Patent ID: 11950170
Assignee: TROVERLO, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. A method of passive sensor tracking using one or more observations of a pseudo Wi-Fi access point comprising:
associating, in a sensor tracking database, unique identifying information of the pseudo Wi-Fi access point with a sensor,
wherein the pseudo Wi-Fi access point transmits a management frame comprising sensor data of the sensor,
wherein one or more wireless devices that encounter the pseudo Wi-Fi access point report observation data including the unique identifying information of the pseudo Wi-Fi access point and the sensor data of the management frame to a Wi-Fi AP Database,
wherein there is no communication between the sensor tracking database and the one or more wireless devices that report encounters with the pseudo Wi-Fi access point to the Wi-Fi AP Database;
receiving, at the sensor tracking database, first observation data of the pseudo Wi-Fi access point from one or more direct reporting wireless devices that encounter the pseudo Wi-Fi access point, the first observation data comprising the unique identifying information of the pseudo Wi-Fi access point and first sensor data of the sensor, or
receiving, at the sensor tracking database, second observation data of the pseudo Wi-Fi access point from a Wi-Fi AP Database, the second observation data comprising the unique identifying information of the pseudo Wi-Fi access point and second sensor data of the sensor;
storing first sensor data or second sensor data in the sensor tracking database; and
providing user access to sensor data in the sensor tracking database.