Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090295630 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION DETERMINATION WITH EXTENDED SPS ORBIT INFORMATION - A method and system for assisting mobile stations to locate a satellite use an efficient messaging format. A server computes a correction between coarse orbit data of a satellite and precise orbit data of the satellite. A coordinate system is chosen such that variation of the correction is substantially smooth over time. The server further approximates the correction with mathematical functions to reduce the number of bits necessary for transmission to a mobile station. The mobile station, upon receiving the coefficients, evaluates the mathematical functions using the coefficients and a time of applicability (e.g., the current time), converts the evaluated result to a standard coordinate system, and applies the conversion result to the coarse orbit data to obtain the precise orbit data. | 12-03-2009 |
20100141470 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REFRESHING DATA - A method performs an update for a first device that consumes information with a known expiration time. The first device operates within a network that accommodates other devices also consuming the information. The method includes setting a time for the first device to refresh the information, the time to refresh being based on a pseudorandom time offset. The method also includes sending a refresh request to a resource for the data during the set time. | 06-10-2010 |
20130201056 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION DETERMINATION WITH EXTENDED SPS ORBIT INFORMATION - A method and system for assisting mobile stations to locate a satellite use an efficient messaging format. A server computes a correction between coarse orbit data of a satellite and precise orbit data of the satellite. A coordinate system is chosen such that variation of the correction is substantially smooth over time. The server further approximates the correction with mathematical functions to reduce the number of bits necessary for transmission to a mobile station. The mobile station, upon receiving the coefficients, evaluates the mathematical functions using the coefficients and a time of applicability (e.g., the current time), converts the evaluated result to a standard coordinate system, and applies the conversion result to the coarse orbit data to obtain the precise orbit data. | 08-08-2013 |
20140210662 | Demand Positioning - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining a location of a mobile device using more than one location-determining technology. | 07-31-2014 |
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20090315772 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION DETERMINATION WITH EXTENDED SPS ORBIT INFORMATION - A method and system for assisting mobile stations to locate a satellite use an efficient messaging format. A server computes a correction between coarse orbit data of a satellite and precise orbit data of the satellite. A coordinate system is chosen such that variation of the correction is substantially smooth over time. The server further approximates the correction with mathematical functions to reduce the number of bits necessary for transmission to a mobile station. The mobile station, upon receiving the coefficients, evaluates the mathematical functions using the coefficients and a time of applicability (e.g., the current time), converts the evaluated result to a standard coordinate system, and applies the conversion result to the coarse orbit data to obtain the precise orbit data. | 12-24-2009 |
20100194634 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION DETERMINATION WITH HYBRID SPS ORBIT DATA - A method and system for a mobile station to determine its position (or velocity) and time using a hybrid combination of satellite orbit data. In one aspect, the mobile station combines predicted orbit data from one satellite and real-time orbit data from another satellite in the determination of a fix. The combination can be made to the satellites in the same or different satellite systems. The mobile station can use the real-time orbit data of a satellite at one time period and the predicted orbit data of the same satellite at another time period. In another aspect, the mobile station can use the real-time orbit data to correct the clock bias in the predicted orbit data. The correction to the clock bias can be made to the same satellite that provides the real-time orbit data, or to a different satellite in the same or in another satellite system. | 08-05-2010 |
20100309044 | On Demand Positioning - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining a location of a mobile device using more than one location-determining technology. | 12-09-2010 |
20110057836 | Position Estimation Assistance Information For Mobile Station - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to providing assistance information to a mobile station for performing position estimation operations. | 03-10-2011 |
20110059756 | SPARSE NETWORK ALMANAC - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to creation, maintenance, communication, and/or use of sparse network almanac information that may be located in a mobile station. | 03-10-2011 |
20120169535 | AFFECTING ELECTRONIC DEVICE POSITIONING FUNCTIONS BASED ON MEASURED COMMUNICATION NETWORK SIGNAL PARAMETERS - Techniques are provided which may be implemented in various methods and apparatuses to allow an electronic device to determine when it transitions between certain environments which may be perceived, for example, from observations associated with wireless signals transmitted by a wireless communication network. In response to an environment transition determination, the techniques further allow for one or more positioning functions to be operatively affected in some manner. | 07-05-2012 |
20130147663 | On Demand Positioning - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining a location of a mobile device using more than one location-determining technology. | 06-13-2013 |
20130201059 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION DETERMINATION WITH EXTENDED SPS ORBIT INFORMATION - A method and system for assisting mobile stations to locate a satellite use an efficient messaging format. A server computes a correction between coarse orbit data of a satellite and precise orbit data of the satellite. A coordinate system is chosen such that variation of the correction is substantially smooth over time. The server further approximates the correction with mathematical functions to reduce the number of bits necessary for transmission to a mobile station. The mobile station, upon receiving the coefficients, evaluates the mathematical functions using the coefficients and a time of applicability (e.g., the current time), converts the evaluated result to a standard coordinate system, and applies the conversion result to the coarse orbit data to obtain the precise orbit data. | 08-08-2013 |
20140232601 | POSITION ESTIMATION ASSISTANCE INFORMATION FOR MOBILE STATION - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to providing assistance information to a mobile station for performing position estimation operations. | 08-21-2014 |