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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:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2018
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jyh-Han Lin, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Chih-Wei Wang, Redmond, WA (US);

Stephen P. DiAcetis, Duvall, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/42 (2018.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/42 (2018.02); G01S 5/02 (2013.01); G01S 5/0236 (2013.01); G01S 5/0252 (2013.01); G01S 5/0263 (2013.01); G01S 5/0268 (2013.01); H04W 4/043 (2013.01); H04W 4/33 (2018.02); H04W 40/244 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for calculating a position in response to a position request. Observed beacon data associated with the request is used to select a calculation method based on available data for a venue and device capabilities. If sufficient venue data based on previously verified beacon positions is available, a position calculation can resolve floor and venue information. If insufficient previously observed data is available for a venue, the position is calculated using 2D data based on GPS observations. Following the choice a calculation model, the calculation position is returned in response to the position request.


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