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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2023
Plume Design, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard Chang, Los Altos, CA (US);
Trevor Condon, Kelowna, CA;
Sean Li, Campbell, CA (US);
Cuong Vu, Newark, CA (US);
Jeff Chao, San Jose, CA (US);
PLUME DESIGN, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
In some implementations, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: transmitting, by an access point, a message to a wireless device and receiving a response to the message, the response including a list of access points nearby the wireless device; determining, by the access point, a location of the wireless device based on the list of access points utilizing a trilateration algorithm; determining, by the access point, a type of the wireless device; identifying, by the access point, one or more nearby wireless devices within a threshold proximity to the wireless device; and categorizing, by the access point, one of the wireless device or a location of the wireless device based on the one or more nearby wireless devices and the type of the wireless device.