Probabilistic location prediction for a mobile station
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1. A method for probabilistic prediction of a location of a wireless-enabled mobile station in a wireless local area network, the method comprising:
- calculating a vector representing movement of said wireless-enabled mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of said network are located; and
determining a region surrounding said vector in which said mobile station has at least a given probability to be located within a certain period of time.
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Abstract
A probabilistic prediction is made of the location of a wireless-enabled mobile station in a wireless local area network. The prediction includes calculating a vector representing movement of the mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of the network are located, and determining a region surrounding the vector in which the mobile station has at least a given probability to be located within a certain period of time.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for probabilistic prediction of a location of a wireless-enabled mobile station in a wireless local area network, the method comprising:
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calculating a vector representing movement of said wireless-enabled mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of said network are located; and
determining a region surrounding said vector in which said mobile station has at least a given probability to be located within a certain period of time. - 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 wireless system implementing a wireless local area network, the system comprising:
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two or more access points;
a wireless-enabled mobile station; and
a server able to calculate a vector representing movement of said mobile station through a space in which said two or more access points are located and to determine a region surrounding said vector in which said mobile station has at least a given probability to be located within a certain period of time. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A wireless system implementing a wireless local area network, the system comprising:
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two or more access points;
a wireless-enabled mobile station able to calculate a vector representing movement of said mobile station through a space in which said two or more access points are located; and
a server able to receive said vector from said mobile station in a wireless transmission over said network and able to determine a region surrounding said vector in which said mobile station has at least a given probability to be located within a certain period of time. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A server comprising:
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an antenna;
a radio coupled to said antenna;
a wireless local area network controller coupled to said radio through which said server is able to communicate over a wireless local area network;
a processor coupled to said wireless local area network controller; and
memory to store code which, when executed by said processor, calculates a vector representing movement of a wireless-enabled mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of said network are located and determines a region surrounding said vector in which said mobile station has at least a given probability to be located within a certain period of time. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A mobile station comprising:
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an antenna;
a radio coupled to said antenna;
a wireless local area network controller coupled to said radio through which said mobile station is able to communicate over a wireless local area network;
a processor coupled to said wireless local area network controller; and
memory to store code which, when executed by said processor, calculates a vector representing movement of said mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of said network are located. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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