Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Location determination based on access point emulation
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Application No.: US15353516Application Date: 2016-11-16
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Publication No.: US10349375B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: David Gordon Marten , Rick McConney , Steven Martin
- Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. , AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.,AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
- Current Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.,AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Amin, Turocy & Watson, LLP
- Main IPC: H04W64/00
- IPC: H04W64/00 ; H04W48/10 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
Determining a location for a non-access point device based on non-access point device emulation of an access point (AP) device is disclosed. A non-AP device can pass itself off as an actual AP device to piggyback of location reporting by user equipment (UE). Where a UE observes an emulated AP, e.g., a non-AP device masquerading as an AP device, the observance of the emulated AP can be reported, along with UE location information captured at the time of the observance, to a network database. The UE location information can be used to determine a location of the emulated AP. The location of the emulated AP can be retrieved from the database in response to a query identifying the emulated AP. This can enable the non-AP device to query its own location as observed by the UE. This can enable other devices to receive the location of the non-AP device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180139718A1 LOCATION DETERMINATION BASED ON ACCESS POINT EMULATION Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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