Patent ID: 6826385
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: G01C,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method for generating geographical addresses for mobile devices disposed on the surface of the Earth, comprising:(a) determining at least a latitude coordinate and a longitude coordinate for a geographical position of a mobile device; (b) determining at least one other coordinate that corresponds to the latitude coordinate of the mobile device, wherein the determining of the at least one other coordinate increases a resolution of the latitude coordinate and wherein a binary representation of the at least one other coordinate is-relatively the same size as a binary representation of the latitude coordinate for locating the mobile device in at least one region of the Earth; and (c) generating a geographical address for the mobile device that includes the at least one other coordinate and the longitude coordinate wherein including the at least one other coordinate and longitude coordinate in the geographical address for the mobile device enables a substantially greater range of available geographical addresses to be generated for each mobile device disposed in the at least one region of the Earth than at least another region of the Earth of relatively the same size that is closer to one of the North and South poles than the Equator.