Patent ID: 8311548

Claim:
A computerized method comprising: receiving into a computer processor an installation plan for wireless communication devices installed at designated locations, wherein each designated location in the installation plan comprises an associated point name, wherein each wireless communication device is configured to transmit a message indicating itself as the source of the message, and wherein each wireless communication device is installed proximate to its designated location; determining, using the computer processor, expected distances between one or more pairs of designated locations on the installation plan using a set of coordinates in the installation plan for the designated locations and applying installation plan scale values to the expected distances; gathering range estimate data into the computer processor from the installed wireless communication devices for one or more pairs of the installed wireless communication devices; and associating, using the computer processor, a unique identifier within a signal transmitted by one of the installed wireless communication devices with a corresponding point name on the installation plan, wherein the associating is determined at least in part by the expected distances and the range estimate data; wherein determining the expected distance between a pair of designated locations comprises: computing a scaled expected distance using the set of coordinates in the installation plan for each of the designated locations; and computing the expected distance by applying the installation plan scale value to the scaled expected distance; and wherein determining the expected distance further comprises: determining an apparent distance that adjusts the expected distance by considering effects, on signal propagation for a path between the designated locations, of building construction, building material, building architecture, signal frequency, transmit power level, antenna type, antenna orientation, and antenna proximity to the building material.