Probabilistic location prediction for a mobile station
First Claim
1. A server configured to collect data of when, where and at what received signal strength indication mobile stations roam in a wireless local area network, and to dynamically calculate from said data a coverage area of an access point in said wireless local area network, further configured to calculate a vector representing movement of a wireless-enabled mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of said wireless local area network 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.
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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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- 1. A server configured to collect data of when, where and at what received signal strength indication mobile stations roam in a wireless local area network, and to dynamically calculate from said data a coverage area of an access point in said wireless local area network, further configured to calculate a vector representing movement of a wireless-enabled mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of said wireless local area network 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.
- 5. A server configured to calculate a vector representing movement of a wireless-enabled mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of a wireless local area network are located and to determine a region surrounding said vector in which said wireless-enabled mobile station has at least a given probability to be located within a certain period of time, wherein said vector is calculated based, at least in part, on information that is specific to a group or class of users to which the user of said mobile station belongs.
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9. A method for probabilistic prediction of a location of a mobile station in a wireless local area network, the method comprising:
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collecting data of when, where and at what received signal strength indication mobile stations roam in a wireless local area network; dynamically calculating from said data a coverage area of an access point in said wireless local area network; calculating a vector representing movement of a wireless-enabled mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of said wireless local area 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 (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for probabilistic prediction of a location of a mobile station in a wireless local area network, the method comprising:
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calculating a vector representing movement of said mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of said wireless local area 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, wherein as said mobile station moves from a stationary state, said region is a deformed circle that is deformed in a direction of motion of said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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- 19. A computer-readable medium having instructions thereon which, when executed by a server, results in collecting data of when, where and at what received signal strength indication mobile stations roam in a wireless local area network, and dynamically calculating from said data a coverage area of an access point in said wireless local area network, and further result in calculating a vector representing movement of a wireless-enabled mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of said wireless local area 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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