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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2007
Christopher Kent Karstens, Apex, NC (US);
Michael Lee Massimi, S. Hamilton, MA (US);
Christopher Kent Karstens, Apex, NC (US);
Michael Lee Massimi, S. Hamilton, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The exemplary embodiments provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing location-based services provided via a wireless access point. A signal is received from a client device by at least one wireless access point. A distance the signal has traveled to the at least one wireless access point is determined. A determination as to whether the client device is within an allowed range of the at least one wireless access point is made based on the determined distance. Responsive to a determination that the client device is within an allowed range, a location of the client device is determined. Location-based service information is sent to the client device based on the determined location of the client device.