SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GATHERING AND CACHING WLAN PACKET INFORMATION TO IMPROVE POSITION ESTIMATES OF A WLAN POSITIONING DEVICE
First Claim
1. A device for estimating the position of itself in response to gathering wireless signal information from WLAN access points (APs), said device comprising:
- a WLAN radio module for receiving WLAN signals transmitted by WLAN APs in range of said device;
extraction logic for extracting information from said received WLAN signals to identify the WLAN APs; and
logic to cooperate with a WLAN-based positioning system to estimate the position of the device based at least in part on the extracted information identifying the WLAN APs in the range of said device;
wherein said extraction logic includes logic for caching the extracted identities of the WLAN APs in range of the device and logic for caching information indicating the time of reception of the signals transmitted by the corresponding WLAN AP; and
wherein said logic to cooperate considers the cached time information when providing extracted and cached information to said WLAN-based positioning system.
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Abstract
Methods and systems of gathering and caching WLAN packet information to improve position estimates of a WLAN positioning device. A device estimates the position of itself. The device includes a WLAN radio module for receiving WLAN signals transmitted by WLAN APs in range of said device, extraction logic for extracting information from said received WLAN signals to identify the WLAN APs, and logic to cooperate with a WLAN-based positioning system to estimate the position of the device based at least in part on the extracted information identifying the WLAN APs in the range of said device. The extraction logic includes logic for caching the extracted identities and logic for caching information indicating the time of reception of the signals transmitted by the corresponding WLAN AP. And, the logic to cooperate considers the cached time information when providing extracted and cached information to said WLAN-based positioning system.
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1. A device for estimating the position of itself in response to gathering wireless signal information from WLAN access points (APs), said device comprising:
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a WLAN radio module for receiving WLAN signals transmitted by WLAN APs in range of said device; extraction logic for extracting information from said received WLAN signals to identify the WLAN APs; and logic to cooperate with a WLAN-based positioning system to estimate the position of the device based at least in part on the extracted information identifying the WLAN APs in the range of said device; wherein said extraction logic includes logic for caching the extracted identities of the WLAN APs in range of the device and logic for caching information indicating the time of reception of the signals transmitted by the corresponding WLAN AP; and wherein said logic to cooperate considers the cached time information when providing extracted and cached information to said WLAN-based positioning system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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