--- begin forwarded text Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 16:57:44 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Somebody Subject: Patent for pinpointing cellphones Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 07:39:56 -0500 From: Somebody Else Subject: Remember the revelation that cell phone location could be pinpointed to a smaller area than a cell? Remember the revelation that cell phone location could be pinpointed to a smaller area than a cell? http://www.ragingbull.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=QCOM&read=22988 United States Patent 5,859,612 Gilhousen January 12, 1999 Method for using an antenna with a rotating beam for determining the position of a mobile subscriber in a CDMA cellular telephone system Inventors: Gilhousen; Klein S. (Bozeman, MT) Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated (San Diego, CA) Appl. No.: 659408 Filed: June 6, 1996 <Somebody's .sig> --- end forwarded text ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
