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20080200185 | System and Method for Location Transparency - A service that augments a key element of Unified Messaging and Unified Communications initiatives—i.e., Mobile Subscriber Location Awareness—to enhance substantially the value, usefulness, etc. of the presence awareness, place shifting, etc. components of such initiatives. The service may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located, full-featured Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor. | 08-21-2008 |
20080200186 | DETERMINING GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION IN IPV6 NETWORKS - A computer-readable medium, device and system for responding to a request for a geographically-based service are provided. A request for a geographically-based service is received. The received request indicates that a geographical position of a target node and a radius associated with a maximum distance from the geographical position is requested. A requesting service message is formatted that is associated with a higher-layer protocol and includes an indicator indicating that the geographical position of the target node and the radius is requested. The requesting service message is merged in a first header of a requesting datagram which is sent to the target node. A reply datagram is received from the target node and a reply position message component is extracted from the received reply datagram. A reply position message component is extracted from a second header of the received reply datagram. The first geographical position of the target node and the radius from the extracted reply position message component is determined. A response to the received request is provided based on the determined radius and the determined geographical position. | 08-21-2008 |
20080207224 | Method for Updating Location Information on a Wireless Device - A method is provided for updating a position of a mobile device coupled to a wireless communication network via one of a plurality of base stations. The method comprising the following steps. A position of the mobile device is determined. The mobile device then waits for a predefined trigger notification before determining an updated position of the mobile device. The predefined trigger notification is generated in response to a motion trigger. A device configured to implement the method as well as a computer readable medium comprising instructions to implement the method are also provided. | 08-28-2008 |
20080227467 | Architecture for Mobile Advertising with Location - Systems and methods are provided for mobile device advertising. The system includes a mobile device, a content provider, and an advertisement provider. A plurality of location fix technologies is executed to determine a plurality of location fixes for the mobile device, and the plurality of location fixes is stored in the mobile device. A location request is received for the mobile device, the plurality of stored location fixes is retrieved from the mobile device, and the plurality of stored location fixes is sent to the content provider. The content provider receives the plurality of location fixes for the mobile device from the mobile device, forwards the plurality of location fixes to the advertisement provider, and transmits content to the mobile device. The advertisement provider selects an advertisement based on location fixes, and transmits the advertisement to the mobile device. | 09-18-2008 |
20080227468 | Location Control in a Mobile Communications Network - The present invention relates to an improved location process for determining the location of mobile stations when a GSM network is extended by other access networks, for example unlicensed radio access networks. An access network controller supporting a connection with the mobile station sends a location service entity a location request that includes information indicative of at least one positioning method supported by the network element for a particular mobile station. By providing the location service entities with information on the location methods to use, there is no need to configure the location service entities with this information in advance. Moreover, the process is flexible and can be tailored to the network element making the request and thus to the type of connection actually used by the mobile station. There is no need for the location entities to launch several location methods before retrieving sufficiently accurate information since the most suitable methods are communicated in advance. | 09-18-2008 |
20080227469 | GSM Network-Based Timing Advance Positioning - Embodiments for locating mobile stations in a GSM cellular network are disclosed. | 09-18-2008 |
20080242315 | Traffic data collection utilizing a cellular communication network and probe units - A system for collecting request signal and probe data from telematics units using a cellular communication network, wherein the units each cause to be transmitted registration request signal data to a carrier, the carrier periodically compiles a cell history log comprising a list of cell hand-offs for each unit, and a facility is communicatively coupled to the carrier; includes map and unit identification databases; is configured to determine cell-handoffs of interest; preferably queries the carrier for only target units presenting a cell-handoff of interest; determines for each target unit a recently traveled path (RTP) based on the log, an estimated time of travel (ETT) based on the RTP and map database, and a probe unit status; calls each probe unit to upload probe data therefrom; and utilizes the probe data to enhance the ETT or provide additional information. | 10-02-2008 |
20080242316 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING DISTANCE BETWEEN MOBILE PHONES - A mobile communication system includes at least one base transceiver station and a mobile switching center. The at least one base transceiver station is used for exchanging data with mobile phones. The mobile switching center is used for choosing one base transceiver station as a primary base transceiver station, and calculating positions of a first mobile phone and a second mobile phone. The position of the mobile phones include distances that the mobile phones are away from the primary base transceiver station, and an angle between the mobile phones relative to the primary base transceiver station. The mobile switching center is further used for calculating a distance between the first and second mobile phone according to the positions of the mobile phones. A related mobile communication method is also disclosed. | 10-02-2008 |
20080248812 | GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) BASED SECURE ACCESS - Presented herein are systems and methods for global positioning system based secure access. A request for access to a computer network is received. A determination is made whether a mobile terminal is within a predetermined location. If the mobile terminal is within the predetermined location, access is granted. If the mobile terminal is outside of the predetermined location, access to the computer network is denied. | 10-09-2008 |
20080248813 | System and Methods for Obtaining Coarse Location for a Mobile Device - Various embodiments are described for obtaining coarse location for a mobile device. In one embodiment, a mobile device may comprise one or more interfaces for detecting location reference nodes in view of the mobile device and a client module to send a location query to a location database. The location query may comprise node data identifying the reference nodes in view of the mobile device. The location database may be configured to respond to the location query with positioning information for providing an estimated position of the mobile device. The positioning information may be based on correlated position data and node data received from one or more client devices having Global Positioning System (GPS) position determination capability and configured to report position data and node data for location reference nodes in view. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-09-2008 |
20080254810 | Methods and Apparatus for Location Determination In A Wireless Communication Device - Methods, systems, devices and computer program products are presented for identifying a location determination mode based on execution of a mode-selection routine in response to a received location determination request. In certain aspects, identifying a location determination mode may involve sequencing through a plurality of modes until a successful location determination results or until the end of the sequence is reached. In other aspects, selecting a location determination mode may involve determining one or more conditions affecting a location determination mode, and identifying an available mode based on the determined conditions. In this regard, according to some aspects, location determination is performed dynamically in that selection of a location determination mode is carried out for each location request and may take into account current conditions affecting one or more location determination modes. | 10-16-2008 |
20080254811 | System and method for monitoring locations of mobile devices - A method of identifying mobile computing devices includes sending a request from a first mobile computing device to a second mobile computing device for the location of the second mobile computing device, and receiving the location of the second mobile computing device at the first mobile computing device. The method further includes providing a notification to one of the first and second mobile computing devices based upon the location of the second mobile computing device. | 10-16-2008 |
20080254812 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRACKING AREA ALLOCATION - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate camping load balancing utilizing a frequency attribute. In a tracking area update procedure, each tracking area confirmed to user equipment can include an attribute of preferred, non-preferred, or forbidden. Based on such attribute, the user equipment can camp or idle on a particular cell for a specific frequency or network. The user equipment can camp on a cell from a preferred tracking area unless the quality of cells from the preferred frequency or network drops under a minimum threshold. The systems and methodologies provide a unified framework for camping load balancing across different Radio Access Technologies (RATs) and an optimization for the relevant signaling. | 10-16-2008 |
20080261622 | Method and System for Determining Position of Mobile Communication Device Using Ratio Metric - A method of determining a location of a mobile communication terminal, the method including: receiving base station identification signals from a plurality of base stations; calculating distance ratios between the plurality of base stations and the mobile communication terminal, from the received base station identification signals; generating first variables and second variables from the distance ratios; and determining the location of the mobile communication terminal from the first variables and the second variables is provided. | 10-23-2008 |
20080261623 | TECHNIQUES TO ENHANCE LOCATION ESTIMATION IN AN OFDMA BASED SYSTEM - An embodiment of the present invention provides an a method, comprising determining the position of a mobile station in a wireless network by transmitting a single or multi tone location beacon by the base station on a downlink or mobile station on an uplink with focused power on at least one tone. | 10-23-2008 |
20080261624 | System and Method for Using Location Information to Execute an Action - A system and method is provided for using location information associated with wireless devices. The system includes a wireless device, a location system, and a feature server. The wireless device includes any wireless apparatus having wireless communications capabilities. The location system can generate location information pinpointing the location of the wireless device. The feature server can use the location information to determine whether to execute an action in accordance with subscriber rules. A large number of applications may be implemented to execute the action via a number of communication channels, including without limitation, a wireless communications network, a computer network, and a public switched telephone system, for example. | 10-23-2008 |
20080268871 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED SERVICES IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system for providing LBS in a mobile communication system. An AAA server manages information on an anchor authenticator (AA) of an ASN GW. Upon receipt of a location information service request message from an LBS client, a location information server receives routing information for routing to an AA of an associated mobile station from the AAA server, and transmits a request for location information of the mobile station to the ASN GW. Upon receipt of the location information request from the location information server, a location information controller performs a location estimation procedure between the mobile station and an interconnected base station when the mobile station is in the idle mode, and upon receipt of location information from the base station, transmits the received location information to the location information server. | 10-30-2008 |
20080287140 | Network Based Location Measurement Method and System Using Pcell Database - The present invention provides a network-based location measurement method using a pCELL database, comprising the steps of establishing a pCELL database in which a location measurement service target area is divided into lattices each having a predetermined size; continuously determining whether a request for location measurement occurs by a service subscriber; and, when the request for location measurement is generated, comparing fundamental information received from a mobile terminal with the pCELL database, determining a matching pCELL, and reporting the pCELL to the service requester. Furthermore, the present invention is constructed to periodically update a initially established pCELL database using the results of A-GPS-based location measurement and reflect variation in BTSs within a mobile communication network to the pCELL database, thereby always maintaining the optimal databae. The present invention contributes to the activation of location-based services by resolving problems related to stability of location measurement due to relays, and the degrading of accuracy of location measurement in a network-based location measurement method in a mobile communication system. Furthermore, the present invention improves the service usage rate of indoor subscribers, occupying about 70% of overall location measurement attempts and service quality and minimizes the need for human and physical resources upon initial commercialization and optimization by resolving the problem due to the considerable amount of human and physical resources required upon initial commercialization and optimization. Therefore, it is possible to replace A-GPS-based location measurement with relatively small costs. | 11-20-2008 |
20080293435 | Method and apparatus to select an optimum site and/or sector to provide geo-location data - A system and method selects secondary base stations to task that provide geo-location information used to geo-locate a mobile station. A network overlay location system may be co-located at base station sites of a wireless communications network. The location measurement units of the network overlay system provide location information of the mobile station, which may be determined via one or more geo-location techniques, for example: time of arrival (TOA), time difference of arrival (TDOA), uplink time difference of arrival (UTDOA), angle of arrival (AOA), signal power, radio fingerprinting etc. Selecting secondary base stations to task using various selection criteria may provide optimum results when geo-locating a mobile station. | 11-27-2008 |
20080293436 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING THE QUALITY OF SERVICE RELATED TO LOCATION DETERMINATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Methods, systems, devices and computer program products for executing a predetermined routine including one or more location determination modes to determine a geographic position, i.e., the location of a wireless communication device. In certain aspects, the predetermined routine may be configured to adjust the Quality of Service (QoS) for one or more of the location determination modes implemented in the routine. Based on the pre-configuration of the routine, adjustment of the QoS of one or more location determination modes may occur as a matter of course or the routine may be configured to adaptively adjust the QoS based on conditions, such as network conditions, environmental conditions and the like, existing at the point in time in which the location determination mode is executed. | 11-27-2008 |
20080299991 | METHOD FOR LOCATING A MOBILE UNIT - The present invention provides a method of locating a mobile unit. The method may include storing, at a location outside of a mobile unit, information indicative of a last known location of the mobile unit and the associated time stamp. The method may also include transmitting, from a mobile unit, information indicative of the last known location of the mobile unit. The last known location is determined using global positioning system satellite signals. | 12-04-2008 |
20080318596 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Position of a Base Station in a Cellular Communication Network - Techniques for performing positioning in a cellular network are described. In one design, a first base station (e.g., a home base station) determines its position based on position information for at least one user equipment (UE) within radio coverage of the first base station and a second base station. The first base station sends at least one position request for the at least one UE to the second base station, receives position information for the at least one UE from the second base station, and determines a position estimate for itself based on the position information. In another design, the second base station receives a position request for the first base station, obtains position information for at least one UE, determines a position estimate for the first base station based on the position information, and sends the position estimate to the first base station. | 12-25-2008 |
20090005073 | Method and System for Using Signal Quality Information - A method includes receiving destination information comprising a desired destination and receiving regional signal quality information comprising signal quality information associated with one or more regions of an area. The method also includes determining a first route to the desired destination based on the regional signal quality information. | 01-01-2009 |
20090005074 | Method and Apparatus for Activating a Base Station - The invention includes a method and apparatus for activating a base station. A method includes transitioning the base station to a first state in which at least one base station activation activity is performed and RF transmissions are disabled, and transitioning the base station from the first state to a second state in which RF transmissions are enabled. The at least one base station activation activity may include at least one of warming at least one power amplifier, setting at least one base station configuration parameter, establishing GPS synchronization, and other base station activation activities. The base station may transition from the first state to the second state in response to a trigger. | 01-01-2009 |
20090005075 | Determining the location of a wireless mobile communications device - An exemplary method determines a location of a wireless mobile unit by a node in a communication network. Amplitude adjustment coefficients are received from a rake receiving process used by the mobile unit to receive an incoming signal. A path loss factor is computed based on the amplitude adjustment coefficients. A modified path loss value is calculated based on the path loss factor. The location of the mobile unit is determined based on the modified path loss value. | 01-01-2009 |
20090005076 | Location-Based Information Services - Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium for providing location-based information services. In one implementation, a method is provided. The method includes receiving first information associated with a user of a mobile device. Second information identifying a first geographic location of the mobile device is received. Location-based content is filtered using the first information and the second information. The filtered location-based content is provided to the user at the mobile device, where the mobile device includes a multi-touch sensitive display. | 01-01-2009 |
20090005077 | Location-Based Services - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for location-based services. An event or device condition is detected at a device. A current geographic location of a device is determined. Location-based information based on the determined current geographic location is received. The location-based information includes information relevant to the event or device condition. The information is presented. | 01-01-2009 |
20090005078 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING A CELLULAR TELEPHONE USER TO THE INTERNET - A portable communication apparatus is provided which comprises an image-capturing means for capturing an image; a character recognition means for recognizing characters which appear in that captured image; a location means for identifying the current location of the portable communication apparatus; a data retrieval means for accessing one or more databases in order to retrieve data based on the recognized characters and on the current location of the portable communication apparatus. | 01-01-2009 |
20090011776 | DATA OUTPUT SYSTEM, OUTPUT CONTROL TERMINAL, PROGRAM TO BE APPLIED TO OUTPUT CONTROL TERMINAL, AND DATA OUTPUT METHOD - The invention provides a data output system which can control a printer in accordance with the position of a user without providing a mobile terminal and the printer with special devices, which can reduce the processing load on the mobile terminal, which can ensure the convenience of the user when using the printer, and which avoids inconvenience as a result of incorrect settings by the user. The invention can include a print control terminal that obtains mobile terminal position information from a relay station. When the distance between the mobile terminal position specified by the obtained mobile terminal position information and the printer position specified by printer position information from a storage device is less than a predetermined value, a print command and corresponding print data are transmitted to a printer PR in response to a request from a mobile terminal. | 01-08-2009 |
20090023460 | System and method for setting up P2P communication group in cellular system, and P2P communication system and method using P2P communication group - Disclosed herein are a system and method for setting up a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communication group in a cellular system, and a P2P communication system and method using the P2P communication group. The system for setting up a P2P communication group for a terminal in a cellular system including a base station and the terminals includes a location detection unit, a location information transmission unit, a control information reception unit, and a final group setup unit. The location detection unit detects the location of a terminal. The location information transmission unit sends information about the location, detected by the location detection unit, to the base station. The control information reception unit receives information about a preliminary P2P communication group set up by the base station based on the location information. The final group setup unit sets up a final P2P communication group based on the preliminary P2P communication group. | 01-22-2009 |
20090036143 | METHODS OF MAINTAINING CONNECTION WITH, AND DETERMINING THE DIRECTION OF, A MOBILE DEVICE - A method of determining the direction of a mobile communication device, the method comprising receiving an encoded locator signal from the device over a wireless link; decoding the locator signal to generate a decoded output; and measuring the direction of arrival of the locator signal by analyzing the decoded output. | 02-05-2009 |
20090054082 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED SERVICES IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a method for providing Location Based Services (LBS) in a mobile communication system, upon receipt of a location trigger at an LS for requesting location information of an MS from a location client, the LS transmits an authentication request message for requesting an ID of an Anchor Authenticator (AA) for the MS to an Authorization, Authentication and Accounting server (AAA), which transmits an authentication response message to the LS. The LS transmits an LCID request message for requesting an LCID of an LC for the MS to the AA, which AA transmits an initiate MS paging request message to an APC. The APC detects a serving LC of the MS and transmits an LCID to the AA, which transmits an LCID response message to the LS, which transmits an MS location report request message to the serving LC. The LC transmits an MS location report response message to the LS. | 02-26-2009 |
20090054083 | POSITIONING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, POSITIONING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR TERMINAL DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR TERMINAL DEVICE - A positioning system capable of reducing the volume of data communication in a server positioning system is provided. A terminal device has the information for a positioning transmitting section and can transmit information for positioning containing the actually measured current positioning basic information and/or the estimated basic information to the positioning device. The amount of the estimated basic information is smaller than the amount of the current positioning basic information, thus, the amount of information that the terminal device transmits to the positioning device becomes smaller in the case where the terminal device transmits the estimated basic information with respect to the position information satellite having the difference within the allowable range compared to the case where it transmits only the actually measured current positioning basic information with respect to all of the position information satellites. | 02-26-2009 |
20090061895 | MOBILE TERMINALS AND OPERATING METHODS THAT SHARE LOCATION INFORMATION WITH LOCATION-AWARE DEVICES - A mobile terminal wirelessly transmits a request to provide geographic position information over an ad-hoc, short-range wireless link, in response to a user request at the mobile terminal to perform an application at the mobile terminal that uses the geographic position information. The application is then performed at the mobile terminal in response to receiving the geographic position information over the ad-hoc, short-range wireless link. The application may include a “Remember Vehicle Location” and/or “Find Return Bus Stop Location” application. Related methods and mobile terminals are also described. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061896 | Location assistance in a paired device - Embodiments provide an apparatus, a system, a device, and a method. A method includes a method implemented in a second mobile wireless communication device. The method includes transmitting a request for data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device. The method also includes receiving an affirmative reply to the request for data indicative of a location of a first wireless communication device. The affirmative reply originating from the first wireless communication device and generated in response to an input received from a human user of the first wireless communication device. The method further includes receiving the data indicative of a location of the first wireless communication device. The method may include displaying information usable in directing at least one of a person, vehicle, craft, or airplane associated with the second mobile wireless communication device to the location of the first wireless communication device. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061897 | TRACKING, SECURITY AND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR CARGOS - The invention describes a tracking, security and status monitoring system (TSS) and modular tracking and security device (MTSD). The tracking and security system includes at least one MTSD adapted for containment within a shipment within a vehicle and for operative communication with a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) (such as the global positioning system (GPS)), cellular networks and a monitoring system. In various embodiments, the MTSD is modular allowing for different sensor systems to be configured to the system, is operative to optimize power consumption and network data usage in the absence of a security event or inquiry from the monitoring system and/or allows the MTSD to recognize when it is within an airborne aircraft to comply with aviation regulations with respect to the operation of RF devices within aircraft. In addition, the system, by using both GNSS and cellular technology (ie. assisted GPS) is effective in being able to determine the real time position of a shipment from a greater number of positions and from deeper within shipment containers or vehicles. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061898 | Methods and Apparatus for Providing Location Data with Variable Validity and Quality - Methods, systems and computer program products for determining a location of a device based on location information are described. In some implementations, location assist information may be requested so as to determine a location of sufficient quality to satisfy a requesting application. Upon receiving the location assist information, empherides from one or more visible sources may be requested. The location assist information may be used to determine the location of the device until the device has received and decoded the empherides. | 03-05-2009 |
20090061899 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATION ESTIMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for location estimation in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes identifying if a received at least one signal passed through at least one repeater, when the received at least one signal is identified as having passed though at least one repeater, measuring a Base Station (BS) basis delay time and calculating a repeater basis delay time using the measured BS basis delay time, and estimating a location of the MS using the repeater basis delay time. | 03-05-2009 |
20090069031 | DELAYED RADIO RESOURCE SIGNALING IN A MOBILE RADIO NETWORK - An implementation of a system, device and method for communicating location data of a mobile station, enhancing location data, optimally communicating Assistance Data, and/or reducing rebids of Measure Position Request messages in a wireless network. | 03-12-2009 |
20090069032 | DYNAMIC MEASURE POSITION REQUEST PROCESSING IN A MOBILE RADIO NETWORK - An implementation of a system, device and method for communicating location data of a mobile station, enhancing location data, optimally communicating Assistance Data, and/or reducing rebids of Measure Position Request messages in a wireless network. | 03-12-2009 |
20090075674 | CRC-Based Message Detection/Demodulation Apparatus and Method for Radio Frequency Signals - A method for determining a location of a wireless transmitting device transmitting a digitally modulated transmitted radio frequency signal. The method comprises, at spaced-apart receivers: generating a received radio frequency signal and including time tags therein responsive to the transmitted radio frequency signal, detecting a destination message signal responsive to the received radio frequency signal, comparing the destination message signal and the received radio frequency signal and determining a time of arrival of the destination message signal responsive to the step of comparing and responsive to the time tags. The method further comprises determining a pairwise time difference of arrival of the received radio frequency signal for two pairs of receivers and determining the location of the device responsive to the pairwise time difference of arrival. | 03-19-2009 |
20090075675 | METHOD OF LOCATION BASED SERVICE AND LOCATION BASED SERVICE SYSTEM - A location based service method and location based service system is provided. The location based service method includes: making requests for position determination of a client terminal according to a first position determination method and a second position determination method, in response to a location based service request; receiving a position determination result according to the first position determination method, and generating first location data including additional information which corresponds to the position determination result according to the first position determination method; providing the client terminal with the first location data; receiving a position determination result according to the second position determination method, and generating second location data, the second location data being refined first location data; and providing the client terminal with the second location data. | 03-19-2009 |
20090093258 | Instant communication module capable of positioning a contact and method thereof - An instant communication module capable of positioning a contact and method thereof are disclosed. The instant communication module can send out a position request to a remote module by using an instant communication program. If the remote module accepts the position request, it will respond a location data back to the instant communication module so as the instant communication module can display the location data on an electronic map. Therefore, the user can exchange message with his/her friends' and know their location via instant communication module. | 04-09-2009 |
20090098888 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION THEREIN - A communication device, computer program product and method of providing location information therein are disclosed. The communication device includes a wireless communication unit and a controller connected to the wireless communication unit and configured to share device location information with another communication device, the controller further configured to hierarchically set a device location resolution level to be shared with the another communication device. | 04-16-2009 |
20090149198 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING POSITION - Provided are a position tracking system and a position tracking method. The position tracking system includes at least one target node, a plurality of reference nodes having position information, and a position determination device. An arbitrary reference node among the reference nodes and the target node utilize a distance measurement message to measure a first time of arrival (TOA) and then transmit the first TOA to the position determination device. At least two other reference nodes adjacent to the arbitrary reference node and the target node listen to the distance measurement message to measure a second TOA and then transmit the second TOA to the position determination device, in order to track a position of the target node. | 06-11-2009 |
20090170528 | Subscriber Selective, Area-based Service Control - A method for use in controlling a mobile device's access to one or more wireless communications networks (WCNs) with an overlaid wireless location system (WLS) includes monitoring a set of one or more predefined signaling links of at least one WCN, and detecting an event associated with the mobile device. Next, using a low-accuracy location function of the WLS, the system determines that the mobile device is within a defined area of interest and is potentially within a defined quiet zone. Next, using a high-accuracy location function of the WLS, the system determines a precise geographic location of the mobile device and based thereon confirms that the mobile device is within the quiet zone or at least within an area of ambiguity around the quiet zone. Finally, the mobile device's access to the wireless communications network is limited, e.g., according to a pre-defined rule established by the carrier. This approach allows finer definition of the fenced area while also minimizing the load on the high-accuracy location function. The proximity threshold is preferably based on the accuracy of the underlying location technology. | 07-02-2009 |
20090176507 | Systems and methods for location positioning within radio access systems - A method for calculating the geographical position of a user equipment (UE) unit includes collecting position parameters conveying the relative position of the UE unit from two or more base stations using technologies mandated for the modern wireless networks. Particularly, know (predetermined) signals embedded in the downlink and uplink subframes, such as preambles, pilots, ranging codes are used for determining the coordinates of the UE unit. In addition, the methods and systems proposed here take advantage of the multiple antennas systems mandated at both the UE and BTS. | 07-09-2009 |
20090176508 | METHOD FOR REQUESTING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES - A method for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the use of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location is described. Individual and package transportation may be provided. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and the requester and transportation provider locations may be viewed in real time on the mobile devices. | 07-09-2009 |
20090191896 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONIZING LOCATION TRIGGER INFORMATION - A method for synchronizing location trigger information, a location device, and a Secure User-Plane Location (SUPL)-Enabled Terminal (SET) includes: receiving a request for synchronizing location trigger information from a location User Equipment (UE), where the request carries the user identifier information of the user; from the correspondingly stored user identifier information and location trigger information, obtaining the location trigger information corresponding to the user identifier information of the location user; and generating a response message that carries the obtained location trigger information and sending the response message to the location UE. | 07-30-2009 |
20090197617 | Client in mobile device for sending and receiving navigational coordinates and notifications - A first mobile device requests a second mobile device to navigate to a destination communicated to the second mobile device by the first mobile device, wherein at least the second mobile device, if not both the first and the second mobile devices, is GPS enabled and is capable of navigation. In one scenario, a first user of the first mobile device requests the second device (or the user of the second device) to send a notification when the second user has reached a certain destination or is in the vicinity of a certain location where the first user and the first mobile device are currently located. | 08-06-2009 |
20090247188 | IP phone routing and call initiation based on location information - Routing an incoming call for an IP phone system is disclosed. A location data for a mobile device is received. A way point based at least in part on the location data is determined. A state for a user of the IP phone system is determined based at least in part on the way point. An incoming call is routed to the IP phone system based at least in part on the state. | 10-01-2009 |
20090247189 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF MOBILE DEVICES IN OR PROXIMATE TO AN ALERT AREA - Systems and methods for determining whether a mobile device is within a specified area and for providing information related to the mobile device are disclosed. A request may be received which inquires as to whether any mobile devices are within an alert area. The request may include a description of the alert area and other preferences or indications. The relevant devices may be determined, as well as related information such as user information. The relevant information may be provided to the requester by any effective means and in any effective format. | 10-01-2009 |
20090253440 | Generic Positioning Protocol - In an aspect, a generic positioning protocol (GPP) may be used to support satellite-based positioning methods and terrestrial-based positioning methods for different access types. A tenninal may exchange a first GPP message with first information for a positioning method and an access type supported by GPP. The terminal may exchange a second GPP message with second infonmation for the positioning method and the access type. Each GPP message may include at least one position element, and each position element may be for a specific positioning method. The tenninal may obtain a position estimate for itself based on the second information. In another aspect, positioning may be performed based on measurements for cells of different wireless access types. In yet another aspect, received transmission times may be transformed to converted times based on common timing, which may be applicable for multiple wireless access types. | 10-08-2009 |
20090275346 | System and Method for Predictive Caching of Data for a Mobile Computing Device - Provided is a method for providing data buffering at a wireless communication nodes. Communication nodes maintain data buffering capabilities so that a data cache related to a particular mobile computing device is forwarded among communication nodes in anticipation the movement of the mobile computing device. A decision to forward a specific data cache associated with a particular mobile computing device to a particular end relay communication node is based upon the type, history or other knowledge of the data, knowledge of communication node configuration and/or knowledge of the particular mobile computing device. Intelligent predictions of advantageous buffer forwarding are employed to transmit data caches over high-speed connections between communication nodes to mitigate data buffering issues relating to the transmission of large amounts of data over slower end links between communication nodes and end user devices. | 11-05-2009 |
20090280831 | LOCATION INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING NOTIFICATION BASED UPON LOCATION - According to an embodiment, a location based notification method in a H-SLP (Home-SUPL Location Platform) receiving, by the H-SLP, a request for positioning of a roaming terminal; transmitting a session initialization message including a notification mode parameter to the roaming terminal when one or more of the location-based notification and verification are required as a result of checking a privacy of the roaming terminal; requesting, an initial location of the roaming terminal to a V-SLP (Visited-SUPL Location Platform) thereby to receive the initial location; and performing a positioning process to calculate the location of the roaming terminal if the required quality for the received initial location of the roaming terminal is not satisfied. | 11-12-2009 |
20090280832 | Cell phone relative position indication on displayed map using GPS coordinates - A wireless terminal tracks a tracked wireless terminal and displays tracking information to a user. The tracking wireless terminal sends a tracking request for the tracked wireless terminal via a supporting wireless network infrastructure. When the tracking request is valid, the tracking wireless terminal receives a tracking response for the tracked wireless terminal. Based upon the tracking response, the tracking wireless terminal accesses a map segment corresponding to received location coordinates. The tracking wireless terminal determines a relative position of the location coordinates of the tracked wireless terminal with respect to the map segment. With this determination made, operation concludes with the tracking wireless terminal displaying the map segment and an icon on the map segment that represents the tracked wireless terminal. The icon representing the tracked wireless terminal is displayed at the relative position of the location coordinates of the tracked wireless terminal. | 11-12-2009 |
20090286552 | Positioning method and system in two or more cellular networks - A positioning method in two or more cellular networks calculates a gradient (grad (J)) of an optimization function for estimating position of UE: | 11-19-2009 |
20090312037 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING LOCATION OF TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for estimating a location of a terminal are provided. The method includes: receiving at least one base station signal from each of at least one base station; computing received signal information with respect to the received signal; and estimating the location of the terminal based on signal transmission direction information associated with the base station and the computed received signal information. The present invention can accurately estimate the location of the terminal based on directional information of base station signals. | 12-17-2009 |
20090318167 | LOCATION SPECIFIC SEARCH FOR REGIONAL SATELLITE VEHICLES - A position location system, method, and apparatus are disclosed. A wireless device receives a first signal and obtains an identifier indicative of a first location from the first signal. The first signal can be received from a cellular base station and the first identifier can be a mobile country code. The wireless device uses the identifier to determine the availability of signals from a regional satellite system at the first location. If signals from the regional satellite system are available at the first location, the wireless device retrieves information associated with one or more satellite vehicles in the regional satellite system. The information can include pseudo-random number codes and a Doppler search range corresponding to the first location. The wireless device receives a second signal and processes the second signal to obtain first satellite signal information. The wireless device determines its position at least partially based on the first satellite signal information. | 12-24-2009 |
20090325601 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING AND/OR USING DISCOVERY INFORMATION - Methods and apparatus related to peer/network/service discovery in a mobile wireless system, e.g., an ad hoc peer-to-peer network are described. Transmission of discovery information, e.g., upper layer discovery information, is divided into a number of portions to be transmitted separately over time. Transmission of the individual portions is structured so as to enable flexibility in the frequency of the peer discovery transmissions as well as the monitoring of such transmissions. Various embodiments facilitate rapid discovery and/or secure discovery, e.g., selective discovery by trusted peers. | 12-31-2009 |
20090325602 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTATION OF MEDIA RELATED TO A CONTEXT - A system and method for presentation of media related to a context. A request is received over a network from a requesting device for media related to a context, wherein the request comprises at least one criteria. A query is formulated based on the context criteria so as to search, via the network, for user profile data, social network data, spatial data, temporal data and topical data that is available via the network and relates to the context and to media files so as to identify at least one media file that is relevant to the context criteria. A playlist is assembled via the network containing a reference to the media files. The media files on the playlist are transmitted over the network to the requesting device. | 12-31-2009 |
20090325603 | LOCATION SHARING - Geographic location data is sent from a first device to a second device with a modified message to signal the presence of geographic location data associated with the message. The message can include (or attach) the geographic location data or file, or the message can include a link to a network-based resource which the second device can use to obtain the geographic location data. In some implementations, when a user of the first device views a location on a map display of the first device, a graphical user interface is presented to allow the user to select an option to share the geographic location with the second device. The second device receives geographic location data or a link from the first device which can trigger a map display on the second device showing the location of the first device and, optionally, the location of the second device. | 12-31-2009 |
20090325604 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING A LOCATION OF A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for searching a location of a mobile electronic device sets a user-predetermined short message, and sets one or more user-predetermined telephone numbers. The system and method further starts an audible device and a light-emitting device of the mobile electronic device to output audible sound and light, so that a user can search for the mobile electronic device according to the audible sound and the light, in response to a determination that the incoming short message is identical with the user-predetermined short message, or in response to a determination that the number of times of one or more missed calls matches a predetermined number and that the telephone number of one or more missed calls matches the one or more user-predetermined telephone numbers. | 12-31-2009 |
20090325605 | METHOD FOR LOCATION DETERMINATING - A method for measuring a position includes: allocating a first ranging code and a first ranging region for a mobile station; receiving a second ranging code and allocation information on a second ranging region of the mobile station from a neighboring base station; transmitting the first ranging code and the second ranging code to the mobile station; receiving the first ranging code from the mobile station in the first ranging region; calculating a received timing adjustment value of the first ranging code; receiving a received timing adjustment value of the second ranging code from the neighboring base station; and measuring the position of the mobile station according to the received timing adjustment value of the first ranging code and the received timing adjustment value of the second ranging code. Therefore, the cost and efficiency can be improved by measuring the position of the mobile station by changing the ranging method used in the conventional system. | 12-31-2009 |
20100015999 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING LOCATION INFORMATION - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a portable communication device having a controller to request location information from one or more non-portable wireless access points, receive one or more location coordinates from the one or more non-portable wireless access points, determine which of the one or more non-portable wireless access points is closest to the portable communication device according to one or more wireless signals generated by the one or more non-portable wireless access points, and record the location coordinate supplied by the closest non-portable wireless access point. Each of the one or more non-portable wireless access points can determine its location coordinate with a location receiver. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 01-21-2010 |
20100035635 | PERIODIC POSITIONING METHOD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A positioning method in a SUPL based position information system, and more particularly, a method for performing periodic positioning capable of processing a periodic positioning request by a location server or a periodic positioning request by a mobile communications terminal when the location server and the terminal respectively manage a trigger generating the periodic positioning, are discussed. | 02-11-2010 |
20100041418 | CONTROL PLANE LOCATION SOLUTION TO SUPPORT WIRELESS ACCESS - Techniques for supporting a control plane solution for location services and positioning are described. In an aspect, an Evolved Serving Mobile Location Center (E-SMLC) may communicate with a Mobility Management Entity (MME) to support location services and positioning for a UE. In one design, the E-SMLC may receive a location request from the MME, perform a positioning procedure with the UE in response to the location request, and send a location response to the MME after completing the positioning procedure. For a UE-assisted or UE-based positioning procedure, the E-SMLC may send a downlink positioning message to the UE via the MME and may receive an uplink positioning message from the UE via the MME. For a network-based positioning procedure, the E-SMLC may send a network positioning request message to an eNB via the MME and may receive a network positioning response message from the eNB via the MME. | 02-18-2010 |
20100056180 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINATION OF THE POSITION OF A TERMINAL IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for improved determination of the position of a user device in a mobile-radio network is provided. In combination with adjacent, second user devices, the method is intended to achieve a relatively-accurate positioning even if only a relatively-inaccurate positioning method is available for the user device itself, especially if the latter is disposed inside a building. An absolute position of a second user device is determined with a first position-determining method. A relative position of the first user device relative to the second user device is then determined with a second position-determining method. Finally, the absolute position of the first user device is determined on the basis of the absolute position of the second user device and the relative position of the first user device relative to the second user device, wherein the first and the second position-determining methods are different methods. | 03-04-2010 |
20100062792 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCATION MEASUREMENT OF NETWORK BASED TO MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL BY USING G-PCELL DATABASE - Disclosed are a method and a system for providing a mobile communication terminal with network-based location measurement by using a G-pCell database. The method and system are advantageous in that, when a mobile communication system employs a network-based location measurement scheme, the influence of repeaters is reduced to improve the positioning stability and measurement accuracy and provide more stable location-based services. | 03-11-2010 |
20100093371 | Location based geo-reminders - Location based geo-reminding system retrieves, from a location based geo-reminder physical server, a current location of wireless client devices within a given area. The method accesses, from the location based geo-reminder physical server, a physical location based geo-reminder database comprising an identity of a trigger identifier and a limits of trigger identifier. Transmission of a location based geo-reminder message is initiated if the current location of a particular wireless client device is within a limits of restriction distance from a location of the identity of the trigger. | 04-15-2010 |
20100093372 | TERMINAL-BASED SERVER FOR LOCATION TRACKING - A mobile terminal device that facilitates location services (LCS) in a cellular network. The system, as embodied in a mobile terminal device, comprises a mobile communications component that communicates wireless signals, and a location services component embodied in the mobile communication component to provide positioning information. A location request is received by the mobile terminal device and processed using the LCS server to activate trigger events. A location-tracking report is autonomously generated for each event and transmitted to the requesting client via MLP or the wireless network signaling protocol. | 04-15-2010 |
20100144368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING LOCATION DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A system and method for sharing location data amongst wireless communication devices uses a token system to grant permission to share location data. The tokens may be created automatically as the result of user activation of a different function. Location data may be exchanged when two wireless communication devices, authorized to exchange location data, are within a predetermined distance from each other. Location data may also be automatically exchanged upon the occurrence of a scheduled calendar event within a wireless communication device. Location data may be exchanged a single time or can be exchanged on a continuous or periodic basis so long as the token still exists. The token may be destroyed manually by some user activity or may be terminated automatically. | 06-10-2010 |
20100144369 | CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR SENDING LOCATION INFORMATION OF THE CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT - A customer premises equipment (CPE) for sending location information of the customer premises equipment over the Internet includes a request module, a positioning module, and an address sending module. The request module is configured for determining if a physical location of the CPE needs to be sent based at least partly on a setting or a command from a user, and sending a request message to request the physical location of the CPE. The positioning module is configured for searching positioning coordinates of the CPE according to the request message, and transforming the positioning coordinates to the physical location of the CPE. The address sending module is configured for sending the physical location of the CPE over the Internet. | 06-10-2010 |
20100144370 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF LOCATING MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and a system for locating a mobile terminal using an assisted global positioning system are disclosed. The base station promptly and precisely locates a mobile terminal so that emergency action may be taken immediately. In an exemplary embodiment, the base station transmits the determined location of the caller terminal to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) of an enhanced 911 (E911) Location Information System. | 06-10-2010 |
20100151884 | Method for Monitoring a Smart Phone and Related Apparatus and System - A method for monitoring a smart phone includes triggering a network connection function, connecting to a server device via the network connection function to receive an indication signal indicating a lost status of the smart phone, and returning information of the smart phone to the server device via the network connection function when the indication signal indicates that the smart phone is lost. | 06-17-2010 |
20100159952 | System and Method for Providing Position Correction Data - System and method for providing position correction data over a data communications network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for a mobile device over a data communications network, wherein the request includes a user identification. The method may further include receiving geographic position of the mobile device, selecting a mountpoint based, at least in part, on one or more of the user identification and the geographic location of the mobile device, and transmitting the position correction data to the mobile device over the data communications network. | 06-24-2010 |
20100159953 | Method and System to Locate an Object - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for handling identification information emitted by a radio frequency device, and a radio frequency device for emitting identification information. The method receives and stores identification information transmitted by the radio frequency device, retrieves the identification information from the first mobile communication device, and inserts the identification information into the communication. The system includes a first mobile communication device, a second communication device, and an inserting means. The computer program product includes computer program instructions for carrying out the steps of the method. The radio frequency device includes an antenna adapted to operate in UHF frequency bands, an energy storage means adapted to be charged with energy captured through the antenna, an information storage means adapted to store information, and a transmission means adapted to transmit the information using the energy from the energy storage means. | 06-24-2010 |
20100167758 | RADIO POSITIONING SYSTEM AND COORDINATE CONFIGURING METHOD - A radio positioning system includes a plurality of base stations and a radio terminal. Each of the base stations includes a reference signal generating portion which generates a reference signal for positioning, a transmission portion which transmits the reference signal, a reception portion which receives a signal from its outside, a positioning portion which calculates a position relative to the radio terminal or base station as a signal sender based on the received signal, and a reference signal return portion which receives a reference signal transmitted from another base station and returns the reference signal to the another base station. The radio terminal includes a terminal reception portion which receives the reference signal, and a terminal transmission portion which returns the received reference signal. A reference signal transmitted by a first base station of the base stations is received and returned by the reference signal return portion in a second base station, the returned reference signal is received by the reception portion in the first base station, and the positioning portion in the first base station measures a position relative to the second base station based on the received reference signal. | 07-01-2010 |
20100167759 | AREA-BASED POSITIONING METHOD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A positioning method in a SUPL based position information (positioning) system, and particularly a positioning method capable of variously efficiently performing an area-based positioning (location tracking) performed by a location server or a mobile communications terminal when the location server and the mobile communications terminal respectively manage triggers generating the area-based positioning. | 07-01-2010 |
20100173649 | LOCATION SYSTEM - A location system comprises a communication terminal for transmitting a location request specifying a target mobile terminal and a type of location information, and a location network. In response to the location request, the location network produces current location information of the target mobile terminal if the type of location information of the received request specifies current location information and transmits the current location information to the communication terminal and stores the last known location information in a memory as last known location information of the target mobile terminal. If the type of location information specifies last known location information, stored last known location information of the target mobile terminal is copied from the memory and transmitted to the communication terminal if the location request is verified by a privacy check and if the stored information is reusable. | 07-08-2010 |
20100178936 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE PHONE LOCATION WITH DIGITAL DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for mobile phone location within a digital distributed antenna system (DAS) are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises: receiving a request for location services from a subscriber unit located within a digital DAS, the digital DAS including a first partition of bandwidth for transporting digitized RF signals of one or more modulated signals and a second partition of bandwidth for an Ethernet pipe transporting IP formatted data; routing the request for location services to a subscriber locator center; instructing locator receivers within a geographical area of the digital DAS to listen for a signal from the subscriber unit; listening for the signal at a first locator receiver; when the signal is observed, recording a time the signal was received and generating subscriber unit ranging data; and transmitting subscriber unit ranging data back to the subscriber locator center in an IP formatted message via the Ethernet pipe. | 07-15-2010 |
20100178937 | Method, System And Device For Grouping Mobile Instant Messaging Contact - The present invention relates to communication technologies, and provides a method, system and device for grouping a mobile Instant Messaging (IM) contact. The system includes a positioning module, configured to query information of a region at which a mobile terminal of a mobile IM contact locates; and an automatic grouping module, configured to obtain the information of the region at which the mobile terminal of the mobile IM contact locates from the positioning module, and group the mobile IM contact according to the information of the region. Embodiments of the present invention may improve the accuracy of the grouping result, and may greatly improve the efficiency of the grouping. | 07-15-2010 |
20100197323 | Proactive menu-driven links or triggers for location-based services and mobile advertising - Example embodiments provides low-cost, effective methods of mobile advertising to mobile users. The methods provide both transmitting and receiving broadcast text-formatted, category-based data relating to services from local businesses and on-demand services, to capable mobile devices in a zone formed by network nodes, without user interaction. The data may be viewed as lists with menu-driven ‘contact-list’ type software, familiar to most mobile device users and configurable by nearly all types of mobile devices. The methods also notify a user of a mobile device when new events occur or service information is updated. Example embodiments use the broadcast-multicast capability of Radio Access Networks (RAN) to transmit to mobile devices served by sectors or cells in a localized zone (e.g., one or more cells that cover a shopping mall and nearby areas). | 08-05-2010 |
20100203900 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - PDAs can be used to provide their users with a variety of functions. One function provided by PDAs is enabling their users to contact particular users of other devices who are stored as contacts, for example by a telephone call or text message. The present invention provides a PDA in which contacts that the user of the PDA may be more likely to want to contact at any given time can be determined and displayed. Whether or not a user may be likely to want to contact a user at any given time may be based on the status of the user of the PDA, and optionally also the status of the other user's PDA. For example, if the user of the PDA is listening to a particular genre of music, then they may want to contact other contacts who a also listening to that particular genre of music. Similarly, if the user is at their place of work, then they may want to contact a specific list of contacts related to work. In this way, the user of the PDA can be provided with a list of relevant contacts. | 08-12-2010 |
20100222077 | METHOD FRO COMPUTING THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF A MOBILE TERMINAL - The invention relates to a method for computing the geographical location of a mobile terminal (MT) in a cellular telecommunications network. The method includes the steps of collecting identifiers of possible serving cells for the mobile terminal, selecting from a first database (A) geographical coordinates (LONG, LAT) whose expected serving cell ID matches any one of the identifiers of possible serving cells, comparing, for each selected geographical coordinate (LONG, LAT), pairs of cell identifiers and corresponding expected received signal values associated with the geographical coordinate (LONG, LAT) in the first database (A) with pairs of cell identifiers and corresponding actual received signal values of the possible serving cells to determine the geographical locations (LONG, LAT) having a number of matches (NMATCH) greater than a predetermined match threshold (THRESHOLD-NMATCH) and finally processing the geographical locations so determined (LONG, LAT) to obtain the geographical location of the mobile terminal (MT). | 09-02-2010 |
20100227627 | RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION BASE STATION DEVICE, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication terminal, a radio communication base station device, and radio communication method enabling lightening the paging load in a mobile communication system including macro cells and femto cells. A reception level measuring section ( | 09-09-2010 |
20100240398 | SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING AND DISSEMINATING LOCATION INFORMATION - A computer-implemented method of aggregating and disseminating location information is provided. The method includes establishing a user account for a user and associating a user identifier with the user account. A request for the user identifier is received from a remote application server. An identifier request authorization is received from the user or the remote application server. The user identifier is provided to the remote application server in response to receiving the identifier request authorization. Mobile device location information of a user mobile device associated with the user identifier is received from the user mobile device or a remote telecommunication carrier server. A request for the mobile device location information is received from the remote application server. A location request authorization is received from the user, and the user mobile device location is provided to the remote application server in response to receiving the location request authorization. Systems for aggregating and disseminating location information are also provided. | 09-23-2010 |
20100248744 | LOCATING MOBILE CONTACTS USING A GEO-CONTACT LIST - A system for locating a mobile device user, including a memory, housed within a mobile device, for storing a contact list including records for a plurality of contacts, each record including (i) a name of a contact, (ii) a phone number for the contact's mobile device, if the contact uses a mobile device, and (iii) a list of at least one location entry, each location entry comprising (iii.a) a name of a location associated with the contact, (iii.b) a phone number at the location, (iii.c) an address for the location, and (iii.d) geographic coordinates of the location, and a locator for receiving as input the name of a designated contact in the contact list, for obtaining current geographic coordinates of the designated contact's mobile device, for obtaining current geographic coordinates of at least one mobile device for at least one contact in the contact list, other than the designated contact, and for generating as output at least one proximal entity, each proximal entity including either (I) the name of a contact, other than the designated contact, whose mobile device is located currently close to the designated contact's mobile device, or (II) the name of a contact, other than the designated contact, and the name of a location associated with the contact, the location being currently close to the designated contact's mobile device. A method is also described and claimed. | 09-30-2010 |
20100279709 | ULTIMODE SUPPORT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate multimode communication in wireless networks. Receiving and/or transmitting components can comprise a plurality of receive paths over which antennas can forward concurrently received signals to facilitate simultaneous or shared receiving of signals related to disparate communication technologies. The receive paths can be implemented by one or more multiplexers (e.g., diplexers, triplexers, etc.) to facilitate separating signals simultaneously received over disparate bands. In addition, antenna switching is described to facilitate shared receiving. Multimode transmitting is similarly provided. In particular, voice, data and global positioning system (GPS) signals can be concurrently received and processed by a wireless device. | 11-04-2010 |
20100304759 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENGAGING IN A SERVICE OR ACTIVITY USING AN AD-HOC MESH NETWORK - An approach is provided for discovering a location-based service over an ad-hoc mesh network. A location-based service is discovered sending an anonymous flooding message including a query over the ad-hoc mesh network. A wireless node replies to the flooding message over the ad-hoc mesh network with a pointer to the discovered location-based service. | 12-02-2010 |
20100304760 | CONTROLLING GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION INFORMATION OF DEVICES OPERATING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus are presented herein for controlling the degree of precision with which geographic information is reported to a requesting entity. A precise geographic location is used to determine an adjusted geographic location, which is then transmitted to the requesting entity rather than the precise geographic location. | 12-02-2010 |
20100317369 | ELECTRONIC ENTITY AND MICROCIRCUIT CARD FOR ELECTRONIC ENTITY - An electronic entity and a microcircuit card ( | 12-16-2010 |
20100331012 | TDOA-Based Reconstruction of Base Station Location Data - Methods and apparatus for determining a position estimate for a base station transceiver node in a wireless communication system are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises obtaining a first set of time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) measurement data from a first plurality of mobile stations, the first set of TDOA measurement data corresponding to transmissions received at the first plurality of mobile stations from the first base station transceiver node and a second base station transceiver node, obtaining first mobile station location data identifying a mobile station position corresponding to each TDOA measurement represented in the first set of TDOA measurement data, and computing an estimated position for the base station transceiver node as a function of the first mobile station location data and the first set of TDOA measurement data. | 12-30-2010 |
20100331013 | TDOA-Based Reconstruction of Base Station Location Data - Methods and apparatus for determining a position estimate for a base station transceiver node in a wireless communication system are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises obtaining a first set of time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) measurement data from a first plurality of mobile stations, the first set of TDOA measurement data corresponding to transmissions received at the first plurality of mobile stations from the first base station transceiver node and a second base station transceiver node, obtaining first mobile station location data identifying a mobile station position corresponding to each TDOA measurement represented in the first set of TDOA measurement data, and computing an estimated position for the base station transceiver node as a function of the first mobile station location data and the first set of TDOA measurement data. | 12-30-2010 |
20110021210 | Estimating a subscriber location - A method and apparatus of estimating a location of a subscriber are disclosed. One method includes receiving a request for the location of the subscriber. The subscriber's serving base station, and a plurality of neighboring base stations sensed by the subscriber, are identified. At least two of the neighboring base stations are selected to aid in estimating the location of the subscriber. Stored locations of the serving base station and the selected neighboring base stations are accessed. The subscriber obtains a time delay from the serving base station for maintaining synchronization of the subscriber with the serving base station. The subscriber estimates a distance between the subscriber and the serving base station based on the time delay. The subscriber receives frames including preambles from each of the selected neighboring base stations, and estimates a delta time for each of the selected neighboring base stations for the subscriber to synchronize to each of the selected neighboring base stations. The subscriber estimates distances between the subscriber and each of the selected neighboring base stations based on the time delay and the delta time of each of the selected neighboring base stations. The subscriber location is estimated by trilateration of the distance between the subscriber and the serving base station, and the distances between the subscriber and each of the selected neighboring base stations. | 01-27-2011 |
20110028165 | LOCATION SERVER, LOCATION CONTROLLER, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING LOCATION-BASED SERVICE - A location server, a location controller, a method and a system for implementing a location-based service are provided. The method includes: receiving a location data request sent by a client; sending a location request message including QoS requirement information to a location controller; sending location information to the client according to a location response returned by the location controller, where the location response includes location measurement information. The location server does not need to directly transmit QoS requirement values sent by the client, but satisfies the service having no specific requirements for QoS of a location result by determining the sent QoS requirement information flexibly. The network can determine the QoS of the location result according to its own location capability. In this way, the network location capability is fully utilized, and at the same time flexibility of a location service QoS requirement is improved. | 02-03-2011 |
20110034181 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CALLED DEVICE LOCATION BASED ON CELL SECTOR INFORMATION - Implementations relate to systems and methods for generating called device location based on cell sector information for the called mobile device. Implementations relate to platforms and techniques relate in which a calling device can call a called device, such as a cellular telephone or network-enabled media player. The network can locate the called device using a paging process transmitted via the mobile switch(es) and associated base station(s) of the called device service provider. The called device can respond to the paging process by transmitting a message. The cell sector location of the base station to which the called device responds can be captured as the current location of the called device. The network can report the location of the called device to the calling device using different message formats, including SMS or USSD messages. | 02-10-2011 |
20110053609 | Location Determination For Calls Within A Femtocell - When a call is placed within a femtocell area of coverage, the location of the femtocell is used as the location of the mobile device. The location of the femtocell is stored in the network, and if the call is placed through the femtocell, the location of the femtocell is used to determine the location of the mobile device. | 03-03-2011 |
20110065454 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CENTRALIZED POSITIONING DETERMINATION FOR MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS - An apparatus and method are provided for processing requests by a stand-alone serving mobile location center (SAS), shared by multiple radio access networks in a wireless network, for determining locations of mobile devices within the wireless network. A positioning request message for a mobile device is received from a radio network controller (RNC) in a radio access network (RAN) of the multiple radio access networks. An originating point code (OPC) and a cell identifier are retrieved from the positioning request message. A mobile country code (MCC) and a mobile network code (MNC) corresponding to the RAN are determined based on the retrieved OPC. A serving network node communicating with the mobile device is identified using the cell identifier and the determined MCC and MNC. | 03-17-2011 |
20110070898 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF RECOVERING LOST MOBILE DEVICES - An approach is provided for remotely controlling and/or tracking mobile devices. A request is received to track a mobile device. A control signal is generated, in response to the request, to remotely activate an application on the mobile device for controlling an audio interface or an imaging interface of the mobile device to capture a signal from the audio interface or the imaging interface. | 03-24-2011 |
20110070899 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND LOCATION INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD - A location information notification method for transmitting location information regarding a communication terminal, the location information notification method includes receiving a signal indicating a request for the communication terminal to provide location information, determining whether a transfer setting for the communication terminal has been performed, and causing a condition restraining transmission of the location information from the communication terminal in response to the received signal when the determining determines the transfer setting has been performed. The transfer setting indicates that communications to the communication terminal are being transferred to another communication terminal. | 03-24-2011 |
20110077025 | Very low power locator application and apparatus for use with "I-Phone"-like cell phones - This invention provides a method for locating a lost object by utilizing a stripped down cell-phone transceiver which is controlled in an on-off periodicity by an independent timer which is always on, and also has a low power GPS module. The invention provides for a software application to reside, for example, in an I-phone® and to interrogate the stripped down cell phone transceiver which is attached to the lost object and to display the lost object's location on a scalable map. | 03-31-2011 |
20110077026 | Location Restricted Content Delivery Over a Network - A method for delivering content to a requesting device over a content delivery network, the content being deliverable in only one or more restricted geographic regions and the requesting device being communicatively connected to a cellular communications service provider via a cellular communications network, the method comprising steps of: receiving a network identifier of the requesting device uniquely identifying the requesting device in the cellular communications network; transmitting a verification message over the cellular communications network for receipt by the requesting device; receiving, from the requesting device, an access control submission; receiving, from the cellular communications service provider, location information corresponding to a geographic location of the requesting device; and in response to a determination that the access control submission derives from the transmitted verification message and the location information indicates the requesting device is in one of the one or more restricted geographic regions, delivering the content to the requesting device. An apparatus and computer program element for providing such content delivery are also provided. | 03-31-2011 |
20110092226 | Method and Apparatus to Select an Optimum Site and/or Sector to Provide Geo-Location Data - A system and method selects secondary base stations to task that provide geo-location information used to geo-locate a mobile station. A network overlay location system may be co-located at base station sites of a wireless communications network. The location measurement units of the network overlay system provide location information of the mobile station, which may be determined via one or more geo-location techniques, for example: time of arrival (TOA), time difference of arrival (TDOA), uplink time difference of arrival (UTDOA), angle of arrival (AOA), signal power, radio fingerprinting etc. Selecting secondary base stations to task using various selection criteria may provide optimum results when geo-locating a mobile station. | 04-21-2011 |
20110098059 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT TO MONITOR DISTANCES AMONG A GROUP OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A method and service-related nodes for providing a deferred distance notification for at least two user devices. A Location-based gateway receives a request for a deferred distance notification for user devices, and sends a request to a Location enabler for the location of the user devices. The gateway receives location data from the Location enabler, and monitors the fulfillment of user device distance-related event criteria. When a user device distance-related event criterion is fulfilled, the gateway triggers the deferred distance notification, and sends the notification of the user device distance event to an application node. The application node sends a location request after which the Application node receives the notification. Distance notification can thus be provided to a user requesting a location-deferred service, such that the location of entire groups of users can be revealed to the requesting party. | 04-28-2011 |
20110117933 | Mobile Terminals, Methods and Computer Program Products for Determining a Location Proximate a Vehicle - Mobile terminals, methods and computer program products for locating a position of a vehicle on a mobile terminal include identifying a triggering event received by the mobile terminal via a communication link between the mobile terminal and an external device. A geographic location is determined that approximates the position of the vehicle responsive to the triggering event. The information regarding the geographic location that approximates the position of the vehicle is subsequently provided. | 05-19-2011 |
20110124348 | System and method for location determination for mobile clients - A first position ( | 05-26-2011 |
20110130155 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINDING PEOPLE VIA A MOBILE DEVICE - A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for finding at least one person are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request from a subscriber to find at least one person having at least one characteristic predefined by the subscriber, receives a location of the subscriber and finds, via a processor, the at least one person having the at least one characteristic predefined by the subscriber near the location of the subscriber. | 06-02-2011 |
20110136507 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATIONS ON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES - The functionality of smartphone applications may be extended to a basic phone, i.e., a phone lacking a particular smartphone capability, by providing a data synthesizer in the basic phone that synthesizers required data points. The data synthesizer may communicate with nearby smartphones to collect relevant data points such as location or motion data. Data points for the basic phone may be calculated from the collected data points. When an application on the basic phone requests data, a data provider proxy may retrieve a synthesized data point from the data synthesizer. In one example, a basic phone without a GPS or similar location module may execute a mapping application by averaging location data from nearby smartphones. | 06-09-2011 |
20110136508 | Updating a Mobile Device's Location - A location reporting paging communication system comprising space satellites, ground stations and a remote receiving unit adapted to resolve a global position from signals transmitted from a communication transmitter. The subscriber in possession of the remote receiving unit updates the paging network with global positioning information. A caller paging a subscriber in possession of the remote receiving unit may request the global location of the remote receiving unit. The paging network could divulge or block such information from a caller depending on the requirements of the subscriber. | 06-09-2011 |
20110143774 | Devices, Systems and Methods for SMS-Based Location Querying - The disclosure provides devices, systems, and methods for determining a position of a mobile communication device by communicating with the device via a Short Messaging System (SMS). A location query is submitted to an SMS center, which formats a first SMS message for delivery to the device. The first SMS message is delivered to a designated SMS port on the device. A location logic on the device receives the SMS via the SMS port, extracts the location query, and attempts to calculate a location from received satellite signals. The calculated location is submitted back to the SMS server, either to be forwarded to the location server, or to a network element or device that submitted the location query to the SMS center in the first place. Assistance data may additionally be delivered to the mobile communication device via the SMS port. | 06-16-2011 |
20110151891 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND A MOBILE STATION, PROXY LOCATION SERVER AND METHOD OF OPERATION FOR USE IN THE SYSTEM - A communication system ( | 06-23-2011 |
20110159890 | DETERMINING MOBILE CONTENT FOR A SOCIAL NETWORK BASED ON LOCATION AND TIME - A device, system, and method are directed towards updating location information for a social network. A request for the location information associated with a GPS coordinate is received from a client device associated with a member of the social network. In response to the request, a location name associated with another member of the social network is provided to the client device based on the GPS coordinate. Another location name may be received from the client device. The other location name may be associated with the GPS coordinate and with the member in the social network. Thus, the GPS coordinate and/or member may be associated with a plurality of location names. A location description may also be received and associated with the location name and with the member in the social network. | 06-30-2011 |
20110165892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GEO-LOCATION ENABLEMENT FOR WIRELESS DEVICE - A method for providing geo-location enablement for a wireless device includes storing geo-location data in a storage device, the geo-location data including geo-location coordinates; referencing geo-location data for geo-location coordinates to corresponding wireless coverage area data, the wireless coverage area data for each geo-location coordinate including wireless coverage area coordinates, each wireless coordinate; representing a sub-area within a coverage area of a wireless network, each sub-area generally formed by an RF signaling range for a wireless access point; and referencing each wireless coordinate to corresponding signal strength data, the signal strength data for each wireless coordinate representing a signal strength value. Each signal strength value representing a signal strength parameter associated with the corresponding wireless coordinate. The wireless coverage area data and signal strength data being stored in the storage device. A server for providing geo-location enablement includes the storage device, an input module, and a geo-location handling module. | 07-07-2011 |
20110171971 | POSITIONING SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF TERMINAL APPARATUS - The terminal apparatus has: base station and terminal error information generating means for generating base station and terminal error information indicating a rate of the base station and terminal frequency difference with respect to the official frequency; fixed satellite and terminal difference information generating means for generating fixed satellite and terminal difference information indicating a fixed satellite and terminal frequency difference; fixed satellite and terminal error information generating means for generating fixed satellite and terminal error information indicating a rate of the fixed satellite and terminal frequency difference with respect to the fixed satellite frequency; base station frequency error information generating means for generating base station frequency error information indicating a frequency error of a transmitting radio wave from the communication base station based on the base station and terminal error. | 07-14-2011 |
20110171972 | METHOD OF DETERMINING OPTIMAL CELL CONFIGURATION BASED UPON DETERMINED DEVICE LOCATION - A configuration device for configuring a wireless device within a wireless cell can include a receiving unit configured to receive a request message from a wireless device within a wireless cell. In addition, the configuration device can include a first processing unit configured to determine location information of the wireless device, and a second processing unit configured to determine a communication capacity of the wireless device, and to estimate a communication requirement based on the request message. Furthermore, the configuration device can have a transmitting unit configured to transmit optimal information to the wireless device with respect to the request message. | 07-14-2011 |
20110171973 | System and Method for Mobile Location By Proximity Detection - A system and method for determining a location of a mobile device operating in a wireless communications network having an assisted global positioning system (A-GPS) positioning determining entity (PDE). A location request may be received for the mobile device. The location of the mobile device may be determined as a cell identification location if no location results are received from either the A-GPS PDE or a proximity detection system PDE, or the location of the mobile device may be determined as a location result from the A-GPS PDE if the A-GPS PDE provides a location result having a lower uncertainty than a location result from the proximity detection system PDE, or the location of the mobile device may be determined as a location result from the proximity detection system PDE if the proximity detection system PDE provides a location result having a lower uncertainty than a location result from the A-GPS PDE. | 07-14-2011 |
20110171974 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPORTING LOCATION INFORMATION OF TERMINAL - An apparatus for reporting location information reports location information to a base station when there is a reporting request for location information necessary for wireless location measurement from the base station and reports the location information necessary for the wireless location measurement to the base station according to a reporting period. In addition, the apparatus for reporting location information reports the location information to the base station when events are generated within the reporting period. | 07-14-2011 |
20110171975 | MOBILITY MANAGEMENT METHOD, RELEVANT DEVICES, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobility management method includes: receiving a first location update request sent by a Mobile Agent (MA); and determining, according to the first location update request and a binding relation between an MA context and a UE context, that a User Equipment (UE) moves together with the MA. A mobility management apparatus includes: a location update request receiving unit, configured to receive a first location update request sent by the MA; and a location moving determining unit, configured to determine, according to the first location update request and a binding relation between the MA context and the UE context, that the UE moves together with the MA. | 07-14-2011 |
20110177829 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MESSAGES - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided to enable real-time communication with people, groups and devices in accordance with certain embodiments. Typically, a phone number, address, or login information (“traditional identification information”) is needed to initiate a communication with a specific person. However, there are many situations where this traditional identification information is not known, but individuals still wish to communicate with others whose traditional identification information they do not know. By selecting criteria such as geographical location information that is proximate to the device, a person can identify and communicate with others while not knowing their contact information. The criteria can also include attributes, visual information, or other characteristics of the target device. | 07-21-2011 |
20110201356 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION DATA TO MOBILE DEVICES - A mobile computing device includes a housing, a display disposed in the housing, and a processing circuit disposed in the housing and coupled to the display, the processing circuit being configured to initiate a wireless telephone communication with a second mobile device, and wirelessly transmit a current location of the mobile computing device to at least one server based at least in part on initiation of the wireless telephone communication. | 08-18-2011 |
20110201357 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REFINING A LOCATION OF A BASE STATION AND/OR A MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON SIGNAL STRENGTH MEASUREMENTS AND CORRESPONDING TRANSMITTER AND/OR RECEIVER ANTENNA PATTERNS - A mobile device receives data transmissions, via a coupled receiver antenna array, from a transmitter antenna array of a serving base station. The mobile device determines relative distances, with respect to the serving base station, associated with signal strength measurements on the received data transmissions. The signal strength measurements are compensated, at the mobile device and/or a remote location server, in three-dimensional space based on corresponding transmitter and/or receiver antenna pattern, and/or mobile orientation information for estimating the relative distances. The estimated relative distances are refined by fitting a function of the azimuth and elevation angles. A location for the serving base station and/or the mobile device is determined or refined based on the refined relative distances to be shared among a plurality of users of the remote location server. Fixed or adaptive antenna patterns are supported at the serving base station and/or the mobile device. | 08-18-2011 |
20110207476 | GPS-Based Location System and Method - A system for locating an object, comprising one or more of a first GPS receiver and a first long and short range transceiver onboard a subject object at a first location; one or more of a second GPS receiver and a second long and short range transceiver onboard a secondary object at a second location; a control center for transmitting a location query message requesting first location information; the first long range transceiver transmitting the first location information to the control center, or the first short range transceiver transmitting the first location information and a subject object identification to the second short range transceiver, that transmits the first location information and the subject object identification to the control center, or the second long range transceiver transmitting the second location information to the control center when the subject object and the secondary object are within a predetermined distance. | 08-25-2011 |
20110207477 | Methods and Nodes in a Wireless Communication Network - A first network node and method in the first network node in a wireless communication network for enabling quality estimation of a measurement that is time based. The method comprises performing a timing measurement based on a signal received from a second network node. Also, a value of a channel characteristic for the signal received from the second network node is determined. Further, the determined value of the channel characteristic is associated with the timing measurement, such that quality estimation of the timing measurement is enabled. | 08-25-2011 |
20110212734 | Method For Conditional Location Retrieval - The invention discloses a method for obtaining a location of mobile station connected in a mobile network where a request for the location contains a condition specifying if a location stored in the mobile network can be used. The condition comprises an expression regarding an accuracy threshold for the location. When the stored location does not meet the condition the mobile network actively determines the location of the mobile station. The location is reported back. The method can be applied in a Home Location Register in the network, in a Visiting Mobile Service Center or in both. The HLR contains location information for registered mobiles and the VMSC for connected mobiles. | 09-01-2011 |
20110217991 | Handling Method after Updating of Privacy Profile of Target User Equiptment - An embodiment handling method after the update of privacy profile of a target UE is disclosed. When LCS system is aware that the privacy profile of a target UE was updated, for every outstanding Location Request against the target UE, the LCS system performs a new privacy check based on the updated privacy profile. If the location request passes the privacy check, the LCS continues to handle the location request; if the location request fails in the privacy check, the LCS initiates a cancellation procedure to the location request. The LCS system can perform a new privacy check for the location request based on the updated privacy profile of the target UE, and implement corresponding processing depending on the result of the privacy check, e.g., for a location request that fails in the privacy check, the LCS system initiates a cancellation procedure. | 09-08-2011 |
20110223937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCAL DISTRIBUTION OF TARGETED COMMERCIAL MESSAGING OVER AN AD-HOC MESH NETWORK - An approach is provided for local distribution of targeted commercial messaging, over an ad-hoc mesh network, based on known user interests, derived from on-line research and shopping activities of the user, and from other user communications and associations. Content information of interest to the user is determined. One or more community identifiers are determined, where the one or more community identifiers are associated with respective communities relating to the content information. A device of the user is associated with at least one of the communities relating to the content information, based at least in part on the associated community identifiers. Availability, over the ad-hoc mesh network, of at least one of the communities associated with the device is identified, based at least in part on the associated community identifiers. The device determines to access commercial content, based at least in part on the availability of the at least one of the communities associated with the device, for presentation at the device. | 09-15-2011 |
20110237278 | Personal location code - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for receiving a request from a requestor to locate a user. The request identifies a personal location code (PLC) for the user. It is determined if the request is allowed based on the PLC. If the request is allowed, the current location of the user is obtained based on the location of one or more devices associated with the user. The current location of the device is then provided to the requestor. | 09-29-2011 |
20110244887 | LOCATING A MOBILE STATION AND APPLICATIONS THEREFOR - A location system and applications therefor is disclosed for wireless telecommunication infrastructures. The system is an end-to-end solution having one or more location systems for outputting requested locations of hand sets or mobile stations (MS) based on, e.g., CDMA, GSM, GPRS, TDMA or WIFI communication standards, for processing both local mobile station location requests and more global mobile station location requests via, e.g., Internet communication between a distributed network of location systems. The following applications may be enabled by the location system: 911 emergency calls, tracking, navigation, people and animal location including applications for confinement to and exclusion from certain areas, friend finder applications, and applications for allocating user desired resources based on the user's location. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244888 | Method and System for Receiving and Sending Navigational Data via a Wireless Messaging Service on a Navigation System - A system and method are provided for receiving navigational data via a wireless messaging service on a navigation system. The system and method provide a way to send requests for destination information via the wireless messaging service and capture navigational data from the responsive message received, such as addresses, telephone numbers, or email addresses, and then utilize that data for navigational routing, generation of telephone calls, emailing and the like, from the vehicle's navigation system. A wireless device can be paired with the navigation system over a Bluetooth communication link, wherein the navigation system periodically polls the wireless device for newly received messages. In one embodiment, the NAVI displays icons on a map that correspond to the extracted addresses from the messages received in relation to the vehicle's current location. The icons can be shown in a plurality of visual formats to distinguish previously viewed locations from newly received ones. | 10-06-2011 |
20110250906 | POSITIONING AND LOCATION SERVICES USING CIVIC ADDRESS INFORMATION - Positioning and location services are provided in a wireless communication network using civic address information. The civic address information may comprise a data structure including textual Information Elements such as apartment or office number, street number, street name, city, state, postal code, and the like. A positioning method is defined comprising performing a civic address lookup to obtain a location in civic address format for an identified node, based upon information about the identified node's serving (or associated) node and neighbor nodes. Signaling is defined to request the civic address positioning method, to exchange capabilities, to communicate location information using a civic address format, report a positioning failure and optionally the failure cause, and the like. Location information may be translated between a civic address format and a 3GPP or 3GPP2 positioning format. The positioning method and associated signaling are particularly advantageous in indoor environments, where conventional positioning methods fare poorly or fail altogether. | 10-13-2011 |
20110263274 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS AND DEVICES - A GSM, UMTS or LTE mobile telecommunications network includes a radio access network comprising base stations, and further includes one or more additional access points. An access point may be connected to the network core by an IP transport broadband connection. The access point is configured to appear to the mobile terminal as a base station. Arrangements are disclosed which allow the network to restrict access to the network via these access points whilst also minimizing signaling requirements. The access points may be excluded from traditional Tracking Areas, but associated therewith by a network controller in a mapping in order to notify authorized mobile terminals of the Access Point's existence. | 10-27-2011 |
20110263275 | INTELLIGENT LOCATION-BASED SERVICES - A method for dynamically providing location-based services, including receiving at least one user input indicating a request for a suggested point of interest; and generating a query based on the user input and a time reference. In addition, the generated query can be processed to identify a plurality of points of interest. The points of interest can be presented to a user. | 10-27-2011 |
20110269482 | MME Name in MAP Insert Subscriber Data Operation - Embodiments of the invention include a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium related to mobility management. The method, apparatus, and computer readable medium may include, at least, receiving, at a network node, a terminating request from a user equipment. The method, apparatus and computer readable medium may further include, in response to receiving the terminating request, performing a restore data procedure, receiving a mobility management entity (MME) name from another network element in response to the restore data procedure, and registering the MME name to the subscriber data associated with the user equipment. The method, apparatus and computer readable medium may then include sending a paging request to the MME indicated by the MME name received from the other network element. | 11-03-2011 |
20110287784 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE STATION LOCATION - A system and method for locating mobile stations in a wireless communication system such as a cellular system based on at least one received wireless signal and a database of geographical information. | 11-24-2011 |
20110287785 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING USER EQUIPMENT LOCATION INFORMATION - The invention provides a method, device, and system for obtaining user equipment (UE) location information. The method includes: an interworking entity (IWF) receives UE location information reported by a mobility management entity (MME); the IWF determines trusted UE location information according to the UE location information reported by the MME; and the IWF interacts with a UE or a mobile switching center (MSC) according to the trusted UE location information. With the method, device, and system, it is ensured that the MSC can obtain trusted and accurate UE location information in a circuit switched over packet switched (CSoPS) architecture. | 11-24-2011 |
20110312345 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING POSITION OF TERMINAL - A method and system for acquiring a position of a terminal are provided. A position of a terminal incapable of measuring or transmitting its position may be determined by receiving position information of neighboring terminals located close to the terminal. | 12-22-2011 |
20110319098 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PODCAST INFORMATION USING GEOLOCATION (LBS) INFORMATION - A method and system creating a network architecture to allow wireless subscribers to selectively integrate a network of available podcast information which may include podcasts and various other media rich IP-data, and related to locally available information, is provided. Interrogation of the network and/or retrieval and control of such podcasts may be accomplished in realtime or at a specifiable future time. In addition, other subscriber configurable profiles are provided in a variety of forms to further facilitate interrogation, filtering, and retrieval. | 12-29-2011 |
20120003996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A PHONE USER - Systems and methods for locating a user of a wired or wireless communication device allow a communication device to respond to a location request with its current location or a default location. A request for the location of a target wireless communication device is sent to the network where the request is responded to by the network or forwarded to the target device. When the request is received by the target device, the device can deny the location request or respond to the location request with the actual location of the device (as determined by GPS or the network) or with a default, predetermined location. The type of response (denial, actual location, or default location) can be selected by the user of the target device on a granular, per request basis so that the user of the target device can selectively respond to location requests in an appropriate fashion. | 01-05-2012 |
20120058782 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND USING LOCATION INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for generating and using location information is provided to a user of a mobile device. The method involves obtaining and processing a location history of the mobile device to determine locations of significance; automatically generating potential location identifiers associated with the locations of significance; and prompting, at a determined appropriate time, for user input for refining the set of one or more potential location identifiers into a customized location identifier. | 03-08-2012 |
20120058783 | METHOD OF OPERATING MOBILE DEVICE BY RECOGNIZING USER'S GESTURE AND MOBILE DEVICE USING THE METHOD - A method of operating a mobile device by recognizing a user's gesture and a mobile device that uses the method, the method includes recognizing the user's gesture and circumstance information; generating circumstantial gesture information according to a combination of the recognized gesture and the circumstance information; and executing an application item corresponding to the circumstantial gesture information. | 03-08-2012 |
20120058784 | PRIVACY OF LOCATION INFORMATION - An arrangement for providing privacy settings for determining whether location information for a subscriber can be provided to a requesting party is described. The privacy settings are at least partially based on presence information for the subscriber. A gateway mobile location centre (GMLC) selectively provides the location information regarding subscribers on request, in accordance with the privacy settings. | 03-08-2012 |
20120077520 | Method and Apparatus for Locating Position of a Mobile Device in an Assisted Satellite Positioning System - Method and apparatus for locating position of a mobile device in an assisted satellite positioning system is described. In one example, satellite measurement data is obtained from a plurality of satellites at a mobile device. Position of the mobile device is computed using the satellite measurement data. The position is sent to a cellular device via a wireless ad hoc network. In one example, the wireless ad hoc network comprises a BLUETOOTH communication link. In one example, the mobile device is configured to receive assistance data from a position server through the wireless ad hoc network. For example, the mobile device may comprise a housing configured to plug into a cigarette lighter connector of an automobile and the cellular device may comprise a cellular telephone without location-determination capabilities (i.e., the cellular telephone does not include an integrated GPS receiver). | 03-29-2012 |
20120083291 | Method and Apparatus for WLAN Location Services - Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to providing location services in a wireless network. According to one implementation of the present invention, the wireless network infrastructure provides high-accuracy location information via location services to wireless clients. In one embodiment, during an advertisement phase, a location server provides a list of available location services to wireless clients via a central controller. In another embodiment, during a presentation phase, a driver of the wireless client presents the available location services to one or more applications of the wireless client. In another embodiment, during a request phase, the driver transmits a location service request to the central controller, which passes the location service request to the location server. | 04-05-2012 |
20120088522 | Detection and Selection of a Reference Signal for Network-Based Wireless Location - A serving mobile location center (SMLC) receives a position request concerning a mobile-of-interest (MOI) operating in a discontinuous transmission (DTX) mode, and in response a wireless location system (WLS) is tasked to locate the MOI. A plurality of location measurement units (LMUs) are instructed to receive and digitize radio frequency (RF) energy. At the LMUs, a signal of interest is received and cross-correlated with a known training sequence to produce a received detection metric. The detection metric is weighted to favor the MOI even in the presence of interference from other mobile devices. The SMLC selects the LMU with the best weighted detection metric as a reference site and selects two or more LMUs with lesser weighted detection metrics above a threshold as co-operating sites. The received signal of interest is demodulated and demodulated data are distributed to the co-operating sites. The co-operating sites produce a reference waveform and cross-correlate the reference waveform with stored data to produce a TDOA measurement at each co-operating site, and the TDOA measurements are used to compute MOI position information. | 04-12-2012 |
20120094694 | LOCATION-BASED ACTION TRIGGERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A target receiver may receive a location-related specification and a time period-related specification, the time period-related specification specifying time period in which to check for the location-related specification. A location monitor may determine current location-related information. A time period monitor may determine current time-related information. An analyzer may determine whether a pair of the location-related specification and the time-period related specification is satisfied by the current-location information and the current time-related information, The analyzer may further provide notification as to whether the pair of the location-related specification and the time-period related specification is satisfied by the current-location information and the current time-related information. | 04-19-2012 |
20120094695 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING LOCAL INFORMATION FROM A WIRELESS BROWSER TO A WEB SERVER - A system and method for using a wireless browser to send local information from a wireless handset to a Web server. A service request received from a handset user includes the type of local information needed to carry out the request as well as the URL address of the server. The handset confirms that the input is not a telephone number to be dialed. If the input is a telephone number, the browser is terminated and the number is dialed. Otherwise, the browser acquires the local information needed to carry out the request from the handset. The local information is appended to the URL address, which is extracted from the user input, and the browser is instructed to navigate to the URL address to provide the local information to the server. | 04-19-2012 |
20120094696 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING LOCATION OF MOBILE TERMINAL USING TV - The present invention relates to a system and a method for tracking a location of a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a system and a method for tracking a location of a mobile terminal using a TV connected to the Internet. The system for tracking a location of a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a TV connected to the Internet; and at least one mobile terminal acquiring its own location information, wherein the mobile terminal transmits its own location information to the TV in a peer-to-peer communication scheme, and the TV receives the location information to display the received location information on a screen. | 04-19-2012 |
20120108264 | Monitoring And Apparatus For Monitoring Cellular Network Coverage Using Mobile Units - Low signal strength areas in a communication system are identified utilizing a mobile unit. The mobile unit receives a first signal. If the first signal falls below a predetermined signal strength threshold the mobile unit determines and stores its geographic location. Upon receiving a second signal that exceeds the predetermined signal strength threshold the mobile unit sends the geographic location to the second base station. | 05-03-2012 |
20120108265 | Device Based Trigger for Location Push Event - A software LBS trigger is initiated by a wireless device to request a set of proximate location information points relating to, e.g., points of interest, location tagged blogs, etc., based on the user's current location. The LBS trigger may be initiated when the user moves, and may include speed of the user to define a proximate area within which the user's device will be presented with relevant location information upon reaching. The size of the proximate area may be based on available memory in the wireless device, and/or on network bandwidth limitations. If walking, a smaller proximate area is defined, or if moving fast, the area of close proximity is larger. The location-based information points are stored locally on the user's device, and presentation to the user when the user gets closely proximate to the relevant information point. | 05-03-2012 |
20120122487 | METHOD FOR DISCOVERY OF INDOOR LCI BASED ON APPROXIMATE LOCATION - As part of a localized positioning solution, a mobile device may transmit a request message to a server to obtain information about location contexts near the mobile device. In response, the server may, in some implementations, transmit a response message back to the mobile device that identifies a list of nearby LCIs and an area that encompasses these LCIs. The mobile device may store the returned LCI information and the returned area information in corresponding databases for later use. In some implementations, time limits may be placed on the returned area information after which the information is deemed stale. | 05-17-2012 |
20120122488 | Method for the determination of a receiver for location information - The invention relates to a method for distinguishing between LOCATION_REPORT messages to avoid ambiguities. Therefore, a value of an information element of request type is returned by a radio network controller, depending on an intended receiver of the location information. A control node receiving the information element value analyses said value and determines the receiver depending on the result of said analysis. | 05-17-2012 |
20120135754 | Method and apparatus for terminating location process - The disclosure discloses a method for terminating a location process, which comprises: after receiving a request for terminating location for a UE, a Serving Mobile Location Center (SMLC) sends a location process terminating instruction to a network element for performing location. The disclosure further discloses an apparatus for terminating a location process, which comprises: a receiving unit configured to receive a request for terminating location for a UE; and a sending unit configured to send a location process terminating instruction to a network element for performing location after receiving the request for terminating location for the UE. The disclosure enables location measurement for UE to be terminated in advance, and avoid the loss of power resulted from the unnecessary measurement for UE. | 05-31-2012 |
20120135755 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS SERVICES - Provided are an apparatus and a method of dynamic radar for providing an immediate service according to a user's location on the basis of a location where a user is positioned and a social relationship with other users. The present invention allows a user to retrieve desired information and receive a necessary service by providing an environment to dynamically execute a location-based service to the user through a dynamic radar and allows a provider providing a service and the user to form a direct community. According to the present invention, the user can retrieve various information such as surrounding events or a digital community through a radar when the user is positioned at a predetermined location and configure an immediate service execution environment by installing the necessary service directly in a terminal. | 05-31-2012 |
20120157121 | PEER-TO-PEER LOCATION SERVICE - Techniques are described for obtaining high-resolution physical locations for a wireless device by leveraging the high-resolution physical location capabilities of wireless peers of the wireless device to provide a peer-to-peer location service and facilitate location targeting. Wireless devices provide location updates to a computing cloud, which stores records associating wireless device identifiers with received location information for the corresponding wireless devices. A wireless device issues a peer discovery request to dynamically identify nearby wireless peers in its network. The wireless device then sends wireless device identifiers for the nearby wireless peers in a location request to the computing cloud, which estimates a location for the wireless device using the previously recorded location information for the nearby wireless peers. The computing cloud returns the estimated location to the requesting wireless device. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157122 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR RETRIEVING GEOSPATIAL DATA - A method for receiving geospatial data using a communication device, the method comprising transmitting from the communication device to a server a request for geospatial data, the request including device display information, and receiving at the communication device from the server a subset of requested geospatial data, the subset being generated based on the device display information. The device display information may include a viewport size or a screen size. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157123 | PEER-TO-PEER LOCATION SERVICE - Techniques are described for obtaining high-resolution physical locations for a wireless device by leveraging the high-resolution physical location capabilities of wireless peers of the wireless device to provide a peer-to-peer location service and facilitate location targeting. Wireless devices provide location updates to a computing cloud, which stores records associating wireless device identifiers with received location information for the corresponding wireless devices. A wireless device issues a peer discovery request to dynamically identify nearby wireless peers in its network. The wireless device then sends wireless device identifiers for the nearby wireless peers in a location request to the computing cloud, which estimates a location for the wireless device using the previously recorded location information for the nearby wireless peers. The computing cloud returns the estimated location to the requesting wireless device. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157124 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF UE BY USING AGPS INFORMATION - A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing location information of a User Equipment (UE) in a communication system including the UE, a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Location Center (SLC), and a SUPL Positioning Center (SPC). The method includes receiving, by the SLC, a request for the location information of the UE from a requester; notifying, by the SLC, the UE that the location information has been requested; transmitting, by the SLC to the SPC, a pseudo IDentifier (ID) for securing a connection between the SPC and the SLC; receiving, by the SLC from the SPC, the location information of the UE with the pseudo ID, the location information of the UE being calculated by the SPC, based on a positioning measurement measured by the UE; and transmitting, by the SLC, the location information to the requester. | 06-21-2012 |
20120178473 | NODES AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING - The present invention relates to a method in an LCS server of a wireless communication system, for positioning of an LCS target. The method comprises obtaining ( | 07-12-2012 |
20120178474 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION UPDATE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus enhances a location update success rate in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes trying the location update, determining whether a reject cause is a major cause when the location update is rejected, retrying the location update using a current location indicator when the reject cause is the major cause, and retrying the location update using a different location indicator when the retried location update is rejected. | 07-12-2012 |
20120184298 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY INITIATED PARKING SERVICE - The present invention is related to a device ( | 07-19-2012 |
20120190384 | MANAGEMENT OF ROADSIDE SERVICE REQUESTS - A method and apparatus to manage a service request involves the use of a smart phone's ability to communicate GPS information over the internet. A customer in need of roadside service can submit a roadside service request through a mobile web site or mobile application, and can provide location information through the smart phone's GPS receiver. Should the system not have a location for the customer, a unique URL can be created that identifies the service request and sent for the customer to access on the smart phone, which allows the web server to request the smart phone's GPS location and automatically associate it with the correct service request. | 07-26-2012 |
20120202522 | Methods and Means for Identifying and for Locating Entities Meeting Criteria - This invention pertains to methods and means for identifying and/or locating entities that meet certain criteria. Various embodiments of the methods and means of the invention may be performed by and/or implemented in hardware, in software, by one or more entities, and/or by some combination of hardware, software and/or one or more entities. | 08-09-2012 |
20120202523 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR EMPLOYING SWARMS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO LOCATE SURVIVORS IN THE EVENT OF CATASTROPHIC STRUCTURE COLLAPSE - The present invention provides a system and method for locating survivors after a collapse of a man-made structure. A plurality of electronic devices is distributed in the structure, the electronic devices comprising a wireless transmitter. The devices self-organize into a network and record the positions of the electronic devices in three dimensions relative to each other using a known position of at least one of the electronic devices. Upon the collapse of the structure, at least one additional electronic device is introduced into the network and the positions of the electronic devices are re-calculated using the known position of the additional electronic device. Potential positions of survivors are determined using the re-calculated positions of the electronic devices after the collapse. | 08-09-2012 |
20120202524 | Triggered location services - Techniques for supporting triggered location services are described. In one design, at least one location related measurement for a terminal may be obtained and used to detect for a trigger event. For an equidistance triggered service, a trigger event may be declared if the distance traveled by the terminal exceeds a predefined distance. For a relative terminal to terminal triggered service, a trigger event may be declared if the terminal is inside or outside, or enters, or leaves a moving geographical target area defined by a reference terminal. For a velocity triggered service, a trigger event may be declared if the maximum velocity of the terminal exceeds a predefined velocity. For a time-distance-velocity combination triggered service, a trigger event may be declared based on distance traveled by the terminal, velocity of the terminal, and time since the last report. A report may be sent if a trigger event has occurred. | 08-09-2012 |
20120208559 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING DESTINATION INFORMATION FROM PROXIMATE DEVICES BASED ON TIME AND HEADING INFORMATION - Methods and systems of operating a personal navigation device (PND) are disclosed. In particular, the methods and systems allow for the PND to obtain location data for each of one or more destinations from a destination source device over a wireless network link. In one embodiment, the destination source device is a server computer on a network or a mobile communications device (MCD) that is in proximity with the PND. | 08-16-2012 |
20120208560 | Personal Location Code - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for receiving a request from a requestor to locate a user. The request identifies a personal location code (PLC) for the user. It is determined if the request is allowed based on the PLC. If the request is allowed, the current location of the user is obtained based on the location of one or more devices associated with the user. The current location of the device is then provided to the requestor. | 08-16-2012 |
20120208561 | LOCATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a locating method, apparatus and system, and the method comprises the following steps: a Mobility Management Entity (MME) receives a locating service request, selects an Evolved Service Mobile Location Center (E-SMLC), and transmits the locating service request including a locating identifier to the selected E-SMLC; the MME receives a User Equipment (UE) specific message including the locating identifier transmitted by the E-SMLC, and communicates the locating information with the E-SMLC using the locating identifier. The embodiments of the present invention can ensure the correct delivery of the locating information, and further improve the correctness of the locating technology. | 08-16-2012 |
20120214512 | Positioning Devices and Methods in Cellular Communication Systems - A method, performed in a positioning node, for performing uplink positioning comprises receiving ( | 08-23-2012 |
20120214513 | MOVEMENT DETERMINATION DEVICE AND MOVEMENT DETERMINATION METHOD - A movement determination device and method that can perform movement determination of mobile communication terminals. A mobile communication terminal includes a visiting area information acquisition unit that acquires visiting area information indicating the communication area the mobile communication terminal is visiting, a storage unit that stores the visiting area information as a visiting area information history of the communication area the mobile communication terminal is visiting, a peripheral area count acquisition unit that acquires the number of communication areas located at the periphery of the mobile communication terminal, a reference range specifying unit that specifies a reference range of the visiting area information history stored by a storage in accordance with the number of the peripheral areas, and a determination unit that determines whether the mobile communication terminal is moving or not by comparing the reference range of the visiting area information history with the visiting area information. | 08-23-2012 |
20120214514 | LOCATION BASED WIRELESS TOWER CACHING - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for wireless tower caching. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for wireless tower caching in a radio access network (RAN) can include receiving a response to a request from an end user device wirelessly coupled to a base station of the RAN, determining geographic positioning data for the response and identifying a most geographically wireless tower coupled to the RAN relative to the determined geographic positioning data (such as the closest wireless tower to the determined geographic positioning data). Thereafter, the response can be cached at a cache in a base station of the identified wireless tower. | 08-23-2012 |
20120225670 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND LOCATION REGISTRATION METHODS - A mobile communication device with a wireless module and a controller module is provided. The wireless module performs wireless transceiving to and from a first service network. The controller module transmits a location update request message to a first cellular station of the first service network via the wireless module, and receives a location update rejection message, which comprises a rejection cause indicating a network related failure, from the first cellular station via the wireless module. Also, the controller module transmits another location update request message to a second cellular station of the first service network via the wireless module in response to the location update rejection message. Particularly, the first cellular station and the second cellular station belong to a first location area and a second location area, respectively. | 09-06-2012 |
20120225671 | METHOD FOR REQUESTING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES - A method for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the use of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location is described. Individual and package transportation may be provided. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and the requester and transportation provider locations may be viewed in real time on the mobile devices. | 09-06-2012 |
20120238292 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER NETWORK RETRIEVAL OF USER RELATED DATA - Data related to a subscriber in a communications network is to be retrieved. A first Generic User Profile (GUP) server receives an incoming request for the subscriber related data from a data consumer in a first communication domain and determines that the data is located in a second communication domain. An outgoing request for the data is then transmitted to a second GUP server in the second communication domain via an interface. The second GUP server then retrieves the requested subscriber related data from a network repository and transmits the requested data to the first GUP server, which forwards the requested data to the data consumer. Service access to subscriber data located in other domains than the GUP Server is enabled, for example when the subscriber is roaming. The subscriber related data can also be distributed in both the first and second communication domain. | 09-20-2012 |
20120238293 | System and method for location determination for mobile clients - A first position ( | 09-20-2012 |
20120238294 | Method Of Providing Location-Based Service In A Communication System - A location-based service method may include providing a data related to an indicator; configuring the indicator to point out the data is related to a location of a provider of the data if the data is related to the location of a provider of the data; and transmitting the data and the indicator to a server through a first communication equipment to store the data in the server for a user to transmit, through the first communication equipment or a second communication equipment located closely to the first communication equipment, a query to search the data related to the location of the provider of the data by searching the data stored in the server and find data related to the location of the provider of the data. The data is searched based on the indicator related to each of the plurality of data. | 09-20-2012 |
20120244882 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Satellite Assistance Data - Disclosed is a method for providing satellite assistance data to facilitate determination of the location of a mobile station, particularly for instance a mobile station served by a femtocell. When a positioning server receives a request for the location of a mobile station, the positioning server will determine from the request the mobile station is served by a femtocell and that the positioning server should query a femtocell server for seed data, or the positioning server may otherwise determine from the request that the positioning server should query the femtocell server for seed data. The seed data would preferably be geographic coordinates of a femtocell with which the mobile station is registered. The positioning server may then use that seed data to facilitate obtaining satellite assistance data from a base station almanac, and the positioning serve may provide the satellite assistance data to the mobile station to facilitate location determination. | 09-27-2012 |
20120244883 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN A MOVING VEHICLE - A method and system is disclosed for performing a wireless location of a mobile communication device for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling one or more interactive mobile services capable of being activated by a user of the mobile device. When the mobile device is operated by the user, a wireless location is performed for determining whether such an interactive service, requested by the user, can be provided to the user. In one embodiment, a determination is made as to whether the mobile device resides in a container, e.g., a vehicle, for determining whether the interactive mobile service can be accessed by the user. | 09-27-2012 |
20120244884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF LOCATION MEASUREMENT USING THE LOCATION OF NEIGHBOR UE - According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of allowing a mobile terminal to measure its own location. The measurement method may include receiving a temporary identifier from a neighbor terminal using near field wireless communication; transmitting a location information request to a base station using the temporary identifier when location information is required; and receiving location information from the base station. The location information may be measured by the neighbor terminal. | 09-27-2012 |
20120244885 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AND VALIDATING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS - The invention provides a method for detection of misuse of an identity during an electronic transaction. In a first embodiment, the method comprises the steps of: receiving a notification to authenticate the use of an identity at a first location, wherein the identity is associated with a first wireless terminal; determining an approximate location of the first wireless terminal based on cached position information, the approximate location of the first wireless terminal being a second location; determining whether the first and second locations match in geographical proximity; and generating an alert if the first and second locations do not match in geographical proximity. In a second embodiment, an approximate location of the first wireless terminal is determined based on cached position information stored in a GPS position database. In a third embodiment, the approximate location of the first wireless terminal is automatically determined prior to the initiation of a transaction. | 09-27-2012 |
20120252490 | Location Discovery - Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture generating geographic location data and contextual location data in response to a location discovery event. The geographic location data and the contextual location data may be transmitted to a network accessible server. | 10-04-2012 |
20120252491 | Passive Locating of UMTS Handsets - Passive location determining of a 3G handset is provided. The method may include the following steps: sending a sequence of 3G ‘Pings’ directed at a specified handset over a 3G network; determining the specified handset user identifier and the sewing base station of the specified handset based on reoccurrences of user identifiers responsive of the ping requests, captured from the forward access channel (FACH) of each base station; decoding the FACH of the serving base station responsive to an additional ping, yielding parameters required for receiving uplink dedicated channel (UL DCH); estimating, in each location associated with a base station, a time difference between fastest possible and actual arrival of a signal over the UL DCH sent by the specified handset, wherein the estimating is synchronized to the serving base station; and calculating the location of the specified handset, based on the estimated time differences associated with the locations. | 10-04-2012 |
20120252492 | Method of SET-to-SET Location Service in a Communication System - A method of performing a SET-to-SET location service in a communication system is disclosed. The method comprises a first SUPL enabled terminal (SET) of the communication system sending a first Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) message to a home SUPL Location Platform (H-SLP) of the communication system for starting a session to query a plurality of location information of a second SET of the communication system, the H-SLP performing a positioning procedure with the second SET according to the first SUPL message, the second SET providing the plurality of location information, and the H-SLP sending a plurality of second SUPL messages to the first SET. | 10-04-2012 |
20120252493 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING LOCATION INFORMATION REGARDING A DEVICE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method for execution by at least one entity in a wireless communication environment, comprising: receiving a request for location information pertaining to a subscriber device; obtaining contextual information regarding the request; and formulating a positioning request for transmission to the device, wherein depending on the contextual information, the positioning request is formulated to instruct the device to retrieve location information from a first or a second type of location establishment entity. Also, a method for execution by at least one entity in a wireless communication environment, the method comprising: receiving a request for location information pertaining to a device; determining that the device is equipped with both a built-in location establishment entity and a removable location establishment entity; consulting an information database to select one of the location establishment entities; instructing the device to retrieve location information from the selected location establishment entity. | 10-04-2012 |
20120264454 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF LOCAL BEACON SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to a method ( | 10-18-2012 |
20120264455 | BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A base station includes a transmission and reception section configured to receive a position registration request transmitted from a mobile station, and receive load information indicating a load of processing in each of a plurality of higher-level stations, transmitted from each of the plurality of higher-level stations which are connected to the base station, and a control section configured to select a higher-level station to be notified of the position registration request based on the load information, the position registration request being notified to the selected higher-level station by the transmission and reception section. | 10-18-2012 |
20120276924 | System and method for positioning mobile terminal, and mobile terminal - The disclosure discloses a method for positioning a mobile terminal, which comprises: a server sends a push notification to a mobile terminal; the mobile terminal performs self-positioning after receiving the push notification, to acquire geographical position information regarding the mobile terminal, and sends the geographical position information to the server; the server receives and displays the geographical position information sent by the mobile terminal. The disclosure also discloses a system for positioning a mobile terminal for implementing the method for positioning a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal. With such method and device, the server can be used to send a push notification to the mobile terminal after a user finds that the mobile terminal is lost. The mobile terminal positions geographical position information thereof and sends the geographical position information to the server to help the user retrieve the mobile terminal. | 11-01-2012 |
20120276925 | Location Fidelity Adjustment Based on Mobile Subscriber Privacy Profile - The present invention utilizes location based wireless technology in a wireless network to dynamically automate the accuracy of location information provided to requesting parties based on external criteria, e.g., the time of day. The location information may be altered by removing particular parts (e.g., by removing street information, or city information), or by mathematically loosening the accuracy of the location of the particular wireless user. | 11-01-2012 |
20120276926 | Location Fidelity Adjustment Based on Mobile Subscriber Privacy Profile - Location based wireless technology dynamically adjusts the accuracy of location information provided to a requesting party based on an aggregation of a plurality of location modifiers, each adjusting the accuracy of the current location from a more accurate version to a less accurate version having reduced accuracy. | 11-01-2012 |
20120276927 | Location Fidelity Adjustment Based on Mobile Subscriber Privacy Profile - The present invention utilizes location based wireless technology in a wireless network to dynamically automate the accuracy of location information provided to requesting parties based on external criteria, e.g., the time of day. The location information may be altered by removing particular parts (e.g., by removing street information, or city information), or by mathematically loosening the accuracy of the location of the particular wireless user. | 11-01-2012 |
20120282948 | WIRELESS-BASED POSITIONING WITHOUT ASSOCIATION - A wireless location assist device (WLAD) comprises control logic and a wireless radio coupled to the control logic. The control logic causes the radio to perform at least one of wireless local area network (WLAN) beacon transmission and WLAN probe request receipt and response. The control logic never permits the WLAD to associate with a wireless station. | 11-08-2012 |
20120282949 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INQUIRING POSITION INFORMATION OF MOBILE TERMINAL - The invention relates to the technical field of mobile terminal technology and discloses a method and system for inquiring position information of a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives a position inquiry request input s by a user, creates a first short message according to the position inquiry request, and sends the first short message and an ID of the mobile terminal to a server, where the message header of the first short message has a corresponding code that is used for identifying the position inquiry request. The server interprets the first short message to obtain the position inquiry request, obtains the position information of the mobile terminal according to the ID of the mobile terminal, creates a second short message according to the obtained position information, and returns the second short message to the mobile terminal, where the second short message contains the position information in a system-defined format. | 11-08-2012 |
20120289253 | INTELLIGENTLY PROVIDING USER-SPECIFIC TRAFFIC-RELATED INFORMATION - A method, system, and medium are provided for distributing transportation alerts to computing devices in accordance with factors, such as device-specific and location-specific factors. In embodiments of the present invention, travel alerts, including public alerts associated with certain areas, are formatted or held prior to delivery, based on safety concerns, legal requirements, device settings, or other considerations. | 11-15-2012 |
20120302256 | IDENTIFYING AND LOCATING USERS ON A MOBILE NETWORK - A system and method of locating “friends” having mobile devices connected to a network and associated with a user account is disclosed. The method includes sending a request to a mobile device, the mobile device determining its present geographic location and responding to the requestor with this information. This information may be in the form of a coordinate location such as a GPS location or it may be in the form of a name that the mobile device owner assigned to a particular area (e.g., “home”). Having this location information, a user is able to view the location of the friend that is associated with the mobile device. | 11-29-2012 |
20120302257 | POSITION DETERMINATION METHODOLOGY SELECTION - Various methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture are provided for use in or with a mobile device to identify one or more attributes for each of a plurality of positioning resources available at the mobile device. In an example, positioning resources may provide all or part of a position fix based, at least in part, on one or more wireless signals received by the mobile device, and/or one or more electrical signals received from one or more sensors onboard the mobile device. For example, in certain instances at least one of the positioning resources may have at least one attribute that is different than at least one other attribute of another positioning resource. In certain examples, at least one of the positioning resources may be selected for obtaining a position fix based, at least in part, on a request and one or more particular attributes. | 11-29-2012 |
20120302258 | SETTING A REMINDER THAT IS TRIGGERED BY A TARGET USER DEVICE - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for setting a reminder triggered by a target device. A requesting device sends a request to a server to set a reminder triggered by a target device. The request includes parameters, such as a location and a condition that define when the reminder is triggered. The server sends instruction to the target device to set the reminder based on the parameters. When the condition such as arrival is met by the target device in relation to the location the target device sends a message to the server that the reminder has been triggered. The target device can set a geo-fence to determine the position of the target device in relation to the location, and the requesting user can dictate the size of the geo-fence. The server sends a notification to the requesting device that the reminder has been triggered. | 11-29-2012 |
20120309423 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING LOCATION INFORMATION OF AN ACCESSORY DEVICE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Obtaining location information of an accessory location device having no location estimation function, through a short-range communication function includes determining whether a message transmission period arrives, and when the message transmission period arrives, transmitting a message including at least one of an indicator indicating that location information transmission is requested to a first device, identification information of an accessory location device, and identification information of the first device. | 12-06-2012 |
20120315923 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION OF HAND-HELD DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A method and apparatus for providing location information of a user terminal is provided, which makes it possible to mark the location of a user terminal using geographical information stored in a broadcast receiver. | 12-13-2012 |
20120329482 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED SERVICES USING CONNECTIVITY GRAPHS BASED ON CELL BROADCAST INFORMATION - An approach is provided for providing location based services using connectivity graphs based on cell broadcast information. A plurality of cell broadcast message identifiers are caused to be received. Cell broadcast message identifiers are respectively associated with a plurality of cells. A connectivity graph specifying relationships among the cells is generated for providing a location based service. | 12-27-2012 |
20130005358 | Estimating a Subscriber Location - Estimating a location of a subscriber, including receiving a request for the location, identifying a serving base station of the subscriber, receiving a downlink frame from the serving base station, obtaining a time delay of a signal transmitted between the subscriber and the serving base station, the obtaining including estimating a time of arrival by extracting information from the received downlink frame, the extracting including, determining a channel impulse response of the downlink frame, and estimating the time of arrival by comparing a peak time of the determined channel impulse response with a start time of the downlink frame, the start time being estimated based on the channel impulse response exceeding a predetermined threshold value, estimating a distance between the subscriber and the serving base station based on the time delay, and estimating the location based on the estimated distance between the subscriber and the serving base station. | 01-03-2013 |
20130012231 | INFORMATION ACQUISITION USING A SCALABLE WIRELESS GEOCAST PROTOCOL - Information is acquired from a geographically-distributed sensor network using a scalable wireless geocast protocol. Geographically distributed networks of unattended sensors are placed at desired locations to collect various types of information, such as, for example, environmental parameters, temperature, humidity, rainfall, heat signatures, video, audio, seismic activity, and/or wind conditions. To acquire information, a query is provided to the geographic area at which the sensors are located utilizing the geocast protocol. Delivery of the query is based on a physical location of a region in which a sensor network is located, the type of information being queried, and/or temporal conditions. Each sensor that receives a query determines if all requirements/conditions are satisfied. If so, the query is accepted and processed by the recipient sensor, and responded to accordingly. Responses to queries are provided via the geocast protocol. | 01-10-2013 |
20130012232 | Location Services Agent - A wireless device Location Services Agent (LSA) provides location functions such as reporting locations to a Location Agent Management Module (LAMM) function in a location services gateway (LSG). The LSA provides a consistent location protocol for providing single shot, periodic triggers and area event triggers. Actual position determination is performed by the native techniques supported by the handset. Location is setup via a Location Agent Management Module (LAMM) component of a Location Services Gateway (LSG) communicating with the LSA. The LSA provides for agent upgrade; SET (handset) registration to the LAMM; Single Shot location determination and conveyance to the LAMM; Periodic Triggered location; Area Event Location; and Privacy Notification and Verification. The LSA interfaces with the LAMM component of the LSG to initialize location requests, and interfaces with external location servers for actual position determination. | 01-10-2013 |
20130012233 | Automatically Locating Users In Proximity To A User Of A Social Networking System - Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members are provided. According to one embodiment, contact content including an associated GPS identifier and status for web-based social network members located at or near the same location automatically appears on a GPS-enabled device. A further exemplary system includes a GPS-enabled device configured to receive a GPS identifier and a status representing a location and a current state for a web-based social network member, a processing module that associates the received GPS-identifier and the received status, and a communications module that sends the associated GPS-identifier and status to a server comprising a web-based social network database. Contact content in a web-based social network database record in the web-based social network database is updated to include the associated GPS identifier and status for the web-based social network member. | 01-10-2013 |
20130017843 | HANDLING CROWD REQUESTS FOR LARGE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS - A system and method are provided for processing a request for crowd data for a large geographic area. In one embodiment, a central system, which includes one or more servers, operates to obtain current locations for users of mobile devices and form crowds of three or more users based on the current locations of the users. In order to provide access to crowd data for crowds for a large geographic area, the central system receives a request for crowd data from a requesting device, establishes a bounding region for the request, and identifies one or more starting points within the bounding region for the request. Crowds are identified, crowd data for the crowds is generated, and the crowd data is returned to the requesting device in an iterative manner for a series of two or more outwardly radiating, concentric geographic regions centered at the one or more starting points. | 01-17-2013 |
20130035113 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES SUPPORTING MULTIPLE POSITIONING PROTOCOL VERSIONS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Methods and apparatuses are provided for supporting multiple positioning protocol versions within wireless communication networks. | 02-07-2013 |
20130045756 | Method For Providing Location Based Services - The present invention relates to a method for providing location based services for a client in an infrastructure network. The network comprises at least one Home Subscriber Server, HSS, at least one Mobility Management Entity, MME, and at least one Gateway Mobile Location Centre, GMLC, for the client. The GMLC sending an UE location service response to the client based on a UE location service request received from the client. The network performs the steps of: (A) the GMLC continuously receives and stores event reports streamed from the MME(s), the reports comprising information about the MME identity and identities for UE(s) served by said MME; (B) the GMLC determines the identity of a serving MME for the UE in the UE location service request on the basis of the information in the event reports. | 02-21-2013 |
20130045757 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT DISCRETE WIRELESS TERMINALS - The present invention is broadly directed to systems and methods for gathering information about wireless transceiver devices in a defined boundary region. To this end, the disclosure is more particularly directed to gathering movement information (e.g., via detection and location) about two-way end-user wireless terminals within three-dimensional boundaries of defined local space (“DLS”) to allow for selective control of the terminals and other subsystems, as desired. Additionally, the data collected can be used to improve accuracy and precision regarding the prediction of behavior characteristics and tendencies of populations based on a sampling of observed terminals. | 02-21-2013 |
20130053066 | PROVIDING LOCATION RELATED INFORMATION TO MOBILE STATIONS - Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses to allow for location related information for a region of space within a structure to be divided into blocks and selectively provided in an efficient manner to a mobile station and/or a proxy device associated therewith. The mobile station may, for example, use the blocks of location related information to support signal-based position estimation and/or other like location based services. | 02-28-2013 |
20130059603 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING PLACES - A method for automatic access to a pre-reserved place may operate on a hotel reservation system, which can communicate with a user smart phone application. The method includes receiving a request from the user smart phone application to effect entry into the pre-reserved place. The request includes user data relating to the user and location data relating to the place. The location data relating to the place is obtainable by the user using the smart phone to scan a code on or in the vicinity of the place and decode the code to identify the location data relating to the place. The user data and the location data are compared with a list of pre-reserved places to identify a matching pre-reserved place. If a matching pre-reserved place is identified, a signal is automatically sent to cause the pre-reserved place to be opened to allow access by the user. | 03-07-2013 |
20130059604 | Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) Location - A mobile IP location server that retrieves the location of a mobile device based on the public IP address that a mobile device is using. A mobile IP location server comprises a mobile location protocol interface, an identifier resolver, and a location manager. The mobile location protocol interface interacts with location applications and receives and responds to location requests. The identifier resolver converts a device's public IP address to a real mobile identifier (e.g. MSISDN) and performs address conversion by either interacting with an HTTP proxy server or querying a network address translation (NAT) table. The location manager retrieves the location of a mobile device given the device's real mobile identifier (e.g. MSISDN). A web application requests mobile IP location services by transmitting an IP request to the mobile IP location server. An IP location request contains a mobile device's public IP address, port number, and any application specific information. | 03-07-2013 |
20130059605 | Consequential Location Derived Information - The number of messages required in networks where location services are deployed may be reduced, by providing updated location information regarding particular subscribers, or even all subscribers, to subscribed or otherwise logged applications or services upon obtaining and providing location information for a different application or service. Consequential watch services in accordance with the principles of the present invention provide location information to one or more services OTHER than or in ADDITION to the service currently requesting location information, based on subscription to a suitable service. | 03-07-2013 |
20130065611 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION BASED ON A LOCATION - A method and apparatus for providing location information are provided. The method includes receiving data including reference sound information from at least one external device; receiving location information request data including sound information from the mobile device; detecting similar reference sound information to the sound information based on a comparison of the sound information to the reference sound information; determining location in formation of an external device that transmitted the similar reference sound information; and transmitting the determined location information to the mobile device. | 03-14-2013 |
20130065612 | Methods and Apparatus for Measurement Configuration Support - The invention provides a method and a network node for controlling configuration of measurements to be performed by a user equipment ( | 03-14-2013 |
20130072230 | Tracking Large Numbers of Wireless Terminals - An apparatus and method are disclosed for tracking a large number of wireless terminals and for estimating the location of the terminals at each instant. Some embodiments of the present invention use a wide variety of factors to determine the order and frequency with which each wireless terminal is located. These factors include, but are not limited to, the history of the location of the wireless terminal, the time of day, and the weather. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072231 | System and Method For A High Throughput GSM Location Solution - A system and method for estimating a location of wireless devices transmitting signals on channels in a communications system having a plurality of nodes and a plurality of Location Measurement Units (“LMU”). A first plurality of signals from a first channel may be received by one or more of the plural LMUs and a second plurality of signals from a second channel may be received by one or more of the plural LMUs. The received first and second plural signals may be converted into first and second digital signals and then divided into first and second sets of frequency bins, the first and second sets of bins corresponding to the respective channel. Each of the divided signals may be correlated with one or more reference signals, and the correlated signals stored in a database for estimating a location of one or more wireless devices. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072232 | Method and Apparatus for Performing a Channel Availability Query for a Plurality of Locations - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for channel availability query on multiple locations in a wireless local area network system. A method for a station (STA) to perform a channel query procedure in a wireless communication system comprises: transmitting, at a first STA corresponding to a channel availability query requesting STA, a first message to a second STA supporting the channel availability query procedure, wherein the second STA corresponds to a channel availability query responding STA, wherein the first message comprises device location information of one or more locations for the channel availability query; and receiving, at the first STA from the second STA, a second message comprising channel availability information, wherein the channel availability information is commonly applicable to multiple locations within an area, when the device location information of the first message is for the multiple location within the area. | 03-21-2013 |
20130079032 | SYSTEMS FOR FASTER ACCESS AND DOWNLOAD OF DIGITAL CONTENT IN MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICES USING WIRELLESS DEVICE BROWSER - A handheld wireless device makes a request for service from a server of a business on a global network, the request originating from the wireless device is automatically routed to the closest server of the business that is geographically closest to the location of the wireless device as determined by a GPS function in the device, or by a router server in the wireless network based on the group of cell towers being connected to by the wireless device, or based on the location of the wireless device in a global telephone network database, for faster access to the service and a response there from. | 03-28-2013 |
20130079033 | POSITION ESTIMATION VIA PROXIMATE FINGERPRINTS - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for position estimation via one or more proximate fingerprints for use in or with a mobile communication device. | 03-28-2013 |
20130079034 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZED WIRELESS NOTIFICATION - Implementations relate to systems and methods for localized notification that provide localized information to one or more mobile devices in a wireless communication system that are located in one or more geographical regions. The wireless communication system includes a localized notification server that responds to geographically-targeted broadcast requests and localized service or information requests. The localized notification server localizes components of the wireless communication system into sets of localized components that provide wireless communication service to mobile devices in the specific geographical regions. | 03-28-2013 |
20130079035 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE PHONE LOCATION WITH DIGITAL DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for mobile phone location within a digital distributed antenna system (DAS) are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises: receiving a request for location services from a subscriber unit located within a digital DAS, the digital DAS including a first partition of bandwidth for transporting digitized RF signals of one or more modulated signals and a second partition of bandwidth for an Ethernet pipe transporting IP formatted data; routing the request for location services to a subscriber locator center; instructing locator receivers within a geographical area of the digital DAS to listen for a signal from the subscriber unit; listening for the signal at a first locator receiver; when the signal is observed, recording a time the signal was received and generating subscriber unit ranging data; and transmitting subscriber unit ranging data back to the subscriber locator center in an IP formatted message via the Ethernet pipe. | 03-28-2013 |
20130090133 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING POINT OF INTEREST IN CONTENTS SHARING SYSTEM - A mobile device for use in a contents sharing system is provided. The mobile device includes a communications interface configured to communicate with a location processor and to transmit activity information, relating to usage of the mobile device, and location information, relating to a location of the mobile device, to the location processor. The location information is used for identifying at least one Point Of Interest (POI). | 04-11-2013 |
20130095855 | Method, System, and Computer Program Product for Obtaining Images to Enhance Imagery Coverage - Systems, methods, computer programs, and user interfaces are provided to identify a number of target geographic elements failing to satisfy an image threshold based on spatial data, generate a number of image requests, each of the image requests being associated with a target geographic element of the target geographic elements failing to satisfy the image threshold, transmit an image request of the plurality of image requests to a mobile user device, the image request including a geographic location of the target geographic element, receive an image of the target geographic element from the mobile user device, and store the image in an image repository so that an imagery coverage includes the image of the target geographic element. | 04-18-2013 |
20130102328 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING LOCATION STAMPS - An approach for generating location stamps in response to a request from a device is presented. A location stamping platform receives a request from a device for one or more location stamps. The location stamping platform then processes and/or facilitates a processing of a hierarchy of one or more policies to determine one or more candidate location stamps in response to the request. | 04-25-2013 |
20130109407 | SHARING TIMED FINGERPRINT LOCATION INFORMATION | 05-02-2013 |
20130115972 | Method for Managing a Geo-Targeted Campaign - An embodiment is directed to a method for managing a geo-targeted campaign. A user defines a campaign by specifying devices eligible to receive the material associated with the campaign, landmarks defining points of interest and areas associated with the campaign, and triggers that enable the material to be delivered to devices based on a set of conditions. In an embodiment, a console provides controls for defining devices, landmarks, and events. The console includes a wizard for creating events and a visualization layer that allows a user to visualize devices and landmarks on a map. | 05-09-2013 |
20130115973 | PRE-SCALING OF A-GPS POSITIONING ACCURACY DATA - A method in conjunction with positioning of a mobile terminal in a cellular telecommunication system is disclosed. According to the method, an end user's requested positioning accuracy for the positioning of the mobile terminal is determined ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130122932 | USING MOBILE MESSAGING SERVICE MESSAGE(S) AS BEARER FOR LOCATION RELATED COMMUNICATIONS DURING VOICE CALL - In a mobile communication network that does not support simultaneous data communication during an active voice call of a mobile station, location information of the mobile station is obtained from a positioning server on the mobile communication network using mobile messaging service type messages as a transport bearer between the mobile station and the mobile communication network. A mobile messaging service message from the mobile station includes information regarding one or more nearby WiFi access points and/or cellular base stations detected by the mobile station. The location of the mobile station is determined by the positioning server, and the results are sent to the mobile station via a responsive mobile messaging service message including the determined location, during the active voice call, for use by an application program running on the mobile station. | 05-16-2013 |
20130122933 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SERVICES VIA TELEVISION WHITE SPACES - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing communication services. The apparatus includes a location information acquisition unit, a radio station information acquisition unit, and an offloading unit. The location information acquisition unit acquires information about the current location of the user terminal by sending a location information request message to the user terminal The radio station information acquisition unit requests information about a white space radio station from which the user terminal can receive the communication services by sending the information about the current location of the user terminal to a white space server, and acquires, from the white space server, information about an available white space radio station. The offloading unit sends the information about the available white space radio station to the user terminal, and also sends information about the user terminal to the available white space radio station. | 05-16-2013 |
20130130716 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING REPORT INFORMATION IN SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE - A method for obtaining report information in short message service includes defining a first information element identifier (IEI) as a report request and defining a second IEI as a report response in transfer protocol user data (TPUD); operating a first electronic device to generate a first short message; the first electronic device setting the first IEI and a first information element data (IED) in the first short message; operating the first electronic device to transmit the first short message to a second electronic device; operating the second electronic device to read the first short message; the second electronic device generating a second short message according to the first short message, setting the second IEI and a second IED in the second short message, and transmitting the second short message to the first electronic device; and the first electronic device displaying a report information according to the second short message. | 05-23-2013 |
20130137460 | Correlation of Collected Mobile Terminal Based Measurement Data and Positioning Data - A network control element receives position information data including a trace session identification parameter, the position information data including information about the position of a mobile terminal, and measurement data including the trace session identification parameter are received. The position information data is correlated with the measurement data based on the trace session identification parameter. | 05-30-2013 |
20130143598 | UMTS PROXIMITY DETECTION WITH UPLINK AND DOWNLINK SIGNALS - A method and system for determining the location of a mobile device in a communications network or the proximity of the device to a node in the network. A location request may be received for a mobile device served by a base station in the network. A set of nodes associated with the serving base station may then be tasked and downlink data collected at a first node, the downlink data from a downlink signal received from the serving base station. Downlink frame timing may then be determined as a function of the collected downlink data and uplink data collected at a second node as a function of the determined downlink frame timing. A geographic location for the device or proximity thereof to a node may be determined as a function of the collected uplink data. | 06-06-2013 |
20130143599 | PEER-TO-PEER LOCATION SERVICE - Techniques are described for obtaining high-resolution physical locations for a wireless device by leveraging the high-resolution physical location capabilities of wireless peers of the wireless device to provide a peer-to-peer location service and facilitate location targeting. Wireless devices provide location updates to a computing cloud, which stores records associating wireless device identifiers with received location information for the corresponding wireless devices. A wireless device issues a peer discovery request to dynamically identify nearby wireless peers in its network. The wireless device then sends wireless device identifiers for the nearby wireless peers in a location request to the computing cloud, which estimates a location for the wireless device using the previously recorded location information for the nearby wireless peers. The computing cloud returns the estimated location to the requesting wireless device. | 06-06-2013 |
20130150084 | FEMTOCELL NETWORK FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A technique is provided for determining a location of a mobile device configured to a femtocell network. The technique includes a cluster of femtocell devices. Each of the femtocell devices is coupled to a macro network. The technique includes determining a position of mobile device coupled to a femtocell by transferring a request query to a switching device. The femtocell has been registered with the switching device. | 06-13-2013 |
20130150085 | TWO STAGE MOBILE DEVICE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION DETERMINATION - A system and method for mitigating the delay associated with using GPS technologies to determine the location of a mobile device. The system utilizes a two-stage location determination process. During the first stage, an estimated position of the mobile device is immediately provided based on the most accurate stored location information that is available to the system. If greater accuracy is still required, during the second stage a more accurate position of the mobile device is provided using GPS-based technologies. | 06-13-2013 |
20130157691 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND MANAGING A PERSONALIZED WEB INTERFACE FOR MONITORING LOCATION INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUALS AND OBJECTS USING TRACKING DEVICES - A personalized format webpage is generated to monitor location information. A graphical mapping module is disclosed to provide mapping tiles from multiple mapping service providers in response to user request for location information of a tracking device associated with an object or an individual. A wizard menu enables the user to reorient an initial request for mapping tiles in a different layout or view format without requiring additional access to a mapping service provider website. Alert messages associated with the tracking device are generated in accordance with selected alert zones. Dashboard management tools may be included or associated with a software file readily accessible and functionally equipped to interpret user requests for mapping reorientation and zoom capabilities. | 06-20-2013 |
20130165147 | IRREGULAR PERIODIC LOCATION REPORTING MECHANISM - Described herein are techniques related to irregular periodic reporting of location-related information. The techniques enable the location engine to operate in irregular periodic reporting modes and dynamically adapt one or more different irregular periodic reporting patterns. The techniques may advantageously enable significant power saving while maintaining adequate accuracy in the reported location-related information to satisfy a given level of quality of service. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165148 | Computational Systems and Methods for Locating a Mobile Device - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting a mobile device location query using digital signal processing and presenting an indication of location of the mobile device at least partially based on receiving the location query. Additionally, systems and methods are described relating to means for accepting a mobile device location query using digital signal processing and means for presenting an indication of location of the mobile device at least partially based on receiving the location query. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165149 | System For Providing Location-Based Services In A Wireless Network, Such As Locating Sets Of Desired Locations - A system and associated method receives a command from a user's mobile device to locate points of interest near the mobile device's location. The points of interest are associated with different, user-identified, point of interest categories. Based at least in part on the mobile device's location, the system substantially simultaneously provides a list of points of interest for at least some of the point of interest categories. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165150 | METHOD FOR MEASURING POSITION USING A POSITIONING ACCESS POINT, AND DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND ACCESS POINT FOR SAME - The present disclosure provides in some aspects a method for positioning by a positioning access point, and an apparatus, system and access point for the same. A positioning system includes an AP including a positioning AP for delivering a positioning WLAN signal containing a dedicated positioning information and a telecom AP for delivering a telecom WLAN signal; database for storing an identification information of the access point and a location information belonging to the AP and matching the identification information; terminal for communicating with the AP; and WLAN-based positioning server responsive to a positioning request from the terminal for comparing a parameter of a WLAN signal received from the terminal with an identification information of the positioning AP on a priority basis, and when there is a match of information, granting the location information of the relevant access point the highest priority to determine the location of the terminal. | 06-27-2013 |
20130172011 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR BROKERING DATA BETWEEN WIRELESS DEVICES, SERVERS AND DATA RENDERING DEVICES - Provide dare methods, systems and apparatuses for data brokering between hand held wireless devices (WDs) and data rendering devices (DRDs). DRDs in the form of multimedia devices used for rendering data by printing (e.g. to a networked printer) or displaying video data (e.g., televisions, video monitors, and projectors) are provided with data for rendering at the DRD at the request of WDs. DRDs are capable of receiving data data from a network at the request of a WD and/or directly from a WD as the host and then rendering or displaying the data on devices capable of receiving and processing the data. DRD (e.g. printers and multimedia video devices) can also be controlled by the WD during display of the data and to control display of the data. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172012 | Method, Apparatus and System for Addressing Operating Devices for Luminaires - Method for allocating an operating address to a bus-enabled operating device for luminaires, including determining an absolute position or a relative position of the operating device by a position detection device, converting the position into an operating address, and storing the operating address for the operating device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130178232 | DETECTOR - A user equipment identification detector for use in a wireless telecommunication network. The user equipment is operable to communicate with network nodes provided in the wireless telecommunication network. The detector comprises a proximity sensor and an interrogation unit. The proximity sensor is operable to detect placement of the user equipment within a predetermined detection region. The interrogation unit is operable to request an indication of identity from the user equipment detected in the predetermined detection region and communicate the indication of identity to a user equipment identification unit. | 07-11-2013 |
20130184009 | PROVIDING HOTSPOTS TO USER DEVICES WITHIN SERVER-CONTROLLED ZONES - A user installs a hotspot alert application on their mobile device. The application employs the location technology of the user device to transmit the location of the device, and thus the location of the user. The location can be transmitted to a server located in a hotspot tracking system. By establishing the location of the user, the server may search for hotspots on a database stored on the system. The server establishes the dimensions of a hotspot zone around the user's location and transmits the hotspots and the zone dimensions to the application on the user device. The application monitors the location of the user device and deliver's configured alerts to the user when approaching a hotspot. When the device leaves a zone or remains idle for a configured amount of time, the device requests and receives an updated zone of hotspots. | 07-18-2013 |
20130184010 | TRANSMITTING LOCATION INFORMATION FROM A COMPUTING DEVICE - A wireless communication module on a portable communication device transmits location information about the device via text messaging in response to receiving a text message request for location information. In various embodiments, the wireless communication module transmits location information when a computing platform on the portable communication device is in a non-operative state. | 07-18-2013 |
20130190013 | LOCATION-BASED CALL CENTER FILTERING - A device may receive a request for a service call and location information associated with a user device, and may determine an address of a customer, associated with the user device, based on the location information. The device may determine customer information based on the address, and may filter a list of call centers, for the service call, based on the customer information and the address. The device may generate trouble ticket information for the service call, and may provide the customer information and the trouble ticket information to call centers provided in the filtered list of call centers. | 07-25-2013 |
20130190014 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONAL FINDING USING RF, CONTINUOUS AND/OR COMBINED MOVEMENT - A system for determining location of an object including a Master Unit having an RF transceiver and adapted to measure distance to a Tag. The Master Unit has a first input from which it can derive its current position, transmits instructions to the Tag for movement in a predetermined direction, measures distance to the Tag after the movement in the predetermined direction, and determines position of the Tag after the movement in the predetermined direction. The Tag and Master Unit can include a compass, a pedometer, an accelerometer, a solid-state gyroscope, an altimeter inputs for determining its current position by the Master Unit. The Master Unit can optionally include a GPS receiver. The Tag movement does not have to follow the Master Unit's direction, but the Master Unit will still be able to determine the Tag location(s). The roles of the Master Unit and Tag can be reversed. | 07-25-2013 |
20130203439 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED ASSISTANCE VIA A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and system for providing location based assistance. The method and system including hosting a database of information regarding a customer, hosting a database of information regarding sale associate availability, and receiving a customer assistance request. The system determines the location of the customer and determines the availability of at least one sale associate within a predetermined location threshold of the location of the customer to service the customer assistance request. The customer assistance request is then routed to the at least one sale associate within the predetermined location threshold of the location of the customer for assistance. | 08-08-2013 |
20130203440 | SELECTIVELY PERFORMING A POSITIONING PROCEDURE AT AN ACCESS TERMINAL BASED ON A BEHAVIOR MODEL - In an embodiment, an access terminal (AT) measures and reports location information when positioned at a user-defined place associated with a geofence to a server, and the server updates a place fingerprint configured to identify the user-defined place based on the reported location information. In another embodiment, the AT or the server obtains location information associated with a set of user-defined places that are identifiable by a set of place fingerprints, determines whether a location event has occurred and updates a behavior model for the access terminal based on the determination. In another embodiment, the AT receives a request for its location and evaluates a set of factors (e.g., the behavior model, etc.) to determine whether to acquire the AT's location with a high power-consumption positioning procedure (e.g., GPS). | 08-08-2013 |
20130203441 | RADIO COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, UNIVERSAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARD AND RELATED METHOD AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - The present invention provides for a UICC interface and related interfacing method, for use in a mobile radio communications device and including an element enabling the UICC to provide an indication that at least one service requiring location data is present in the UICC, an element for UICC to receive notification that a source of location data is available, an element for allowing the UICC to initiate transfer of location data thereto, an element for the actual transfer of the location data to the UICC, and an element enabling the UICC to terminate the transfer of the location data, and wherein the location data can be provided from a GPS module or remotely in a contact-less manner. | 08-08-2013 |
20130210459 | MOBILE TERMINAL, SYSTEM AND METHOD - One aspect of the present invention relates to a mobile terminal having an autonomous navigation function including a map application unit configured to perform map matching of a current position of the mobile terminal onto a route from a departure point to a destination point of a user of the mobile terminal in map information, a measurement unit configured to detect movement of the mobile terminal and provide sensor information indicative of the movement of the user, a position calculation unit configured to calculate a movement amount of the mobile terminal from a reference position based on the sensor information and calculate a current position of the mobile terminal based on the calculated movement amount and the reference position, and a reroute detection unit configured to compare a first distance between the calculated current position of the mobile terminal and the reference position with a second distance between the map-matched current position of the mobile terminal and the reference position, wherein if the first distance is sufficiently greater than the second distance, the reroute detection unit requests the map application unit to search for a route again. | 08-15-2013 |
20130217414 | DELIVERING CONTENT BY PREDICTING PREDETERMINED ROUTES USING WIRELESS NETWORKS - The disclosed implementations provide a system and method of predicting routes for mobile devices using wireless networks, including generating and sending content to a mobile device that is travelling on a predetermined route (e.g., a bus route determined by a transportation agency). The mobile device can scan for a wireless network that is installed on a vehicle travelling on a predetermined route. The system can predict which predetermined route the mobile device is travelling on by accessing a database that associates wireless networks with transportation vehicles. The system can confirm whether the mobile device is travelling on a predetermined route based on the device's sensor measurements, timestamps collected over a period of time and the identity of the wireless network that is connected to the device. The system can send content to the mobile device based on the mobile device's location and predicted future locations along the predetermined route. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217415 | SECURE USER PLANE LOCATION (SUPL) REDIRECTION AND MOBILE LOCATION PROTOCOL (MLP) TUNNELING TO A DISCOVERED SLP - Systems and methods for Secure User Plane (SUPL) Redirection and Mobile Location Protocol (MLP) Tunneling to a Discovered SUPL Location Platform (D-SLP) are disclosed. For example, a method for SUPL redirection by a SET, may include: receiving an initiation message at a SET from a Home SUPL Location Platform (H-SLP); establishing a secure connection with the H-SLP, and returning a response message; receiving a redirect message from the H-SLP; establishing a SET initiated SUPL session with a D-SLP; obtaining a location of the SET using the D-SLP; and returning the location to the H-SLP. | 08-22-2013 |
20130217416 | CLIENT CHECK-IN - Client check-in techniques are described. In embodiments thereof, a mobile device includes a communication interface for notification communication with one or more other devices associated with the mobile device. The mobile device has a selectable control for user selection to initiate a check-in notification that indicates a location of the mobile device and a timestamp of the date and time. The mobile device also includes a check-in service that is implemented to initiate communication of the check-in notification to the other associated devices responsive to a user selection to initiate the check-in notification. | 08-22-2013 |
20130225201 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LARGE-SCALE AND NEAR-REAL-TIME SEARCH OF MOBILE DEVICE LOCATIONS IN ARBITRARY GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES - A system and method for generating a one-dimensional spatial index and a temporal index in relation to one or more two-dimensional location points of one or more mobile devices to enable near-real-time searching of devices having fast-changing location information is provided for. The present invention may be used in a variety of implementations including being used in conjunction with searching for mobile devices within a geographical area for a time period; finding nearby devices within a time period; tracking device movement within a time period; determining clusters of devices for identification and location across different geographical regions at once. | 08-29-2013 |
20130231136 | END TO END ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MESSAGES ON A CELLULAR PHONE WITH LOCATION DETECTION - End to end acknowledgment of SMS messages based on sending an acknowledgement back to the sender of the SMS that the message was received after successful delivery. | 09-05-2013 |
20130237249 | PROVIDING AND USING MAP TAGS - Technology is described for associating a map tag with a location. The technology receives an identity of a creator, an indication of a geographic location, a name to be used as a moniker for the geographic location, and permission information from the creator identifying at least one user who can access an aspect of the geographic location. The technology stores, in a map tag directory that stores at least one other map tag, as a part of a newly created map tag associated with the creator, the received indication of the geographic location, name, and permission information. | 09-12-2013 |
20130237250 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEVICE LOCATION IN AN IP-BASED WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A system and method determines a geographic position of a mobile device in communication with an IP-based wireless telecommunications network. A wireless connection between the mobile device and the IP-based wireless telecommunications network is established when the mobile device registers with a network controller (NC) through an access point (AP). When a geographical position is needed for the mobile device (e.g., a 911 call), messages are exchanged between the NC and the SMLC where the SMLC retrieves information from a database that is used to identify the geographic position of the mobile device. The database can store a variety of information related to mobile devices such as: last known position, IP address, MAC address, device or subscriber identifier, last CGI, etc. The geographical position is communicated back to the NC, which can then forward the position information to a switch for processing such as for 911 calls. | 09-12-2013 |
20130237251 | POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, POSITION INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, POSITION INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION DEVICE, AND POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD - A location support relating to a mobile station that can make use of multiple communication networks more efficiently. In an SUPL server of a location system, a judgment is made as to which of two communication networks is accessed by a mobile station based on information specifying the access point of the mobile station, with this access point being notified from the mobile station, whereby the information is then notified from the SUPL server to a location information management device. As a result, in the location information management device, requests to a communication network, which is not accessed by the mobile station, for location information for use in location of the mobile station are suppressed. This makes it possible for location support relating to a mobile station capable of using multiple communication networks to be carried out more efficiently. | 09-12-2013 |
20130237252 | Method and System for Obtaining Services - A method for obtaining a service by a first terminal related to a network entity, the method comprising receiving information indicative of capabilities related to the network entity, and selecting one or more of the capabilities. A further method for obtaining a service by a terminal related to an assistance server comprising sending by the terminal a capability request, and receiving, in the terminal, information indicative of capabilities related to the assistance server, wherein the information indicative of capabilities comprises indications of available assistance related to the assistance server. | 09-12-2013 |
20130237253 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING OR RECEIVING DATA USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal which transfers or receives data, including location information, in various ways, and a method of transferring or receiving data using the same. | 09-12-2013 |
20130244696 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING POSITIONING INFORMATION - According to an aspect of this disclosure, a mobile communication device is provided comprising a positioning circuit configured to determine the geographical position of the mobile communication device; a requester configured to generate a request for information about the geographical position of the mobile communication device; a location management circuit configured to receive an indication of the determined geographical position of the mobile communication device from the positioning circuit; receive the request from the requester, process the request and provide information about the geographical position of the mobile communication device based on the result of the processing of the request and based on the indication of the geographical position of the mobile communication device to the requester. | 09-19-2013 |
20130244697 | POSITION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING POSITION DATA - A distribution apparatus includes a distribution unit configured to distribute position data indicating a position of the distribution apparatus, a reception unit configured to receive data from a communication terminal that received the position data distributed by the distribution unit, the data received from the communication terminal including terminal identification data for identifying the communication terminal and the position data, and a transmission unit configured to transmit terminal setting data of the communication terminal. The reception unit is configured to receive the terminal setting data from a position data management system according to an inquiry transmitted from the communication terminal. | 09-19-2013 |
20130252634 | Method and apparatus for supporting location services with a streamlined location service layer - Techniques for supporting location services with a streamlined location service layer are described. In one design, a terminal may receive a location service request from an application that is internal or external to the terminal. The terminal may exchange at least one message with a location server to establish an extended location session of a particular duration via the streamlined location service layer. The terminal can thereafter obtain location service from the location server at any time within the particular duration of the extended location session, e.g., whenever a location request is received from the application. The terminal may obtain location service any number of times and at any time during the extended location session. The terminal or application may emulate a more complex location service based on location information received from all of the times in which location service is obtained by the terminal. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252635 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING MOBILE STATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA - A method and apparatus for identifying mobile stations within a target area is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving a request to identify mobile stations associated with a target area from a location-based application client. In response to receiving the request, a service node associated with the target area is identified and a request for a list of mobile stations associated with the target area is sent to the service node. The list of mobile stations received from the service node is then identified to the location-based application client. | 09-26-2013 |
20130267247 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RADIO FREQUENCY SILENCING IN OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS, EXCAVATION SITES, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTS - A method includes receiving a silence command at a location tracking device, where the silence command instructs the location tracking device to stop wireless transmissions. The method also includes stopping wireless transmissions from the location tracking device for a specified period of time in response to the silence command. The method further includes automatically resuming wireless transmissions from the location tracking device after the specified period of time has elapsed. A length of the specified period of time can be defined by the silence command. A request to identify the location tracking device can be received at the location tracking device, and a response identifying the location tracking device can be transmitted prior to receiving the silence command. | 10-10-2013 |
20130273939 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING LOCATION OF PEDESTRIAN USING STEP LENGTH ESTIMATION MODEL PARAMETERS - Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for estimating the location of a pedestrian using step length estimation model parameters. In the method of estimating a location of a pedestrian according to the present invention, mobile User Equipment (UE) having sensors generates positioning measurement information. The mobile UE requests positioning assistance information from a positioning server. The positioning server generates the positioning assistance information. The positioning server provides the positioning assistance information to the mobile UE. The mobile UE performs location estimation of the pedestrian using the positioning measurement information and the positioning assistance information. | 10-17-2013 |
20130273940 | METHOD FOR GUIDING LOCATION, MACHINE-READABLE SAVING MEDIUM, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A method for guiding location includes commencing a call between a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal requesting the collection of location information from the second terminal, receiving the location information of the second terminal and displaying on the first terminal a geographic information map displaying the location information, and the user of the first terminal transmitting to the second terminal direction information that is displayed on the geographic information map. As a result, more intuitive and convenient location guidance is provided. | 10-17-2013 |
20130281120 | COOPERATIVE LOCALIZATION OF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method, computing device and computer readable memory for cooperative localization of a portable electronic device is provided. Location identification messages are received each providing a known location of a respective portable electronic device and an associated transmitter identification (ID) of the respective portable electronic device and stored. Location request messages providing one or more transmitter IDs in communication range with a query portable electronic device and a transmitter ID of the query portable electronic device are received and location information from the stored location information associated with the one or more transmitter IDs received in the location request message is retrieved. A location of the query portable electronic device is estimated based on the retrieved location information and stored with the associated transmitter ID of the query portable electronic device. | 10-24-2013 |
20130281121 | MEDIATION SERVER FOR A GEOPOSITIONING SERVICE IN A NETWORK - The mediation server comprises:
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20130295959 | Third Party Location Query for Wireless Networks - A computer-implemented method provides, to a first user, location-based information concerning a second user, and a system and computer-readable storage medium include computer-readable instructions for performing the same. The method includes determining that the second user is within a certain geographic area and communicating to the first user, by way of a wireless communication device of the first user, an identity of the second user. | 11-07-2013 |
20130295960 | OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND ELEMENTS WITH PROJECTION STABILIZATION AND INTERACTIVITY - Apparatus and method related to projections and/or computing devices are described. Projections may be made from multiple computing devices to create a presentation. Various other embodiments are described. | 11-07-2013 |
20130303188 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION BASED SERVICES - Systems and methods for providing location estimates of user equipment to be used in location based services are provided. Data collected from users in a local radio access network (RAN), such as an Enterprise RAN (E-RAN), as well as configuration information of the local RAN/E-RAN is siphoned from the system and utilized in conjunction with a location engine to provide a high accuracy location estimate for users in an indoor environment. The siphoned data is provided in a real-time location stream to the location engine. | 11-14-2013 |
20130303189 | Geolocation Of A Mobile Device In The Course Of A Law Enforcement Operation - A geolocation system enables law enforcement officers to geolocate a mobile phone, or target device, during the course of police business. In a consented geolocation request, an officer requests, via the geolocation system, that the user of a target device be prompted to grant the officer permission to geolocate the target device. If the user allows the request, the officer may, in turn, geolocate the target device with the geolocation system. In a surreptitious geolocation request, the officer circumvents any request for user permission to grant the officer permission to geolocate the target device. Instead, the officer utilizes the geolocation system to generate a surreptitious request package which contains the necessary legal and situational information required to geolocate the target device without the user's consent. Once a submitted request is registered, the officer may geolocate the target device. | 11-14-2013 |
20130303190 | REQUESTING A LOCATION OF A USER - A user sends a location request to a user of a group that requests the user's current location. For example, one family member may send a location request to another family member that is part of their family group for their current location. The user receiving the request may accept the location request or reject the location request. When the location request is reject, the requesting user is not provided with the current location information of the user. When the location request is accepted, the requesting user is provided with the current location information of the user. In addition to providing the location information to the requesting user, the location may also be shared with other members of the group. For example, a message may be sent to each of the family members that are part of the group that informs them that a member has updated their location. | 11-14-2013 |
20130310075 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING LOCATION OF USER EQUIPMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORK - A positioning method of estimating a location of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network is disclosed. The positioning method includes performing positioning using a global positioning system (GPS)-based signal, checking whether the UE is located indoors based on received signal intensity of the GPS-based signal, and changing a positioning method using the GPS-based signal to a positioning method using a local area network (LAN)-based signal when it is determined that the UE is located indoors, and performing a positioning using the changed positioning method using the LAN-based signal. | 11-21-2013 |
20130310076 | Anonymous Positioning of a Wireless Unit for Data Network Location-Based Services - This invention concerns a process and a system for providing location information for a wireless unit in a wireless network to a location-based service provider, using a data network. In particular, the location information is provided to the location-based service provider without necessarily providing the identity of wireless unit, e.g., a subscriber's wireless identification number, to the service provider. In this regard, a subscriber's identification number may be hidden from the positioning service provider via a process in which an alias is used instead of the subscriber's normal identity. The subscriber's number may further be concealed from the service provider via a process wherein encrypted information is used instead of the subscriber's normal identity. | 11-21-2013 |
20130310077 | Methods and Arrangements in a Cellular Radio Communication System - A user equipment ( | 11-21-2013 |
20130331126 | USER DEVICE RADIO ACTIVITY OPTIMIZATION IN DEAD ZONES - A user device may determine whether the user device is located within a dead zone; periodically search, using a first process, for a cellular tower of a cellular network when the user device is not located within the dead zone; and periodically search, using a second process, for a cellular tower of the cellular network when the user device is located within the dead zone. The second process may consume less power of the user device than the first process. | 12-12-2013 |
20130337836 | System and Method for Presenting Application Data by Data Processing System(s) in a Vicinity - Provided is a distributed system and method for enabling new and useful location dependent features and functionality to mobile data processing systems. Mobile data processing Systems (MSs) interact with each other as peers in communications and interoperability. Data is shared between mobile data processing systems to carry out novel Location Based eXchanges (LBX) of data for new mobile applications. Information transmitted inbound to, transmitted outbound from, is in process at, or is application modified at a mobile data processing system triggers processing of actions in accordance with user configured permissions, charters, and other configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a user configurable platform is provided for quickly building well behaving LBX applications at MSs and across a plurality of interoperating MSs. Tools, triggered interfaces and integrated applications are disclosed for a breadth of MS LBX configurations and functionality. | 12-19-2013 |
20130344894 | METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF A RECEIVER FOR LOCATION INFORMATION - The invention relates to a method for distinguishing between LOCATION_REPORT messages to avoid ambiguities. Therefore, a value of an information element of request type is returned by a radio network controller, depending on an intended receiver of the location information. A control node receiving the information element value analyses said value and determines the receiver depending on the result of said analysis. | 12-26-2013 |
20130344895 | DETERMINING POINTS OF INTEREST USING INTELLIGENT AGENTS AND SEMANTIC DATA - A method, a system, and a computer program product are provided for determining points of interest using intelligent agents and semantic data. The method is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable for receiving a media data comprising a location data comprising where media was captured. The instructions are also operable for determining at least one point of interest based on the media data, tying the media data to the at least one point of interest, and providing the media data tied to the at least one point of interest to an end user. | 12-26-2013 |
20140004882 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION DATA WITH VARIABLE VALIDITY AND QUALITY | 01-02-2014 |
20140018101 | MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Provided are a mobile information terminal, an information management device, and an information management system for mobile information terminals comprising the mobile information terminal and the information management device, with which it is possible to flexibly display also information that is voluntarily provided, for example, by a user, on map information. A navigation system of a vehicle acquires, by wireless communication, location information and post information that has been posted together with the location information, from an information management device of a management center in a state where the location information and the post information are associated. The navigation system controls the display of the acquired post information by a display device to be displayed in superposition in a location that is displayed upon the map information by the acquired location information. | 01-16-2014 |
20140018102 | Geographical Location Information Sharing Among Wireless Devices - A system and method for sharing geographical location information among a set of wireless telecommunication devices, such as mobile telephones. A first wireless telecommunication device generates geographical location information of that wireless telecommunication device, either through a resident device such as a GPS device, or has another computer device on the network provide the geographic location information, and then shares the geographical location information through sending the location information to one or more servers for relay to a predesignated target set of wireless telecommunication devices. The server stores the identity of member devices of the target set and controls communication between the first wireless telecommunications device and the member devices of the target set. A second server can be used to modify the geographical information, such as providing a map showing the location of the first wireless telecommunication device and other member devices of the target set. | 01-16-2014 |
20140018103 | NODES AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING - A method in an LCS server of a wireless communication system is provided for positioning of an LCS target. Information is obtained relating to a first predefined geographical area, where it has been determined that a probability that the LCS target is located within the first predefined geographical area is below a threshold. A request is received for a positioning of the LCS target and the obtained information relating to the first predefined geographical area is used for the positioning of the LCS target. | 01-16-2014 |
20140018104 | Mobile Tracking - A method of tracking a first wireless communications device using another computing device, such as a second wireless communications device, includes obtaining current position data for the first wireless communications device and obtaining one or more of speed data, time data, and path data for the first wireless communications device. The first wireless device then transmits the current position data and at least one of the speed data, time data and path data to the second wireless communications device or other computing device. In addition to current position data, the speed, path and time data facilitate tracking of the first wireless communications device. When a first mobile user wants a second mobile user to follow him, the first mobile user can put his device in “follow me” (tracking) mode. This is particularly useful when the first and second mobile users are traveling in respective cars or other vehicles. | 01-16-2014 |
20140024392 | Portable Resource Management Systems and Methods - This disclosure relates to systems and methods for managing resources of a mobile device based on a state of the device. In certain embodiments, systems and methods disclosed herein may adjust utilization of one more device systems and/or sensors based on a state of a device to better utilize device power or other resources. In further embodiments, systems and methods disclosed herein may utilize one or more power-efficient systems to determine when a device is in a transitory state and to schedule precise location determination events at times when the device is more likely to be located at a point of interest. | 01-23-2014 |
20140024393 | System and Method for Location Based Exchanges of Data Facilitating Distributed Locational Applications - Provided is a distributed system and method for enabling new and useful location dependent features and functionality to mobile data processing systems. Mobile data processing systems interact with each other as peers in communications and interoperability. A mobile data processing system may dynamically take on roles, depending on the environment and capabilities available at a particular time. Reference whereabouts data is appropriately shared between mobile data processing systems to carry out automatic location techniques ensuring mobile data processing systems are kept up to date with their own whereabouts and whereabouts of others, regardless of the freely moving travels of any of the mobile data processing systems involved, and the location technologies that may or may not be available when needed. A confidence is associated to whereabouts data shared for facilitating selection of the best candidate data used in determining new whereabouts information. | 01-23-2014 |
20140031065 | PROVIDING TIME ZONE INFORMATION TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A method for determining current local time for a wireless communication device is provided. The method can include a wireless communication device receiving a message sent by a network entity. The message can include location information indicative of a location associated with a time zone in which a serving cell for the wireless communication device is located. The method can further include the wireless communication device extracting the location information from the message; using the location information to determine the time zone; and determining a current local time based on the time zone. | 01-30-2014 |
20140031066 | DETERMINING THE LAST LOCATION OF LOST AND STOLEN PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES WHEN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS TO THE LOST OR STOLEN DEVICES IS LOST OR INTERMITTENT - The last known location of a lost or stolen device can be determined based on the device's last communication with a data network. A portable device can be set up to communicate its location to or through a server to a second client after the portable device after at least one of the portable device obtains a wireless connection to a data network and registers a most recent location with the server. A device location based on data network router IP address or GPS. A location can be stored until a subsequent location and/or wireless connection is obtained. The server can be programmed to send at least one of “lost” message, ringtone, lock code and wipe command to a lost or stolen portable device. The server or lost device can be programmed to provide map location information to the second client for last known location of the lost portable device. | 01-30-2014 |
20140038641 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING LOCATION INFORMATION OF A DEVICE - Location information associated with a computing device may be periodically transmitted to a server. A user of the computing device may transmit a request to the server when the computing device is no longer able to communicate with the server. For example, the user request may be associated with locating the computing device. In response to the request, the user may be shown the latest received location information of the computing device. The last received location information may be displayed in a web page. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038642 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING AND LOCATING A HOME BASE STATION - Techniques for configuring a Home evolved Node B (HeNB) in a location server and positioning the HeNB are disclosed. In one aspect, location for a HeNB is supported based on LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP) messages. The HeNB communicates LPP messages with a location server. These LPP messages are terminated at the HeNB instead of a UE. At least one location transaction for the HeNB can be performed to configure in the location server and/or locate the HeNB based on the LPP messages. In another aspect, location for a HeNB is supported based on an embedded UE in the HeNB. The HeNB establishes a location session with a location server based on an embedded UE ID, which is assigned to the HeNB and recognized by the location server as being for a HeNB instead of a UE. At least one location transaction for the HeNB is performed during the location session. | 02-06-2014 |
20140045530 | Inferring Relationships Based On Geo-Temporal Data Other Than Telecommunications - An illustrative geo-temporal analysis system analyzes telecommunications-event records and other records associated with wireless terminals to infer a collaborative relationship between users who do not telecommunicate with each other, based on how precisely a first geo-temporal pattern matches a second geo-temporal pattern. When a collaborative relationship is inferred, the system transmits an indication thereof and a request for an estimated location of the respective wireless terminals. | 02-13-2014 |
20140045531 | PORTABLE-DEVICE POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM, PORTABLE-DEVICE POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PORTABLE-DEVICE POSITION DETERMINATION APPARATUS - A portable-device position determination system has a portable device that is configured to be possessed by a user, and an in-vehicle device that is mounted on a vehicle and conducts wireless communication with the portable device. The in-vehicle device transmits a request signal to the portable device. The portable device detects a received signal intensity of the request signal to send back the received signal intensity to the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device compares the received signal intensity of the request signal detected by the portable device to a threshold to determine a position of the portable device. The in-vehicle device includes a transmission controller that generates the request signal, supplies an electric power to a transmitting antenna, and transmits the request signal from the transmitting antenna, and a current detector that detects a current passed through the transmitting antenna when the request signal is transmitted. | 02-13-2014 |
20140051463 | TRACKING OF PHYSICAL LOCATIONS - An apparatus and method for tracking physical locations from which a service is provided are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a communication module operable to send and receive messages, a location identifier and a query element operable to request the communication module to send a location request message for a service. The communication module is operable to receive a location response message responsive to said location request message, said location response message comprising location information for the service; and forward the location information of the service to the location identifier. The location identifier is operable to identify the physical location associated with the location information of the service. | 02-20-2014 |
20140057656 | METHOD OF POSITIONING MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of positioning a mobile terminal includes obtaining first accuracy information on acquisition of position information using a first method, obtaining second accuracy information on acquisition of position information using a second method when a displacement of the mobile terminal exceeds a predetermined distance, and selecting the first method or the second method to obtain position information after movement of the predetermined distance based on the first accuracy information and the second accuracy information. | 02-27-2014 |
20140066094 | OBTAINING AND USNG COMPOSITE MEASUREMENTS FOR POSITIONING - A composite measurement may be used to determine a position of a target wireless device. The composite measurement may include a result of at least two measurement components. The two measurement components may be measurements performed on physical signal and/or channels transmitted from a same transmitting node and measured by a measuring node. Each measurement component includes one or more measurement configurations, where each configuration is of a resource, signal, transmitter, and receiver configuration types. The two measurement components have configurations of at least one common configuration type in which the configurations of the common type are different for the two measurement components. | 03-06-2014 |
20140066095 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING LOCATION INFORMATION - The present invention provides a method and a system for acquiring location information. The method includes: generating a positioning instruction according to a wireless positioning request initiated by a first client, and pushing the positioning instruction to a wireless communication client; receiving location information obtained when the wireless communication client performs positioning according to the positioning instruction; and sending the location information to the first client. The system includes: a request processing module, configured to generate a positioning instruction according to a wireless positioning request initiated by a first client, and push the positioning instruction to a wireless communication client; a receiving module, configured to receive location information obtained when the wireless communication client performs positioning according to the positioning instruction; and an information sending module, configured to send the location information to the first client. The accuracy can be improved by adopting the present invention. | 03-06-2014 |
20140066096 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SERVICE RELATED TO OBJECT - A system for and a method of providing service related to an object include receiving property information of the object when the device is located within a predetermined distance from the object, requesting available service from a server based on a current location of the device receiving the property information and the received property information, and receiving the requested service from the server. | 03-06-2014 |
20140073355 | TRUSTED MODE LOCATION SERVICE FOR MOBILE DEVICE ACCESS TO PRIVATE NETWORK BASED APPLICATIONS - In response to a location assistance request initiated by a mobile device on a private network and directed to a data access port of a location server in a public mobile communication network, a source network address is extracted from the received request. If the extracted source network address is determined to be associated with a trusted private network domain, location assistance data obtained by the location server is provided to the mobile device on the private network without requiring any proprietary messaging schemes or application-specific authentication credentials. | 03-13-2014 |
20140073356 | ENHANCING POSITIONING IN MULTI-PLMN DEPLOYMENTS - Network sharing allows different core network operators to connect to a shared radio access network. The operators may share the radio network elements, and may also share the radio resources themselves. Examples of radio access sharing architectures include GWCN and MOCN. In such multi-PLMN deployment scenarios, operators are also interested in sharing measuring nodes due to their expense. To enable sharing, method(s), apparatus(es), and/or system(s) are proposed in which network nodes may perform joint selection of positioning nodes and PLMNs; in which positioning nodes of different PLMNs may communicate; in which a positioning node may obtain and use assistance data associated with a PLMN different from that of the positioning node; and to coordinate positioning measurement. | 03-13-2014 |
20140080517 | METHOD FOR MOBILE LOCATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK OFFERING LOCATION-BASED SERVICES - It comprises:
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20140080518 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT DISCRETE WIRELESS TERMINALS - The present invention is broadly directed to systems and methods for gathering information about wireless transceiver devices in a defined boundary region. To this end, the disclosure is more particularly directed to gathering movement information (e.g., via detection and location) about two-way end-user wireless terminals within three-dimensional boundaries of defined local space (“DLS”) to allow for selective control of the terminals and other subsystems, as desired. Additionally, the data collected can be used to improve accuracy and precision regarding the prediction of behavior characteristics and tendencies of populations based on a sampling of observed terminals. | 03-20-2014 |
20140087759 | SELECTED ACKNOWLEDGMENT POSITIONING OPTIMIZATIONS - A location server, such as a Serving Mobile Location Center (SMLC) or E-SMLC and mobile terminal selectively implement the reliable transport mechanism used in, e.g., LPP or LPPe protocols, thereby decreasing unnecessary delays. The reliable transport mechanism may be selectively implemented by not requiring an acknowledgement for specific messages, such as an unsolicited assistance data message. When assistance data is solicited, however, the responsive assistance data message includes an acknowledgement request as per the reliable transport mechanism. | 03-27-2014 |
20140094189 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS TO COMMUNICATE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION FOR LOCALIZATION - Embodiments may comprise logic to adaptively prepare and transmit environmental information based upon an estimated current location and, in some embodiments, context of a device and to adaptively cache the environmental information to reduce or optimize environmental information communicated from an information server to the device. Some embodiments comprise an information server to receive a request for environmental information comprising an estimated current location for the device. In many embodiments, the information server may determine a prior set of environmental information conveyed to the device and determine, in response to receiving the estimated current location, the current set of environmental information based upon the estimated current location. In many embodiments, the current set of environmental information may encompass environmental information near the estimated current location of the device but not to encompass environmental information that was included in a prior set of environmental information transmitted to the device. | 04-03-2014 |
20140094190 | Method And Apparatus For Reducing Transmission Of Location Information - Provided is a method and apparatus for reducing transmission of location information when tracking the geographic location of one or more mobile devices. A mobile device generates location information using GPS technology and provides the location information to a communication device on an ongoing basis. In a first embodiment, if the location information of the mobile device is not needed, then the communication device transmits a message indicating that the location information of the mobile device is not needed. Upon receiving the message, the mobile device stops providing location information to the communication device on the ongoing basis. This can reduce the amount of information that gets transferred over the air between users sharing their location information. | 04-03-2014 |
20140099972 | BIO-POWERED LOCATOR DEVICE - A locator assembly is provided. The locator assembly includes an article of wear and a location sending device embedded in the article of wear. A bio-related electric generator is connected to the location sending device for providing power for the location sending device. A system for locating a person and a locating method are also provided. | 04-10-2014 |
20140106782 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE LOCATION DETERMINATION FOR MOBILE DEVICE - An example method includes connecting to a call center by a user equipment (UE) device via a voice call and receiving a request for a current location. The device is determined to be in an outdoor environment if the signal strength of satellite signals used by a global positioning system (GPS) is greater than a threshold. The device is determined to be in an indoor environment if a beacon signal strength is greater than a further threshold. If the device is in an outdoor environment, the current location is determined using a standalone or assisted GPS method. If the device is in an indoor environment, the current location is the known location of the beacon or an assisted GPS method. If neither the signal strength of the satellite signals nor the signal strength of the beacon exceeds its respective threshold, the current location is determined as a last stored location. | 04-17-2014 |
20140113655 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BASE STATION IDENTITY - Methods for improving the time to acquire an identity of a base station by a mobile station, by relying on locally-unique attributes of the base stations instead of globally-unique attributes of the base stations, are presented. In some embodiments, data may be requested, the data may contain a globally unique attribute of a base station, a first locally unique attribute of the base station, and a second locally unique attribute of the base station. In some embodiments, data may be received in response to the request, the data may contain at least the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute. It may then be determined that the data did not contain the globally unique attribute, and an identity of the base station based at least in part on the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute may be acquired. | 04-24-2014 |
20140113656 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, METHOD FOR REQUESTING INFORMATION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - A communication device is provided comprising a message generator configured to generate a message indicating that a mobile terminal is to determine a list of locations at which the mobile terminal has detected a need for a data communication with a mobile communication network and to transmit the determined list of locations to the mobile communication network and a transmitter configured to transmit the message. | 04-24-2014 |
20140113657 | METHOD AND WIRELESS ACCESS DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING POSITIONING SERVICE FOR MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention pertains to the field of mobile device positioning technologies, and discloses a method and a wireless access device for implementing a positioning service for a mobile device. The method includes: acquiring, through a wireless communication connection, a positioning request sent by a mobile device; acquiring location information of the wireless access device; acquiring positioning service information of the mobile device according to its own location information and the positioning request; and returning the positioning service information to the mobile device through the wireless communication connection, so that the mobile device receives and presents the positioning service information. The technical solutions can implement a positioning service for the mobile device without modifying software of the mobile device. | 04-24-2014 |
20140113658 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Location Update - A method, an apparatus, and a system for a location update are provided. When detecting that a location update needs to be performed in a first mobile communication network, a request message including instruction information is sent to a mobile management device in the first mobile communication network, so that the mobile management device in the first mobile communication network sends a request message to a mobile management device in a second mobile communication network when executing the location update, so as to trigger the mobile management device in the second mobile communication network to reset a periodic update timer, which implements that a location update of a single-card dual-standby user equipment is synchronously performed in the first mobile communication network and in the second mobile communication network. | 04-24-2014 |
20140113659 | Communication Terminal, System and Method for Providing Location Based Service - A communication terminal for providing a location-based service, comprises: a data processor configured to receive a location-based service request, send a positioning request to a locator and obtain current coordinate data, send a corresponding map request to a map acquisition device according to the coordinate data and obtain corresponding map data, generate location data according to the coordinate data and the corresponding map data, and send the location data to a host; the locator configured to obtain the positioning request from the data processor, obtain the coordinate data of the communication terminal, and send the coordinate data to the data processor; and the map acquisition device configured to obtain the map request from the data processor, obtain the corresponding map data, and send the map data to the data processor. | 04-24-2014 |
20140120951 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISSEMINATING USER LOCATION INFORMATION - A computer-implemented method for disseminating user mobile device location information is provided. The method includes enabling a first request for location information of a mobile device based on at least one of a particular schedule and a particular criterion. Mobile device location information is received responsive to the first request. The mobile device location information received responsive to the first request is stored. A second request for the mobile device location information is received from a requester. Responsive to the second request, the requester is provided the location information received responsive to the first request, and at least one user-visible consequence is initiated responsive to the second request, wherein the at least one user-visible consequence is not initiated responsive to the first request. | 05-01-2014 |
20140128101 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING POSITION INFORMATION USING TIME PERIOD - A method for providing position information and identifying positions of others, using an electronic apparatus, includes detecting first position information regarding a current position of the electronic apparatus, transmitting a position inquiry request and information regarding a predetermined time period to an external apparatus, receiving second position information regarding a position of the external apparatus from the external apparatus for the predetermined time period, and displaying positions of the electronic apparatus and the external apparatus on a screen using the first position information and the second position information. | 05-08-2014 |
20140135034 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS CONNECTIVITY TO IMPROVE LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION - A wireless location information system, device, and method are directed to a plurality of location origin network transceivers (LONTs) configured to facilitate wireless communications, and provide notification information of their presence within a servicing area and a wireless device including one or more transceivers configured to transmit and receive wireless signals and a location information database configured to store location-related information. Upon the wireless device entering the area serviced by the LONTs, the wireless device detects the presence of one or more LONTs, initiates an autonomous connection request with the detected LONTs, establishes a partial association connection link with the detected LONTs, the partial association connection link being insufficient to establish full network attachment connectivity, initiates location-related information request with the LONTs, retrieves the location-related information provided by the LONTs, and stores the location-related information in the location information database. | 05-15-2014 |
20140141803 | TILING OF MAP DATA - A mobile device can send a request to a server having a plurality of tiles of location data associated with a venue, each tile having location data associated with a portion of the venue, the request including data representing an estimated location of the mobile device. The mobile device can receive a first tile of location data sent from the server, the first tile being associated with a first portion of the venue that includes the estimated location. The mobile device can receive a first sensor reading and determine a first location of the mobile device at the venue using the first sensor reading and the first tile of location data. The mobile device may receive a second tile of location data sent from the server, the second tile being associated with a second portion of the venue. The mobile device may receive a second sensor reading and determine a second location of the mobile device at the venue using the second sensor reading and the second tile of location data. | 05-22-2014 |
20140141804 | USING PEER DEVICES TO LOCATE A MOBILE DEVICE - To determine the location of a querying mobile device, a request is received from the querying mobile device via a communication network. One or several participating mobile devices that potentially are physically proximate to the querying mobile device are identified. A request to scan for a location broadcast message transmitted by the querying mobile device is sent to the participating mobile devices. One or more location broadcast reports from participating mobile devices are received, where each received location broadcast report indicates that the location broadcast message was received at the corresponding participating mobile device. The location of the querying mobile device is estimated based on (i) the received one or more location broadcast reports and (ii) respective locations of the participating mobile devices from which the one or more location broadcast reports were received. | 05-22-2014 |
20140148199 | METHOD FOR POSITION UPDATE IN M2M COMMUNICATION, AND APPARATUS USING SAME - Provided are a method for performing a position update in machine to machine (M2M) communication, and an apparatus using the method. In an idle mode, an M2M apparatus receives a paging message from a base station. The paging message comprises an action code, a network access type, and a resource offset. The action code is an indication for the M2M apparatus to perform a position update; the network access type is an indication for the allocation of resources for a ranging request; and the resource offset is an indication for an offset for uplink allocation. The M2M apparatus transmits the ranging request message to the base station by means of the uplink allocation. | 05-29-2014 |
20140155090 | PROVISION OF POSITIONING DATA BASED ON DEVICE CAPABILITY - Disclosed are processes, systems and apparatuses for providing positioning data, such as assistance data, to a mobile device for use in performing positioning or navigation operations. In particular implementations, the positioning data is based, at least in part, on particular capabilities of the mobile device, for example a processing platform of the mobile device. In other implementations, positioning data provided to a mobile device may be tailored according to a cost function. | 06-05-2014 |
20140155091 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CURRENT INFORMATION FOR A GEOGRAPHIC POINT OF INTEREST - A computer-based system manages and communicates the identity, attributes, and current state of a geographic point of interest. The system includes a beacon device and a distributed data network. The beacon device includes a housing supporting control electronics, a display, and communication electronics. The beacon is placed at a visible location at the geographic point of interest and receives information concerning the geographical point of interest. The display visibly communicates the information while the communication electronics communicates the same information to the distributed data network. A user can query a location-based service and receive the same information from the distributed data network that is being communicated by the display, assuring communication of accurate and consistent information concerning the geographic point of interest. | 06-05-2014 |
20140155092 | LOCATION BASED NOTIFICATION SERVICES - Architecture that generates a notification when a user arrives at a location, but without exposing identity of the location. Moreover, the notification can be generated and transmitted at all times. The architecture comprises a reminder service that manages all reminder requests and approvals, a notification engine that notifies a requesting user when target user arrived at a specific location or one of a general category of location, and a user interface that allows the user to set reminders that are displayed when the target user arrives at the point of interest and approves other user reminder requests. The architecture can be run on a mobile phone, and manages user requests and user approvals for location based notifications, alerts a requesting user the target user arrived at one of previously-specified points of interest. Similarly, a general category of destination can be specified, rather than a specific point of interest. | 06-05-2014 |
20140171114 | LOCATION DETERMINATION USING FINGERPRINT DATA - Methods, program products, and systems for using a location fingerprint database to determine a location of a mobile device are described. A mobile device can use location fingerprint data received from a server to determine a location of the mobile device at the venue. The mobile device can obtain, from a sensor of the mobile device, a vector of sensor readings, each sensor reading can measure an environment variable, e.g., a signal received by the sensor from a signal source. The mobile device can perform a statistical match between the vector and the location fingerprint data. The mobile device can then estimate a current location of the mobile device based on the statistical match. | 06-19-2014 |
20140179352 | Using Neighboring Access Points to Provide Client Device Location Data - Techniques are presented to determine a location of a wireless client device operating in a wireless local area network. A beacon report request action frame is sent to a wireless client device, where the request frame is configured to cause the wireless client device to transmit a broadcast probe request frame. A beacon report response message is received from the wireless client device and includes one or more probe response frames transmitted by one or more wireless access points that receive the broadcast probe request frame. The wireless client device location is determined based in part on signal strength information in the probe response frames sent by the one or more wireless access points and which signal strength information indicates the signal strength observed by the one or more wireless access points with respect to the broadcast probe request frame transmitted by the wireless client device. | 06-26-2014 |
20140179353 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SMARTPHONE LOCATION - A device is provided for use with a database having stored therein, a plurality of signatures corresponding to a plurality of fields, respectively, wherein the plurality of fields correspond to a plurality of locations, respectively. The device includes an accessing component, a field-detecting component, a comparing component and an identifying component. The accessing component can access one of the plurality of signatures from the database. The field-detecting component can detect a first field based on a first location and can generate a detected field signature based on the detected first field. The comparing component can generate a comparison signal based on a comparison of the detected field signature and one of the plurality of signatures. The identifying component can identify the first location based on the comparison signal. | 06-26-2014 |
20140187264 | SITUATION AWARE SENSOR POWER MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems may provide for determining a status of a mobile platform, wherein the status indicates whether the mobile platform is stationary, and adapting a detection schedule of one or more location sensors on the mobile platform based at least in part on whether the mobile platform is stationary. Additionally, one or more location updates may be generated based at least in part on information from the one or more location sensors. In one example, a location request is received, wherein the detection schedule is adapted further based on quality of service (QoS) information associated with the location request, and wherein the one or more location updates are generated in response to the location request. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187265 | Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) Location - A mobile IP location server that retrieves the location of a mobile device based on the public IP address that a mobile device is using. A mobile IP location server comprises a mobile location protocol interface, an identifier resolver, and a location manager. The mobile location protocol interface interacts with location applications and receives and responds to location requests. The identifier resolver converts a device's public IP address to a real mobile identifier (e.g. MSISDN) and performs address conversion by either interacting with an HTTP proxy server or querying a network address translation (NAT) table. The location manager retrieves the location of a mobile device given the device's real mobile identifier (e.g. MSISDN). A web application requests mobile IP location services by transmitting an IP request to the mobile IP location server. An IP location request contains a mobile device's public IP address, port number, and any application specific information. | 07-03-2014 |
20140194144 | PROCESSING PLACE MARKERS - Computer-implemented systems for processing place markers at a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device may receive from a user a request to generate a first place marker for a first place corresponding to a current location of the mobile computing device and may receive an indication of the current location of the mobile computing device. Further, the mobile computer device may receive descriptive information associated with the first place and generate the first place marker. The first place marker may comprise an indication of a location of the first place and the user information associated with the first place, where the location of the place is the current location of the mobile computing device. | 07-10-2014 |
20140200030 | IDENTIFICATION-ASSISTED WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTIONS - Systems and methods for transmitting location-specific information such as wireless network connectivity information are generally disclosed herein. One embodiment includes device configurations and techniques implemented to establish a secondary wireless network connection to exchange the location-specific information between a location-aware device and a location-unaware device. In other embodiments, the location-specific information exchanged via the secondary wireless network connection includes the transfer of the connectivity information, such as a Service Set Identifier (SSID) or network authentication information, from a primary network-aware device to establish a primary network connection at a primary network-unaware device. | 07-17-2014 |
20140200031 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WHETHER TO PROVIDE LOCATION INFORMATION IN BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for operating a server in a wireless access system are provided. The method includes receiving a request for location information of a mobile station, transmitting a measurement request message for requesting measurement data used for location determination of the mobile station, receiving a measurement response message comprising at least one of a rejection code and a rejection duration, and transmitting a notification that the request for the location information is rejected. | 07-17-2014 |
20140206389 | VISUAL IDENTIFIER OF THIRD PARTY LOCATION - Aspects of determining a geographical state of a target through a user device are provided. One method includes identifying at least one target associated with a target device configured to provide position data in a standard reference frame along with corresponding time values, and sending a request for access to geographical state information for at least one target. The method may further include receiving geographical state information associated with the at least one target, and generating a visual identifier of the at least one target based on the geographical state information. The visual identifier may be associated with data captured by an imaging sensor which is functionally coupled to the user device. Systems and apparatuses for determining a geographical state of a target through a user device are further presented. | 07-24-2014 |
20140206390 | GENERIC POSITIONING PROTOCOL - In an aspect, a generic positioning protocol (GPP) may be used to support satellite-based positioning methods and terrestrial-based positioning methods for different access types. A terminal may exchange a first GPP message with first information for a positioning method and an access type supported by GPP. The terminal may exchange a second GPP message with second information for the positioning method and the access type. Each GPP message may include at least one position element, and each position element may be for a specific positioning method. The terminal may obtain a position estimate for itself based on the second information. In another aspect, positioning may be performed based on measurements for cells of different wireless access types. In yet another aspect, received transmission times may be transformed to converted times based on common timing, which may be applicable for multiple wireless access types. | 07-24-2014 |
20140213294 | Reducing Location Search Space - Methods, program products, and systems for reducing a location search space are described. A mobile device, when arriving at a venue, can determine a location of the mobile device using signals from one or more signal sources associated with the venue. The mobile device can use a coarse location estimator to estimate a coarse location of the mobile device at the venue. The mobile device can request, from a server, detailed location data associated with the coarse location. The detailed location data can include location fingerprint data associated with a portion of the venue that includes the coarse location. The mobile device can determine an estimated location that has finer granularity than the coarse location using the location fingerprint data. | 07-31-2014 |
20140213295 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION-BASED GROUP TRACKING AND NOTIFICATIONS - Systems and methods are provided for creating and associating notification groups, such as affinity groups, and assigned locations, such as associated social hubs. The locations of group members at the assigned locations are tracked and notifications to the notification group are transmitted when group members are at the assigned locations. Group creation requests, location assignment requests, and association requests are received that respectively create generic groups, assigned locations, and notification groups. Invitations can be transmitted to group members to join the notification groups. When an electronic device associated with a group member is at an assigned location, notifications that the group member is at the assigned location are transmitted to other group members. Information is also transmitted to group members when a trigger event occurs. A user can advantageously create and control both the broadcasting of the location of the user and the audience that can see that location. | 07-31-2014 |
20140221011 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING LOCATION INFORMATION USING SMART CARD - A method and mobile terminal for communicating with a smart card. The method includes transmitting, to the smart card, terminal profile information; receiving, from the smart card, a geographical location request for acquiring a current geographical location based on the terminal profile information; and transmitting, to the smart card, a terminal response indicating whether the geographical location request has been successfully processed. The mobile terminal processes only one of multiple geographical location requests based on a receiving order, when the multiple geographical location requests are received from the smart card. When the geographical location request has not been successfully processed, the terminal response includes one of reason information among: first reason information indicating that acquiring the current geographical location is beyond capabilities of the mobile terminal, and second reason information indicating that the mobile terminal is currently unable to acquire the current geographical location. | 08-07-2014 |
20140243017 | USER-IN-THE-LOOP ARCHITECTURE FOR INDOOR POSITIONING - Techniques for determining a position of a mobile device in an indoor environment are provided. An example method includes receiving a request for the position of the mobile device within the indoor environment from an application running on the mobile device, estimating the position of the mobile device within the indoor environment based on signals received from a plurality of wireless access points responsive to receiving the request for the position of the mobile device, identifying an ambiguity in estimating the position of the mobile device, identifying disambiguation information for resolving the ambiguity in the position, requesting disambiguation information for resolving the ambiguity associated with the position, receiving the disambiguation information for resolving the ambiguity associated with the position; resolving the ambiguity in estimating the position using the disambiguation information; and determining the position of the mobile device in the indoor environment. | 08-28-2014 |
20140243018 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING OF DEVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Methods and apparatuses are provided that facilitate allowing position determination of devices in wireless networks with home evolved Node Bs (HeNB). An HeNB can determine its location based at least in part on positioning measurements from one or more devices. The HeNB can additionally or alternatively register its location or other location parameters with a positioning server for subsequent provisioning as assistance information for determining a device position. Moreover, a device can request assistance information related to a different base station where the HeNB is not registered with the positioning server. | 08-28-2014 |
20140248908 | PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC MONITORING AND ANALYSIS - Numerous mobile devices report their respective locations to a server which collects the location reports to provide real-time pedestrian traffic information, e.g., as a map that shows locations of individual mobile devices. Distribution of mobile devices in a geographic area more closely represents overall population locations and densities. Each device is identified by a digital fingerprint, formed from a number of system and device configuration parameters. Each mobile device is configured to periodically report its location, e.g., at a predetermined time interval and/or whenever the mobile device determines its location for another reason. A known location of a wireless network access point to which a mobile device is connected can serve as an estimated location of the mobile device. | 09-04-2014 |
20140274130 | Server-based mobile device regional candidate position fix mode selection - Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided for use by an electronic device to generate a recommended candidate position fix mode to a mobile device for use in a particular region of an environment. Such a candidate position fix mode may, for example, be selected from a plurality of wireless signal-based positioning modes comprising at least: a first wireless signal-based positioning mode based on first wireless signals transmitted by a terrestrial-based transmitting device, a second wireless signal-based positioning mode based on second wireless signals transmitted a satellite-based transmitting device, and a third wireless signal-based positioning mode based on a combination of the first wireless signals and the second wireless signals. In certain example implementations, assistance data indicative of at least the candidate position fix mode may be transmitted to the mobile device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274131 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED NETWORK DEVICE LOCATION DETERMINATIONS - Methods and apparatus for location determination at a network device include determining whether a first time value exceeds a repositioning time threshold value and transmitting at least one instruction message to one or more mobile devices in response to determining that the first time value exceeds the repositioning time threshold value, wherein the at least one instruction message instructs the one or more mobile devices to report a mobile device location. Moreover, the methods and apparatus include receiving at least one mobile device location message from each of the one or more mobile devices as a result of the transmitting. Also, the method and apparatus include computing a network device location estimate based at least in part on the at least one mobile device location message. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274132 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNAL INTERFERENCE PROCESSING - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device comprising a memory to store instructions and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, the processor performs operations. The operations comprise receiving signals over a spectrum of frequencies, providing location data of the device to a base station, receiving a request from a base station to perform a spectral analysis of the signals, detecting an interference among the signals, and providing, in response to the request, data to the base station regarding a source of the interference, wherein the data comprises a location of the source relative to the device, spectral data for identifying the source, and a time a frequency of occurrence of the interference. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274133 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MIGRATING AGENTS BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICES - Mobile agents can be deployed to location aware mobile devices within specific regions of interest to achieve specific goals in respect of events occurring in the region of interest. In order to ensure that the agent can persist within the region of interest until the agent goals are achieved, the agent is configured to locate other devices within the region of interest and to propagate itself, by moving or copying itself, to those other devices. When a device hosting the agent exits the region of interest, the agent is terminated, thereby freeing device resources. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274134 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNET PROTOCOL LNB SUPPORTING POSITIONING - An Internet protocol low noise block downconverter (IP LNB) assembly, which may be within a satellite reception assembly, may be operable to determine location information and/or time information of the IP LNB assembly, such as via a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) module in the IP LNB assembly. The IP LNB assembly may provide services based on the determined location information and/or the determined time information of the IP LNB assembly. The IP LNB assembly may communicate the determined location information and/or the determined time information to a wireless communication device for determining location information of the wireless communication device. The IP LNB assembly may determine location information of a wireless source device based on a signal received from the wireless source device, the determined location information and the determined time information of the IP LNB assembly. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274135 | CLIENT ACCESS TO MOBILE LOCATION SERVICES - A method of providing location services at a location server for a venue includes: receiving a request for location service, where the request for location service comprises at least one of a first identification of at least one mobile device or an identification of a target area; and sending a response, where the response comprises at least one of a second identification of at least one mobile device or an identification of a geographic area, where at least one of the first identification of at least one mobile device, the second identification of at least one mobile device, the identification of the target area, or the identification of the geographic area comprises a venue-specific identification. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274136 | CLIENT ACCESS TO MOBILE LOCATION SERVICES - A method of providing location services at a location server for a venue includes: receiving a request for location service for one or more mobile devices, where the request for location service comprises a trigger condition and at least one of a group condition or a persistence condition; determining the occurrence of the trigger condition and at least one of the group condition or the persistence condition; and sending a response, where the response indicates the occurrence of the trigger condition and at least one of the group condition or the persistence condition. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274137 | Methods and Devices for Providing, Receiving or Managing Maps - A method for retrieving maps from a map server is disclosed where, as an intermediate step, map meta-data is requested on the basis of which one or more map can later be selected. Map meta-data on the basis of location data, indicating the location of the user device, and map criteria, specifying at least one condition for selecting maps which may be entered manually or automatically into a user device. The request is sent to a map server where a search for map meta-data matching the received location data and map criteria is executed. In case of at least one match between the map meta-data, the location data and the map criteria, map meta-data associated with at least one map is provided to the user device, such that the user device can select at least one map, which can be acquired from the map server, at least partly on the basis of the retrieved map meta-data. | 09-18-2014 |
20140308976 | VARYING PROCESSES TO CONTROL TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS FOR POSITION DETERMINATION OPERATIONS - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, devices, methods, media, products, and other implementations, including a method that includes determining, at a first wireless device comprising multiple transmit antennas, at least one signal transmission characteristic according to at least one pre-determined varying transmission characteristic determination process. The at least one transmission characteristic includes, for example, a transmit antenna selected from the multiple transmit antennas, a beam characteristic, a cyclic delay diversity parameter, and/or any combination thereof. The method also includes transmitting from the first wireless device to a second wireless device a signal using the at least one signal transmission characteristic determined according to the at least one pre-determined varying transmission characteristic determination process. The transmitted signal is configured to facilitate position determination of the second wireless device upon deriving at the second wireless device a reconstructed value of the at least one signal transmission characteristic determined at the first wireless device. | 10-16-2014 |
20140315578 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A LOCATION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AID OF INFORMATION CARRIED BY RESPONSES CORRESPONDING TO ONE BROADCAST REQUEST SENT TO MULTIPLE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method for estimating a location of an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method includes the steps of: sending a pre-association broadcast request frame by the electronic device to multiple responders in a wireless network system; receiving a plurality of response frames corresponding to the pre-association broadcast request frame from the multiple responders; and performing a timing measurement according to information carried by the plurality of response frames for determining the location of the electronic device. For example, each of the response frames is sent from one of the responders, and each of the responders sends only one response frame corresponding to the pre-association broadcast request frame. As a result, the power consumption can be greatly decreased, and the related art problem of insufficiency of the total channel capacity of the wireless network system can be prevented. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315579 | CONTACT DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM - Described is a contact displaying method, an instant messaging client, and a server. The method includes: acquiring, by an instant messaging client, geographic location information of a contact from a server; and upon receiving a request for displaying a first interface, displaying, by the instant messaging client, the first interface, and displaying the contact in a position, corresponding to the geographic location information, on the first interface. According to the present method, geographic location information of a contact is acquired, and the contact is displayed in a corresponding position on a map interface according to the geographic location information. In this way, a contact list does not need to be re-defined, thereby simplifying operations on the contact list. In addition, contacts may be differentiated according to geographic locations thereof, such that the contacts are displayed more visually, facilitating simultaneous operations on the contacts pertaining to the same area. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315580 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE IN DETERMINING THAT A MOBILE STATION IS AT ONE OR MORE PARTICULAR INDOOR REGIONS - Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices for to determine or assist in determining that a mobile station is at one or more particular indoor regions and to provide positioning assistance data and/or the like to the mobile station with regard to at least the one or more particular indoor regions. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315581 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE IN DETERMINING THAT A MOBILE STATION IS AT ONE OR MORE PARTICULAR INDOOR REGIONS - Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices for to determine or assist in determining that a mobile station is at one or more particular indoor regions and to provide positioning assistance data and/or the like to the mobile station with regard to at least the one or more particular indoor regions. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315582 | Positioning Method, Client and Positioning System - An indoor positioning method includes: sending, by a client, a position request instruction to at least three access points; receiving, by the client, a response message sent by each access point in response to the request instruction; sending, by the client, a corresponding measurement report message to each access point, so that each access point obtains a radio signal flight time between itself and the client; and receiving, by the client, a position estimation result from a network side, where the network side performs a comparative calculation on the radio signal flight time received from each access point and a sampling time measured in advance between each access point and each of multiple sampling points, and the position estimation result is an obtained coordinate location of a sampling point whose corresponding sampling time has a minimum time difference from the radio signal flight time received from each access point. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315583 | POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON POSITION PREFETCHING - Provided are a positioning method and system based on a position prefetching. The method comprises: S | 10-23-2014 |
20140323153 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING USING WIRELESS SIGNAL AND POSITIONING SERVER - The embodiments of the present invention provide a method for positioning using wireless signal and a positioning server. The coverage area of wireless signal is divided into multiple grids. The method comprises: acquiring speed information of UE; and determining a grid, in which the UE is located, based at least upon the speed information of the UE and speed information of the grids. Accordingly, according to the embodiments of the present invention, when the UE is positioned by using the wireless signal, the grid in which the UE is located is determined by using the speed information of the UE and the speed information of the grids, so that pattern matching may be performed more accurately and the positioning precision is improved. | 10-30-2014 |
20140323154 | Method and System for Optimized Transfer of Location Database Information - A servicing communication device may receive a subset of a location reference database that is maintained by a plurality of location servers, and may provide location related data to a mobile device that is communicatively coupled to the servicing communication device based on the received subset. The servicing communication device may determine capabilities and/or requirements of the mobile device, and may generate the location related data based on that determination. The servicing communication device may determine attributes and/or parameters that may affect determination of the subset of the location reference database. The subset of location reference database may be requested based on the determined attributes and/or parameters. The attributes and/or parameters may comprise a location of the servicing communication device. The servicing communication device may determine its location, directly based on GNSS transmissions and/or indirectly based on assisted GNSS (A-GNSS) data received from the plurality of location servers. | 10-30-2014 |
20140335896 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING A MOBILE TERMINAL - The present invention relates to a method and system for locating a mobile terminal addressed in a location service request by an overlay identity. A database ( | 11-13-2014 |
20140342753 | AUTOMATIC FRIEND FOLLOWING APPLICATION - Two friends can pair wireless communication devices which subsequently exchange positional information peer-to-peer or through a cloud server. Each device presents a map showing its location and the location of the paired device. Instructions can be provided to the device playing a follower role of how to reach the current location of the other device, which plays a leader role. In turn the leader device can present information as to the location of the follower device so that a user of the leader device can ascertain if the follower is off-track. | 11-20-2014 |
20140342754 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING WIRELESS DEVICE - Aspects of the disclosure provide a method. The method includes storing a database of positioning data. Each positioning data can associate position information of a location with an identifier of a wireless station for providing wireless connection at the location and a characteristic of a wireless signal received at the location. Further, the method includes receiving a position request from a wireless device that receives an identifier and a specific characteristic of a wireless signal from a specific wireless station, identifying the specific wireless station using the identifier to retrieve a group of positioning data from a database, selecting a subset in the group of positioning data using the specific characteristic, and determining position information of the wireless device using the selected subset of positioning data. | 11-20-2014 |
20140342755 | GEO-REFERENCE BASED POSITIONING OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A method of determining a location of a mobile device includes: detecting, at the mobile device, at least one Radio Frequency transmitter; receiving information associated with a number of Radio Frequency transmitters located within a geographical, area, the number of Radio Frequency transmitters being a subset of all Radio Frequency transmitters located within the geographical area, the information being decodable to provide global locations and identifiers of the number of Radio Frequency transmitters; comparing an identifier associated with the at least one detected Radio Frequency transmitter with the global locations and identifiers of the number of Radio Frequency transmitters; and determining the location of the mobile device within the geographical area; wherein the information is received in a reduced format. | 11-20-2014 |
20140342756 | METHODS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION OF WIRELESS DEVICES USING WI-FI - Method includes maintaining a collaborative database on a database server containing geographic location information pertaining to Wi-Fi access points. The collaborative database includes database records for Wi-Fi access points including a MAC address and geographic location. A position location request from a Wi-Fi enabled wireless device is received at a server, and includes a respective MAC address of at least one Wi-Fi access point for which a wireless beacon is detected by the wireless device. Via a query issued to the database server using at least one MAC address included in the position location request, geographic location data for one or more Wi-Fi access points is retrieved from the database. A processor determines geographic location of the wireless device based at least on the retrieved geographic location data, and returns, via the server, geographic location data to the wireless device corresponding to the geographic location of the wireless device. | 11-20-2014 |
20140342757 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BASE STATION IDENTITY - Methods for improving the time to acquire an identity of a base station by a mobile station, by relying on locally-unique attributes of the base stations instead of globally-unique attributes of the base stations, are presented. In some embodiments, data may be requested, the data may contain a globally unique attribute of a base station, a first locally unique attribute of the base station, and a second locally unique attribute of the base station. In some embodiments, data may be received in response to the request, the data may contain at least the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute. It may then be determined that the data did not contain the globally unique attribute, and an identity of the base station based at least in part on the first locally unique attribute and the second locally unique attribute may be acquired. | 11-20-2014 |
20140349680 | LOCATION BASED SERVICE (LBS) SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING OF MOBILE STATION LBS APPLICATIONS - An application executed within a mobile station to be triggered only by a network element, such as a mobile positioning center (MPC) or a Mobile Center (MC). The network element is coupled to a base station. The network element is responsible for authorizing an application that is either resident within the mobile station or that is run in a device that is resident elsewhere in the network. The mobile station communicates with the network element over a communication link through the base station and other infrastructure components. The mobile station will only respond to attempts to trigger particular operations (e.g., run particular applications) if the mobile station receives a short message services (SMS) message as defined by Interim Specification 637A (IS-637A) which is published by the Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA)/Electronics Industry Association (EIA). More specifically, that SMS message must include an SMS Teleservice Identifier that has a particular pre-assigned value. | 11-27-2014 |
20140349681 | HELP-SEEKING METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM BASED ON LOCATION BASED SERVICE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a help-seeking method, device and system based on a location based service, which relate to the field of location based service technologies. Help-seeking information sent by a first terminal is received, and a location area of the first terminal is determined according to the help-seeking information; the help-seeking information is sent to a second terminal located in the same location area as the first terminal; and response information fed back by the second terminal is received, and the response information is sent to the first terminal. The problem that, in the prior art, help-seeking information cannot be published in time when a user terminal needs help from another user terminal in the neighborhood of the user terminal in terms of geographic location is solved. The present invention may be applied in a mobile user terminal, for example, a smart phone terminal. | 11-27-2014 |
20140357299 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PROXIMITY INFORMATION - A method for privacy-preserving proximity detection comprising a grid-and-hashing paradigm, an optimal grid overlay and multi-level grids, which increases the detection accuracy while saving the wireless bandwidth. Furthermore, the present invention also provided a client-side location update scheme and the server-side update handling procedure for continuous proximity detection. The present invention is efficient and scalable under various system parameters and user moving speeds, in mobile geo-social networks. | 12-04-2014 |
20140357300 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING USER LOCATION THROUGH USER BEARER IDENTIFIER - A method is provided for acquiring a user location including, when it is required to acquire a current user location, a Location Service Client (LSC) transmitting a location service request carrying a user bearer identifier of user to a Bearer Mapping Function (BMF) through a Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC), and after receiving the location service request, the BMF searching for a corresponding Interworking Packet Access Gateway (iPAG) according to the user bearer identifier, and after obtaining user location information from the iPAG, the BMF returning the user location information to the LSC through the GMLC or instructing the GMLC to obtain the user location information from the iPAG. | 12-04-2014 |
20140357301 | DELAYED RADIO RESOURCE SIGNALING IN A MOBILE RADIO NETWORK - An implementation of a system, device and method for communicating location data of a mobile station, enhancing location data, optimally communicating Assistance Data, and/or reducing rebids of Measure Position Request messages in a wireless network. | 12-04-2014 |
20140364146 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING INDOOR LOCATION INFORMATION WITH ONE OR MORE APPLICATION PROGRAM MODULES WITHIN A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A method and system for sharing indoor location information with one or more application program modules within a portable computing device (“PCD”) includes receiving an indoor location data request and determining if a location service is currently being executed by the PCD. If the location service is not being executed, it is determined if a location engine of the PCD has been installed. If the location engine of the portable computing device has not been installed, then the code for the location engine is downloaded from a communications network. Next, the location service may be executed once the location engine has been installed. It is determined if the indoor location data being requested is present in a memory element of the PCD. If the indoor location data being requested is not present in the memory element of the PCD, then the indoor location data is downloaded from the communications network. | 12-11-2014 |
20140364147 | AREA WATCHER FOR WIRELESS NETWORK - Dynamic and current information is provided regarding a wireless device's entry into or exit from a geographically defined “watched” area. An area watcher application monitors preconfigured wireless devices entry/exit into preconfigured watched areas. The watched areas may watch for any/all subscribers, or for select, preconfigured subscribers listed in an appropriate table or database. Provision of location information is triggered by a wireless subscriber's entry, exit or changing between designated ‘watched’ areas or locations. Continuous polling may be used, or the mobile device itself or network element may be triggered to push its own location upon notification of its entry into or out of watched areas from an area watcher. A third party may be notified when a wireless user enters an area surrounding their retail store, and be sent a message such as “sale inside”, or “Your rentals are overdue”, on their wireless device. | 12-11-2014 |
20140378163 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION TRACKING NOTIFICATION - Systems and methods for location tracking notification are provided. Location sharing involves a mobile device sending location information to another device. This can allow another device to track the geographic location of the mobile device. Even though permissions can restrict access of the location information to only authorised users, the user of the mobile device might nonetheless wish to be informed of when another user is tracking their location. In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, if the location of the mobile device is being tracked, then the mobile device executes a user notification indicating that the location of the mobile device is being tracked. This can inform the user that their location is being tracked. | 12-25-2014 |
20140378164 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERY OF LOCATION CONTEXT IDENTIFIERS BASED ON APPROXIMATE LOCATION - As part of a localized positioning solution, a mobile device may transmit a request message to a server to obtain information about location contexts near the mobile device. In response, the server may, in some implementations, transmit a response message back to the mobile device that identifies a list of nearby LCIs and an area that encompasses these LCIs. The mobile device may store the returned LCI information and the returned area information in corresponding databases for later use. In some implementations, time limits may be placed on the returned area information after which the information is deemed stale. | 12-25-2014 |
20150011242 | Predicting Routes Using Wireless Networks - The disclosed implementations provide a system and method of predicting routes for mobile devices using wireless networks, including generating and sending content to a mobile device that is travelling on a predetermined route (e.g., a bus route determined by a transportation agency). The mobile device can scan for a wireless network that is installed on a vehicle travelling on a predetermined route. The system can predict which predetermined route the mobile device is travelling on by accessing a database that associates wireless networks with transportation vehicles. The system can confirm whether the mobile device is travelling on a predetermined route based on the device's sensor measurements, timestamps collected over a period of time and the identity of the wireless network that is connected to the device. The system can send content to the mobile device based on the mobile device's location and predicted future locations along the predetermined route. | 01-08-2015 |
20150011243 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHORIZED LOCATION MONITORING - Techniques for location tracking, location utilization, and dissemination and management of location information are disclosed. As a location monitoring system, one embodiment includes at least a plurality of mobile computing devices supported by a wireless network, and a computing device coupled to a wired network (e.g., the Internet) that couples to the wireless network. Each of the mobile computing devices is associated with and proximate to an object whose location is being monitored. The computing device stores the locations of each of the mobile computing devices or the objects proximate thereto, and enables only authorized users to obtain access the locations via the wired network. | 01-08-2015 |
20150011244 | Personal Location Code Broker - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for identifying a request to locate a user. The request identifies a network operator-independent personal location code (PLC) for the user. Identifying a first device associated with the user based on the PLC. The first device is associated with a first network operator. And obtaining the current location of the first device from the associated first network operator. | 01-08-2015 |
20150011245 | Dynamic Configuration of Mobile Station Location Services - On startup, a mobile station application will determine the current carrier network and submit a query to an application server that will return the correct location server configuration for the specified network. This information will be used on the mobile station to dynamically configure the device through the available GPS chipset API. | 01-08-2015 |
20150018010 | PROVIDING OTDOA PRS ASSISTANCE DATA - Disclosed embodiments pertain to the obtaining and utilization of Observed Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA) assistance data. Cell timing information obtained based on measurements by a Mobile Station (MS) of neighbor cells may comprise cell timing offsets of the neighbor cells relative to a serving cell for the MS. OTDOA assistance data may be generated, where the OTDOA assistance data may comprise an OTDOA assistance data reference cell and a cell timing offset between the serving cell and an OTDOA assistance data reference cell, the reference cell being selected based on the received neighbor cell measurements. Embodiments disclosed also pertain to methods on an MS for performing measurements of neighbor cells comprising cell timing information for neighbor cells by requesting idle periods with a desired length from a base station to perform the measurements, and performing the requested measurements upon receiving confirmation that the idle periods have been configured. | 01-15-2015 |
20150024779 | GEO-LOCATION SERVICES - A method for geo-location services is described. In one embodiment, the method includes tracking incidents that occur within a predetermined geographic area in relation to a subscription service, upon receiving a request for a list of incidents in relation to the predetermined geographic area, generating a notification comprising the requested list of incidents, and sending the notification to one or more subscribers within the predetermined geographic area. | 01-22-2015 |
20150024780 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLACE RECOGNITION - A mobile terminal and method for controlling place recognition are provided. The method includes collecting at least one of state information about a mobile terminal and user information stored in the mobile terminal, determining whether a current place of the mobile terminal is a major place that the user has previously visited at least a number of times using the collected information, determining, if it is determined that the current place of the mobile terminal is a major place, whether the current place has been registered using at least one signal received externally, and outputting a result of the determination as to whether the current place has been registered. | 01-22-2015 |
20150024781 | Realtime, location-based cell phone enhancements, uses, and applications - Enhancements of and to cell phone operations are based in whole or in part on determining the location of the cell phone. Systems and methods select and determine locations or areas of importance or relevance, and based on that information and other programmed factors affect or alter the operations of the cell phone. While the systems and methods are illustrated by use of cell phone embodiments and applications, they are equally applicable to virtually any portable or mobile communication device, including for example, wireless laptop computers and PDAs. | 01-22-2015 |
20150031393 | COMPUTING DISTANCES OF DEVICES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for ranking devices based on a distance from a merchant device. One of the methods includes displaying, in a point-of-sale system, a listing of buyers located proximate to the point-of-sale system, the buyers having indicated using their mobile devices a desire to pursue a financial transaction in association with the point-of-sale system. The point-of-sale system determines relative distances of the mobile devices of the buyers with respect to the point-of-sale system and arranges the displayed listing in the point-of-sale system based at least in part on the determined relative distances. | 01-29-2015 |
20150031394 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATION AT AN AUTOMOTIVE HEAD UNIT THAT A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE IS OUTSIDE A VEHICLE - Computer-implemented methods, systems and apparatus are disclosed for providing notification at an automotive head unit (AHU) of a vehicle that a pre-paired consumer electronics device (CED), such as a wireless communication device, is outside a vehicle. When it is determined that the pre-paired CED is not connected to a wireless communication interface of the AHU, a notification can be provided to the AHU indicating that the pre-paired CED is not connected. Positional data from a location message, provided from the pre-paired CED, can then be processed to generate location data and provide the location data to the AHU. | 01-29-2015 |
20150031395 | POSITIONING PROTOCOL CONVEYANCE - Techniques for selecting positioning protocols consistent with the capabilities of the location server in a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) based service are described. The SUPL Location Platform (SLP) transmits the service capabilities of the SLP, such as the positioning protocol capabilities of the SLP. The SLP transmits its capabilities of the SLP in an initiation message to the SUPL enabled terminal (SET) or after receiving an initiation message from the SET. The SET may transmit a positioning initiation message and the SLP and SET communicate to determinate one or more position estimates for the SET. The SET may include in the positioning initiation message a positioning protocol positioning message that is consistent with the SLP service capabilities. | 01-29-2015 |
20150045061 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A USER EQUIPMENT LOCATION BASED ON MEASUREMENTS FROM MULTIPLE BASE STATIONS - Methods and systems for determining a location of a UE includes receiving UE position information from a UE being serviced by a plurality of base stations. The UE position information may include a signal reception time and a signal transmission time or a timing advance for at least two of the plurality of base stations. The signal transmission time being a measured time for a signal being transmitted by the UE to be received by a base station, the signal reception time being a measured time for a signal being transmitted by the base station to be received by the UE, and the timing advance being a difference between the signal transmission time and the signal reception time for the base station. The method may include determining a location of the UE based on the received UE position information. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045062 | SEEK AND FIND LOCATION METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS - Methods, systems, and apparatus for locating the seek and find RF device are provided. An exemplary embodiment of a seek and find RF device receives a first RF cell phone signal from a requesting party device, wherein the first RF cell phone signal includes at least a location query requesting location information of the seek and find RF device, and wherein the location query is directed to the seek and find RF device using a mobile device identifier. The seek and find RF device receives at least three GPS satellite signals and determines a location of the seek and find RF device based upon the at least three GPS satellite signals. The seek and find RF device then transmits a second RF cell phone signal, wherein the second RF cell phone signal includes the determined location, and wherein the second RF cell phone signal is directed to the requesting party device using a device identifier. | 02-12-2015 |
20150045063 | Multi-RAT Node Used for Search and Rescue - Systems and methods are presented for using a mobile multi-radio access technology (multi-RAT) device for locating an individual, for example, in a search-and-rescue application. The multi-RAT device may permit the individual's cell phone to attach to the mobile multi-RAT device, and then may use a directional antenna to locate the individual. Various embodiments of such a device are described. | 02-12-2015 |
20150072711 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCALLY APPLICABLE INTERNET CONTENT WITH SECURE ACTION REQUESTS AND ITEM CONDITION ALERTS - Optimized delivery of locally applicable Internet content to users. A cache of locally applicable Internet content is maintained in a local content server, based upon a monitoring of locations of users requesting Internet content. Requests for Internet content are received from user equipment through a wireless network base station, and served from the local content server, which is logically proximate to the wireless network base station. The caching of locally applicable Internet content may be maintained on a layered basis. Secure action request receipt and corresponding performance, and item condition alerts are also described. | 03-12-2015 |
20150080024 | Dynamic position partitioning for better user experience in indoor positioning - Systems, apparatus and methods for determining a location of a mobile device are presented. Often a mobile device requests assistance data from a location server. If the mobile device expects a significant delayed response in receiving the assistance data, the mobile device may determine a seed location or rough location estimate from a server. The mobile device may also request a map to display and/or a data structure for its estimator. The mobile device may preload the estimator with the rough location estimate and/or the data structure. After preloading, the estimator determines a location of the mobile device. Also, the mobile device may show the map to a user via a display. | 03-19-2015 |
20150080025 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS, AND LOCATION INFORMATION STORING METHOD - An information storage apparatus includes a transmission unit that transmits configuration information to an operation terminal connected to the information storage apparatus, the configuration information indicating whether the information storage apparatus is configured to store location information of the operation terminal; a control unit that performs a process requested by a request sent from the operation terminal; and a storage control unit that stores, in a storage unit of the information storage apparatus, the location information of the operation terminal in association with information related to the process requested by the request. When the configuration information indicates that the information storage apparatus is configured to store the location information, the control unit performs the process requested by the request only when the location information is received from the operation terminal together with the request. | 03-19-2015 |
20150087339 | Wireless Location Information Request - A system and method for wireless location specific information request and retrieval using a communication network comprising: a wireless user display device communicating over the network with a server and the server communicating with a location information database or directly interacting with the third party representative associated with the property, business, landmark, product, event or object of user's interest. The method includes capturing image of the property, business, landmark, product, event or object of user's interest or manually inputting the information request regarding property, business, landmark, product, event or object of user's interest using the wireless user display device along with the geographic location of the property, business, landmark, product, event or object of user's interest and then requesting the either the associated third party representative or the server for the related information. The server then communicates with the property, business, landmark, product, and event or object database and request for the associated information. The property, business, landmark, product, event or object database extracts the requested information and transmits the generated report back to server which further processes the received information for generating wireless user display device ready report format which further enables the user to save, edit and share the generated information over the wireless communication network with other users. | 03-26-2015 |
20150099544 | MOBILE PHONE APPLICATION FOR ROUTING TO A PERSON FOR PICK-UP RETRIEVAL - A navigation method includes the following computer-implemented steps. A target mobile electronic device is identified. A geographical location of the target mobile electronic device is ascertained. Information is transmitted to a sender mobile electronic device. The information identifies the geographical location of the target mobile electronic device. A route along roadways from the sender mobile electronic device to the geographical location of the target mobile electronic device is determined. The determining step is dependent upon the information. | 04-09-2015 |
20150105103 | METHODS NODES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR POSITIONING OF A DEVICE - A method in a mobile node for enabling determination of a position of a device. The method comprises receiving a positioning request message, including an identification of the device. The method further comprises transmitting an alert signal to the device, including the identification of the device. The method further comprises receiving a response signal from the device, including the identification of the device. The method further comprises calculating a distance or a direction to the device by measuring the received response signal, thereby enabling of determination of the position of the device. | 04-16-2015 |
20150119080 | OPT-IN AND TIME LIMITED BI-DIRECTIONAL REAL-TIME LOCATION SHARING - An opt-in and time limited bi-directional real-time location sharing (OTLBLS) system and method that enable individual users of the disclosed system to communicate bi-directionally in real-time while also sharing certain information including, for example, locations, messages and metadata. | 04-30-2015 |
20150126219 | System and Method for Gathering Information about a Subject in Close Proximity to a User - Techniques where a computer system is able to obtain information about a subject by communicating with a device that employs a limited range communication technology and is associated with the subject are described. | 05-07-2015 |
20150126220 | METHOD FOR FINE LOCATION OF AN SMS EMITTED FROM A MOBILE USER EQUIPMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK IMPLEMENTING OPEN-MODE FEMTOCELLS - The present invention relates to a mobile network ( | 05-07-2015 |
20150133158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING A REQUEST TO LOCATE AN INDIVIDUAL VIA A TEXT MESSAGE - A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for processing a text message are disclosed. For example, the method receives the text message, analyzes the text message for an indication that a sender of the text message is requesting location information of an individual that the text message is addressed to, receives a permission to provide the location information of the individual receiving the text message, and transmits the location information of the individual to an endpoint device of the sender, wherein the location information of the individual is continually updated and sent to the endpoint device of the sender. | 05-14-2015 |
20150133159 | System and Method for Localization and Traffic Density Estimation via Segmentation and Calibration Sampling - Embodiments are provided for calibration, preprocessing, and segmentation for user localization and network traffic density estimation. The embodiments include sending, from a network component, a request to a plurality of user equipment (UEs) to participate in reporting localization data. Reports for localization data including no-lock reports are received from at least some of the UEs. The no-lock reports indicate indoor UEs among the UEs. The network preprocesses the localization data by eliminating, from the localization data, data that increases the total noise to signal ratio. The localization data is then processed using a model that distinguishes between different buildings. This includes associating, according to a radio map, radio characteristics in the localization data with corresponding bins in a non-uniform grid of coverage. The non-uniform grid is predetermined to maximize uniqueness between the radio characteristics. The indoor UEs are associated with corresponding buildings using the no-lock reports data. | 05-14-2015 |
20150133160 | LOCATION-AWARE MULTIMODAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for providing a multimodal list of transceiver devices to a remote terminal is disclosed. A positioning unit determines a location of a remote terminal. A processor identifies transceivers for communicating in at least a first communication mode and a second communication mode according to the location of the remote terminal. The processor retrieves information about the identified transceivers from a database and generates a multimodal list. The processor causes a transceiver to transmit the multimodal list of transceiver devices to the remote terminal using a communication mode of the remote terminal. | 05-14-2015 |
20150141051 | METHOD FOR FINE LOCATION OF A MOBILE USER EQUIPMENT THAT IS THE RECIPIENT OF AN SMS IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK IMPLEMENTING OPEN-MODE FEMTOCELLS - The present invention relates to a mobile network ( | 05-21-2015 |
20150141052 | METHOD FOR FINE LOCATION OF A MOBILE USER EQUIPMENT THAT IS THE RECIPIENT OFA CALL IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK IMPLEMENTING OPEN-MODE FEMTOCELLS - The present invention relates to a mobile network ( | 05-21-2015 |
20150141053 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CONFIGURE AND UTILIZE GEOGRAPHICAL ZONES - A method to define a geographical zone is disclosed. The geographical zone can be utilized to regulate a movable entity and the actions within the geographical zone. The geographical zone can be defined by allowing a user to define and load to a transponder a plurality of waypoints, each waypoint defined by a geographical coordinate and a radius originating from the geographical coordinate. The geographical zone can also be defined by selecting a plurality of coordinates that are loaded to a transponder and mapped on a pixilated image. | 05-21-2015 |
20150141054 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO TERMINAL, RADIO NETWORK, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A wireless communication system comprises: a setting notifying means for notifying, to a radio terminal, setting information related to at least one of the radio terminal's collection of measurement information and the radio terminal's reporting of the measurement information to a radio network; a status notifying means for notifying, to the radio network, a status related to at least one of the radio terminal's collection of the measurement information and the radio terminal's reporting of the measurement information; and a re-establishing means for receiving the status and determining whether to re-establish the setting information. | 05-21-2015 |
20150148071 | System and method for determining audience characteristics of a music concert based on mobile phone tracking and mobile data transmissions - A concert profiling server (CPS) obtains and analyzes information about a venue hosting a music concert and mobile phone location information related to the audience members attending the concert. Based on this information, the CPS determines the size of the audience in attendance. The CPS also obtains and analyzes sentiment information related to audience members at the concert with which the CPS determines the audience's sentiment toward the concert as favorable or unfavorable. The CPS further obtains and analyzes other information with which it makes a profile of the demographics of the audience and the audience members' levels of engagement. | 05-28-2015 |
20150148072 | Methods and Systems for Locating Persons and Places with Mobile Devices - Methods, computer readable storage medium, and systems for mobile devices to locate persons or places are described. In a feature, the invention is a method implemented in a server for providing beaconing sequences to the mobile devices for location sharing. In a feature, the invention is a server executing a method of locating a user using a beaconing mobile device. In a feature, the invention is a non-transitory computer readable medium on a server that encodes a program to execute a method on a first mobile device that determine directions and/or distance between the first mobile device and a second mobile device. In a feature, the invention is a server executing a method to remember a place on a mobile device. | 05-28-2015 |
20150148073 | REDUCING SIGNALING LOAD CAUSED BY CHANGES IN TERMINAL LOCATION - This disclosure is directed to a serving node ( | 05-28-2015 |
20150296337 | Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) Location - A mobile IP location server that retrieves the location of a mobile device based on the public IP address that a mobile device is using. A mobile IP location server comprises a mobile location protocol interface, an identifier resolver, and a location manager. The mobile location protocol interface interacts with location applications and receives and responds to location requests. The identifier resolver converts a device's public IP address to a real mobile identifier (e.g. MSISDN) and performs address conversion by either interacting with an HTTP proxy server or querying a network address translation (NAT) table. The location manager retrieves the location of a mobile device given the device's real mobile identifier (e.g. MSISDN). A web application requests mobile IP location services by transmitting an IP request to the mobile IP location server. An IP location request contains a mobile device's public IP address, port number, and any application specific information. | 10-15-2015 |
20150296339 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING LOCATION ESTIMATION MESSAGE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting a message through a terminal in a wireless communication system. The terminal receives positioning reference signals (PRS) from a reference cell and at least one of the neighbor cells, receives an auxiliary data provision message including a reference cell PRS muting sequence for indicating a muting pattern of the PRS transmitted through the reference cell and a neighbor cell PRS muting sequence for indicating the muting pattern of the PRS transmitted through at least one of the neighbor cells from an enhanced serving mobile location center (E-SMLC), and transmits a reference signal time difference (RSTD) measured on the basis of the PRS received from the reference cell and the at least one of the neighbor cells to the E-SMLC. | 10-15-2015 |
20150296341 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FINDING MOBILE DEVICE USERS - A system and method is provided for enabling mobile device users to share their respective locations and provide maps to each other's locations without requiring the use of a central server providing location services. The other user's location is provided as GPS coordinates that are attached to the communications between the parties (e.g., SMS, text, voice, etc.) and used to generate the other user's location on a map generated at the recipient's mobile device. In operation, a simple communication is provided to another user requesting his/her location and the GPS coordinates of the recipient are returned directly to the requester's mobile device for providing through an API to map or navigation or game software or hardware. The generated map is provided to the requester's mobile device, thereby bypassing the central server. | 10-15-2015 |
20150304813 | WEATHER DATA DISSEMINATION - In some examples, a first entity is configured to request weather data for a region of interest from a second entity. The second entity may transmit the requested weather data to the first entity in response to receiving the request. In some examples, the second entity only transmits the weather data to the first entity only in response to receiving a specific request for the weather data. Conversely, the first entity may only receive the weather data from the second entity in response to transmitting a request for the weather data. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304814 | CLIENT DEVICE LOCATION USING SYNCHRONIZED WIRELESS RECEIVERS - A wireless receiver (e.g., access point (AP)) is a member of a group of a plurality of receivers in a wireless local area network and time synchronized with other receivers in the group. A channel scan list is generated from a plurality of wireless channels available in one or more frequency bands. A channel is selected for the receiver to monitor from the channel scan list based on a current time at the receiver such that each of the plurality of receivers in the group are scanning the same channel at the same time. The selected channel is scanned and signal characteristic information (e.g., received signal strength (RSS)) is generated for the signals received during a given scan duration. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304982 | Method of Handling Location Reporting Procedure and Related Communication Device - A method of handling a location reporting procedure comprises performing, by a first proximity service (ProSe) function entity, a registration procedure for a proximity service with a first communication device; and performing, by the first ProSe function entity, the location reporting procedure for the proximity service between the first communication device and a second communication device; and transmitting, by the first ProSe function entity, a cancel location reporting message to a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Location Platform (SLP) server to cancel the location reporting procedure for the first communication device registered to the first ProSe function entity, when a timer of the proximity request message expires. | 10-22-2015 |
20150312714 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERMISSION TO ACCESS MOBILE LOCATION INFORMATION - A location query service is disclosed. The service provides requestors with a location of a device. The service receives a location query from a requestor, retrieves location information associated with the network user, and returns the location information to the requestor. Before returning the location information to the requestor, the service is configured, in some embodiments, to authenticate that the requestor is authorized by the network user to receive the network user's location information. Methods for providing a location query service also are disclosed. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312718 | PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION FOR EXPRESSIONS - Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for conveying location information from an announcing user device to a listening user device engaged in ProSe discovery communications. The announcing user device may use a first expression to broadcast an initial announcement, and then use a second expression to broadcast the location of the announcing user device. The first expression may be in the form of a public expression while the second expression may be in the form of a private expression. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312723 | LOCATOR SYSTEM - A locator system and method of use is disclosed. The locator system may be used to receive radiolocation signals, calculate location data based on the radiolocation signals, and send the current location data over a telecommunication network to a server computer. A client may request the location data from the server computer and the server may send the location data to the client. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312840 | Positioning in a Shared Cell - A method is implemented by a node in a wireless communication system ( | 10-29-2015 |
20150312846 | PERSONAL WIRELESS COVERAGE MAPS - Example methods disclosed herein to provide a map to a wireless device include, in response to a request received from the wireless device, processing wireless session records to determine respective status of a plurality of wireless services in a first geographic region associated with the wireless device. Disclosed example methods also include, based on the processing of the wireless session records, generating map data identifying a location of the wireless device, a status of a first one of the wireless services in a second geographic region included in the first geographic region, and a status of a second one of the wireless services in a third geographic region included in the first geographic region. Disclosed example methods further include transmitting the map data to the wireless device. | 10-29-2015 |
20150319561 | RETRIEVAL OF DIGITAL CONTENT RELATED TO UNAVAILABLE DIGITAL CONTENT - In response to receipt of a request for digital content that includes a subject matter of an event, one or more processors request the locations of a plurality of mobile devices during a time period of the event. One or more processors determine whether the location a mobile device indicates that it was present at the event during the period of time of the event. In response to a determination the mobile device was present at the event; one or more processors send a request for the digital content to a user of that mobile device. | 11-05-2015 |
20150334525 | MOBILE STATION POSITIONING ASSISTANCE WITH LOCAL MAPPING DATA - Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses for use in providing positioning assistance data to mobile stations. For example, a method in a first server in a cellular network may comprise sending a request for location information to a mobile station. A request for assistance data indicating an address of a second server may be received from the mobile station. Based on this address, a request for local mapping data may be sent to the second server. The local mapping data may be received from the second server. The assistance data based on the local mapping data and identifying a wireless signal transmitter may be sent to the mobile station. The location information, based on the assistance data and on a positioning operation based on a wireless signal transmitted by the identified wireless signal transmitter may be received from the mobile station. | 11-19-2015 |
20150341751 | System and Method for Gathering Information about a Subject in Close Proximity to a User - Techniques where a computer system is able to obtain information about a subject by communicating with a device that employs a limited range communication technology and is associated with the subject are described. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341757 | DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF A HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN A VEHICLE - A system and method for determining whether a handheld communication device (HCD) is located inside a vehicle includes: receiving at a central facility a request to locate the HCD; sending a message to the vehicle with an instruction to determine if the HCD is present in the vehicle; receiving a response from the vehicle that indicates whether or not the HCD is present in the vehicle; and transmitting a message to a user of the HCD indicating whether the HCD is located inside of the vehicle. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341892 | POSITIONING WITH ACCESS NETWORK QUERY PROTOCOL NEIGHBOR REPORTS - Techniques for determining the position of a client station based on Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) neighbor reports are disclosed. An example of a wireless transceiver system for providing a neighbor report in an ANQP query response message a memory, at least one processor operably coupled to the memory and configure to determine neighbor position information, receive an ANQP query request from a client station prior to performing a wireless client association process, generate a neighbor report, and send an ANQP query response including the neighbor report to the client station. The neighbor report may be ordered and the client station may be configured to initiate Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) sessions based on the order of the station within the neighbor report. | 11-26-2015 |
20150348006 | SMART WALLET - A service provider provides one or more “best” total value suggestions for one or more items specified by a user. The suggestions are based on one or more of user preferences, user location, available funding options, available local merchant incentives, available manufacturer incentives, and local merchants offering the item. In one embodiment, the “best” total value is the lowest price available to the user. The user may make a purchase using a suggestion or a revised suggestion. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350409 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING AN OPTIMIZED LOCATION BASED SEARCH - An approach is provided for optimizing the generation of a location based search result. An optimization platform generates is also caused to initiate at least one second-location based search for at least one non-overlapping area of at least one first search area and at least one second search area to generate at least one set of new results. The optimization platform also designates at least one portion of the at least one first set of results as at least one set of old results. The optimization platform then returns at least one set of new results and the at least one set of old results as at least one second set of results for the at least one second location-based search. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350844 | VENUE DATA FRAMEWORK - Techniques for storing information representing a venue are described. A venue data provider may upload venue data to a venue data service. The venue data can include locations, geometries, and business categories of the buildings and floors. The venue data service can validate the venue data, and request a survey service to survey the venue using the validated venue data. A survey can include recording measurements of an environment variable at various locations of the venue. The location service can generate location fingerprint data from the survey. The location fingerprint data can include expected measurements of the environment variable at various locations of the building. The venue data service can provide the location fingerprint data to a mobile device such that the mobile device can determine a location of the mobile device in the venue using sensor readings of the environment variable. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350891 | TECHNIQUES FOR LOCATION INFORMATION CONTROL USING USER PROFILES - A technique for anonymizing location information of a mobile device includes intercepting, by the mobile device, a request for access to actual location information of the mobile device made by an application. The mobile device redirects the request to a trusted edge server. The trusted edge server obfuscates the location information based on a location of one or more other mobile devices proximal to the mobile device to generate obfuscated location information. The one or more other mobile devices are selected based on a similarity between a user profile associated with the mobile device and user profiles associated with the one or more other mobile devices. The trusted edge server returns the obfuscated location information to the mobile device, which sends the obfuscated location information to the application in place of the requested location information. | 12-03-2015 |
20150358937 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING POSITIONING MEASUREMENTS - A wireless terminal ( | 12-10-2015 |
20150373495 | Enhancement of Positioning Quality of Service - Teachings herein improve selection of the positioning method(s) used to obtain positioning information responsive to a positioning request, by approaching positioning QoS holistically. Approached holistically, a joint QoS metric as taught herein takes into account the joint effect of individual QoS parameters of a positioning method, or the joint effect of multiple methods in a sequence. Processing in one or more embodiments thus includes determining a joint QoS metric for each of a plurality of candidate positioning methods or sequences, and selecting a positioning method or sequence based on those joint QoS metrics. By selecting a positioning method or sequence in this way, holistically based on joint QoS metrics rather than a piecemeal approach based on a one-by-one check of individual QoS parameters, selection proceeds flexibly according to actual QoS requirements of position-based services and/or systematically according to the joint effect of multiple positioning methods. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373496 | SEEK AND FIND LOCATION METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS - Methods, systems, and apparatus for locating the seek and find RF device are provided. An exemplary embodiment of a seek and find RF device receives a first RF cell phone signal from a requesting party device, wherein the first RF cell phone signal includes at least a location query requesting location information of the seek and find RF device, and wherein the location query is directed to the seek and find RF device using a mobile device identifier. The seek and find RF device receives at least three GPS satellite signals and determines a location of the seek and find RF device based upon the at least three GPS satellite signals. The seek and find RF device then transmits a second RF cell phone signal, wherein the second RF cell phone signal includes the determined location, and wherein the second RF cell phone signal is directed to the requesting party device using a device identifier. | 12-24-2015 |
20150382144 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SPOT LOCATION IDENTIFICATION - An approach is provided for identifying the location of a seat in a dark venue. A location identification platform determines the location of a user's seat. The location identification platform then displays the route to a seat for the user which is used to help the user find their seat. | 12-31-2015 |
20150382152 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF WIRELESS DEVICES - Methods for determining a location of a client device in a wireless network having at least a first other network device with a known location are disclosed. Transmission-to-self calibrations are performed at the first other network device and/or the client device to determine RF group delay of the first other network device and/or the client device. The client device receives messages and acknowledgements from the other network devices and determines its location based on information received including the time at which it received the messages, the acknowledgements and the RF group delay of the first other network device. As such, the location calculation can be refined by accounting for the RF group delays of the first other network device and/or the client device. | 12-31-2015 |
20150382153 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DEVELOPING A CONTENT-BASED FLOOR MAP - A system creates a content-based mapping of a physical space based on data received from beacons positioned at various locations in a physical space. Each beacon transmits a unique beacon identifier. When a mobile device detects a beacon identifier, the mobile device may also detect the signal strength of the transmitted identifier. If, with or shortly after detecting the beacon identifier, the mobile device is used to view content that is present in the physical space, the system may use the content information, the beacon identifier and the signal strength to build content-based floor map of the physical space. | 12-31-2015 |
20160007158 | Techniques for Determining Movements Based on Sensor Measurements from a Plurality of Mobile Devices Co-Located with a Person - Example techniques are provided that may be implemented, at least in part, at a mobile device to determine certain parameters corresponding to movement of an object that is co-located with the mobile device and at least one other mobile device. In an example implementation, a mobile device may obtain measurements corresponding to sensors of a plurality of mobile devices co-located on an object, and determine at least one of an estimated speed of the object, an estimated heading of the object, or an estimated heading rate of the object based, at least in part, on all or a selected subset of the sensor measurements which are accepted for use. | 01-07-2016 |
20160014554 | SURROUNDING ESTIMATION BASED ON SENSORS OF A MOBILE DEVICE | 01-14-2016 |
20160014563 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SELECTING LOCATION PROVIDERS | 01-14-2016 |
20160014564 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SENSOR-BASED LOCATION PROXIMITY DETECTION AND NOTIFICATION | 01-14-2016 |
20160018507 | LOCATION TRACKING FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - A method includes determining a radio frequency (RF) fingerprint mapping to an indoor floor plan for an indoor area. The method includes clustering Wi-Fi access point devices deployed in the indoor area into groups of Wi-Fi access point devices based on RF fingerprint data received by at least one reference point device. The method includes selecting a Wi-Fi access point device from each group of Wi-Fi access point devices and determining a RF fingerprint based on the selected Wi-Fi access point devices. The method includes receiving a request for a location associated with a mobile device. The request includes a sampled RF fingerprint associated with the mobile device. The method also includes comparing the RF fingerprints based on the selected Wi-Fi access point devices with the sampled RF fingerprint associated with the mobile device to determine a location of the mobile device within the indoor area. | 01-21-2016 |
20160021496 | Methods and Apparatus for Enabling Spontaneous Location Determination in a Scheduled Wireless Communication Environment - The present disclosure describes methods and apparatus for enabling spontaneous location determination in a scheduled wireless communication environment. For example embodiments, a first wireless communication device includes a transceiver and a multiple recipient communication system. The transceiver is configured to receive from a second wireless communication device a request to participate in a location determination procedure (LDP) that is to occur at least partially during a communication period that is assigned to a third wireless communication device. The multiple recipient communication system is configured to generate a multiple recipient frame that encapsulates (i) data that is destined for the third wireless communication device and (ii) a response to the request to participate in the LDP. For other example embodiments, a multiple recipient communication system of the second wireless communication device is configured to extract the response to the request to participate in the LDP from the multiple recipient frame. | 01-21-2016 |
20160021500 | METHOD OF PROCESSING BEACON OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method and an electronic device for processing a beacon are provided. The method includes receiving identification information of a beacon signal from a beacon transmitter in a geo-fence; comparing the received identification information of the beacon signal with beacon link information stored in the electronic device; and executing, according to a result of the comparison, a predetermined function based on stored beacon link information corresponding to the identification information of the beacon signal. | 01-21-2016 |
20160021504 | ADAPTIVE ASSISTANCE DATA FOR TIERED SERVICE AND EFFICIENCY IN INDOOR POSITIONING - A method for requesting assistance data includes, at a mobile device, determining an expected quality of service information, transmitting a request for assistance data, transmitting the expected quality of service information, and receiving an assistance data file comprising heat map information, wherein the heat map information includes a heat map grid resolution and a suitable quantization precision level for heat map values as determined, at least in part, based on the expected quality of service information. | 01-21-2016 |
20160021507 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING IN REAL-TIME SUBSTANTIALLY ACCURATE WAIT-TIMES AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS - A system and method are described for providing wait-time information regarding a location by a user. An actual wait-time experienced at the location by the user is determined and is reported using a wait-time reporting software application (App) substantially soon after the waiting period has ended to a wait-time server by the user using a mobile communication device upon which is stored the wait-time reporting software App. The actual wait-time can then be provided by the wait-time server to one or more requestors upon request to their respective one or more electronic devices. The actual wait-time can be an estimated wait time, estimated in different manners by the user or another person, or the actual wait-time can be determined using a time, or geographical tracking mechanism. In addition, the users can choose to report their wait-times to selection others in different manners (social media, among other reporting mechanisms). | 01-21-2016 |
20160021509 | Method for providing a service - A method for providing a service provides for a service provider to provide information to a service demander. In order to produce the information, the service provider evaluates data that describe selected parameters along a journey route. The data from the selected parameters are obtained by the service provider from selected data providers for the purpose of evaluation. The data from the selected parameters are received by service provider from the selected data providers such that identification by the service provider of one of the data providers on the basis of the transmitted data is made more difficult. | 01-21-2016 |
20160021513 | Reducing Location Search Space - Methods, program products, and systems for reducing a location search space are described. A mobile device, when arriving at a venue, can determine a location of the mobile device using signals from one or more signal sources associated with the venue. The mobile device can use a coarse location estimator to estimate a coarse location of the mobile device at the venue. The mobile device can request, from a server, detailed location data associated with the coarse location. The detailed location data can include location fingerprint data associated with a portion of the venue that includes the coarse location. The mobile device can determine an estimated location that has finer granularity than the coarse location using the location fingerprint data. | 01-21-2016 |
20160021631 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE IN PROVIDING POSITIONING ASSISTANCE DATA TO MOBILE STATIONS VIA A SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORK - Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses to allow a mobile station to receive positioning assistance data that may be used in a signal-based position estimation process. For example, a device at a node of a self organizing network (SON) portion of a communication network may be self-provisioned by establishing and providing selected positioning assistance data to a mobile station. | 01-21-2016 |
20160029157 | ASSISTANCE TECHNIQUES - Assistance techniques that give customers more knowledge and more freedom to seek out employees or other help providers. In an example method, a mobile device of a customer sends a request for assistance to a host computer, receives a location of help provider from the host computer, and displays the location on a map. The customer may then seek out the help provider. | 01-28-2016 |
20160029161 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION ESTIMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method for receiving a reference signal for positioning in a wireless communication system by a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of reference signal sequences for positioning to which different frequency shift values are applied, calculating a correlation between the plurality of reference signal sequences for positioning and transmitted reference signal sequences for positioning corresponding to the plurality of reference signal sequences in a time domain, and determining a time domain index having a highest value from the correlation as a reference time point for positioning, wherein the frequency shift value is determined according to the sum of multiplication of an index of each reference signal sequence and a frequency shift interval, and frequency offset. | 01-28-2016 |
20160029173 | EFFICIENT PERIODIC LOCATION REPORTING IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A user equipment (UE) communicating with a radio access network (RAN) sends to a network entity (e.g., an MSC/SGSN) a request for periodic reporting of the UE location to a client entity. After the request is approved, the MSC/SGSN sends to the RAN signaling to initiate periodic location reporting for the UE. The RAN may request a positioning center (e.g., a SAS) to send assistance data to the UE. The RAN may coordinate and control the periodic location reporting or may pass the control over to the positioning center. For each location reporting, the UE sends location information (e.g., measurements made by the UE or a location estimate computed by the UE) to the RAN. The SAS computes a location estimate if the UE sends measurements. The RAN then sends the location estimate for the UE to the MSC/SGSN, which forwards the location estimate toward the client entity. | 01-28-2016 |
20160029340 | Geolocation - A method for determining information regarding a location of a target. A signal is sent from a first device to the target, and a total flight time delay is measured. Based on the total flight time delay, a distance of the target from the first device is determined thereby establishing a total possible area for the target location. A medial node with a known location is identified, and a flight time delay from the first device to the medial node is determined thereby permitting a determination of the distance of the target from the medial node and a reduced possible target area. Further reduced areas can be established with iterations of the medial node identification. Refinement can be achieved by automatically applying a probabilistic distribution with geographic regions of reduced confidence and geographic regions of elevated confidence as may be based on physical terrain, population density, and communication bandwidth. | 01-28-2016 |
20160037291 | PLACE OF RELEVANCE DETERMINATION IN A CELLULAR NETWORK - A method includes receiving cellular network signals at a mobile device from several cells of a cellular network. The method then includes generating a place model representative of a characteristic of the place where the mobile device is located in response to the received cellular network signals. In one aspect, the place model is clustered with one or more previously generated place models if the place model is similar to the one or more previously generated place models. In another aspect, it is determined whether the place where the mobile device is located is a place of relevance to a user based on the clustering of one or more previously generated place models if the place model is similar to the one or more previously generated place models. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037302 | DISTANCE DETERMINATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A first energy of a signal received from a mobile device is computed at a device based on information available at a physical (PHY) layer of the mobile device. A second energy of the received signal is computed. A path-loss exponent of the received signal is computed based on a line-of-sight (LoS) factor (lfactor) of the signal. A distance of the mobile device to the device is computed based on the first energy, the second energy, and the path-loss exponent of the received signal. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037480 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENFORCING TIERED GEOGRAPHICAL ANONYMITY IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A disclosed method of operation includes generating a first resolution geographic descriptor that identifies a first size geographic grid area. The first size geographic grid area includes a specific location identified by mobile device location data but does not identify the specific location. The method proceeds with adjusting the first resolution geographic descriptor to a second resolution geographic descriptor, by increasing or decreasing the resolution to correspondingly decrease or increase, respectively, the corresponding geographic grid area to a second size geographic grid area that includes the specific location. An information update is then sent to a server. The information update includes the second resolution geographic descriptor but does not provide the mobile device location data, in order to preserve the mobile device user's anonymity. | 02-04-2016 |
20160044466 | TRANSACTION BASED TEMPORARY AND SECURE ACCESS - A system includes a location tracking services server (LTSS) in communication with a location owner device. A tracking packet is sent from the location owner device to the LTSS. The tracking packet includes a unique transaction identifier that uniquely identifies the tracking packet as being associated with a transaction between the location owner and a location consumer. The LTSS sends to the location owner device a link that points to the tracking packet. The location owner device uses the link to send to the LTSS information (e.g., a GPS ID) that uniquely identifies a device associated with a location provider selected to fulfill the transaction. This information is used to update the tracking packet. The LTSS provides access for a temporary period defined by the tracking packet to location data that enables the location consumer device to display the geographical location of the device associated with the selected location provider. | 02-11-2016 |
20160044628 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a reception unit, a first storage unit, a first processor, a second storage unit, a third storage unit, and a second processor. The second processor executes a process of specifying a place by place specifying data of a partial area stored in the second storage unit based on a signal received by the reception unit, and a process of updating the place specifying data of the partial area stored in the second storage unit and an identification information of an access point stored in the third storage unit through the first processor when the identification information of the access point detected from the signal received by the reception unit is stored in the third storage unit. | 02-11-2016 |
20160050528 | System and method for specified location and nearby area related crime information reporting - A system and method for reporting of the specific location and nearby area related crime using a communication network includes a wireless user display device communicating over the network with a server and the server communicating with a crime database over a wired or wireless communication network. The method includes selecting geographic location and nearby area of interest on the wireless user display device and then requesting the server for the crime information of the selected location and nearby area. The server then communicates with the crime database and request for the selected property and nearby area specific crime information. The crime database extracts the requested information and transmits the generated report back to server which further processes the received information for generating wireless user display device ready report format which further enables the user to save, edit and share the generated information over the wireless communication network with other users. | 02-18-2016 |
20160050531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICE POSITIONING - An electronic device comprising: a memory; and one or more processors configured to: assign a first positioning role to the electronic device and a second positioning role to a counterpart device, the counterpart device and the electronic device being part of a communications network, obtain at least one of a location information and a supplemental location information based on the first positioning role and the second positioning role, and detect a location of the electronic device based on the at least one of the location information and supplemental location information. | 02-18-2016 |
20160050532 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TIME OF FLIGHT DETECTION - A position-determining apparatus, such as a GPS receiver, determines the position of the mobile device based on the time of flight of a transmitted probe signal using a method in which sections of the received signal is classified into two or more categories and accumulated according to categories before being used to compute the convolutions familiar in the context of a matched filter. Using the method of the present invention to compute the convolutions, and optionally applying additional time-saving techniques described herein, a position determination is achieved using a number of arithmetic operations that is significantly reduced from that required in prior art methods to compute the convolutions. The reduced number of arithmetic operations can reduce significantly the power consumption required of a device carrying out a method of the present invention, and thereby realizing a significant advantage. | 02-18-2016 |
20160050538 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING LOCATION INFORMATION - A method includes receiving, at a first communication device, signals from communication devices. Each signal of the signals includes information associated with a particular communication device of the communication devices. The information includes location coordinates of a corresponding communication device of the communication devices. The method includes determining, at the first communication device, a characteristic associated with each signal of the signals. The method also includes determining, at the first communication device, estimated location coordinates of the first communication device based on the location coordinates and based on characteristics associated with the signals. | 02-18-2016 |
20160057574 | SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING PASSENGER AND BOARDING POSITION IN VEHICLE - A system for recognizing a passenger and a boarding position in a vehicle includes a wireless signal interface included in the vehicle and including a transmitter transmitting a wireless signal and a receiver receiving the wireless signal and other wireless signals; a beacon signal analyzer configured to analyze a beacon signal which is broadcast from a wireless terminal and is received by the receiver; a wireless signal analyzer configured to analyze the wireless signal which is transmitted from the transmitter and is received by the receiver; a passenger determiner configured to determine who the passenger of the vehicle is on an analysis result of the beacon signal analyzer; and a passenger position determiner configured to determine the boarding position of the passenger in the vehicle based on an analysis result of the wireless signal analyzer. | 02-25-2016 |
20160066144 | Geolocation Service Discovery Tool - A geolocation discovery system provides an application executing on an individual's mobile wireless device that may detect the presence of hardware used to implement geolocation services or a location associated with known geolocation services. Upon such detection, the program consults with a location registry that identifies specific application programs or permissions necessary to use those geolocation services. The individual is then provided with information or access to the necessary programs or permissions. | 03-03-2016 |
20160066147 | TECHNIQUES FOR ALLOCATING POSITIONING SIGNAL ACQUISITION TASKS AMONG A PLURALITY OF CO-LOCATED MOBILE DEVICES - Various techniques are provided that may be implemented at one or more of a plurality of co-located mobile devices. For example, a first mobile device may identify a plurality of signal acquisition tasks, transmit a request indicative of a subset of the plurality of signal acquisition tasks to be performed by a second mobile device, and receive a response to the request. | 03-03-2016 |
20160073235 | Systems and Methods for Providing Real-Time Dynamic Display of Underground Facilities - A system and method for providing a dynamic display of buried facilities at a user device. The system receives the device's current location. The system compares the device's current location with a set of location points stored in a database and associated with one or more underground facilities. If the current location of the device is within a predetermined distance of one or more of the location points in the database, the system generates a dynamic display of the underground facility associated with the one or more location points. The dynamic display includes a graphical representation of the underground facility overlaid on a map-like interface on the user device showing the location of the underground facility relative to the current location of the user device. The graphical representation may include facility information, such as the name of the cable pair, the type of cable, the status, the transmission speed, splicing information, customer information, etc. | 03-10-2016 |
20160073372 | DETERMINING AN ANGLE OF DIRECT PATH OF A SIGNAL - A signal transmitted from a mobile device is received at a device. A change in angle-of-arrival (AoA) of the signal is computed as the mobile device moves from a first location to a second location. A first distance and a second distance of the mobile from the device corresponding to the first and second locations, respectively are computed. A displacement of the mobile device from the first location to the second location is computed based on mobility information provided by a sensor of the mobile device. A change in an angle of direct path (ANDP) of the signal is computed based on the first distance, the second distance, and the displacement. The ANDP is determined based on a comparison of the change in AoA to the change in ANDP. | 03-10-2016 |
20160073374 | METHOD AND DEVICE USING OBSERVED TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL FOR POSITIONING MOBILE STATION - A method using OTDOA for positioning a mobile station includes: transmitting to the mobile station an OTDOA capability request message to inquire about a communication system format supported by the mobile station and signal reception quality information of each base station of a communication system supported, where the OTDOA capability request message includes a plurality of communication formats existent in a current service area of the mobile station and corresponding signal reception quality information, provided for the mobile station to select based on the communication system format supported by the mobile station; receiving an OTDOA support capability message returned by the mobile station, where the OTDOA support capability message includes the communication system format supported by the mobile station and corresponding signal reception quality; sending to the mobile station auxiliary positioning information based on the communication system format supported by the mobile station and the corresponding signal reception quality. | 03-10-2016 |
20160080912 | RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication terminal receives position information showing a position of another radio communication terminal. The radio communication terminal obtains, from the position information, a terminal ID of the radio communication terminal, and a beacon ID for identifying the predetermined location nearest to the radio communication terminal. The radio communication terminal accepts the predetermined location designated by a user. The radio communication terminal determines as a communication partner terminal, the other radio communication terminal that is nearest to the accepted predetermined location based on the terminal ID and the beacon ID. The radio communication terminal performs communication with the determined communication partner terminal. | 03-17-2016 |
20160088433 | Sharing Location Information During a Communication Session - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to provide location information associated with a first user. The location of the first user is determined, and the location of the first user is communicated to a second user, the location of the first user being displayed on a graphical user interface of a mobile computing device associated with the second user. | 03-24-2016 |
20160088438 | MOBILE DEVICE ASSISTED SMART BUILDING CONTROL - A system for signaling electronic devices based on the occupancy of one or more regions of a building includes a central controller with a wireless receiver to receive data indicative of the occupancy of a region of a building from fixed wireless sensors associated with the building. The central controller also receives estimated locations for one or more mobile wireless devices. The central controller can also receive an indication of the proximity of one or more mobile wireless device to a person. The central controller can determine one or more location estimates for at least one mobile wireless device. The central controller can weight some or all of the fixed wireless sensor occupancy indications and device location data based on the proximity indication and selects one or more output devices (e.g. wireless speakers or WiFi enables lights) to operate. The central controller can be located within a mobile wireless device. In this case the challenge for the controller is determining how to weight the relative importance of mobile device location and sensor data indicating person location. In several embodiments the disclosed system provides means for weighting the mobile device location, based in part on the person-to-device proximity indications in the broader task of generating occupancy estimates for one or more regions of a building and operating output devices based on occupancy estimates. For example the central controller could be located in a smartphone, thereby enabling the smartphone to play music on a dynamic subset of the wireless speakers located throughout a building, depending on the location of the user. The subset of speakers could be chosen based in part on weighting person and device location estimates, whereby the weights can be based in part on the proximity indication. When the person is close by the wireless device, device location is heavily weighted in selecting the subset of wireless speakers and when the person is determined to be non-proximal to the smartphone, occupancy indications form fixed wireless sensors receives increased weighting. | 03-24-2016 |
20160088584 | Methods and Apparatuses for Efficient Learning of Unknown Access Point Location Using Trilateration Based on Multi-Resolution - Methods and systems are presented for estimating a location of an access point (AP) associated with an indoor environment. In some embodiments a method includes obtaining a coarse set of signal information associated with the indoor environment. The method may also include obtaining ranging measurements based on signals received from the AP, computing at least one coarse location estimate of the AP based on the received coarse set of signal information and the ranging measurements, receiving a fine set of signal information associated with the at least one coarse location estimate of the AP, and computing at least one fine location estimate of the AP based on the received fine set of signal information and the ranging measurements, wherein the at least one fine location estimate of the AP is more accurate than the at least one coarse location estimate of the AP. | 03-24-2016 |
20160094939 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING WIRELESS SCAN RATES - The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for transmitting and receiving audio and video data. A method may include determining, by a device including one or more processors and a plurality of antennas, that the device is in an active state. The method may also include determining, via the plurality of antennas in response to a location request, location information associated with the device. Furthermore, the method may include receiving, from at least one sensor component included in the device, sensor information associated with the device. Additionally, the method may include determining, based at least in part on the location information and the sensor information, a scan rate adjustment event. The method may further include adjusting a current scan rate of the first antenna to a second scan rate. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094954 | LOCATION FINGERPRINTING USING MULTIPLE SENSORS - Methods, program products, and systems for using multiple sensors to determine a location fingerprint are described. A sampling device can measure RF signals detected at a train station of a transit system or a route of the transit system. The sampling device, or a location server receiving the measurements, can filter RF signal measurements using one or more readings from sensors coupled to the sampling device and that are different from RF receivers. The readings can be taken concurrently with the RF signal measurements. These readings, designated as motion cues, can include motion sensor readings, barometer readings, or magnetometer readings. Using the motion cues, the sampling device or location server can distinguish different platforms of a station of the transit system and different levels of the station, or filter out RF signal measurements that may have been inaccurate, e.g., as caused by disturbances from a train entering or leaving a station. | 03-31-2016 |
20160100293 | BIO-POWERED LOCATOR DEVICE - A locator assembly is provided. The locator assembly includes an article of wear and a location sending device embedded in the article of wear. A bio-related electric generator is connected to the location sending device for providing power for the location sending device. A system for locating a person and a locating method are also provided. | 04-07-2016 |
20160100364 | REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION ON LOCATION REFERENCE DEVICES - A device may request location information for a location reference device (LRD); receive, based on the request, the location information for the LRD via a cellular network connection; transmit, via the cellular network, an instruction to direct the LRD to activate a non-cellular radio on the LRD; receive wireless signals outputted via the non-cellular radio; determine a distance between the user device and the LRD based on a strength of the wireless signals received by the user device; and audibly or visually indicate, by the user device, the determined distance between the user device and the LRD. | 04-07-2016 |
20160105773 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING COMMUNICATION GROUP BASED ON LOCATION HISTORY - Communication groups are formed based on mobile station location history. The process includes receiving, at a controller device, a group formation request from a requesting device, the request specifying a location and a time window, identifying one or more mobile stations determined to be within a threshold area relative to the location during the time window, and causing a communication group to be created including the identified one or more mobile stations. A further process includes a requesting device configured to identify a location and time window associated with an event, transmit a group formation request specifying the location and the time window and requesting formation of a communication group comprising mobile stations located within a threshold area relative to the location during the time window, and transmit using a communication group identifier provided to the requesting device. | 04-14-2016 |
20160112834 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR POSITION DETERMINATION - A method and device for position determination, in which one or more application requests a positioning method selection device for positioning data. The positioning method selection device provides an application with positioning data using one or more positioning method in accordance with settings defined by the application and/or the user. The positioning method selection device receives a positioning request from an application, forms a parameter or parameters indicating the quality of positioning requested by the application, compares the quality of positioning data provided by the positioning methods with the positioning quality required by the application, and sends the positioning data to the application in response to the positioning request. | 04-21-2016 |
20160112842 | Method and System for Prompting Signal Covered Area - A method and a system for prompting a signal coverage area are disclosed, which relate to the field of mobile communications. The method for prompting the signal coverage area disclosed in the embodiment of the present document includes: when detecting a signal coverage area searching instruction from a user, a mobile terminal performs positioning operation, acquiring current location information of the mobile terminal, and according to signal strength around a current location of the mobile terminal, determining a list of blind areas around the current location; and the mobile terminal prompting the user to open a map, and displaying the current location of the mobile terminal on the map, and displaying signal coverage areas near the current location according to the list of blind areas. The embodiment of the present document also discloses a system for prompting a signal coverage area. | 04-21-2016 |
20160119440 | SECURE LOCATION SESSION MANAGER - A Secure Location Session Manager (SLSM) is an intelligent router for open mobile alliance (OMA) Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Version 1.0 (and later) messages best implemented when multiple, geo-diverse SUPL servers are deployed in a distributed environment, such as an active-active redundant configuration within a wireless carrier's network. In a standalone option, the SLSM acts as a “middleman” for all SUPL positioning messages between a mobile device and a responsible SUPL server. In an embedded option, the SLSM resides within an existing server. The SLSM manages and stores session information for all pending and ongoing SUPL positioning sessions in internal tables for routing and load balancing purposes. The external interfaces of the SLSM consist of OMA ULP messages. | 04-28-2016 |
20160119751 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING CONTENT RECEIVER RECOMMENDATION SERVICE - Disclosed is an electronic device that includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device to transmit and receive information; a display unit that is configured to display location information and shared content; and a controller that is configured to process information on recommended content receivers that are selected in regard to the current location of the electronic device in a list of friends registered in the electronic device through the communication unit, and to display the information on recommended content receivers on the display unit in response to input. | 04-28-2016 |
20160127866 | LOCATION-BASED SERVICE DELIVERING SYSTEM AND LOCATION-BASED SERVICE DELIVERING METHOD FOR PERSON CARRYING MOBILE DEVICE WITH SENSING FUNCTION - The present invention provides a location-based service delivering system and method for at least one person carrying a mobile device that can allow the delivery of location-based services without using the earth coordinates. The location-based service delivering system comprises: at least one energy-emitting unit, a tagging unit, at least one display unit, and a control unit. The energy-emitting unit is utilized for emitting at least one energy signal, wherein the mobile device generates at least one sensing signal by sensing the energy signal emitted from the energy-emitting unit. The tagging unit is coupled to the mobile device, and utilized for generating at least one tag associated with the person carrying the mobile device according to the sensing signal. The control unit is coupled to the tagging unit and the display unit, and utilized for controlling the display unit to display information according to the tag generated by the tagging unit. | 05-05-2016 |
20160128018 | WIFI DEVICE ZONING USING MICRO-LOCATION DATA - Methods, systems and computer readable media for wireless device zoning using micro-location data are described. | 05-05-2016 |
20160135007 | DETERMINING THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Determining the geographic location of a portable electronic device ( | 05-12-2016 |
20160135015 | PUBLIC SERVICE AWARENESS OF CROWD MOVEMENT AND CONCENTRATION - According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for predicting crowd formation based on the movement of a plurality of mobile devices is provided. The method may include collecting a plurality of location data snapshots based on the plurality of mobile devices and a plurality of cell towers. The method may include determining a plurality of device positions based on the collected plurality of location data snapshots. The method may include determining a device movement direction based on the determined plurality of device positions. The method may include determining a device velocity based on the determined plurality of device positions. The method may include identifying a mobile device subset, whereby the mobile device subset converges on a convergence area. The method may include determining if the mobile device subset converging on the convergence area exceeds a threshold value. The method may include triggering a convergence response. | 05-12-2016 |
20160142875 | LOCATION AWARE PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE ENABLED PUBLIC ADDRESSING (PA) SYSTEM - Methods and systems are described for locating a user of a personal communication device (PCD) at a venue. A method may include: receiving a request to determine a location of the PCD from the PCD; receiving information corresponding to a signal measurement regarding a signal received by at least one access point at the venue from the PCD; and determining the location of the PCD based at least in part on the received information. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142876 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AD-HOC NETWORK FOR TRACKING THE POSITION OF A SUBJECT - A method and system for tracking a stationary and/or dynamic location of at least one transponder emitting identifying signals, the system comprising: a software application embedded within at least one smart-phone, configured to at least temporarily gather and forwardly transfer the identifying signals emitting from the at least one transponder; at least one communication means for enabling wireless communication between the at least one transponder and the at least one smart-phone; at least one computing server, in wireless communication with the at least one smart-phone; the computing server is configured to collect and aggregate the identifying signals transferred by the at least one smart-phone, by mean of crowd-sourcing data, and accordingly process a real-time estimated location of each of the at least one transponder. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142996 | Location-Aware Caching in an Aerial Network - Methods and systems are disclosed herein that may help to provide location-aware caching and/or location-specific service profiles in an aerial-vehicle network. An exemplary method may be carried out by an aerial vehicle that is at a location associated with the first geographic area in an aerial-vehicle network that includes a plurality of defined geographic areas, and may involve: (a) determining that a location-aware cache of an aerial vehicle should be updated with user-data associated with the first geographic area; and (b) in response to determining that the location-aware cache should be updated: (i) sending a location-aware cache-update request; (ii) receiving, as a response to the location-aware cache-update request, user-data that corresponds to the first geographic area; and (iii) storing the user-data that corresponds to the first geographic area in a location-aware cache of the aerial vehicle. | 05-19-2016 |
20160150376 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS FOR PERFORMING POSITIONING MEASUREMENTS IN A SERVICE NETWORK - A wireless communications device with a wireless module, a storage unit and a controller module is provided for performing positioning measurements. The wireless module receives a plurality of positioning signals from a service network during respective position occasions. The controller module processes the received signals and performs measurements on the processed signals, wherein measurement result is taken at least three processed signals with respective position occasions, wherein each measurement result is stored in the storage unit with the information of corresponding base station and respective position occasion, wherein performing the measurements further include combining the stored measurement results for all of position occasions for generating a final measurement report. | 05-26-2016 |
20160150499 | PASSIVE LOCATIONING OVER MULTIPLE CHANNELS - Apparatuses and methods for performing multi-channel passive ranging operations are disclosed. In one example, a passive listening device may receive, on a first wireless channel, a first exchange of signals between a first wireless device and a second wireless device, and then receive on a second wireless channel, a second exchange of signals between the first wireless device and the second wireless device, the first wireless channel different than the second wireless channel. The passive listening device may determine a differential distance between the passive listening device and the first and second wireless devices based, at least in part, on the first and second exchanges of signals on the first and second wireless channels, respectively. | 05-26-2016 |
20160157052 | USER APPARATUS AND AREA INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD | 06-02-2016 |
20160157059 | Use of a trained classifier to determine if a pair of wireless scans came from the same location | 06-02-2016 |
20160157204 | RADIO BASE STATION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | 06-02-2016 |
20160157253 | PRIORITIZING LOCATION REQUEST OF A CERTAIN TYPE IN A CONGESTION SITUATION | 06-02-2016 |
20160165487 | LOCATION SERVICE REQUEST THROTTLING - A technique to allow a server such as a location server to throttle concurrent or closely timed location requests for the position of a given wireless device such that within a certain time period preferably only one location request will be initiated to the positioning engine and the remaining closely-timed location requests will be buffered or cached. When a position for the given wireless device is returned per the outstanding location request, then the retrieved position will be used to respond to each of the buffered location requests. Thus, a plurality of location requests are satisfied with a single request to the positioning engine. By optimizing the use of cached position requests, throttling of location requests per the invention reduces network traffic significantly, increases the efficiency of a positioning server (therefore reducing business cost), and provides for an improved grade or quality of location based services in general. | 06-09-2016 |
20160165567 | Method and Device for Determining Node Movement - Embodiments disclose a method and device for determining a node movement. The method includes: when a first node determines that the first node is currently in an abnormal state, broadcasting at least two RSSI request messages, and receiving signal strength measurement values that are returned by a second node and separately obtained by means of measurement for at least two RSSI request messages in the at least two RSSI request messages broadcast by the first node. The method also includes separately calculating at least two path loss values between the first node and the second node according to the at least two received signal strength measurement values; and determining that the first node moves when it is determined that a quantity of second nodes, of which at least two path loss values are all different, is greater than a set threshold. | 06-09-2016 |
20160165569 | Method and System for Managing a Location Detector - A portable device, for example an offender monitor, can utilize a location detector, such as a GPS receiver, to provide locational information for the device. The portable device can communicate over a cellular network, for example transmitting location readings over the network. The device can maintain the location detector in a state of reduced energy consumption and activate the receiver when conditions of the cellular environment indicate a high probability of the device moving a noteworthy distance. In various examples, the decision can take into consideration change in signal strength and/or history of cell tower utilization. | 06-09-2016 |
20160165570 | CROWD SOURCED LOCATION DETERMINATION - Techniques and systems for determining locations of devices using location data sources are provided. For example, a network device, method, and computer-program product may be provided. In one example, a method may include receiving, on a computing device, a request to locate a device, wherein the request includes an identifier of the device. The method may further include receiving a communication from the device, wherein the communication includes the identifier of the device, and obtaining a location of the device. The method may further include transmitting the location of the device and the identifier of the device to a server, wherein the server is configured to use the location of the device and the identifier of the device to send a response to the requestor of the request. | 06-09-2016 |
20160174034 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING A POSITION FIX OF AN OBJECT USING ONE OR MORE MOBILE DEVICES CO-LOCATED WITH THE OBJECT | 06-16-2016 |
20160174041 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTING MESSAGES OF A POSITIONING PROTOCOL IN A WIRELESS NETWORK | 06-16-2016 |
20160174048 | MODELING SIGNIFICANT LOCATIONS | 06-16-2016 |
20160174183 | Method and System for Prompt of Signal Coverage Hole in Advance | 06-16-2016 |
20160183043 | System And Method For Distributed And Dynamic Location Identification Of Mobile Devices | 06-23-2016 |
20160192126 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING A DEVICE - A method includes detecting, by a mobile network interface card (MNIC) using a radio frequency (RF) signal, network devices of a network, generating, by the MNIC, a report identifying a network device of the network devices as detected by the MNIC, and sending, by the MNIC, the report to the network device. The method further includes forwarding, by the network device using the network, the report to a backend, identifying, by the backend, a physical location of the network device, and determining, by the backend, an approximate physical location of the MNIC based on the physical location of the network device. | 06-30-2016 |
20160192137 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR PROVISIONING WIRELESS NETWORK INITIATED LOCATION OR TIME OF FLIGHT REQUEST - Example systems, methods, and devices for provisioning in a wireless network can be provided. In one embodiment, a method can include storing, by a wireless communication device, credentials of one or more trusted network entities in the wireless network, receiving, by the wireless communication device, a request for location information from one or more access points, and transmitting, by the wireless communication device, location information to the one or more access points. The request may include location configuration information request, time of flight request or a fine timing measurement request. The method may also include storing one or more aging parameters for one or more trusted network entities. The credentials include basic service set identification or service set identification. Certain methods, apparatus, and systems described herein can be applied to 802.11ax or any other wireless standard. | 06-30-2016 |
20160192139 | MOTION DETECTION METHOD AND PORTABLE DEVICE USING THE SAME - An example of the invention provides a motion detection method for a portable device. The method includes steps of: generating a first cell location data at a first time point according to signals transmitted by a plurality of base stations; generating a second cell location data at a second time point according to signals transmitted by a plurality of base stations, wherein the first time point and the second time point are two successive time points, and the first cell location data and the second cell location data includes names or identification data of base stations detected by the portable device; determining whether the portable device is moved according to the first cell location data and the second cell location data. | 06-30-2016 |
20160192142 | LOCATION ASSISTANCE IN A PAIRED DEVICE - Provided are a computer system and methods related to a map display. A method includes but is not limited to receiving a request for the map, the map illustrating one or more locations; determining a status associated with at least one of the one or more locations on the map, the status being a function of one or more location interaction rules associated with the at least one of the one or more locations on the map; and generating a signal related to indicating on the map the status associated with the at least one of the one or more locations. | 06-30-2016 |
20160192148 | Location Information for a Mobile Station - In a wireless communications network, a method of performing a location service with respect to a mobile station includes communicating a paging message containing an indication of whether the paging message is related to at least one of an emergency-related location service and a law enforcement-related location service. In another aspect, a mobile station in a wireless communications network communicates messaging to move the mobile station to a traffic channel in response to a callback by at least one of an emergency services entity and a law enforcement entity. The mobile station also receives a location request on the traffic channel, the location request containing an indication of whether the location request is related to at least one of an emergency-related location service and a law enforcement-related location service. | 06-30-2016 |
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