@Road Awarded Patent for Distributing Location-Relevant Information; Ninth Patent Expands Company's Intellectual Property Portfolio.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2003 @Road (Nasdaq:ARDI ARDI Association Rwandaise pour la Promotion du Développement Intégré (French) ARDI Accounts Receivable Dollar Inventory ARDI Action Rwandaise pour le Developpement Integre ARDI Annually Renewable Disability Income ), a leading provider of mobile resource management services, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued patent number 6,552,682 titled "Method For Distributing Location-Relevant Information Using A Network." This is the ninth patent awarded to @Road and the third issued in 2003. @Road has 36 additional patents pending in jurisdictions throughout the world. The invention upon which this latest patent is based expands the company's protected technologies to include not only the method of matching mobile worker locations to location-based data already known in a database but also the method of using mobile worker location information to filter generic query responses for relevant information. The ninth patent describes how mobile workers enabled with a wireless device can capture location data and transmit queries for information to a database. Prior to responding to a query, a database application filters the response using the mobile worker's location to include only relevant information. For example, query responses could include proprietary job and customer data or traffic conditions and points of interest in the mobile worker's vicinity. "We are very pleased that our long-term focus on the protection of our intellectual property continues to bear fruit," said Krish Panu, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of @Road. "Bolstered bol·ster n. A long narrow pillow or cushion. tr.v. bol·stered, bol·ster·ing, bol·sters 1. To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion. 2. by these successes, and in light of the innovative work our engineers are doing for our large customers, we plan to continue seeking to protect new advancements in mobile resource management. We look forward to continuing to build our leadership position through the expansion of our patent portfolio." About @Road @Road (Nasdaq:ARDI) is a leading provider of mobile resource management (MRM MRM Marketing Resource Management MRM Mobile Resource Management MRM Metabolic Response Modifiers MRM Multiple Reaction Monitoring (mass spectrometry) MRM Mormonism Research Ministry MRM Mechanically Recovered Meat ) services, a rapidly growing category of productivity solutions integrating location technologies, wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. , transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. , software applications and the Internet to help companies better manage mobile workers. Any size organization, in any industry or public sector, in which improving the productivity of mobile workers has an impact on revenue, expenses, customer service and competitive advantage, will benefit from @Road MRM services. Because @Road offers MRM services on a hosted basis, customers avoid expensive and complex software and IT infrastructure investments. Since @Road delivers services using a pay-as-you-go subscription model, customers experience an immediate and measurable return-on-investment. @Road delivers its MRM services to more than 100,000 mobile workers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. every day. The company has headquarters in Fremont, Calif., and secure networked data centers on both U.S. coasts. For more information, visit the @Road web site at www.atroad.com. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. involving risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the ability of @Road to successfully develop, market, deliver and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services based upon the @Road patent portfolio, the ability of @Road to obtain patents for its inventions, the value, strength or validity of the @Road patent portfolio, and general economic and political conditions. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the @Road Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. dated March 31, 2003 and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. @Road undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Note to Editors: @Road is a registered trademark of At Road, Inc. The @Road logo is a trademark of At Road, Inc. |
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