Patent ID: 8059621
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G05B,G08C,H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for providing location data for use in a portable device, the system comprising: a portable device having programming for simultaneously receiving from each of a plurality of different signaling devices a wireless signal wherein the simultaneously received wireless signals function to provide a unique wireless signal fingerprint in each of a plurality of different environments and for capturing the unique wireless signal fingerprint in each of the plurality of different environments; and a database accessible to the portable device having a plurality of stored location definitions each being related to a captured unique wireless signal fingerprint such that when the portable device is in subsequent simultaneous receipt of the wireless signals from each of the plurality of different signaling devices in a one of the plurality of different environments the programming is setup to select one of the plurality of stored location definitions from the database for use in configuring the portable device to be used in the one of the plurality of different environments.