Patents by Inventor Anto Jacob

Anto Jacob has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Floor determination for a wireless device
    Patent number: 7894412
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to acquire received signal strength intensities (RSSIs) for a wireless device from a plurality of access points (APs) located on a plurality floors. The apparatus is configured to determine which floor the wireless device is on by analyzing the RSSIs. In an example embodiment, the RSSIs are adjusted, and the adjusted RSSIs for each floor are summed. The floor with highest sum of adjusted RSSIs is determined to be the floor the wireless device is on. In an example embodiment, the floor that the wireless device is on is determined by calculating the probability that the wireless device is within the cell of each AP on the network, and combining the probabilities for each floor. Known RSSIs between APs can be employed for comparing measured RSSIs with the known RSSIs to determine the probability that the wireless device is within the cell of each AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Donald Hart, Anto Jacob, Nirmala Nott Venkataramani, Emilio Maldonado
  • FLOOR DETERMINATION FOR A WIRELESS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090067392
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to acquire received signal strength intensities (RSSIs) for a wireless device from a plurality of access points (APs) located on a plurality floors. The apparatus is configured to determine which floor the wireless device is on by analyzing the RSSIs. In an example embodiment, the RSSIs are adjusted, and the adjusted RSSIs for each floor are summed. The floor with highest sum of adjusted RSSIs is determined to be the floor the wireless device is on. In an example embodiment, the floor that the wireless device is on is determined by calculating the probability that the wireless device is within the cell of each AP on the network, and combining the probabilities for each floor. Known RSSIs between APs can be employed for comparing measured RSSIs with the known RSSIs to determine the probability that the wireless device is within the cell of each AP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Brian Donald Hart, Anto Jacob, Nirmala Nott Venkataramani, Emilio Maldonado