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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. 15, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2020
Applicant:

Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

David Duffy, Cambridge, GB;

Matthew Lawrenson, Chesterfield, MO (US);

Harm Cronie, Echallens, CH;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01W 1/02 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G16Y 30/10 (2020.01); G16Y 10/75 (2020.01); H04L 43/08 (2022.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); G16Y 10/75 (2020.01); G16Y 30/10 (2020.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for determining one or more first devices that are Internet devices meeting all of the following conditions: residing at a given location; equipped with one or more ambience sensing capable sensors; and operation mode being such that their ambience sensing capable sensors should not cause transmission of data. One or more second devices are determined that are Internet devices at the given location and equipped with one or more elements capable of causing an ambient stimulation detectable by the sensors of one or more first devices. Data transmissions of the first devices are monitored. Issuing of the ambient stimulation is caused by a subset of the one or more second devices. It is determined whether the issuing of the ambient stimulation caused a significant change in the monitored data transmissions of the first devices.


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