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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Thane M. Larson, Roseville, CA (US);
Christopher G. Malone, Loomis, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thane M. Larson, Roseville, CA (US);
Christopher G. Malone, Loomis, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04K 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/82 (2006.01); G01S 13/75 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/825 (2013.01); G01S 13/751 (2013.01);
Abstract
An information technology (IT) equipment positioning system comprises a plurality of wireless transponders distributed in multiple locations in the data center and a controller. The controller is adapted to operate the transponders using triangulation to identify and detect positioning according to three-dimensional coordinates for wireless-tagged IT equipment located in the data center.