not sure of the old Trimble/Snaptrack litigation....but it wouldn't surprise me
About SnapTrack
SnapTrack, Inc. (“SnapTrack”) was founded in San Jose, California in 1995 to make personalized, high-quality location applications a reality by pioneering the concept and commercialization of Assisted GPS (“A-GPS”) technology. SnapTrack proved to the wireless industry that A-GPS could be operated independent of air interface, in synchronous or asynchronous networks, and utilize the modes of operation commonly known today as MS-Assisted, MS-Based, standalone GPS, and Hybrid assisted GPS.
In commercializing A-GPS technology, SnapTrack developed the elements necessary to implement an end-to-end location functionality on a wireless network. This included a location server, a wide area reference network, client technology, the underlying system architecture, and location protocols, as well as providing industry leadership in the development of A-GPS standards that today are well defined in both the 3GPP and 3GPP2 standards bodies.
As part of its early business model, SnapTrack actively licensed software implementations and related technology to a wide range of licensees. In 2000, SnapTrack was acquired by QUALCOMM Incorporated (“QUALCOMM”) and became a subsidiary of QUALCOMM. SnapTrack continued licensing its software implementations and related technology to third parties and today has an even longer list of licensees. The two most prominent product areas related to SnapTrack’s licensing program are the A-GPS location server technology and the A-GPS client technology.
The SnapTrack location server technology has been implemented in a software product offering that is now known as QPoint™. QPoint software is widely deployed in the world today and is used in more than 45 deployments of A-GPS technology worldwide. The QPoint software is made available though system integration partners of SnapTrack, who provide a broader, commercially packaged solution containing QPoint software and other elements to wireless operators and location service providers for in-network use or as a hosted service. QPoint software is also licensed to certain test equipment manufacturers and deployment service houses. View more information about QPoint, related system architectures, and QPoint partners/licensees. To become a licensee of QPoint software, please contact QUALCOMM's QPoint business development group.
The SnapTrack A-GPS client technology has been licensed and implemented by several major semiconductor manufacturers which serve the wireless industry. These semiconductor companies provide a commercial semiconductor product directly to terminal providers in the wireless industry. These semiconductor manufacturers have delivered millions of SnapTrack-enabled A-GPS chipsets to handset manufactures which have in turn sold their SnapTrack A-GPS-enabled handsets into the wireless marketplace.
QUALCOMM has designed and utilizes SnapTrack A-GPS intellectual property. QUALCOMM’s solution is generally known as gpsOne®. QUALCOMM has shipped over 150 million wireless modem chipsets that have A-GPS solutions integrated directly into the wireless modem. View more information about gpsOne and related solutions.
SnapTrack and QUALCOMM collectively have a substantial portfolio of patents and/or patent applications related to positioning or location-based service capabilities, either granted or pending worldwide. With more than 150 million gpsOne-enabled handsets at more than 45 operators globally, the A-GPS technology that SnapTrack pioneered is the most widely deployed A-GPS technology in the world, enabling dramatically more devices than any other GPS provider. Learn more about A-GPS technology. |
