US 9,521,648 B1 · Location estimation and wireless display device connection method and device

Abstract

A location estimation method and a communication device configured to estimate location and automatically connect to one or more wireless display devices based on the determined location. The estimation of location can be based on one or more location signatures that include information of the wireless display device(s). The location estimation method can include identifying available access points (APs) and wireless display adapters, determining wireless characteristics of the available APs and wireless display adapters, calculating match scores based on the wireless characteristics of the available APs and the wireless characteristics of the available wireless display adapters, determining a location signature based on the determined match scores, and determining a location based on the location signature. The communication device can be configured to automatically connect to the wireless display device(s). The communication device can operate in a standby display mode upon the connection.

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Dependent claims

A location estimation method to assist a communication device to establish a wireless display connection, comprising:

identifying, by the communication device, one or more available access points (APs) and one or more available wireless display adapters;
determining, by the communication device, one or more wireless characteristics of the one or more available APs and one or more wireless characteristics of the one or more available wireless display adapters;
calculating, by the communication device, one or more match scores based on the one or more wireless characteristics of the one or more available APs and the one or more wireless characteristics of the one or more available wireless display adapters;
identifying, by the communication device, a location signature based on the one or more match scores;
and
identifying, by the communication device, a location of the communication device based on the location signature.

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A communication device operable to establish a wireless display connection, comprising:

a transceiver configured to communicate with one or more access points (APs) and one or more wireless display adapters;
and
a controller configured to:
identify available APs of the one or more APs and available wireless display adapters of the one or more wireless display adapters;
identify one or more wireless characteristics of the available APs and one or more wireless characteristics of the available wireless display adapters;
calculate one or more match scores based on the one or more wireless characteristics of the available APs and the one or more wireless characteristics of the available wireless display adapters;
identify a location signature based on the one or more match scores;
and
identify a location of the communication device based on the location signature.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Location estimation and wireless display device connection method and device

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Abstract

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