Patent 7206585 was granted and assigned to Roke Manor Research on April, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method is described for collecting location-dependent data in a central data collection point. The method comprises the steps of: collecting location dependent data from a data source, in a nearby portable communications device; transmitting the collected data to a base station of the portable communications device; and communicating the collected data along with a location identifier to the data collection point.