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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:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 13, 2017
Applicant:

The Trustees of Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Arsalan Mosenia, Princeton, NJ (US);

Xiaoliang Dai, Princeton, NJ (US);

Prateek Mittal, Princeton, NJ (US);

Niraj K. Jha, Princeton, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01C 21/30 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/30 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72572 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01C 21/30 (2013.01); H04M 1/72569 (2013.01); H04M 15/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/30 (2018.02); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); H04M 2242/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to various embodiments, a method for locating the user of a mobile device without accessing global position system (GPS) data is disclosed. The method includes determining the last location that the user was connected to a wireless network. The method further includes compiling publicly-available auxiliary information related to the last location. The method additionally includes classifying an activity of the user to driving, traveling on a plane, traveling on a train, or walking. The method also includes estimating the location of the user based on sensory and non-sensory data of the mobile device particular to the activity classification of the user.


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