Patent ID: 9237415
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G01S,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of estimating the position of a mobile device, the method comprising: identifying, by the mobile device, a plurality of fixed-position wireless communication stations in range of the mobile device based on the mobile device receiving signals transmitted by the plurality of fixed-position wireless communication stations; designating one of the plurality of fixed-position wireless communication stations from which signals are received by the mobile device as a designated reference station; retrieving location information for said designated reference station and one or more other neighboring stations of the plurality of fixed-position wireless communication stations from which signals are received by the mobile device; for each of the neighboring stations, determining a corresponding distance between the designated reference station and said neighboring station based on the location information; applying corresponding weighting factors to the location information of the designated reference station and of the neighboring stations, wherein the weighting factors corresponding to the neighboring stations are based on the distance between the designated reference station and the neighboring stations; and estimating a position of the mobile device based on the location information for the designated reference station and the neighboring stations weighted according to the applied weighting factors and the estimated distance from the mobile device to the designated reference station.