Location awareness of devices

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2011-06-14

2011-06-14

Afshar, Kamran (Department: 2617)

Telecommunications

Radiotelephone system

Zoned or cellular telephone system

C455S456100, C455S067110, C455S115100, C370S338000, C358S001140

Reexamination Certificate

active

07962155

ABSTRACT:
A method for managing devices is described. The method includes receiving wireless fingerprints from a plurality of devices, each of the wireless fingerprints comprising a unique device identifier, a wireless signal strength indicator that corresponds to a relative position a device is located with respect to one or more wireless access points and unique identifiers associated with the access points. The method further includes identifying a similarity between a first wireless fingerprint associated with a first of the plurality of devices and a second wireless fingerprint associated with a second of the plurality of devices and determining the first device is located physically close to the second device based on the similarity.

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