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by shawn-butler 4665 days ago
Not really as far as I was aware as it work(ed) on devices without a GPS fix or hardware. Used accelerometer signals, radio signal strength, as many signals as they could get as I recall. I remember hearing they were even emitting an inaudible tone so that devices in vicinity could pick it up.

Dunno if that was actually the case though.

http://www.google.com/patents/US20110191823

Looks like they took out some patents on fixed buttons as well.

http://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=pts&hl=en&q=inassigne...