Patent ID: 9480042
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for dynamically locating a device within a data center, the method comprising: wirelessly receiving in a receiving fixed device amongst a multiplicity of fixed devices in a data center, a request from a mobile device to locate a target fixed device amongst the multiplicity of the fixed devices; broadcasting a request to the multiplicity of fixed devices to establish respective wireless identifiers based upon a proximity of each of the multiplicity of the fixed devices to the target fixed device relative to adjacent ones of the fixed devices; establishing a wireless identifier for the receiving fixed device based upon a wireless identifier of an adjacent one of the fixed devices to reflect a status of the receiving fixed device as being proximate to the target fixed device unless the receiving fixed device is the target fixed device in which case the wireless identifier is established to reflect the status of the receiving fixed device as the target fixed device; and, returning to the mobile device by the receiving fixed device the established wireless identifier for the receiving fixed device.