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@Road(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:ARDI), a global provider of
next-generation solutions for Mobile Resource Management (MRM), today
announced that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently
issued the Company three new patents covering innovative MRM
technology and services. The first patent covers a system and method
for "Voice Interaction for Location-Relevant Mobile Resource
Management." While the second U.S. Patent granted to @Road depicts a
method for "Targeted Impending Arrival Notification of a Wirelessly
Connected Location Device." A third U.S. Patent awarded to @Road
depicts a "System and Method for Providing a Handheld Unit to a Mobile
Position Device." @Road can now claim ownership to 20 issued patents
and additional patents pending in jurisdictions around the world.
"Building a sound patent portfolio is part of our overall growth
strategy that we believe adds considerable value to the company," said
Leo Jolicoeur, @Road chief marketing officer. "It also furthers our
goal of maintaining a leadership role in the development of innovative
next-generation MRM products and solutions that are designed to help
businesses effectively manage their mobile workers and their work
while optimizing service delivery."
The first newly issued U.S. Patent, No. 6,965,665, covers a system
and method for voice interaction for location-relevant mobile resource
management. For example, a network server transmits a voice message to
a voice device at a mobile unit upon detecting that the mobile unit is
within a predetermined distance of a certain location. The network
server also receives a voice request for location-relevant information
from a user at a mobile unit and transmits responsive
location-relevant information to the user as a voice message. The
network server may conduct certain actions responsive to voice
requests received from users at mobile units. Users may receive
information from the server via voice devices even when not located at
a mobile unit.
In the second newly issued U.S. Patent No. 6,980,131, @Road
describes a proprietary method for alerting a designated party when a
location enabled vehicle nears a destination or when it leaves a
pre-arranged alert area surrounding a location. The alerts can be
relayed via an automated telephone message, a pager message, an email
message, or any other communication means. The alerts can be used for
mercantile deliveries by directing an alert to a customer expecting a
delivery or to a site expecting a vehicle for loading or unloading.
The alerts can also automatically activate domestic systems such as
home appliances or systems in anticipation of a resident's arrival.
U.S. Patent, No. 6,980,812, also awarded to @Road, describes a
system and method for facilitating a commercial transaction based on a
current location of a mobile customer and a mobile merchant. In one
application, the method establishes a wireless link between a server
on a wide-area network and a mobile customer, and obtains from the
mobile customer a current location by reading automatically from a
positioning device associated and located with the customer. Based on
the customer location, the server matches the mobile customer, as one
party of a commercial transaction, with one or more businesses within
a predetermined distance from the current location. This can enable
the business concern to act as a counter-party to complete the
commercial transaction. This and other location-relevant services can
be delivered to the mobile person in a system including a positioning
device mounted on a vehicle and an associated-handheld unit that the
mobile person can carry around as he or she is outside the vehicle,
but in its vicinity.
About @Road
@Road, Inc. is a leading global provider of solutions designed to
automate the management of mobile resources and to optimize the
service delivery process for customers across a variety of industries.
@Road delivers Mobile Resource Management solutions in three key
areas: Field Force Management, Field Service Management and Field
Asset Management. By providing real-time Mobile Resource Management
infrastructure integrating wireless communications, location-based
technologies, transaction processing and the Internet, @Road solutions
are designed to provide a secure, scalable, upgradeable,
enterprise-class platform, and are offered in on-demand software
delivery, on-premise or hybrid environments that can seamlessly
connect mobile workers in the field to real-time corporate data. @Road
is headquartered in Fremont, Calif., and has a global presence with
offices in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information on
@Road solutions, visit www.road.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the
matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements
involving risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. These
factors, risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the
ability of @Road to develop products based on the patents described in
this press release; competition; the ability of @Road to develop and
protect new technologies (including the protection of its rights under
the patents described in this press release); the risk that one or
more of the patents described herein may be found by a court of
applicable jurisdiction to be partially or completely invalid; the
dependence of @Road on mobile data systems technology, wireless
networks, network infrastructure and positioning systems owned and
controlled by others; and general economic and political conditions.
Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the
@Road Report on Form 10-K dated March 15, 2005, in the @Road Report on
Form 10-Q dated November 8, 2005 and in its other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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of @Road, Inc.