Patent ID: 7496082

Claim:
A dedicated device for physically attaching to a packet data wireless access device and a high sensitivity indoor-capable GPS receiver for automatically accessing the wireless Internet network and providing indoor and outdoor user GPS locations and data in packet data-based UDP format to a designated remote server, including: a. first attachment means for connecting the dedicated device to a packet data wireless access device through a first connector, and second attachment means for connecting the dedicated device to a high sensitivity indoor-capable GPS receiver port or connector; b. interface means for electrically and logically matching the dedicated device's connectors with communication ports of the packet data wireless access device and the high sensitivity indoor-capable receiver; c. control intelligence means in communication with the packet data wireless access device and the high sensitivity indoor-capable GPS receiver in an automatic manner for establishing and maintaining connectivity between the packet data wireless access device and the wireless Internet network, for retrieving aiding/assisted GPS (A-GPS) information from the wireless Internet network using the packet data wireless access device, for establishing and maintaining GPS data flows between the dedicated device and the high sensitivity indoor-capable GPS receiver, for providing the A-GPS information to the high sensitivity indoor-capable GPS receiver, for retrieving indoor and outdoor GPS locations from the high sensitivity indoor-capable GPS receiver, for packing the GPS locations into UDP data payloads according to the TCP/IP UDP PPP protocol, and for sending the resulting data payloads to a designated remote server via the packet data wireless access device through the wireless Internet network.