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US 2007/0178907 A1Published application
System and method for locating mobile devices
OwnerJanakiraman Gopalan, Varadachari Rengarajaninventors
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Abstract
A system, device and method for receiving location information for one of a wireless infrastructure device (“WID”) and a mobile device, wherein the WID is a parent of the mobile device and the mobile device is a child of the WID. Data corresponding to the other one of the WID and the mobile device is retrieved and the data is updated to include the location information for the one of the WID and the mobile device when the data does not include a known location information for the other one of the WID and the mobile device.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving location information for one of a wireless infrastructure device (“WID”) and a mobile device, wherein the WID is a parent of the mobile device and the mobile device is a child of the WID;
- retrieving data corresponding to the other one of the WID and the mobile device;
- and
- updating the data, when the data does not include a known location information for the other one of the WID and the mobile device, to include the location information for the one of the WID and the mobile device.
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A method, comprising:
- storing information corresponding to an assigned site and a current site for a plurality of devices, wherein unknown is valid information for the assigned site and the current site;
- receiving a triggering event for one of the devices;
- and
- propagating the assigned site and the current site for the one of the devices to at least one of the other devices.
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A network management device, comprising:
- storage means for storing information corresponding to an assigned site and a current site for a plurality of devices, wherein unknown is valid information for the assigned site and the current site;
- receiving means for receiving a triggering event for one of the devices;
- and
- processing means for propagating the assigned site and the current site for the one of the devices to at least one of the other devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.