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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2012
Russell Ziskind, Webster, NY (US);
Chris Mckechney, Marion, NY (US);
Jeffrey Seaman, Rochester, NY (US);
Ankur Patel, South River, NJ (US);
Brandon Pastuszek, Orlando, FL (US);
Joseph Impellizzieri, Fairport, NY (US);
Samuel Gottfried, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Russell Ziskind, Webster, NY (US);
Chris McKechney, Marion, NY (US);
Jeffrey Seaman, Rochester, NY (US);
Ankur Patel, South River, NJ (US);
Brandon Pastuszek, Orlando, FL (US);
Joseph Impellizzieri, Fairport, NY (US);
Samuel Gottfried, Brooklyn, NY (US);
ZOS Communications, LLC, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
A query device scans radio frequencies for visible transmitting devices. The querying device receives at least a signal strength and identifier information associated with each of the transmitting devices. The list of visible devices is used to query a database containing location information for a plurality of visible devices. The list may be sent to a locationing system that may perform a location analysis on the resulting data to return a location to the query device. The weighted average of the locations returned in the database query may be computed to determine the location of the querying device, with the weight for each of the locations being the current signal strength detected by the querying device. Neural network analysis may also be used to determine the location of the querying device. Learning and seeding operations many also be used to populate the database with location information for transmitting devices.