US Patent Issued to Cisco Technology on Jan. 20 for "Determining location of a backscatter device" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,688, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc..

"Determining location of a backscatter device" was invented by Jerome Henry (Pittsboro, N.C.), Robert E. Barton (Richmond, Canada) and Indermeet S. Gandhi (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Determining location of a Backscatter Devices (BKD) may be provided. A first quadrant of the first AP where the BKD is potentially located based on a first signal level, a second signal level, and a third signal level. A second quadrant of a second AP where the BKD is potentially located may be determined. A third quadrant of a third AP where the BKD is potentially locate...