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US 8,527,621 B2Granted
Autologging the presence of a wireless local area network
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorLouis Robert Litwin
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Abstract
A method includes scanning to detect presence of a wireless local area network WLAN, detecting presence of said wireless local area network, contacting a base station of said wireless local area network detected to request the location of said base station, and receiving location of said wireless area network.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- scanning to detect a presence of a wireless local area network;
- detecting the presence of said wireless local area network;
- determining a media access control identification of a base station of said wireless local area network;
- comparing the media access control identification of said base station to a database of known locations of base stations of wireless local area networks and not requesting a location from said base station if the base station is in said database;
- requesting and receiving a location of said base station through said wireless local area network if said base station is not in said database;
- and
- logging the media access control identification of said base station and the received location in said database.
4 more elements
A wireless device comprising:
- a processor coupled to a memory;
- a means for scanning to detect a presence of a wireless local area network;
- a means for detecting the presence of said wireless local area network;
- a means for determining a media access control identification of a detected base station of said wireless local area network;
- a means for comparing the media access control identification of said detected base station to a database of known locations of base stations of wireless local area networks and not requesting a location from said detected base station if the detected base station is in said database;
- a means for requesting and receiving a location of said detected base station of said wireless local area network if said detected base station is not in said database;
- and
- a means for logging the media access control identification of said detected base station and the received location in said database.
5 more elements
A mobile device operable to communicate with a wireless communication network and a wireless local area network (WLAN), configured for carrying out the following steps:
- scanning to detect a presence of a wireless local area network;
- detecting the presence of said wireless local area network;
- determining a media access control identification of a base station of said wireless local area network;
- comparing the media access control identification of said base station to a database of known locations of base stations of wireless local area networks and not requesting a location from said base station if the base station is in said database;
- requesting and receiving a location of said base station through said wireless local area network if said base station is not in said database;
- and
- logging the media access control identification of said base station and the received location in said database.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.