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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2007
Jeffrey Finkelstein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edmund Tse, Stanford, CA (US);
David Williams, Belmont, CA (US);
Stephane Maes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeffrey Finkelstein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edmund Tse, Stanford, CA (US);
David Williams, Belmont, CA (US);
Stephane Maes, Mountain View, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A mobile computing device comprises a radio frequency transceiver, a memory, and processing circuit. The radio frequency transceiver is configured to communicate with wireless access points. The memory is configured to store position data representative of a position of the mobile computing device and wireless access point data for a plurality of wireless access points. The processing circuit is configured to select one of the plurality of wireless access points based on the position data and to initiate wireless communication with the selected wireless access point.