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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:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2008
Jeffrey Alan Bush, San Jose, CA (US);
Ronald Keryuan Huang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Daryl Mun-kid Low, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rudolph Van Der Merwe, Portland, OR (US);
Richard Eugene Crandall, Portland, OR (US);
Patrick Block Carlisle, Portland, OR (US);
Jeffrey Alan Bush, San Jose, CA (US);
Ronald Keryuan Huang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Daryl Mun-Kid Low, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rudolph van der Merwe, Portland, OR (US);
Richard Eugene Crandall, Portland, OR (US);
Patrick Block Carlisle, Portland, OR (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Among other disclosed subject matter, a method includes obtaining, in a mobile device, power information indicating a detected power of respective signals received from multiple transmitters. The method includes determining a location of the mobile device using a formula that uses: locations of the multiple transmitters, a first function of the power information and a second function of respective locations of the multiple transmitters. The method can include recording the determined location.