US 12,477,300 B2
Distributed wireless network assisted object location
Miguel Mancilla Montiel, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/346,502.
Application 17/346,502 is a continuation of application No. 16/521,979, filed on Jul. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,070,947.
Prior Publication US 2021/0306813 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising
a server configured to:
receive a request to locate a user device;
determine one or more prior locations of the user device;
determine a plurality of search devices in proximity to each of the one or more prior locations;
send a request to one or more of the plurality of search devices to locate the user device, including a wireless identifier associated with the user device; and
determine a current location of the user device based on one or more responses from the search devices that indicate the responding search devices detected the wireless identifier.