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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:
Jul. 11, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2014
Applicants:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);

Cellco Partnership, Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

Michael J. D'Argenio, Green Brook, NJ (US);

Edward Gruskin, Verona, NJ (US);

Kristopher T. Frazier, McKinney, TX (US);

Lonnie Katai, Murphy, TX (US);

James Y. Hwang, Jersey City, NJ (US);

Abhishek S. Sheth, Piscataway, NJ (US);

Matthew Santaiti, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Gareth DeKlerk, East Windsor, NJ (US);

Assignees:

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

Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 52/0209 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A user device may detect, using a first radio associated with the user device, a presence of a location reference device; and determine a location associated with the user device. When determining the location associated with the user device, the user device is to receive location information from the location reference device, via the first, and refrain, based on detecting the presence of the location reference device, from determining the location using a second radio associated with the user device while the user device is within a communication range of the location reference device.


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