Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Reexamination Certificate
2008-07-29
2008-07-29
Eng, George (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
C340S572400, C726S025000, C342S463000, C342S465000, C342S453000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07406320
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for locating a wireless device in one or more wireless networks within a selected geographic region. The method includes generating a computer model of a selected geographic region including a layout and inputting information associated with one or more components of a wireless network into the computer model. The one or more components includes at least one or more sniffer devices. Additionally, the method includes determining signal intensity characteristics of the one or more components of the wireless network over at least a portion of the selected geographic region and receiving one or more wireless signals from one or more wireless devices. Moreover, the method includes determining a plurality of probabilities associated with a plurality of locations for at least one of the one or more wireless devices.
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Bhagwat Pravin
Kumar Manikant
AirTight Networks
AirTight Networks, Inc.
Chaskar Hemant M.
Eng George
Kim Wesley L
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