Patent ID: 9218363
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, in a client device for maintaining location information of at least one device in a database, the method comprising: scanning for the at least one device, the at least one device being provided with a unique identifier (UID) and having a fixed location near the client device; retrieving said unique identifier from the at least one device; requesting a server to obtain from the database location data corresponding to said unique identifier (UID); receiving from the server a message indicating that the database has no location data corresponding to said unique identifier; requesting, if the database has no location data corresponding to said unique identifier a user, using the client device, to input location data corresponding to the location of the client device; receiving the location data inputted by the user; and, instructing the server to generate in the database a device record, corresponding to the at least one device, the device record comprising a UID-field and a location information field, wherein the unique identifier (UID) is stored in the UID-field and the location data is stored in the location information field.