TRACKING BUILDING LOCATIONS OF FIXED WIRELESS DEVICES

摘要

A system for generating a database containing the internal locations (e.g., floor, compass direction, room number, nearest fixed landmark, etc.) of fixed wireless devices within a building. To collect data for the database, a report-provider traverses a building with a mobile reporting device. As the provider traverses the building, the mobile reporting device directs the reports-provider to detected wireless devices (e.g., WiFi access points, Bluetooth beacons, Internet-connected appliances, etc.) and instructs the provider to enter information regarding the internal location of each device. When a walk-thru of a building is complete, the mobile reporting device generates a building report that contains the building's location and the internal locations of the detected wireless device. Multiple such reports may be combined by the system to generate the database of internal locations of wireless devices in various buildings.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for generating a report of fixed wireless devices found within a building, the method comprising:
acquiring, by a computing system, a street address of a building, wherein the computing system is a portable computing system having—
a processor,a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor,a display component coupled to the processor, anda data entry component coupled to the processor; generating, and displaying via the display component, a listing of one or more fixed wireless devices within the building by:
automatically identifying, by the computing system, a unique identifier for each of the fixed wireless devices within the building;providing a floor of the building in which each of the fixed wireless devices is located;providing a location on the determined floor at which each of the fixed wireless devices is located
wherein the provided floor and the provided location are either a) automatically estimated by the computing system, or b) manually entered by a user of the computing system; generating a report of fixed wireless devices found within the building based on the street address of the building and the listing of the one or more fixed wireless devices.