Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining approximate locations of network devices that are inaccessible to GPS signals
- Patent Title (中): 确定GPS信号无法访问的网络设备的大致位置
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Application No.: US12143501Application Date: 2008-06-20
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Publication No.: US07643836B2Publication Date: 2010-01-05
- Inventor: Paul Franklin McMahan , Robert Thomas Uthe
- Applicant: Paul Franklin McMahan , Robert Thomas Uthe
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Winstead, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00

Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for determining approximate locations of network devices. Information is received concerning last known locations of portable network devices that attach to a network, and used to compute an approximate location of an obscured network device attached to the network. In some embodiments, the last known locations of the portable network devices may be determined using information from GPS satellites. The approximate location of the obscured network device may be used as the approximate location of other stationary network devices connected to the same network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080293434A1 DETERMINING APPROXIMATE LOCATIONS OF NETWORK DEVICES THAT ARE INACCESSIBLE TO GPS SIGNALS Public/Granted day:2008-11-27
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