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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:
Jun. 06, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2012
Applicants:

Ville Valtteri Ranki, Jorvas, FI;

Antti Paavo Tapani Kainulainen, Siilinjärvi, FI;

Kimmo Heikki Juhana Kalliola, Espoo, FI;

Fabio Belloni, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G01S 1/08 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2013.01); G01S 1/08 (2013.01); G01S 5/0221 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06K 7/10 (2013.01); H01Q 21/00 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04W 52/0274 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus configured at least to perform: receiving a signal constituting a positioning packet at a positioning device; processing the signal by: demodulating a header of the positioning packet from the signal; extracting an identifier from the header of the positioning packet; part processing samples of the signals; and forming a message from the part-processed samples; in response to receiving the signal, deactivating a receiver circuit of the positioning device for a period of time, the period of time constituting a sum of a time taken by the positioning device to process the signal and a preconfigured or random delay time; and activating the receiver circuit of the positioning device immediately subsequent the period of time.


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