Methods and arrangements for tracking and locating laptops
Abstract:
An embodiment provides a method including: operating a plurality of receivers of a mobile computer to obtain information from two or more different types of wireless transmitting devices in a vicinity of the mobile computer; where the information comprises data relating to an access point and data relating to at least one other wireless transmitting device; where at least two of the two or more wireless transmitting devices transmit data using different communication modalities; transmitting the information from the mobile computer to a remote device; and thereafter obtaining a location of the mobile computer based on the information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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