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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2013
Method and apparatus for providing positional information using wireless fidelity (wifi) information
Naver Business Platform Corporation, Seongnam-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Ho Jin Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Eun Yong Cheong, Seongnam-si, KR;
Byung-Jo Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Byeongryeol Sim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jaewook Yoo, Seongnam-si, KR;
Naver Business Platform Corp., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing positional information using wireless network information is provided. A method of providing positional information at a mobile terminal may include collecting WI-FI access point (AP) information by scanning for a WI-FI AP in a vicinity of the mobile terminal, extracting facility information associated with a facility associated with the WI-FI AP, and determining the positional information of the mobile terminal based on the extracted facility information.