Patent ID: 8531334
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G01S,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method executable on a mobile computing device, the method comprising: transmitting, via an antenna, a first wireless signal to a wireless access point, wherein the first wireless signal comprises a request for a location proof from the wireless access point, the request for the location proof comprising data that identifies the mobile computing device, wherein the location proof comprises an indication of location of the wireless access point and the data that identifies the mobile computing device; receiving, via the antenna, a second wireless signal from the access point subsequent to transmitting the first wireless signal, wherein the second wireless signal comprises the location proof; responsive to receiving the second wireless signal from the access point, appending a signature to the location proof that identifies the mobile computing device; and subsequent to appending the signature to the location proof, providing a data packet that comprises the location proof and the signature to an application executing on a processor, wherein the application executing on the processor validates the location proof based at least in part upon the data that identifies the mobile computing device in the location proof, and wherein the application executing on the processor is a location-based application that performs a computing task based at least in part upon the indication of location in the location proof.