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Patent No.:

US 8933776 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2012
Applicants:

Praveen Dua, Cupertino, CA (US);

Lionel Jacques Garin, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Praveen Dua, Cupertino, CA (US);

Lionel Jacques Garin, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/00 (2006.01); G05B 23/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for determining whether a mobile device crosses a boundary defined by a first wireless access point (WAP) and a second fixed-location WAP are provided. A method according to these techniques includes receiving, at a mobile device, information defining a boundary defined by first and second fixed-location WAPs, the boundary being defined at least in part based on a ratio of a round trip time (RTT) between the mobile device and the first fixed-location WAP to a ratio of a RTT between the mobile device and the second fixed-location WAP, determining the ratio of the RTT between the mobile device and the first fixed-location WAP to a ratio of the RTT between the mobile device and the second fixed-location WAP, determining whether the mobile device has crossed the boundary, and triggering an event in response to the mobile device crossing the boundary.


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