The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2011
Ankit Bansal, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Tarun Kumar Bhattacharya, San Jose, CA (US);
Martin Feuerstein, Redmond, WA (US);
Scot Douglas Gordon, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Lewis Martin, Antioch, CA (US);
David Stevenson Spain, Jr., Portola Valley, CA (US);
Ankit Bansal, Uttar Pradesh, IN;
Tarun Kumar Bhattacharya, San Jose, CA (US);
Martin Feuerstein, Redmond, WA (US);
Scot Douglas Gordon, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert Lewis Martin, Antioch, CA (US);
David Stevenson Spain, Jr., Portola Valley, CA (US);
Polaris Wireless, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for tracking a large number of wireless terminals and for estimating the location of the terminals at each instant. Some embodiments of the present invention use a wide variety of factors to determine the order and frequency with which each wireless terminal is located. These factors include, but are not limited to, the history of the location of the wireless terminal, the time of day, and the weather.