Method, apparatus and computer program product for facilitating location discovery

US8581698B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Nokia · FI
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Inventors

• Jonathan Ledlie · Cambridge, US
• Jamey Hicks · Newton, US
• Seth J. Teller · Cambridge, US
• Dorothy W. Curtis · Framingham, US
• Jonathan Battat · Los Angeles, US
• Benjamin Charrow · Chicago, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 25, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 12, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 4, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W64/00
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to permit location discovery, including location discovery in indoor settings. The method may identify a wireless signature present at a geographical location and determine whether the wireless signature corresponds to a previously observed wireless signature associated with the predefined geographical location. In instances in which the wireless signature fails to correspond to a previously observed wireless signature, the method may also receive an identification of a geographical location and associate, such as by means of a processor, the wireless signature with the identification of the geographical location. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided.