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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2011
Applicants:

John T. Brassil, Belle Mead, NJ (US);

Stuart Haber, New York, NY (US);

Pratyusa Kumar Manadhata, Piscataway, NJ (US);

Ravi Arun Netravali, Westfield, NJ (US);

Prasad V Rao, Metuchen, NJ (US);

Inventors:

John T. Brassil, Belle Mead, NJ (US);

Stuart Haber, New York, NY (US);

Pratyusa Kumar Manadhata, Piscataway, NJ (US);

Ravi Arun Netravali, Westfield, NJ (US);

Prasad V Rao, Metuchen, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01); H04W 12/10 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/043 (2013.01); H04W 12/10 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for authenticating a user's location in a femtocell-based network is disclosed. A user is associated to a femtocell connected to a connection point in the wireless network. An indication of the user's location is provided to a remote user. A characteristic of a connection between the femtocell and the connection point is monitored. The monitored characteristic is provided to the remote user to verify user's location.


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