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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:
Feb. 20, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Lambert S. Berentsen, Jonestown, TX (US);

Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, MI (US);

Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);

James R. Kozloski, New Fairfield, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/043 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Communicating with isolated mobile devices in indoor positioning systems is provided. Information is received from a first mobile device connected to both a first network of a designated environment and a second mobile device that is not connected to the first network. The information includes one or more identifiers of the second mobile device. An estimated location of the second mobile device is determined based, at least in part, on the information received from the first mobile device.


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