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US 7,613,427 B2Granted
Resource location through location history
AssigneePalm, Inc.
InventorsDavid C. Blight, Elaine Lusher
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for locating resources available to portable electronic devices which are enabled for short range wireless communications. The system and method include creating and accessing a resource and access location history database accessible via the portable electronic device.
Claims9
An electronic device, comprising:
- a wireless transceiver;
- a processor coupled to the wireless transceiver configured to scan for wireless access points, to detect a wireless access point, and to receive location information for the wireless access point;
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- a memory configured to store wireless access point information for the detected wireless access point comprising location information for the detected wireless access point and an identifier of the detected wireless access point;
- wherein the processor is configured to provide a graphical navigational tool which directs the user to the wireless access point based on the location information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.