Patent ID: 8644275
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G01S

Abstract:
1. A method for WLAN localization and location based service supply, comprising: storing a WLAN data set of a geographical unit on a mobile device for the usage in the mobile device; receiving WLAN signals by the mobile device from at least three WLAN senders; self-sustained identifying of the WLAN senders by the mobile device on basis of the received WLAN signals; calculating an actual position of the mobile device by the mobile device by comparing the WLAN data set with the received WLAN signals from the WLAN senders; updating the WLAN data set as a function of the received WLAN signals, wherein the updating comprises: receiving an user demand for a location based service; searching for at least one supply in a service data set by the mobile device on basis of the calculated actual position; and supplying a location based service by the mobile device to a user of the mobile device on basis of the calculated actual position, wherein the WLAN Data set is a WLAN fingerprint of the geographical unit.