Telcontar's patent portfolio
expands from Spatial Processing
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Minneapolis,
MN - ITS America - May 19, 2003
- Telcontar, a leading supplier
of software and related services
for location-based services (LBS)
today announced it has been awarded
patent number 6,529,723 for its
NOC-based telematics service, an
automated user notification system
for monitoring and control. The
method patent protects Telcontar's
automated telematics service offering,
enabling Telcontar to provide full
telematics services to customers
without carrying the cost of a call
center. Telcontar's patent portfolio
now consists of 6 awarded patents
in areas such as spatial data access,
spatial data management, notification
and wireless asset management.
Said Eric Carlson, President and
CEO of Telcontar, "Telcontar is
very proud to have been awarded
this patent for automated notification
and control, useful in many applications.
As a pioneer in the Location Based
Services software platform market
we have invested heavily in our
intellectual property and this patent
is a key addition to the strong
patent portfolio that is one of
our core values. We look forward
to continuing to expand the portfolio
in the future as our technology
advances."
"We're very happy with our relationship
with Telcontar because they deliver
state-of-the-art solutions that
meet our customer's needs," said
Raymond J. Menard, Senior Vice President
of Development at Criticom International
Corp. "Achieving this patent is
yet another sign of Telcontar's
leadership in their industry."
About Telcontar
Telcontar is a worldwide provider of the premier spatial software platform. Telcontar clients such as Yahoo!, Hutchison 3G, Criticom, Satronics, Rand McNally Inc. and ATX Technologies use its Televoke Universal Telematics Server, Drill Down Server, Rich Map Engine and Traffic Manager products to offer end users asset or resource management, MSSC, real time navigation and traffic, driving directions, roadside or emergency assistance and maps. Telcontar is privately held and headquartered in San Jose, California with field offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Massachusetts and the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit http://www.telcontar.com/.
Media Contact:
Telcontar
Erin Dempsey
+1 (910) 864-2044
mailto:edempsey@telcontar.com
TRADEMARKS:
Telcontar, Televoke Universal Telematics
Server, Traffic Manager, Rich Map
Engine Software Libraries and Drill
Down Server are trademarks of Telcontar.
All other product or company names
are trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective holders.
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