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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Darryl M. Adderly, Morrisville, NC (US);
Jonathan W. Jackson, Durham, NC (US);
Ajit Jariwala, Cary, NC (US);
Eric B. Libow, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/028 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02);
Abstract
A first cellular client determines its geographic location from a second cellular client. As part of this determination, the first cellular client disables its cellular functionality. The first cellular client receives a first identifier from the second cellular client by way of a non-cellular connection. The first identifier is related to a first antenna of a cellular service-provider. The first cellular client tracks its location based on the first identifier.