Location information system for a wireless communication device and method therefore
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsPatrick J. Walsh, Kevin Daniel Kaschke
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Abstract
The present application is directed to location information systems for wireless communication devices. In one implementation, a location information system sends location information to a wireless communication device present in a predetermined area in a facility over a short-range wireless communication channel. The location information informs the wireless communication device a location of the wireless communication device in the facility. The location information system sends the location information to the wireless communication device from a location in the facility other than the location of the wireless communication device in the facility.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method, performed by a location information system, comprising:
- sending, at a processor of the location information system, location information over a short-range wireless communication channel to a wireless communication device present in a predetermined area in a facility, the location information informing the wireless communication device of a location of the wireless communication device in the facility;
- wherein the location information is sent to the wireless communication device from a location in the facility other than the location of the wireless communication device in the facility.
A tangible computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for directing a processor to at least:
- send location information to a wireless communication device present in a predetermined area in a facility over a short-range wireless communication channel, the location information informing the wireless communication device of a location of the wireless communication device in the facility;
- wherein the location information is sent to the wireless communication device from a location in the facility other than the location of the wireless communication device in the facility.
A location information system comprising:
- a wireless communication unit configured to send location information to a wireless communication device present in a predetermined area in a facility over a short-range communication channel, the location information informing the wireless communication device of a location of the wireless device in the facility, wherein the wireless communication unit sends the location information to the wireless communication device from a location in the facility other than the location of the wireless communication device in the facility.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.