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US 8,284,191 B1Granted
Three-dimensional wireless virtual reality presentation
AssigneeMeru Networks
InventorJoseph Epstein
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Abstract
The invention provides techniques, including methods and systems, capable of displaying wireless network information regarding various wireless parameters in a three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality environment. The methods and systems provide graphical information to permit a network administrator to view and alter the wireless network virtually at one or more remote locations without being physically present at the remote location.
Claims28
A method, including steps of:
- measuring a parameter of a wireless device, including determining a received signal strength;
- presenting said parameter in a virtual environment, including overlaying said measured parameter on said virtual environment, wherein overlaying includes displaying said measured parameter in a color distinguishable from said virtual environment and projecting said measured parameter in a color on said virtual environment;
- modifying a virtual setting in said virtual environment corresponding to said parameter;
- and
- altering a real setting of said wireless device corresponding to said virtual setting.
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A method, including steps of:
- positioning a sensor in a wireless network environment;
- measuring at least one wireless network parameter by said sensor;
- retrieving said measured parameter from said sensor;
- and
- presenting said parameter in a virtual environment, including overlaying said measured parameter on said virtual environment and displaying a dipstick to selectively present said network parameters.
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A method of creating a virtual environment including steps of:
- specifying a perimeter of at least one floor corresponding to a physical floor, placing at least one network access point and at least one network sensor relative to said physical floor;
- determining locations of obstructions within said virtual environment, including associating a property for said obstructions;
- measuring network information from said network access point by said network sensor;
- displaying a virtual floor;
- and
- presenting said network information in said virtual environment, including overlaying said measured network information on said virtual environment and displaying a dipstick to selectively present said network information.
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A method, including steps of:
- maintaining information relating to a wireless communication network, including receiving information from sensors related to that wireless communication network, wherein at least some of those sensors are passive devices relative to communication in that wireless communication network, and including steps of interpolating, extrapolating, or approximating information for locations other than those sensors related to that wireless communication network;
- presenting that information in a virtual reality environment;
- allowing a user to observe parameters of that wireless communication network in the virtual reality environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.