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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Networks Associates Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ; H04B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ; H04B 1/700 ;
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are provided for ascertaining the location of an access point in a wireless network. Initially, a strength of a radio frequency signal of an access point of a wireless network is monitored at a position utilizing a wireless network analyzer. Next, the wireless network analyzer is moved about the position. The foregoing operations may be repeated to allow the location of the access point to be ascertained based on the monitored strength of the radio frequency signal.