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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Athentek Incorporated, Taipei, TW;
Inventor:
Chun-Nan Chen, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
AthenTek Incorporated, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 52/028 (2013.01); H04W 52/0225 (2013.01); H04W 52/0251 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of locating a mobile device, and a mobile device utilizing the same are provided. The method, adopted by a wireless communication device, includes: searching for a plurality of signal-source types; in response to the searching, determining whether a first type of signal source is available; setting a search configuration based on availability of the first type of signal source; and searching again for the plurality of signal-source types according to the search configuration.