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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2017
A9.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Boross, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul Nangeroni, San Francisco, CA (US);
A9.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for locating a device, including: at a first and second router, collecting sets of LAN communication data; based on the sets, determining location types of the routers; at the first router, receiving a wireless transmission from the device; based on the wireless transmission, determining a location of the device; and controlling a set of electronic devices based on the location and the first location type. A method for locating an device, including: at a first router: establishing a wireless connection to the device; receiving a first wireless transmission from the device; and disconnecting from the device; receiving a second wireless transmission from the device at a second router; based on the first and second wireless transmissions, determining connection metrics; based on the connection metrics, determining a location of the device; and controlling a set of electronic devices based on the location.