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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
May. 29, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Irfan Sheriff, Mountain View, CA (US);
Angana Ghosh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Mobile devices and associated systems and methods are described. According to one example, a mobile device may include a unique scan only mode in which a wireless communication component of the mobile device is prevented from connecting to wireless networks for data communication, but may still be used to scan for available wireless access points for location determination purposes. According to another example, a mobile device may select which of a plurality of location-determination components that the mobile device should use to determine a location of the mobile device based on whether the mobile device is configured in a unique scan only mode.