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Method and system for determining the location of a mobile computer

  • US 6,664,925 B1
  • Filed: 05/02/2002
  • Issued: 12/16/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining the location of a client computer, the client computer having an existing wireless communication session with a wireless access point of a computer network, the method comprising:

  • measuring the strength of signals received from a plurality of wireless access points of the computer network, including the wireless access point to which the client computer has established the existing wireless communication session, wherein each wireless access point is located at one of a plurality of locations, and each of the plurality of locations has one or more of the plurality of wireless access points;

    repeating the measuring step to obtain a plurality of signal strength values from each of the plurality of wireless access points;

    calculating the difference between each signal strength value and a threshold value to obtain a plurality of modified signal strength values for each of the plurality of wireless access points;

    summing the modified signal strength sample values for each of the plurality of locations to obtain a plurality of summed values, each of the plurality of summed values corresponding to a location of the plurality of locations;

    determining which of the plurality of summed values is the highest; and

    designating the client computer to be located near the location for which the summed value is determined to be the highest.

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