Method and system for personal area networks
US8023959B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2006 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W64/006
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system (160) and method (400) is provided for validating a location of a tracking device. The method can include monitoring (902) a set of signal strengths (600) to one or more personal area networks (104) and one or more cellular towers (110), generating (906) a Radio Frequency Time Profile RFTP (700) from the set of signal strengths, comparing (908) the RFTP o coverage variation limits (720) of one or more pre-calibrated paths, and signaling (910) an alert if the set of signal strengths are not within the coverage variation limit of the one or more pre-calibrated paths. The RFTP is a time series of the signal strengths between the tracking device and the one or more PANs resulting from a change in location of the tracking device.
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