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Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2012
Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Robert A. Sartini, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Jeffrey H. Swinton, Mendham, NJ (US);

Paul T. Schultz, Colorado Springs, CO (US);

Mark J. Hahn, Stow, MA (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/028 (2013.01);
Abstract

A server may receive a query from a query device. The query may include an identifier that identifies a user device, information regarding a geographic radius, and information regarding a geographic position. The server may determine a first proximity area based on the geographic radius and the geographic position indicated by the query. The server may determine a second proximity area that represents an area in which the user device may be included. The server may determine a value that indicates a likelihood that the first proximity area is within the second proximity area. The server may provide information to the query device indicating the value.


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