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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2017
Applicant:

Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);

Inventor:

Daniel H. Sargent, Wayland, MA (US);

Assignee:

BOSE CORPORATION, Framingham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure provide a first apparatus comprising a transmitter, a receiver, a processor, and a UI. The transmitter is configured to command a second apparatus to emit at least one tone. The receiver is configured to receive the at least one tone. The processor is configured to determine at least one of: a signal strength and a direction associated with the at least one tone. The UI is configured to output an indication of a current location of the second apparatus based, at least in part, on the determined signal strength or the determined direction. According to an example, at least one of the request or the at least one tone may be a high-frequency or ultrasonic signal.


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