Patents Assigned to Rosom Corporation
  • Patent number: 7498873
    Abstract: Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprises a receiver to receive a wireless stereo frequency-modulation (FM) signal comprising a plurality of spectral signal components including a first tone and one or more frequency bands; one or more tone generators each to generate a respective second tone based on a respective one of the frequency bands; a plurality of phase circuits each to measure a phase of a respective one of the first and second tones; and a difference element to determine a phase difference between two of the phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Rosom Corporation
    Inventors: Guttorm Opshaug, David Burgess, George Flammer, Scott Furman, Andy Lee, Matthew Rabinowitz, Harvind Samra
  • Patent number: 7042396
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for determining the position of a user terminal comprises receiving, at the user terminal, a digital audio broadcast signal; and determining a pseudo-range between the user terminal and a transmitter of the digital audio broadcast signal based on a known component of the digital audio broadcast signal; wherein the position of the user terminal is determined based on the pseudo-range between the user terminal and the transmitter of the digital audio broadcast signal and a location of the transmitter of the digital audio broadcast signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Rosom Corporation
    Inventors: Jimmy K. Omura, James J. Spilker, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6952182
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for determining the position of a user terminal comprises receiving at the user terminal a digital television (DTV) broadcast signal from a DTV transmitter, wherein the DTV signal comprises an Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting-Terrestrial (ISDB-T) signal; determining a pseudo-range between the user terminal and the DTV transmitter based on a known component in the broadcast DTV signal; and determining a position of the user terminal based on the pseudo-range and a location of the DTV transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: The Rosom Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Spilker, Jr., Matthew Rabinowitz