Patent ID: 7996034
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a handset, the method comprising: determining if an incoming call message or an outgoing call message has been detected; determining a 3D position of the handset after an incoming call message or an outgoing call message has been detected; determining whether a direction from the 3D position of the handset to a strongest signal from a source is stored in a memory; electrically steering an antenna pattern over a search area to collect signal strength information when a direction to the strongest signal from the source is not stored in the memory; determining the direction to the strongest signal from the source after signal strength information from the search area has been collected; and storing the 3D position of the handset and the direction to the strongest signal from the source in the memory after the direction to the strongest signal from the source has been determined.