Patents Examined by Ngan Pham Li
  • Patent number: 8301161
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention comprises a method of determining a mobile computing device location. The method may comprise emitting at least one audio signal from at least one audio signal emitter and determining a sending time of the at least one audio signal. The method further comprises receiving the at least one audio signal at the mobile computing device and determining a receiving time of the at least one audio signal. A difference between the receiving time and the sending time is calculated and this difference is used to determine a distance from the at least one audio signal emitter to the mobile computing device. The distance is then used to obtain a location of the mobile computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
    Inventor: Xintian Li