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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2014
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Nabil N. Bitar, Acton, MA (US);
Gareth P. DeKlerk, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Lawrence Richard Rau, Dublin, NH (US);
Kumar K. Vishwanathan, Acton, MA (US);
Matthew Santaiti, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device may request location information for a location reference device (LRD); receive, based on the request, the location information for the LRD via a cellular network connection; transmit, via the cellular network, an instruction to direct the LRD to activate a non-cellular radio on the LRD; receive wireless signals outputted via the non-cellular radio; determine a distance between the user device and the LRD based on a strength of the wireless signals received by the user device; and audibly or visually indicate, by the user device, the determined distance between the user device and the LRD.