Systems and methods for adaptive location tracking
First Claim
1. A system for tracking location of a wireless device, the system comprising:
- a system data store capable of storing one or more tracking criteria and indicators of one or more wireless devices to track;
a set of one or more wireless receivers;
a system processor in communication with the system data store and the set of wireless receivers, wherein the system processor comprises one or more processing elements programmed or adapted to perform the steps comprising of;
(a) identifying a wireless device for tracking based upon data from the system data store;
(b) receiving data from a subset of the set of wireless receivers;
(c) storing the received data in the system data store;
(d) calculating the position of the identified wireless device based upon the stored data; and
(e) outputting the calculated position.
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Abstract
This application is directed to systems and methods for adaptive tracking of a wireless device. A typical system includes a system data store, a set of one or more wireless receivers, and a system processor. The one or more processing elements of the system processor are programmed and/or adapted to perform the adaptive location tracking functionality. The system processor identifies a wireless device for tracking based on data from the system data store. It receives and stores data from a subset of the set of wireless receivers. It then calculates and outputs the position of the identified wireless device based upon the received data.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for tracking location of a wireless device, the system comprising:
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a system data store capable of storing one or more tracking criteria and indicators of one or more wireless devices to track;
a set of one or more wireless receivers;
a system processor in communication with the system data store and the set of wireless receivers, wherein the system processor comprises one or more processing elements programmed or adapted to perform the steps comprising of;
(a) identifying a wireless device for tracking based upon data from the system data store;
(b) receiving data from a subset of the set of wireless receivers;
(c) storing the received data in the system data store;
(d) calculating the position of the identified wireless device based upon the stored data; and
(e) outputting the calculated position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for tracking location of a wireless device, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting an unauthorized wireless device;
(b) adding an indicator associated with the detected unauthorized wireless device to a list of wireless devices;
(c) selecting a wireless device for tracking based upon the list of wireless devices;
(d) receiving data from one or more wireless receivers;
(e) calculating a position of the selected wireless device based upon the received data;
(f) outputting the calculated position;
(g) repeating steps (a) and (b) upon occurrence of an event or at periodic intervals;
(h) repeating steps (c) through (f) upon occurrence of an event or at periodic intervals. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A system for tracking location of a wireless device, the system comprising:
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storing means for storing one or more tracking criteria and indicators of one or more wireless devices to track;
rogue detection means for receiving scan data from one or more wireless receivers, for detecting an unauthorized wireless device based upon the received scan data and for storing an indicator of the detected unauthorized wireless device; and
position determining means for selecting a wireless device to track from the indicators in the storing means, receiving scan data from one or more wireless receivers, estimating the position of the selected wireless device based upon received scan data and outputting the estimated position.
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