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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2011
Jyh-han Lin, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Gursharan Singh Sidhu, Seattle, WA (US);
Sindhura Bandhakavi, Redmond, WA (US);
Pradipta Kumar Basu, Redmond, WA (US);
Jyh-Han Lin, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Gursharan Singh Sidhu, Seattle, WA (US);
Sindhura Bandhakavi, Redmond, WA (US);
Pradipta Kumar Basu, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments respond to a position inference request from a computing device to determine a location of a computing device. The position inference request received from the computing device identifies a set of beacons observed by the computing device. A geographic area is estimated in which the computing device is located using the set of beacons. At least one location method is selected to identify a location of the computing device within the geographic area. In some cases two or more location methods may be employed and their results combined using, for example, a weighting function. The location of the computing device is determined within the geographic area using the set of beacons and the selected location method(s). The location that is determined is communicated to the computing device.