Method, apparatus, and computer program product for short-range communication based direction finding

US8929192B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8929192-B2
Application numberUS-201213357781-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJan 25, 2012
Priority dateJan 25, 2012
Publication dateJan 6, 2015
Grant dateJan 6, 2015

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Method, apparatus, and computer program product example embodiments provide short-range communication based direction finding. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method comprises transmitting by a target device, information in one or more advertising packets, including preferences of the target device for using data signing associated with direction finding; and receiving by the target device from a tracker device, one or more direction finding request packets including a request for data signing corresponding with the target device preferences.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method, comprising: transmitting by a target device, information in one or more Bluetooth LE advertising packets, including preferences of the target device for using data signing associated with direction finding; receiving by the target device from a tracker device, one or more direction finding request packets including a request for data signing corresponding with the target device preferences and a data signature of the tracker device included in at…

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What does patent US8929192B2 cover?
Method, apparatus, and computer program product example embodiments provide short-range communication based direction finding. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method comprises transmitting by a target device, information in one or more advertising packets, including preferences of the target device for using data signing associated with direction finding; and receiving by…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Kainulainen Antti, Salokannel Juha, Nokia Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G01S3/48. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 06 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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