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Extending outdoor location based services and applications into enclosed areas

US8644844B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 21, 2008
Grant dateFeb 4, 2014
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W64/00
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for indoor mobile unit positioning, for seamlessly toggling a mobile unit positioning between outdoor positioning and indoor positioning and for providing location based services or application generated by an external location server to the mobile unit while the mobile unit is indoors. The indoor mobile unit positioning includes mobile unit-based positioning which makes use of reception of access point signals by the mobile unit.

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