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Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2008
Applicants:

Esmail Hejazi Dinan, Herndon, VA (US);

Brigido Subiaur, Leesburg, VA (US);

Mohd Khalil Abubakar, Herndon, VA (US);

Inventors:

Esmail Hejazi Dinan, Herndon, VA (US);

Brigido Subiaur, Leesburg, VA (US);

Mohd Khalil Abubakar, Herndon, VA (US);

Assignee:

Clearwire IP Holdings LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

What is disclosed is a method of detecting a current seasonal transition from fall to winter or from winter to spring in a geographic area. The method includes receiving a plurality of wireless signals from a plurality of wireless communication devices in the geographic area, generating signal strength data for the received wireless signals, processing the signal strength data to generate current signal strength data patterns indicating current signal strength changes over a time period, and comparing the current signal strength data patterns to historical signal strength data patterns associated with past seasonal transitions in the geographic area. The method also includes detecting the current seasonal transition in the geographic area based on the comparison, and generating an indicator when the current seasonal transition is detected.


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