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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
May. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Ebay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Nikhil Vijay Thaker, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/80 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01); G01S 19/45 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/0263 (2013.01); G01S 19/45 (2013.01); H04W 4/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for tracking a current location of a user are described. According to various embodiments, an ambient noise signal proximate to a user device is detected using a microphone. Audio sample information may be accessed, where the audio sample information identifies various audio samples and, for each of the audio samples, a source of the corresponding audio sample. Thereafter, a specific audio sample corresponding to the ambient noise signal may be identified. Moreover, a current location of the user device may be determined, based on the source of the specific audio sample.