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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
Applicant:
Chris Zegelin, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Chris Zegelin, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/02 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04Q 7/20 (2006.01); H04M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Association request messages received by one or more access points of a wireless local area network are used to infer the location of a mobile unit requesting association. Association may be refused for security purposed if it is determined that the mobile unit is not within an area services by the wireless network. In addition the inferred location can be used to assign the mobile unit to an access point for association.