Location-transmitting device for determining location of a wireless communication device
AssigneeEmpire Technology Development LLC
InventorElliott DRUCKER
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Abstract
In a wireless communication device, an example method of transmitting location data for a location of the wireless communication device includes using a short-range radio communication protocol to receive, without prior interrogation, radio signals from any nearby autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device, detecting the location data in a radio signal from a nearby autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device, wherein the radio signal is the strongest radio signal that includes location data, measuring a received signal level of the radio signal from the autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device, and transmitting the location data and the received signal level of the radio signal to a third party.
Claims20
In a wireless communication device, a method of transmitting location data for a location of the wireless communication device, the method comprising:
- using a short-range radio communication protocol to receive, without prior interrogation, radio signals from any nearby autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device;
- detecting the location data in a radio signal from a nearby autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device, wherein the radio signal is the strongest radio signal that includes location data;
- estimating a distance from the autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device based on a received signal level;
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- transmitting the location data and estimated distance data to a third party.
In a wireless communication device, a method of transmitting location data for a location of the wireless communication device, the method comprising:
- using a short-range radio communication protocol to receive, without prior interrogation, radio signals from any nearby autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device;
- detecting the location data in a radio signal from a nearby autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device, wherein the radio signal is the strongest radio signal that includes location data;
- measuring a received signal level of the radio signal from the autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device;
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- transmitting the location data and the received signal level of the radio signal to a third party.
A location-transmitting device, comprising:
- a radio-transmitting module configured to autonomously transmit a signal containing location data for the location-transmitting device to any nearby wireless communication device for conveyance through an air interface to a third party by the nearby wireless communication device, wherein the location data include an indication of a condition of a monitoring device coupled to the location-transmitting device;
- a memory module that stores the location data for the location-transmitting device;
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- a power supply configured to provide power to the radio-transmitting module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.