Patent ID: 6996610
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method in a data processing system of determining a location of a portable data processing system, the computer implemented method comprising: determining a set of resources geographically proximate to the portable data processing system to generate a location syndrome; responsive to determining the set of resources geographically proximate to the portable data processing system to generate the location syndrome, comparing the location syndrome to a set of location profiles; and responsive to sufficiently matching the location syndrome to one of the set of location profiles, returning, to a software component, a unique location identification label corresponding to a matched one of the set of location profiles as a current location of the portable data processing system, wherein sufficiently matching the location syndrome to one of the set of location profiles comprises providing a set of scores ranging from a highest score to a lowest score, and assigning a score from the set of scores to a location profile in the set of location profiles, wherein the score assigned corresponds to a degree to which the location profile matches the location syndrome.