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Determining response signature commonalities

  • US 9,438,605 B2
  • Filed: 08/26/2014
  • Issued: 09/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • obtaining, by a computing device comprising an analyzer, signal characteristics of a signal sent along a physical path of a network between a sending device and a receiving device;

    generating, by the computing device comprising the analyzer and based on the signal characteristics, a response signature for the sending device;

    matching, by the computing device comprising the analyzer, the response signature with one or more stored response signatures respectively for one or more other devices that are different from the sending device;

    determining, by the computing device comprising the analyzer, one or more geographic locations respectively for the one or more other devices; and

    approximating, by the computing device comprising the analyzer, a geographic location of the sending device using at least one of the one or more geographic locations.

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