr. , Mitchell E. Davis , Marvin R. Hamrick , Roland T. Morton, Jr. , Jeffery A. Sylvester
- Applicant Address: US NV Reno
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Reno
- Agency: Parks IP Law LLC
- Main IPC: G01C21/00
- IPC: G01C21/00

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for obtaining information related to a customer service location and directions for routing a service technician from one customer service location to another. One embodiment includes requesting at least one set of coordinates associated with the customer service location; accessing a technician server to direct a global satellite positioning system to obtain the set of coordinates for the customer service location; obtaining the coordinates and updating one or more databases with said coordinates. The coordinates may include at least one of a latitude and a longitude associated with the customer service location. Another embodiment includes obtaining through a technician server at least one set of “from” coordinates associated with the first customer service location and at least one set of “to” coordinates associated with the second customer location; transmitting the “from” and “to” coordinates to a mapping system; and, generating directions in the mapping system based on the “to” and “from” coordinates. At least one of the sets of coordinates includes latitude and longitude data. System and computer-readable media embodiments of these methods are also provided.
Public/Granted literature
Information query