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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ira L. Allen, Dallas, TX (US);
Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, MI (US);
Andrew R. Jones, Round Rock, TX (US);
Kevin C. McConnell, Austin, TX (US);
John E. Moore, Jr., Brownsburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/023 (2013.01); G01C 21/3617 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Locating misplaced mobile computing devices through transmission of location information. Mobile computing devices periodically request information from surrounding mobile computing devices to more accurately identify the location where a mobile computing device was misplaced.