Patent ID: 8862155

Claim:
A gateway apparatus comprising: at least one interface configured for wireless communication within a consumer premises, said premises comprising plurality of locations; a processor configured to run at least one computer program thereon; and a storage apparatus in data communication with said processor and said at least one interface, said storage apparatus having said at least one computer program stored thereon, said at least one program comprising a plurality of instructions which are configured to, when executed by said processor, cause said gateway apparatus to: generate a device profile for each of one or more mobile devices associated to said consumer premises, each of said device profiles comprising a plurality of antenna signatures, said plurality of antenna signatures configured to correlate said respective ones of said one or more mobile devices to a respective plurality of particular ones of said plurality of locations within said consumer premises; for each of said plurality of locations, assign an identifier; associate each of said plurality of antenna signatures with said respective assigned identifiers; receive a communication from an individual one of said one or more mobile devices via said at least one interface; and utilize information within said communication to identify an antenna profile currently associated to said individual one of said mobile devices to determine a particular one of said plurality of locations within said premises.