Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130012235 | Venue application for mobile station position estimation - Disclosed is a method, and a system to perform the method, comprising receiving venue infrastructure information at an entity hosted on a mobile station, and selectively providing a portion of the venue infrastructure information to one or more other entities hosted on the mobile station based, at least in part, on a privilege level attributed to the mobile station or a user associated with the mobile station. | 01-10-2013 |
20130017842 | RADIO MODEL UPDATING - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, methods, apparatuses, devices, articles, and means for updating radio models. For certain example implementations, a method for one or more server devices may comprise receiving at one or more communication interfaces at least one measurement that corresponds to a position of a first mobile device within an indoor environment. At least one radio model that is stored in one or more memories may be updated based, at least in part, on the at least one measurement to produce at least one updated radio model. The at least one radio model and the at least one updated radio model may correspond to the indoor environment. The at least one updated radio model may be transmitted to enable a second mobile device to use the at least one updated radio model for positioning within the indoor environment. Other example implementations are described herein. | 01-17-2013 |
20130045758 | PEER DEVICE SUPPORTED LOCATION-BASED SERVICE PROVIDER CHECK-IN - Methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture are provided for use in checking-in a mobile device with a location based service provider at a venue location. A candidate device check-in profile for a candidate device and one or more check-in validation schemes may, for example, be provided, directly or indirectly, to a computing device via the candidate device and/or one or more peer devices. The candidate device may, for example, be checked-in with the location based service provider in response to a determination that the candidate device check-in profile is valid. | 02-21-2013 |
20130109413 | Providing and utilizing maps in location determination based on RSSI and RTT data | 05-02-2013 |
20130122941 | Providing and utilizing maps in location determination based on RSSI and RTT data - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to utilizing location information, such as maps, in location determination based on Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) and Round-Trip Time (RTT) data. Weighting information can be determined from and/or provided in the location information. The weighting information associated with an area in which a mobile device is located can impact how RSSI and RTT data is weighted in a calculation of the mobile device's location. | 05-16-2013 |
20130143497 | DEVICE FOR ROUND TRIP TIME MEASUREMENTS - An appliance facilitates localization of a station (STA) in a network, for example, a short-range wireless network. An automatic response to a request for a measurement related communication is provided. The appliance can include a radio frequency (RF) interface and a media access control (MAC) section. The MAC section can receive the request and generate the automatic response immediately after a uniform period that is uniform among any such appliance within the network. The appliance performs only the generation of the automatic response, though the response can include additional information such as (x, y) coordinates of the appliance. | 06-06-2013 |
20130172009 | Methods and apparatuses for use in determining a location of a mobile device within a mutli-level physical structure - Methods and apparatuses are provided that may be implemented in a mobile device to determine that the mobile device is located within a particular level of a multi-level physical structure based, at least in part, on a comparison of measured wireless signals and stored measurements of wireless signals. | 07-04-2013 |
20130184012 | Radio model updating - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, methods, apparatuses, devices, articles, and means for updating radio models. For certain example implementations, a method for one or more server devices may comprise receiving at one or more communication interfaces at least one measurement that corresponds to a position of a first mobile device within an indoor environment. At least one radio model that is stored in one or more memories may be updated based, at least in part, on the at least one measurement to produce at least one updated radio model. The at least one radio model and the at least one updated radio model may correspond to the indoor environment. The at least one updated radio model may be transmitted to enable a second mobile device to use the at least one updated radio model for positioning within the indoor environment. Other example implementations are described herein. | 07-18-2013 |
20130223261 | Processing time determination for wireless position determination - An example method for determining a processing time for wirelessly determining a position of a mobile station includes: measuring a round trip time delay to each of multiple wireless access points; estimating an initial processing time for each of the wireless access points; calculating the position of the mobile station based upon the measured round trip time delays and estimated processing times; and updating the initial processing time for each of the wireless access points based upon the calculated position of the mobile station. | 08-29-2013 |
20130236105 | METHODS FOR MODIFYING MAP ANALYSIS ARCHITECTURE - Apparatuses, methods, systems and computer-readable media for determining a hallway edge and/or room entrance of a map are presented. Embodiments may identify a point of interest (POI) on the map indicative of the room entrance. Embodiments may determine a first edge of the map close to the POI and representative of at least a first wall on the map, and may determine a second edge of the map close to the POI and representative of at least a second wall on the map. Embodiments may then perform a rank analysis of the first edge and second edge based on at least one characteristic of the first edge and one characteristic of the second edge, and may determine the orientation of the room entrance and/or the determine the hallway edge of the POI based at least in part on the rank analysis. | 09-12-2013 |
20130236106 | METHODS FOR GENERATING VISIBILITY MAPS - Apparatuses, methods, systems and computer-readable media for generating a visibility map in determination of a user's location are presented. Some embodiments may identify a point of interest (POI) whose location is predefined on a map. The map may be an overhead map, similar to a map found at a shopping mall or a 3-dimensional map. Embodiments may then determine a plurality of vectors emanating from the POI. The vectors may be representative of lines of sight from the POI on the map. Embodiments may then integrate at least some of the plurality of vectors to calculate an area on the map representative of a visibility map. | 09-12-2013 |
20130237246 | Wireless signal model updating using determined distances - An example method for updating a wireless signal model includes: measuring a distance from a mobile station to each wireless access point, of multiple wireless access points, based upon a wireless signal model; calculating a position of the mobile station based upon the measured distance; determining a computed distance to each wireless access point based upon the calculated position of the mobile station; updating the wireless signal model based upon the measured and computed distances to each wireless access point; and determining whether the wireless signal model has converged. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238234 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING A USER'S LOCATION USING POI VISIBILITY INFERENCE - Apparatuses, methods, systems and computer-readable media for using visibility maps of identified points of interest (POIs) to determine a user's location are presented. Users may determine their locations without relying on a global positioning technique, such as GPS or A-GPS. A user may instead rely on POIs identifiable from the user's visual field of view, and determine position based on the common area visible to each identified POI. | 09-12-2013 |
20130244693 | Characterizing an indoor structure based on detected movements and/or position locations of a mobile device - Various methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented in various devices for use in characterizing a signaling environment in an area of location uncertainty within an indoor structure. In an example, a computing device may obtain at least a portion of a travel log indicative measurements gathered by a mobile device within an area of location uncertainty, and a position fix based, at least in part, on one or more signals received at the mobile device within an area of location certainty. The computing device may, for example, determine an estimated trajectory of the mobile device within at least a portion of the area of location uncertainty within an indoor structure, e.g., leading to the position fix, based, at least in part on at least a portion of the plurality of measurements and the position fix. | 09-19-2013 |
20130267201 | Method for malicious activity detection in a mobile station - Disclosed is a method for malicious activity detection in a mobile station of a particular model. In the method, generic malicious behavior patterns are received from a network-based malicious behavior profiling system. Mobile-station-model-specific-behavior-analysis algorithms are generated in the mobile station based on the generic malicious behavior patterns. Mobile station operations may be observed to generate a mobile station activity observation. The mobile station activity observation may be analyzed using the mobile-station-model-specific-behavior-analysis algorithms to generate an activity analysis. Malicious activity may be detected based on the activity analysis. | 10-10-2013 |
20130282831 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MERGING PEER-TO-PEER OVERLAY NETWORKS - Methods and apparatus for merging peer-to-peer overlay networks. A method includes receiving an advertisement from a second overlay network, determining a size of the second overlay network, performing a self search on the second overlay network based on a persistent node identifier, if the size of the second overlay network is greater than the size of a first overlay network, and joining the second overlay network if the persistent node identifier is not part of the second overlay network. An apparatus includes a transceiver to receive an advertisement from a second overlay network, and a processor coupled to the transceiver to determine a size of the second overlay network, perform a self search on the second overlay network based on a persistent node identifier, and join the second overlay network if the persistent node identifier is not part of the second overlay network. | 10-24-2013 |
20130295952 | ADAPTIVE UPDATING OF INDOOR NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE DATA FOR USE BY A MOBILE DEVICE - Various methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture may be implemented for use in one or more computing platforms to adaptively provide and/or obtain indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) update(s) for use by a mobile device. An INAD update may, for example, comprise a subset of INAD available for an indoor environment. Such a subset may be determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of the indoor environment. Such a bounded region may, for example, have a shape and/or a size based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of the mobile device. | 11-07-2013 |
20130342565 | INDOOR STRUCTURE INFERENCE USING POINTS OF INTEREST - In one implementation, a method may comprise: obtaining a digital map of an indoor region that identifies boundaries between subsections within the indoor region; and approximating locations of walls separating rooms within at least one of the subsections based, at least in part, on locations of feature labels provided in the digital map. | 12-26-2013 |
20140032161 | MULTI-LEVEL LOCATION DISAMBIGUATION - A method of disambiguating a location of a mobile station within a structure includes: obtaining, at the mobile station, regional pressure indications and corresponding region indications indicating regions within a structure that are vertically displaced with respect to each other, each of the regional pressure indications indicating atmospheric pressure information associated with the corresponding region; determining mobile station pressure information associated with a present location of the mobile station; comparing the mobile station pressure information with the regional pressure indications; and based on the comparing, determining in which of the regions the mobile station presently resides. | 01-30-2014 |
20140066103 | Mobile device locating in conjunction with localized environments - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, methods, apparatuses, articles, etc. for mobile device locating in conjunction with localized environments. For certain example implementations, a method may comprise obtaining at a mobile device one or more signals comprising information indicative of a location thereof. The information may be transmitted to one or more servers. A location context identifier (LCI) may be received responsive to the transmitting, with the LCI corresponding to a localized environment at which the mobile device is located. The LCI may be transmitted to the one or more servers. Location-based data may be received responsive to the transmitting of the LCI, with the location-based data being associated with the LCI and pertaining to the localized environment. The location of the mobile device may be determined with respect to the localized environment based, at least in part, on the location-based data. Other example implementations are described herein. | 03-06-2014 |
20140094199 | TECHNIQUES FOR FASTER TIME-TO-FIRST-FIX - 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 a relatively faster time-to-first-fix, such as for use in or with a mobile communication device. Briefly, in accordance with at least one implementation, a method may include transmitting a first message to a mobile device, the first message comprising abbreviated positioning assistance data; receiving a second message from the mobile device, the second message comprising an indication of a coarse location of the mobile device; and transmitting a third message to the mobile device, the third message comprising a detailed tiled radio heat map obtained based, at least in part, on the received indication of the coarse location of the mobile device. | 04-03-2014 |
20140104437 | SENSOR CALIBRATION AND POSITION ESTIMATION BASED ON VANISHING POINT DETERMINATION - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, devices, method, computer program products, and other implementations, including a method that includes capturing an image of a scene by an image capturing unit of a device that includes at least one sensor, determining relative device orientation of the device based, at least in part, on determined location of at least one vanishing point in the captured image of the scene, and performing one or more calibration operations for the at least one sensor based, at least in part, on the determined relative device orientation. | 04-17-2014 |
20140119674 | PROCESSING AND MANAGING MULTIPLE MAPS FOR AN LCI - Systems, apparatus and methods for merging maps used by a positioning server are presented. Original maps are overlaid, concatenated or inset to create a more detailed map. The original maps are from different sources and/or in different formats. By merging or fusing maps together, a positioning server may create a better structural map, which is in turn used to create improved positioning assistance data. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120945 | METHODS TO OPTIMIZE AND STREAMLINE AP PLACEMENT ON FLOOR PLAN - Embodiments may automatically place access points (APs) on floor plans by incorporating a number of conventions for identifying types and locations of APs. These conventions may include the name of APs, MAC addresses, lat/lon information, and feature analysis or image recognition techniques for matching visual cues if the AP locations are marked on images. Some embodiment may conduct several other operations to optimize placement of APs. These optimization operations may reduce the number of steps needed to place APs on floor plans, and/or may reduce extraneous and superfluous information from the floor plans that may clutter the annotated floor plan map. | 05-01-2014 |
20140128093 | PORTAL TRANSITION PARAMETERS FOR USE IN MOBILE DEVICE POSITIONING - Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided for use in one or more electronic devices to perform and/or otherwise support certain positioning capabilities with regard to a mobile device. For example, certain positioning capabilities may make use of one or more portal transition parameters that may be based, at least in part, on a determined likelihood that a mobile device, if located in a first region of a specific environment and within a threshold area of a portal connecting the first region to a second region of the specific environment, may or may not make use of the portal to transition from the first region to the second region, e.g., through the portal. | 05-08-2014 |
20140128100 | Binning Venues Into Categories Based On Propagation Characteristics - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized to facilitate or otherwise support one or more processes or operations in connection with binning venues into categories based, at least in part, on signal propagation characteristics associated with such venues. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129175 | MAP-BASED ADAPTIVE SAMPLING OF ORIENTATION SENSORS FOR POSITIONING - Techniques are provided for adaptively sampling orientation sensors in positioning systems based on location (e.g., map) data. Embodiments can enable a device to use location, direction, and/or location information to anticipate an expected change in motion. The embodiments can then identify and prioritize a number of sampling strategies to alter sampling rates of orientation sensors, and implement at least one strategy, based on priority. | 05-08-2014 |
20140132640 | AUTO-SCALING OF AN INDOOR MAP - A computer-implemented method of auto-scaling an indoor map includes receiving an unsealed electronic map that shows a floor plan of a building and creating control points on the unsealed electronic map. Each of control points includes an absolute coordinate pair and a corresponding local coordinate pair. The method also includes calculating a primary scaling factor based on the control points. The electronic map is then auto-scaled using the primary scaling factor to generate a scaled electronic map that shows the floor plan of the building. | 05-15-2014 |
20140133760 | RASTER TO VECTOR MAP CONVERSION - A computer-implemented method for converting a raster image map to a vector image map includes receiving an electronic raster image that shows an indoor map of a building structure. The method also includes determining whether the indoor map is a line map. If not, the indoor map is converted into a line map. Next, the electronic raster image is processed to generate a processed raster image of the indoor map. The method then extracts vector lines from the processed raster image to generate an electronic vector image that includes the indoor map of the building structure. | 05-15-2014 |
20140137017 | REGION MARKING FOR AN INDOOR MAP - A computer-implemented method of marking regions of an electronic map that shows a floor plan of a building includes receiving the electronic map and displaying a user interface on a display device. The user interface includes displaying the electronic map. The method also includes receiving user input demarcating a closed region of the electronic map and receiving user input indicating an element type of the closed region. A tag is then added to the electronic map to indicate the element type of the closed region. | 05-15-2014 |
20140142895 | EXTRACTING AND INFERRING MAP METADATA FROM ARCHITECTURAL DIAGRAMS - Systems, apparatus and methods for converting an architectural diagram to structural elements (e.g., such as walls, hallways and open areas) for forming assistance data are presented. An architectural diagram may contain too many layers to manually review each layer. Some examples disclosed herein sort layers of an architectural diagram based on if the layer probably contains structural elements useful for forming assistance data. The sorted list of layers may be user selectable or automatically incorporated into a floor plan containing only structural elements. Once a floor plan is created from an architectural diagram, assistance data may be created and sent to a mobile device. | 05-22-2014 |
20140149850 | Web Browsing Enhanced by Cloud Computing - Methods and devices include a server and at least two web browsers operable on at least two different computing devices. A server processes requested code to return binary code as metadata to assist a computing device render a webpage. The server transmits the generated metadata to at least one computing device. The computing device renders a webpage using at least a portion of the provided metadata. The metadata may identify portions of JavaScript that can be processed in parallel. The metadata may identify a library portion that does not have to be loaded. The metadata may identify a portion of the webpage that may be rendered first before a second portion of the webpage. Returning metadata to the computing device can assist the computing device in parsing, analyzing or executing the request for the webpage. | 05-29-2014 |
20140153773 | Image-Based Indoor Position Determination - In one implementation, a method may comprise: determining a topological representation of an indoor portion of a building based, at least in part, on positions or number of lines in an image of the indoor portion of the building; and comparing the topological representation to one or more stored topological representations, for example in a digital map of the building, to determine a potential position of the indoor portion of the building. | 06-05-2014 |
20140153789 | BUILDING BOUNDARY DETECTION FOR INDOOR MAPS - A computer-implemented method for detecting a boundary of a building from an indoor map includes providing an electronic raster image of the indoor map. A floor plan included in the map is a first color and a background of the image is a second color. The method includes scanning the image a first time in a plurality of directions and coloring pixels of the image a third color as they are scanned the first time until a pixel is detected that is not the second color. Then the image is scanned a second time in at least two directions. The second scan includes marking a pixel a fourth color for each third color to non-third color and each non-third color to third color transition. The resultant pixels of the fourth color represent the boundary of the building. | 06-05-2014 |
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 |
20140162589 | SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD OF LOCATING A PORTABLE SERVICE ACCESS TRANSCEIVER - Described are devices, methods, techniques and systems for locating a portable services access transceiver (PSAT) for use in aiding emergency “911” services. In one implementation, one or more conditions indicative of movement of a PSAT may initiate a process for obtaining a new estimated location of the PSAT. In another implementation, a location of a PSAT may be determined or updated using indoor navigation techniques. | 06-12-2014 |
20140194137 | Method and/or system for obtaining signatures for use in navigation - Disclosed are systems, methods and techniques for obtaining round trip time (RTT) measurements from acquisition of signals at one or more mobile devices, the signals being transmitted by one or more transmitters; approximating locations of the one or more mobile devices while obtaining the RTT measurements; and combining the measurements to determine expected RTT signature values at discrete positions in the area based, at least in part, on the obtained RTT measurements and the approximated locations. | 07-10-2014 |
20140198227 | ORIENTATION DETERMINATION BASED ON VANISHING POINT COMPUTATION - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, devices, methods, computer program products, and other implementations, including a method that includes capturing an image of a scene by an image capturing unit of a device that includes an accelerometer, and determining orientation of the device based, at least in part, on determined location of a vanishing point (e.g., a single vanishing point) in the captured image of the scene and at least one measurement obtained from the accelerometer. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201210 | AUTOMATIC MODEL SELECTION FOR ASSISTANCE DATA GENERATION BASED ON APRIORI INFORMATION - Various embodiments are described herein for improving relevancy and accuracy of assistance data (AD) generation from a set of floor plan map data based on contextualizing parameters in the set of floor plan map data to other related floor plan maps. The relevancy and accuracy of assistance data derived from a floor plan map may be improved by contextualizing or matching the floor plan map to other related floor plan maps where associated assistance data is already recorded. In some embodiments, floor plan maps may be identified which are closely related to the new floor plan map to be analyzed, and then the measurements of the closely related floor plan map as assistance data for the new floor plan map may be reused. In some embodiments, a relationship tree graph may be used to organize the floor plan maps into a logical relationship between each other. | 07-17-2014 |
20140214427 | LANDMARK BASED POSITIONING WITH VERBAL INPUT - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, devices, methods, computer program products, and other implementations, including a method that includes determining at a mobile device whether verbal input from a user is required to determine position of location of the user. The method also includes, in response to a determination that the verbal input from the user is required to determine the position of the location of the user, obtaining at the mobile device verbal description data representative of one or more geographic features viewable by the user from the location of the user, identifying at the mobile device the one or more of the geographic features from the obtained verbal description data, and determining, at the mobile device, positioning information for the location of the user based, at least in part, on the one or more geographic features identified from the verbal description data. | 07-31-2014 |
20140223553 | Location based process-monitoring - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, devices, methods, computer program products, and other implementations, including a method that includes determining location of a device, and controlling monitoring of behavior of one or more processes executing on the device based on the determined location of the device to identify potential one or more security-risky processes from the monitored one or more executing processes. In some embodiments, controlling the monitoring of the behavior of the one or more processes may include one or more of, for example, adjusting frequency of the monitoring of the one or more processes based on the determined location of the device, adjusting level of detail obtained for the monitored behavior of the one or more processes based on the determined location of the device, and/or adjusting features being observed for the monitored one or more processes based on the determined location of the device. | 08-07-2014 |
20140236476 | MOBILE DEVICE POSITIONING - Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for determining a mobile device location. An example of a method for determining a mobile device location includes receiving signals from a transmitter, measuring signal characteristics of the received signals, and downloading data from a database corresponding to a defined region associated with the transmitters. The downloaded data includes a set of position points, a classification of each position point, and expected signal characteristics for each position point. The method further includes comparing the measured signal characteristics with the expected signal characteristics for each position point, assigning a weight to position points based on the compared signal characteristics, and determining the mobile device location by selecting one position point from the set as a position point solution corresponding to the mobile device location based on the assigned weight. The position point solution is constrained by the classification of each position point. | 08-21-2014 |
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 |
20140253371 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING THE USE OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) SIGNALS INDOORS - Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for enabling the use of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals indoors. The method may include determining a first indoor position of the mobile device based on indoor transceiver signals. The method may also include determining, based at least in part on the determined first indoor position, that global navigation satellite system (GNSS) positioning signals are available. The method may also include determining a second indoor position of the mobile device based, at least in part, on GNSS positioning signals. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253582 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR RENDERING INDOOR MAPS ON A DISPLAY - Methods, apparatuses, and devices for rendering indoor maps on a display device of, for example, a mobile device, are presented. In one example, a processor of a mobile device may receive identifiers, such as alphanumeric identifiers, for points of interest (POI) and map at least portions of the identifiers to colors within a suitable color space, such as a RGB color space. | 09-11-2014 |
20140257687 | PYRAMID MAPPING DATA STRUCTURE FOR INDOOR NAVIGATION - An embodiment is directed to generating a polygon representation of a plurality of points of interest (POIs) in a scene having a corresponding base level map of the scene, and creating a new level map including a reduced number of polygon representations of POIs on the basis of elimination of POIs having a lower than specified POI importance level. In another embodiment, a mobile device (e.g., the user device) can specify the specified POI importance level to trigger the generation and delivery of the new level map which conforms to the specified POI importance level so that the new level map can be displayed to a user of the mobile device (e.g., in conjunction with navigation instructions to one or more of the remaining POIs). | 09-11-2014 |
20140257688 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION ESTIMATION - Systems, apparatus and methods disclosed herein facilitate mobile station (MS) location determination using MS captured images of known points of interest (POIs). In some embodiments, each POI is associated with a corresponding visibility map comprising a set of grid points, and a subset of the POIs may be identified from the MS captured images by matching the MS captured images of each POI in the subset with corresponding stored images. A cumulative grid point weight for a plurality of grid points in the visibility maps associated with the POIs in the subset may be computed. The cumulative grid point weight for each grid point represents the probability that the MS is located at that grid point. The location of the MS may be estimated based on the cumulative grid point weights of the plurality of grid points. | 09-11-2014 |
20140266585 | METHOD FOR SECURELY DELIVERING INDOOR POSITIONING DATA AND APPLICATIONS - Methods and devices are described for providing localized secure navigation in conjunction with near field communication access control systems. In one potential embodiment, a mobile device such as a cell phone may communicate with a door access control point using near field communication to receive location access system information. The mobile device may then authorize download and execution of a local secure navigation module from a location access system using the location access system information for use in receiving location assistance data, based on an authentication level associated with the mobile device. Such location assistance data may be used by the local secure navigation module to provide location assistance when the mobile device is in a secure location. The location of the mobile device may then be tracked using at least the location assistance data and the communication with the door access control point. | 09-18-2014 |
20140266697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL ANOMALIES IN ELECTRONIC FILES SUPPORTIVE OF MOBILE DEVICE POSITIONING - Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented by one or more electronic devices to identify potential anomalies in one or more electronic files used to support mobile device positioning within a specific environment. Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are also provided which may be implemented by one or more electronic devices to alter one or more electronic files used to support mobile device positioning within a specific environment. | 09-18-2014 |
20140266909 | METHODS FOR LCI DISAMBIGUATION - Various arrangements for performing location disambiguation are presented. A mobile device may receive a plurality of location hypotheses. The mobile device may also receive an indication of a disambiguation evaluation technique selected from a plurality of disambiguation evaluation techniques. The mobile device may perform the disambiguation evaluation technique using the plurality of location hypotheses. Using the disambiguation evaluation technique, a location hypothesis of the plurality of location hypotheses may be selected by the mobile device as corresponding to the mobile device's location. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274040 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SCAN OPERATIONS - Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented for use by a mobile device to alter a scan operation. Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented for use by one or more electronic devices to determine one or more scan factors for use by a mobile device in altering a scan operation. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274043 | ACCESS POINT SELECTION FOR ASSISTANCE DATA GENERATION - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses selecting access points and generating assistance data for access points is provided. In one embodiment a plurality of access points in a first area are identified, a location assistance quality value with each access point of the plurality of access points is associated with each access point, and a subset of the plurality of access points is selected based on the location assistance quality value of each access point of the plurality of access points. Assistance data is then generated for the selected access points. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274110 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING POSITIONING ASSISTANCE DATA - Systems and methods are provided herein for assistance data generation based on raster images, such as raster images of floor plans. A method provided herein for generating positioning assistance data includes obtaining a first raster image including a floor plan of an area; obtaining geographic reference information corresponding to the area, the geographic reference information including a location of the area; extracting structural features of the area from the floor plan of the area via the first raster image; and generating assistance data for the area based on the extracted structural features and the geographic reference information. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274138 | 2D TO 3D MAP CONVERSION FOR IMPROVED NAVIGATION - Techniques for providing improved navigation through an indoor environment using a mobile device are provided. A method according to these techniques includes accessing a 2D map of the indoor environment, accessing customization information comprising one or more attributes to be applied to a 3D model of the indoor environment derived from the 2D map, analyzing the 2D map to extract geometry information associated with the layout of the indoor environment, generating the 3D model based on the geometry extracted from the 2D map and the customization information, generating a 3D representation of a current location of the mobile device within the indoor environment based on the 3D model; and displaying the 3D representation on a display of the mobile device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140281698 | METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR DETECTING ANOMALIES WITHIN INDOOR INFORMATION - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for detection of anomalies within indoor map information are presented. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving a digital map. The method may further include identifying one or more anomalies within the digital map using a software-based anomaly detection tool. The method may also include displaying one or more suggested corrections to a user based on the one or more identified anomalies. The method may additionally include correcting the one or more identified anomalies within the digital map. | 09-18-2014 |
20140323161 | ADAPTIVE PASSIVE SCANNING AND/OR ACTIVE PROBING TECHNIQUES FOR MOBILE DEVICE POSITIONING - Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented to support mobile device positioning through the use of adaptive passive scanning and/or adaptive active probing techniques. For example, a mobile device may acquire signals from wireless transceivers, identify wireless transceivers based, at least in part, on the acquired signal(s), determine a received signal strength measurement for each of the wireless transceivers based, at least in part, on the acquired signal(s), and determine a transmission power of a probe signal to be transmitted to at least one of the wireless transceivers based, at least in part, on at least one of the received signal strength measurements. | 10-30-2014 |
20140331272 | Location based enforcement of mobile policy - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, devices, methods, computer program products, computer media, and other implementations, including a method that includes communicating data representative of one or more location-based restrictions corresponding to a venue area to a mobile device determined to be located within the venue area, and controlling, by at least one venue server, use at the mobile device of services available at the venue area from one or more nodes associated with the venue area based, at least in part, on a determination, by the at least one venue server, of whether the mobile device complies with the location-based restrictions corresponding to the venue area. | 11-06-2014 |
20140342662 | Method for Adapting to Venue Positioning Capabilities - Particular embodiments disclosed herein are directed to methods, systems and/or devices for mobile assisted positioning. A mobile station may receive positioning assistance data from a server enabling or supporting one or more positioning operations in a venue. In a particular implementation, the mobile device may alter execution of one or more applications based, at least in part, on an indication of particular positioning services or operations enabled or supported by positioning assistance data available at the server. | 11-20-2014 |
20140364101 | FINE GRAIN POSITION DATA COLLECTION - Method, mobile device, computer program product, and apparatus for performing Fine Grain Position Data Collection are described. In one embodiment, a server can receive position data collected by a mobile device with a first positioning configuration. In one embodiment, the server can determine, from the position data received at the server, a mobile device position and create a second positioning configuration according to at least the mobile device position. In one embodiment, the server can send the second positioning configuration to the mobile device. In one embodiment, a mobile device can collect position data according to a first positioning configuration and send the position data to a server. In one embodiment, the mobile device can receive a second positioning configuration from the server created according to at least the mobile device position. | 12-11-2014 |
20140379248 | NON-MAP-BASED MOBILE INTERFACE - 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 navigation or positioning operations or techniques using, for example, a non-map-based location or routing interface for use in or with mobile communication devices. | 12-25-2014 |
20150024772 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT A MOBILE DEVICE IS INDOORS - The disclosure is directed to determining whether or not a mobile device is indoors. The mobile device obtains a position fix based, at least in part, on an outdoor positioning system, and obtains one or more shape-files for one or more objects that are in proximity of the position fix. | 01-22-2015 |
20150031307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN DETECTING CHANGES WITHIN WIRELESS SIGNAL ENVIRONMENT - Various methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture are provided for use by one or more electronic devices to detect and/or respond to certain changes (anomalies) within a wireless signaling environment. For example, a first electronic device may receive a report of a threshold anomaly detected by a monitoring device deployed at a fixed predetermined position within a coverage area of a network service device, and may initiate an investigation by requesting that a second electronic device attempt to monitor certain transmissions of and/or actively communicate with a network service device. In response to a determination based, at least in part, on the investigation that the threshold anomaly represents a threshold change in status within the wireless signaling environment, the first electronic device may transmit a status report regarding the wireless signaling environment to another electronic device. | 01-29-2015 |
20150052460 | METHOD FOR SEAMLESS MOBILE USER EXPERIENCE BETWEEN OUTDOOR AND INDOOR MAPS - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for integration of an outdoor map and an indoor map associated with a venue using a mobile device are presented. The method may comprise presenting the outdoor map associated with an outdoor map application, wherein the outdoor map includes an area associated with the venue. Additionally, the method may comprise overlaying the indoor map on the area of the outdoor map associated with the venue, wherein the indoor map is associated with an indoor map application. Furthermore, the method may comprise receiving a first indication of a first event associated with the venue. Moreover, in response to receiving the first indication of the first event, the method may comprise allowing the indoor map application to control an aspect associated with the presentation of the outdoor map with the overlaid indoor map. | 02-19-2015 |
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 |
20150087328 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING POSITIONING ACCURACY OF A MOBILE DEVICE WITH A LOWER POSITIONING CAPABILITY - 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 improving positioning accuracy of a mobile device with a lower positioning capability, such as, for example, via one or more proximate mobile devices with a higher positioning capability. | 03-26-2015 |