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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 01, 2011
Applicants:

Xintian E. Lin, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Qinghua LI, San Ramon, CA (US);

Songnan Yang, San Jose, CA (US);

Jie Gao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yongfang Guo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ulun Karacaoglu, San Diego, CA (US);

Kristoffer D. Fleming, Chandler, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Xintian E. Lin, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Qinghua Li, San Ramon, CA (US);

Songnan Yang, San Jose, CA (US);

Jie Gao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yongfang Guo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ulun Karacaoglu, San Diego, CA (US);

Kristoffer D. Fleming, Chandler, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/20 (2009.01); H04W 52/28 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/0072 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01); H04L 67/24 (2013.01); H04W 52/283 (2013.01); H04W 4/206 (2013.01);
Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of detecting user presence, comprising registering a client associated with the user on a host associated with the user and setting up a wireless communication pairing, wherein while setting up the pairing, the client measures the host wireless communication power and uses it as calibration threshold for distance detection, and wherein the client measures a beacon power of the host radio and when the beacon power is above a threshold, the client is determined to be proximate to the host.


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