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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-BUILDING LOCATION DETERMINATION

  • US 20100109864A1
  • Filed: 11/06/2008
  • Published: 05/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining a location of an electronic device when the electronic device is in a building, comprising:

  • receiving location assistance information from a data source, wherein the location assistance information contains a position and a beacon identity for each of plural location beacons that are deployed in the building;

    listening for one or more beacon identities from the location beacons; and

    determining an area of the building in which the electronic device is located, the area determined from a distance parameter associated with each received beacon identity, each distance parameter indicating a relative distance between the electronic device and the position of the corresponding location beacon.

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