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Patent US7346374 - Wireless communications system and method - Google Patents
A system for communicating information is described. The system comprises a radio frequency (RF) transceiver coupled to a vehicle. The transceiver is configured to communicate with a personal digital assistant (PDA) located external to the transceiver using wireless RF signals to transmit information...http://www.google.com/patents/US7346374?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7346374 - Wireless communications system and method
Publication number US7346374 B2
Also published as US7970446, US8634888, US9318017, US20040048622, US20080161047, US20110227698, US20140184393, WO2004064343A1
Publication number 10336466, 336466, US 7346374 B2, US 7346374B2, US-B2-7346374, US7346374 B2, US7346374B2
Patent Citations (101), Non-Patent Citations (50), Referenced by (128), Classifications (31), Legal Events (6)
US 7346374 B2
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International Classification H04M1/60, H04L29/06, H04L29/08, H04B7/26, H04M1/00, H04L12/56, G07C5/00
Cooperative Classification H04M1/6091, H04M1/6041, H04W4/04, H04L29/06, H04W84/18, H04M2250/02, H04L67/14, G07C5/008, H04L69/329, H04W88/04, H04W88/06, H04L67/12, H04B7/2609, G08C17/02
European Classification H04B7/26B4, H04M1/60T2C2A, H04L29/08N11, H04L29/08N13, H04W4/04, H04L29/06, G07C5/00T