Thomas S Goff

US Patent:

20170195832, Jul 6, 2017

Filed:

Jan 4, 2016

Appl. No.:

14/987103

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Thomas Goff - Issaquah WA, US

International Classification:

H04W 4/02
H04B 17/27

Abstract:

A wireless device detection computer device for determining the location of wireless device is provided. The WDD computer device includes a processor in communication with a memory. The processor is configured to receive a plurality of status messages from a plurality of anchor points. Each status message of the plurality of status messages includes a received signal strength associated with a first wireless signal received at the corresponding anchor point from a first wireless device. The processor is also configured to determine a plurality of subsets of the plurality of anchor points, determine a potential location of the first wireless device for each of the plurality of subsets, generate a clustering of the plurality of potential locations, select a first group of the plurality of subsets based on the clustering, and calculate a final location of the first wireless device.