Patents by Inventor Mark Lino Nielsen

Mark Lino Nielsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Reliable location information for a mobile station using a non-GPS location technique
    Patent number: 8446320
    Abstract: A method and apparatus determines if a location fix received by a mobile station using a non-GPS location techniques is accurate. Location results obtained using the non-GPS location technique or techniques are treated as accurate if they are verified as being within an error margin obtained from a trusted source of location information such as a GPS positioning system. Non-GPS Location information may be obtained from a signal transmitted by the base station, which signal includes the base station location. The non-GPS location information may also be obtained from a backend service associated with the wireless network that includes the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Werner Kuehnel, Mark Lino Nielsen
  • RELIABLE LOCATION INFORMATION FOR A MOBILE STATION USING A NON-GPS LOCATION TECHNIQUE
    Publication number: 20120050098
    Abstract: A method and apparatus determines if a location fix received by a mobile station using a non-GPS location techniques is accurate. Location results obtained using the non-GPS location technique or techniques are treated as accurate if they are verified as being within an error margin obtained from a trusted source of location information such as a GPS positioning system. Non-GPS Location information may be obtained from a signal transmitted by the base station, which signal includes the base station location. The non-GPS location information may also be obtained from a backend service associated with the wireless network that includes the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Werner Kuehnel, Mark Lino Nielsen