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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:
Apr. 30, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2017
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Suresh Kumar Bitra, Mangalagiri, IN;

Ashwin Kumar Donthula, Hyderabad, IN;

Stephen William Edge, Escondido, CA (US);

Arun Kumar Sharma Tandra, Hyderabad, IN;

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); G01S 5/0236 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses for locating a User Equipment (UE) using one or more proximity devices (PDs) nearby to the UE. One of the provided exemplary techniques includes initiating, by the UE, a request for a location of the UE; sending, by the UE to a location server, a first message comprising a first information for at least one PD in communication with the UE; receiving, by the UE from the location server, a second message comprising a second information for the at least one PD; sending, by the UE to the at least one PD, the second information; receiving, by the UE from the at least one PD, a third information; and obtaining, by the UE, the location of the UE based on the third information.


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