Publication number US8842496 B2

Publication type Grant

Application number US 13/776,643

Publication date Sep 23, 2014

Filing date Feb 25, 2013

Priority date Oct 8, 2010

Also published as US8174931, US8284100, US8395968, US20120087212, US20120214507, US20120214511, US20130178227, Less «6 More »

Publication number 13776643, 776643, US 8842496 B2, US 8842496B2, US-B2-8842496, US8842496 B2, US8842496B2

Inventors Harry Vartanian, Jaron Jurikson-Rhodes

Original Assignee HJ Laboratories, LLC

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Patent Citations (101), Non-Patent Citations (60), Classifications (19), Legal Events (1)

External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet

Providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer using a room dimension

US 8842496 B2

Abstract

Providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer is disclosed. Outdoor location, indoor location, and determined motion information is used to track the mobile computer indoors.

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