System and method for detection of transmission facilities
AssigneeBINJ Laboratories, Inc.
InventorJoseph S. Noonan
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Abstract
In embodiments, a method of detecting a transmitting device within an obstruction rich environment is disclosed. The method may involve detecting the transmitting device with a wireless transmission detection facility; communicating signal information relating to the detected transmitting device from the wireless transmission detection facility to a central unit; determining the location of the transmitting device; displaying information of the detection and location of the transmitting device through a user interface; and providing an action facility for causing actions related to the detected transmitting device.
Claims10
A method, operable in communication system, for identifying and managing non-transmitting wireless devices, comprising the steps of:
- outputting a plurality of signals in a frequency band associated with a communication technology;
- receiving a reflection signal corresponding to selected ones of said outputted plurality of signals, said reflection signal being associated with said outputted plurality of signals not absorbed by said non-transmitting wireless devices;
- organizing the reflection signals to form a pattern of reflection signals;
- determining a null within the pattern of reflection signals, wherein the null is determined as received reflection signals having an amplitude value less than an expected result;
- matching the determined null with at least one predetermined null pattern, wherein said at least one predetermined null pattern being associated with an identity of a signal carrier associated with wireless devices;
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- identifying a signal carrier associated with a non-transmitting wireless device based on the determined null matching a corresponding one of the predetermined null patterns.
A system for identifying and managing wireless devices comprising:
- a transceiving system;
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- a processor configured to:
- cause the transceiving system to transmit a plurality of signals in a frequency band associated with a communication technology;
- receive a return signal from said plurality of frequencies, said return signals produced by a reflections of the transmitted plurality of signals not absorbed by an antenna associated with a non-transmitting wireless device;
- form a pattern of the received return signals;
- determine a null within said pattern of received return signals, wherein said null represents return signals having an amplitude value less than an expected value;
- compare the null in the pattern of received return signals with a plurality of predetermined null patterns, wherein each of the plurality of predetermined null patterns being associated with a signal carrier of wireless devices;
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- identify said wireless device with a signal carrier based on one of said plurality of predetermined null patterns matching said determined null.
A system for identifying a wireless device comprising:
- a transmitter configured to transmit a plurality of signals in a frequency band defined by a first frequency and a second frequency;
- a receiver configured to receive return signals corresponding to the plurality of transmitted signals, wherein said return signals represent reflections of said plurality of transmitted signals;
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- a processor configured to:
- generate a pattern comprising the received return signals;
- determine a null within the pattern of received return signals, wherein the null represents selected ones of the plurality of transmitted signals not absorbed by the wireless device;
- compare the generated pattern of received return signals to a plurality of predetermined patterns, said predetermined patterns corresponding to known signal carriers;
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- assign the wireless device to one of said known signal carriers having a predetermined pattern matching said determined null.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.