Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Geographic information for wireless networks
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Application No.: US14590515Application Date: 2015-01-06
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Publication No.: US10009715B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Mateja Sponza , Shadi Mahassel , Imelda J. Kirby
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Current Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Main IPC: H04W4/02
- IPC: H04W4/02 ; H04W48/18 ; H04W48/16 ; H04W8/00 ; H04W52/02 ; H04W64/00 ; H04M1/725

Abstract:
Techniques for geographic information for wireless networks are described. According to various embodiments, a connectivity module on a mobile device receives geographic position information for a mobile device from another functionality of the mobile device and independent of a query by the connectivity module for the information. The connectivity module retrieves the geographic position information locally on the device, and utilizes the geographic position information to cause various actions to be performed. For instance, the connectivity module utilizes the geographic position information to identify a wireless network at a particular geographic region, and to cause a wireless scan to be initiated to detect the wireless network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160198292A1 Geographic Information for Wireless Networks Public/Granted day:2016-07-07
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