METHOD, APPARATUS OR SOFTWARE FOR DETERMINING A POSITION OF A MOBILE DEVICE
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting one or more mobile devices within a proximity of a first node using a first wireless communications protocol at said first node;
determining a location of said first node using a second wireless protocol at said first node; and
storing data representing said location of said first node as a location of said one or more mobile devices.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and software are disclosed in which the position of a mobile device is determined by proximity detection from a first node using one wireless communications protocol and the position of the first node is determined using a set of signals from base stations having known locations and using a second wireless communications protocol.
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting one or more mobile devices within a proximity of a first node using a first wireless communications protocol at said first node; determining a location of said first node using a second wireless protocol at said first node; and storing data representing said location of said first node as a location of said one or more mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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means for detecting one or more mobile devices within a proximity of a first node using a first wireless communications protocol at said first node; means for determining a location of said first node using a second wireless protocol at said first node; and means for storing data representing said location of said first node as a location of said one or more mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A machine-readable medium having a plurality of instructions executable by a machine embodied therein, wherein said plurality of instructions when executed cause said machine to perform a method comprising:
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detecting one or more mobile devices within a proximity of a first node using a first wireless communications protocol at said first node; determining a location of said first node using a second wireless protocol at said first node; and storing data representing said location of said first node as a location of said one or more mobile devices. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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means for performing proximity detection from said apparatus using a first wireless communications protocol to detect a mobile device within a proximity of said apparatus; means for establishing a location of said apparatus by triangulation of signals from a plurality of wireless base stations operating in accordance with a second wireless communications protocol; and means for recording a position of said mobile device as a position of said apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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