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WO2002065151A3 - System and method for indicating a direction on a cellular phone - Google Patents

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WO2002065151A3
WO2002065151A3 PCT/ZA2000/000247 ZA0000247W WO02065151A3 WO 2002065151 A3 WO2002065151 A3 WO 2002065151A3 ZA 0000247 W ZA0000247 W ZA 0000247W WO 02065151 A3 WO02065151 A3 WO 02065151A3
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Jean Herve Chiechanowiecki
Shaakh Parvizi
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C21/00—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00
    • G01C21/20—Instruments for performing navigational calculations

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Abstract

This invention relates to a method and system for the illustration of the North direction on the display means of a cellular phone. More specifically the present invention includes a method and system for using directional indicators or the cellular base station and tracking technology to communicate to a cellular phone or device the direction of North or any other direction which is implicitly arranged around North. Furthermore the present invention relates to the indication of direction for religious groups which pray in the direction of prominent places such as Mecca.
PCT/ZA2000/000247 2000-12-13 2000-12-13 System and method for indicating a direction on a cellular phone Ceased WO2002065151A2 (en)

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AU2000280388A AU2000280388A1 (en) 2000-12-13 2000-12-13 System and method for indicating a direction on a cellular phone
PCT/ZA2000/000247 WO2002065151A2 (en) 2000-12-13 2000-12-13 System and method for indicating a direction on a cellular phone

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US4659231A (en) * 1983-02-19 1987-04-21 Barkouki Moghazi F Islamic prayer calculator/clock device
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FR2533690A1 (en) * 1982-09-24 1984-03-30 Ci Ta Device for indicating the direction of the Black Stone at Mecca
US4659231A (en) * 1983-02-19 1987-04-21 Barkouki Moghazi F Islamic prayer calculator/clock device
JPS59160792A (en) * 1983-03-03 1984-09-11 Okazaki & Assoc Kk Electronic azimuth and date indicator
US5722083A (en) * 1995-07-08 1998-02-24 Alcatel N.V. Directing a subscriber toward a destination within an SDMA mobile radio network
WO2000013036A1 (en) * 1998-08-26 2000-03-09 Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ) Mobile terminal navigational assistance service
EP0995973A2 (en) * 1998-10-23 2000-04-26 Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. Information retrieval system

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