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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Inventors:
Kapil Chhabra, Milpitas, CA (US);
Sandesh Goel, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD., St. Michael, BB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for providing location-aware WiFi access for a portable device include receiving, at a mobile communication device, locations and ranges for a set of one or more WiFi access points from a location provider system. The mobile communication device uses the locations and ranges to determine whether to power on a WiFi transceiver, and to determine for which WiFi access points to scan if the WiFi transceiver is powered on.