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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2007
Paul Aerick Lambert, Mountain View, CA (US);
Paul Aerick Lambert, Mountain View, CA (US);
Pico Mobile Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A wireless device including a first communication module, a second communication module, and a processor. The first communication module is configured to communicate with a cellular antenna tower of a cellular network. The second communication module is configured to communicate with a device associated with a Wi-Fi network. The processor is configured to determine a first territorial range in which the wireless device is located based on a location of the cellular antenna tower of the cellular network, determine a second territorial range in which the wireless device is located based on a location of the device associated with the Wi-Fi network, and in response to the second territorial range being within the first territorial range, establish a location of the wireless device as being within the second territorial range.