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2010-09-08

2011-11-29

Dao, Minh D (Department: 2618)

Telecommunications

Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter

Local control of receiver operation

C455S067110, C455S067130, C455S115100

Reexamination Certificate

active

08068802

ABSTRACT:
A process and machine for estimating the location of a wireless terminal is disclosed. The illustrative embodiment of the present invention is based on the observation that the signal strength of a signal from a transmitter is different at some locations, and, therefore, the location of a wireless terminal can be estimated by comparing the signal strength it currently observes against a map or database that correlates locations to signal strengths. In accordance with a first example, if a particular radio station is known to be received well at a first location and poorly at a second location, and a given wireless terminal at an unknown location is receiving the radio station poorly, it is more likely that the wireless terminal is at the second location than it is at the first location.

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