System and method for mobile location by proximity detection
US9331798B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 7, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 3, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B17/364
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for determining the location of a mobile device in a communications network having one or more proximity sensors. A request to locate the mobile device may be received and at least one of the proximity sensors tasked to receive a signal transmission from the mobile device. One or more signal characteristics of the signal transmission from the mobile device may be measured by each tasked proximity sensor, and a location of the mobile device determined as a function of the measured characteristics. This may be accomplished by associating a fixed location with each tasked proximity sensor, and then determining the location of the mobile device as a function of one of the associated fixed locations.
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