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20080227473 | Location sharing and tracking using mobile phones or other wireless devices - A system for exchanging GPS or other position data between wireless devices for purposes of group activities, child location monitoring, work group coordination, dispatching of employees etc. Cell phones and other wireless devices with GPS receivers have loaded therein a Buddy Watch application and a TalkControl application. The Buddy Watch application communicates with the GPS receiver and other wireless devices operated by buddies registered in the users phone as part of buddy groups or individually. GPS position data and historical GPS position data can be exchanged between cell phones of buddies and instant buddies such as tow truck drivers via a buddy watch server. Emergency monitoring services can be set up with notifications to programmable individuals in case an individual does not respond. Positions and tracks can be displayed. TalkControl simplifies and automates the process of joining talk groups for walkie talkie services such as that provided by Nextel. | 09-18-2008 |
20080261627 | Legacy cellular device with upgraded GIS functionality - Embodiments of the present invention recite a method for implementing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data collection utilizing a legacy electronic device. In one embodiment, a GIS data collector application is installed upon a legacy electronic device which is not originally intended to be used as a GIS data recording device. The method further comprises selecting a data dictionary comprising at least one desired GIS feature type which was not originally intended for use by the legacy electronic device based upon an assigned membership of the legacy electronic device to a workgroup. The method further comprises sending the data dictionary to the legacy electronic device via a wireless communication network. | 10-23-2008 |
20080268876 | Method, Device, Mobile Terminal, and Computer Program Product for a Point of Interest Based Scheme for Improving Mobile Visual Searching Functionalities - Systems, methods, devices and computer program products which relate to utilizing a camera of a mobile terminal as a user interface for search applications and online services to perform visual searching are provided. The system consists of an apparatus that includes a processor that is configured to capture an image of one or more objects and analyze data of the image to identify an object(s) of the image. The processor is further configured to receive information that is associated with at least one object of the images and display the information that is associated with the image. In this regard, the apparatus is able to simplify access to location based services and improve a user's experience. The processor of the apparatus is configured to combine results of robust visual searches with online information resources to enhance location based services. | 10-30-2008 |
20090017842 | Mobile Communication System, Telephone Calling Method and Program Software for The Same - A source portable terminal ( | 01-15-2009 |
20090036148 | MAPPING AN EVENT LOCATION VIA A CALENDAR APPLICATION - A method of mapping a location of an event that is scheduled in a calendar application includes steps of identifying a contact associated with the event, determining address information associated with the contact, obtaining map data for the address information, and generating a map of the location associated with the contact based on the map data. Meeting or event locations can thus be mapped even if there is no event location or address information specified directly in the meeting request or appointment. | 02-05-2009 |
20090047979 | Systems, devices and methods for location determination - A method and system for location determination of a multi-mode device using a plurality of GPS fixation processes, each fixation process using a different mode (e.g. Cell-ID, MS-Assist, and MS-based) of the device is provided. The invention relates to methods for quickly obtaining and displaying geographic location of a mobile device on its display. These methods can be performed by applying successive fixation steps as outline herein. | 02-19-2009 |
20090054086 | TERMINAL HAVING FUNCTION FOR MANAGING POSITION INFORMATION AND PROGRAM RECORDED MEDIUM - A wireless communication terminal having a wireless communication unit and a display is able to receive location information about the position of the terminal, remote terminal s, and at least one third location. The terminal obtains route information from the terminal to the at least one third location, from the terminal to the remote terminals, and from the remote terminals to the at least one third location, and displays travel routes between the locations. The terminal also obtains travel information comprising speed, estimated travel time, and travel direction from the terminal and the remote terminals, and displays travel progress of the terminal and the remote terminals. | 02-26-2009 |
20090082040 | Method and Apparatus For Cellular Telephone Based Asset Tracking - An invention is provided for affording cellular telephone based asset tracking. Embodiments of the present invention establish a connection between a cellular telephone and an asset tracking device via a cellular telephone network. Positional data for the asset tracking device is provided to the cellular telephone via the asset telephone network, and positional data for the cellular telephone is determined. Once positional data for the asset tracking device and positional data for the cellular telephone are determined, asset indicia and cellular telephone indicia are displayed on a display of the cellular telephone. The asset indicia indicate a current position of the asset tracking device and the cellular telephone indicia indicate a current position of the cellular telephone. | 03-26-2009 |
20090117921 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATION BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION WHEN MONITORING LOCATION INFORMATION - 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. | 05-07-2009 |
20090131082 | WIRELESS STATION LOCATION DETECTION - A technique for locating a device uses connectivity to find a distance between an access point (AP) and a device. The AP transmits a frame to a device and receives an acknowledgement frame from the device. The amount of time for a signal to pass between the AP and the device is estimated and multiplied by the speed of light to find the distance between the AP and the device. | 05-21-2009 |
20090191901 | Electronic navigation system and method - The invention provides a system for providing geographic information. The system includes a mobile unit having a first geographic database and a base unit having a second geographic database that is more up-to-date than the first geographic database. The base unit receives a request from a mobile unit for updated geographic data. The base unit identifies a portion of the second geographic database that corresponds to the request and provides a response to the mobile unit comprising the identified portion of the second geographic database. | 07-30-2009 |
20090197621 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH A PHONE CALL RECEIVED ON A PHONE-EQUIPPED MOBILE DEVICE - Embodiments of a system and method for displaying a geographic location associated with an incoming call being received on a mobile device are provided. The mobile device has a user interface that provides a call screen to the user for identifying a phone number associated with the incoming call, and for displaying data including the geographic location associated with the incoming call. The geographic location is resolved by identifying a geographic location associated with a contact entry in the address book of the mobile device, or by comparing the area code of the phone number of the incoming call in a list of area codes and associated geographic location to find a match corresponding to the area code of the incoming call. | 08-06-2009 |
20090215471 | LOCATION BASED OBJECT TRACKING - A user of a mobile device is able to display information about objects in the surrounding environment and to optionally interact with those objects. The information may be displayed as a graphical overlay on top of a real-time display of imagery from a camera in the mobile device with the overlay indexed to the real-time display. The graphical overlay may include positional information about an external object and may include navigational information intended to assist the user in moving to the object's location. There may also be a graphical user interface which allows the user to utilize the mobile device to interact with an external object. | 08-27-2009 |
20090233629 | Mobile social network for facilitating GPS based services - Using a map displaying one or more mobile devices based on their current locations, a user of a mobile social networking server selects one or more of his friends, from one of a plurality of friend lists supported, to communicate collectively and share information collectively. For example, by selecting one or more of his friends from one of the friends lists, the user can communicate a recorded message, initiate a conference call, send a task list, retrieve information from their mobile devices, send notifications, etc. If the user of a first mobile device accesses the mobile social networking server using the first mobile device, that user can select one or more friends (from a selected current list) and access their blogs and review their data. | 09-17-2009 |
20090253442 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING TIME-AND LOCATION-RELEVANT ADVERTISEMENTS - A method and system for selecting relevant advertisements on a mobile device for a user. The advertisements are selected, in part, based on a user's physical location and a local time. Other criteria may also be used, such as past behaviors, user preferences, currently viewed content, and other criteria. Furthermore, a method and system calculates an itinerary for visiting a set of events, each event associated with a location and a time window. The itinerary is calculated to allow the user to arrive at each location within the time window. Upon user request, the method will also provide turn-by-turns in following the itinerary. | 10-08-2009 |
20090286557 | LOCATION BASED REMINDERS - Location based reminders are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a location based reminder application to set a target location for a reminder item. The location based reminder application may provide a location based reminder for the reminder item when a current location matches the target location. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 11-19-2009 |
20100004004 | System and Method for Matching User Preferences to Places of Interest - A system and method is provided for presenting points-of-interest (POI) content data on a mobile device. Software instructions are stored in the memory of the mobile device and are executed by the processor. The instructions enable the mobile device to display a list of POI categories for acceptance by a user. The category may be further divided into subcategories that are also displayed for user selection. The current position of the mobile device is requested from a location service provider or provided by the user. The current position and selected category and subcategory are formulated into a request for POI content data. The request is sent to selected POI content service providers whose service offerings include providing POI content data for the category/subcategory and current location. The POI content data received from the selected POI content service providers is displayed on the mobile device. | 01-07-2010 |
20100004005 | NOTIFICATION ON MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON LOCATION OF OTHER MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile computing device comprises a user input device, an output device, a memory configured to store data and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive user input from the user input device indicative of a request to associate the stored data with a second mobile computing device, to receive an indication that the second mobile computing device is proximate to the mobile computing device, and to provide a notification to the user via the output device based on the indication. | 01-07-2010 |
20100022255 | Systems and methods for location and movement tracking using GPS enabled cell phones - A system of tracking location and movement of geographically dispersed entities with a cell phone with a GPS function, has a slave agent operable in the phone that collects location data from the GPS function and periodically sends a time and location data record to a master cell phone using prior art wireless network. The master cell phone has a master agent operable in the master cell phone that receives and saves the location data record, and plots and displays a location plot of each of the entity, enabling the master cell phone to track and display location and movement data of a plurality of entity cell phones that are geographically dispersed. The system requires the entity phone to be attached to or in possession of each of the entities. | 01-28-2010 |
20100035637 | DISPLAYING IMAGE DATA AND GEOGRAPHIC ELEMENT DATA - A mobile computing device includes a housing, a camera, a display, a memory, and a processing circuit. The housing is configured to be carried by a user while in use. The camera is configured to output image data. The memory is configured to store geographic element data representing one or more geographic elements. The processing circuit is configured to receive the geographic element data for the plurality of geographic elements. The processing circuit is configured to determine a camera orientation. The processing circuit is configured to concurrently display the image data and geographic element data for the plurality of geographic elements on the display. | 02-11-2010 |
20100062794 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FRIEND'S LOCATION INFORMATION - A system and method of providing friend location information is provided. More particularly, when a friend appears in a region desired by a user, it is possible to track a travel route of the friend and display for the user a map where the travel route is marked and thereby enable the user to understand preferred places of the friend. | 03-11-2010 |
20100087209 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Providing Access to a Media Item Based at Least in Part on a Route - An apparatus for providing access to a media item based at least in part on a route may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a start location of a mobile device. The processor may be further configured to receive a route. In this regard, the route may have been determined based at least in part on points of interest and the start location. The processor may be further configured to provide for access to a media item if a current location of the mobile device remains on the route. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided. | 04-08-2010 |
20100099437 | Mobile Service For Keeping Track Of Competitors During A Race - The invention relates to an application server for use in a mobile communication network, the application server being arranged for: —receiving position information on positions of a first mobile terminal; —calculating a distance traveled since a starting time for the first mobile terminal; —comparing the distance traveled with a distance traveled by a competitor to render a relative distance; —sending feedback information to the first mobile terminal relating to the relative distance. The competitor can be based on a real participant that has done the race before (in theory the end-user itself) or a fictitious opponent that was selected on criteria like average speed. The system can be used during races and may provide information to participants, spectators and officials via bill-boards and/or voice messages and/or SMS messages. | 04-22-2010 |
20100099438 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL EQUIPPED WITH FUNCTION OF INDICATING DIRECTION OF DESTINATION AND METHOD OF INDICATING DIRECTION OF DESTINATION - A method for indicating a direction of a destination in a mobile communication terminal includes: receiving network identification information from a mobile communication network that is currently accessed; reading current location and declination information corresponding to the network identification information from a mobile communication network information table; obtaining true north information by using the declination information to correct magnetic north information of a current location measured with a geomagnetic sensor; obtaining direction information of the destination from the current location information on the basis of the true north information; and displaying the direction information of the destination. | 04-22-2010 |
20100105418 | Geographic database including data indicating wireless coverage and method and system for use thereof - Wireless coverage data are associated with a geographic database that contains data that represent a road network in a geographic region. The wireless coverage data indicate areas within the geographic region in which navigation-related services or data from a navigation services provider are available wirelessly, or conversely, areas within the geographic region in which navigation-related services or data from a navigation services provider are not available wirelessly. An end user obtains the wireless coverage data. The wireless coverage data are used to indicate to the end user areas in which navigation-related services or data from the navigation services provider are available wirelessly or areas in which navigation-related services or data from the navigation services provider are not available wirelessly. The wireless coverage data may also be used to warn the end user when he/she is leaving an area in which navigation-related services or data from the navigation services provider are available wirelessly. Data for uncovered areas can be downloaded to an end user's computing platform while the end user is still within an area in which navigation-related data from the navigation services provider are available wirelessly. | 04-29-2010 |
20100137006 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH VEHICLE INTERFACE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A communication device includes a wireless telephony transceiver for communicating first data with a wireless telephony network. A millimeter wave transceiver communicates second data with a vehicle via a millimeter wave communication path. A processing module executes a plurality of applications including a wireless telephony application that is based on the communication of the first data, and a vehicle interface application that is based on the second data. | 06-03-2010 |
20100151887 | Mobile handset proximity social networking - A system and method which allows for a more direct form of presenting useful information to a mobile handset user is disclosed. More specifically a method to facilitate social networking activated by the relative proximity of one mobile handset user to another that alerts mobile users when friends or co-workers are within a given proximity is disclosed. | 06-17-2010 |
20100159958 | POST-DEPLOYMENT CALIBRATION FOR WIRELESS POSITION DETERMINATION - Methods and apparatuses are directed to calibrating a misconfigured wireless access point. One method may include receiving a position of mobile station(s) and wireless signal model measurements derived from packets exchanged between the mobile station(s) and a plurality of wireless access points, receiving positions and/or identities of the plurality of wireless access points used in determining the position of the mobile station(s), comparing a position of the mobile station(s) with wireless signal model measurements, and identifying a misconfigured wireless access point based upon the comparing. Another method may include receiving positions associated with a plurality of wireless access points, determining a position of a mobile station based upon a wireless signal model, comparing the position of the mobile station and the wireless signal model with the positions associated with the plurality of wireless access points, and determining whether at least one wireless access point is misconfigured. | 06-24-2010 |
20100203904 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - PDAs can be used to provide their users with various functions. One such function is the ability to contact other users who are stored in the PDA as contacts, for example by telephone of text message. The decision as to whether or not a particular user should be contacted may be influenced by the location of that user. For example, if a contact is nearby, then it may be more likely that the user of the PDA would want to contact them. The present invention provides a PDA on which the location of one or more contacts can be displayed. Furthermore, the location of a particular contact can be shown on a map on the screen of the PDA simply by tilting the PDA through a predetermined angle about a horizontal axis. Thus, the map can be displayed in an intuitive and straightforward manner. | 08-12-2010 |
20100216491 | DYNAMIC ELEMENTS ON A MAP WITHIN A MOBILE DEVICE, SUCH AS ELEMENTS THAT FACILITATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USERS - A system and method for providing information on a map displayed by a mobile device is described. In some examples, the system facilitates user control of map elements, such as dynamically changing map elements based on events that occur at a user's mobile device or at locations associated with the map elements. In some examples, the system enables communication between users via map elements. | 08-26-2010 |
20100216492 | EMPLOYMENT OF A TEXT MESSAGE BY A USER OF A FIRST MOBILE TELEPHONE TO INVOKE A PROCESS THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION TO A USER OF A SECOND MOBILE TELEPHONE - There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving a text message that was sent from a first user device via a communications network, (b) detecting a text string in the text message, (c) executing a process, in response to detecting the text string, wherein the executing yields a result, and (d) sending the result to a second user device via the communications network. In an exemplary embodiment, a user of a first mobile telephone uses an SMS message to invoke a process that provides, to a user of a second mobile telephone, a map that shows a location of the first mobile telephone. | 08-26-2010 |
20100261486 | Method and system for collecting, synchronizing, and reporting telecommunication call events and work flow related information - The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for recording and generating additional information related to telecommunication events using a mobile communication device, such as a telephone call or a text messaging event using cellular phone or a personal digital assistant. Specifically, the preferred embodiments of the present invention records information such as GPS coordinates that indicate a position of the mobile communication device during the communication event, as well as a location of a sender or receiver of data to or from the mobile communication device, so as to facilitate a log entry of the position of the mobile communication device as well as other useful information that are associated with the communication events. | 10-14-2010 |
20100279713 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION SHARING AS A FUNCTION OF TIME AND LOCATION - Provided is a method and apparatus for location sharing as a function of time and location. Privacy can be a concern when providing location information. Existing rules for location sharing are typically limited to either allowing or not allowing a user to obtain location information. In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, location sharing for a mobile device can be limited based on time and location of the mobile device. For example, location information of the mobile device might be provided to another device only during regular business hours when the mobile device is in a vicinity of an office site. Thus, the mobile device does not share its location information with the other device outside of business hours or when the mobile device is not in the vicinity of the office site. | 11-04-2010 |
20100317373 | IMAGE PROVISION DEVICE AND IMAGE PROVISION SYSTEM - An image provision device that provides an image exhibiting a distinctive feature of a locality to an address. On receipt from a mobile telephone ( | 12-16-2010 |
20110021214 | PORTABLE TELEPHONE INFORMATION VISUALIZING DEVICE, PORTABLE TELEPHONE INFORMATION VISUALIZING SYSTEM, AND PORTABLE TELEPHONE INFORMATION VISUALIZING METHOD FOR USE IN THE PORTABLE TELEPHONE INFORMATION VISUALIZING DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A portable telephone information visualizing device (server device | 01-27-2011 |
20110053615 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a user input unit configured to receive user-inputs; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; at least one camera configured to capture images; a touchscreen configured to display a camera preview image captured by the camera; a position-location processor configured to obtain information on a current position of the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to search for textual object information corresponding to an object within the camera preview image based on the current position of the mobile terminal, to control the camera to photograph the camera preview image and to store the photographed camera preview image as a picture file, to output query information to query whether the searched textual object information is to be stored together with the picture file, and to store the picture file with or without the searched textual object information based on an answer to the output query information. | 03-03-2011 |
20110065459 | CONTENT TRANSFER INVOLVING A GESTURE - Content transfer involving a gesture is described. In an implementation, a method is implemented by a mobile communications device that includes recognizing a gesture input via a touchscreen of the mobile communications device that is indicative of a direction, the touchscreen including a display of content. One or more other mobile communications devices are located that are positioned, approximately, along the indicated direction of the gesture. A communication is formed to transfer the content to the located one or more other mobile communications devices. | 03-17-2011 |
20110065460 | CELLULAR PHONE HAVING NAVIGATION DEVICE, CORRECTING VALUE INITIALIZING METHOD, AND NAVIGATION FUNCTION - A navigation device includes a measuring unit to measure the current position; a geomagnetism sensor that is provided on a predetermined main unit, and is to detect geomagnetism; an orientation calculation unit to calculate the orientation of the main unit, upon setting correction values for correction detection values of the geomagnetism, based on the detection values and the correction values; a presenting unit to present measurement results by the measuring unit and the calculation results of the orientation to a user; an operating state switchover unit to switch between a normal operating state that executes the presenting processing and a suspended state that maintains a portion of processing state while stopping at least the calculation processing of the orientation; and an initialization processing unit to initialize the correction values, in the case of having switched from the suspended state to the normal operating state by the operating state switchover unit. | 03-17-2011 |
20110081922 | 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. | 04-07-2011 |
20110081923 | DEVICE MOVEMENT USER INTERFACE GESTURES FOR FILE SHARING FUNCTIONALITY - Methods and devices provide a gesture activated file sharing functionality enabling users to share files with other nearby computing devices. The file sharing functionality may include establishing wireless links with nearby devices and determine their relative locations. The computing device may detect a file sharing motion of the computing device from accelerometers and transmit files to or request files from a nearby device in response. Base on motion parameters, e.g., direction, speed and/or shape, the computing device may identify a targeted device to which a file may be transmitted or from which a file may be requested. The computing device may request user verification of the identified device and send a request to transmit files to the targeted device. The computing devices may transmit files using networks and addresses provided over the device-to-device communication links. | 04-07-2011 |
20110092228 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING LOCATION OF CELLULAR PHONE CALLER - The present invention relates to a method for displaying the location of a cellular phone caller. In the present method, a caller's cellular phone transmits a short message preset by a cellular base station to the base station through an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) function by using a cellular phone and selects to start or stop a function for informing the location of a caller to a phone answerer. When a phone call is made and the location informing function is stopped, the base station transmits no caller location information to an answerer's cellular phone. If the location informing function is activated, the base station uses a positioning technology to calculate position coordinates of the caller. And then, the base station compares the position coordinates with a location data stored in a position coordinate data base of the base station and transforms the location to a closest address so as to display the caller's address in the answerer's phone by a Class 0 SMS (short message system). | 04-21-2011 |
20110117938 | 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. | 05-19-2011 |
20110165893 | APPARATUS TO PROVIDE AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE USING LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND METHOD OF THE SAME - An augmented reality (AR) service apparatus includes a camera to capture an actual image, a controller to receive feature point information about the captured image from at least one of a plurality of base stations (BSs), detect a location of the camera by matching data of feature points with data of the image, and provide location-based information in a same direction as the captured image according to the location of the camera, and a display to realize an AR service by combining the captured image with the location-based information under control of the controller. | 07-07-2011 |
20110177831 | DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE USING A LOCATION DATABASE - Methods, program products, and systems for determining a location of a mobile device using a location database are described. The mobile device can host the location database, which can store locations associated with access points. The locations can be distributed in a group of cells of a geographic grid. When the mobile device moves and connects to an access point associated with a location that is outside the group of cells, the mobile device can request an update of the location database. The mobile device can calculate a current location of the mobile device using current access points that are within a communication range of the mobile device by performing a lookup in the location database using identifiers of the current access points. The mobile device can calculate the current location using the locations corresponding to the current access points in the location database. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177832 | Adaptive Location Determination - Methods, program products, and systems for adaptive location determination are described. A server computer can receive location information from location-aware mobile devices (e.g., GPS-enabled devices) located in a cell of a cellular communications network. The server computer can calculate an average geographic location using the received locations and distance between each location and the calculated average. The server computer can exclude locations that are sufficiently far away from the average. The server computer can repeat the calculation and exclusion until a level of precision is achieved for the average geographic location. The average geographic location and an error margin can be associated with the cell. The server computer can provide the average geographic location and the error margin to a mobile device (e.g., a non-GPS-enabled device) that is in the cell. The mobile device can display the information on a map display of the mobile device. | 07-21-2011 |
20110201360 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PHYSICAL MAP-ASSISTED WIRELESS ACCESS POINT LOCATING - A mobile device receives a server-assisted location for a wireless access point, either a WiFi access point or a Bluetooth access point, from a remote location server comprising a reference database. The received server-assisted location is refined using a physical map or image. The mobile device is operable to acquire the physical map or image for a map-assisted location for the wireless access point. The mobile device compares the two locations to generate a valid location for the wireless access point. In instances where the two locations are consistent, the mobile device utilizes one of the two locations as the valid location for the wireless access point. Otherwise, the mobile device refines the server-assisted location utilizing the map-assisted location. The resulting refined server-assisted location is utilized as the valid location for the wireless access point and is transmitted to the remote location server to refine the reference database. | 08-18-2011 |
20110207480 | Shared Image Database With Geographic Navigation - There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user. | 08-25-2011 |
20110223941 | EQUIPMENT MANAGING SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND LOCATION INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD - Equipment information including an installation height, which is an elevation, is stored as equipment information in an equipment management DB as location information for the location wherein an applicable piece of equipment is installed, and in a terminal device, the equipment information for the applicable equipment is acquired from the equipment management DB by a location information displaying unit in response to a display request operation, and a differential height, acquired through subtracting the current height, detected by a height detecting unit, from the installation height of the equipment, included in the equipment information that was acquired, is displayed on the screen of a screen displaying unit. | 09-15-2011 |
20110237279 | Methods And Apparatus For Providing Map Locations In User Applications Using URL Strings - Techniques for use in a wireless communication device for displaying a map are described. The wireless device receives via a user interface a selection of a hypertext link object in an electronic file or message. The hypertext link object is associated with a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) string which includes a server address and location data corresponding to a location. When a mapping application is installed in the wireless device, the wireless device executes the mapping application for rendering a map of the location indicated in the URL string in response to receiving the selection of the hypertext link object. When the mapping application is not installed in the wireless communication device, the wireless device executes a web browser of the wireless communication device for receiving and displaying a map image of the location indicated in the URL string in response to receiving the selection of the hypertext link object. | 09-29-2011 |
20110244892 | PICO BASE STATION LOCATION AND ANALYSIS USING MOBILE DEVICES - A base station analysis system and method that may employ commercially-available mobile device platforms is disclosed. The base station analysis application enables a service technician to locate nearby base stations in the field, determine which base stations are functioning properly, and retrieve information associated with the base stations. The mobile device displays nearby base stations on a street map relative to the location of the mobile device in an embodiment. The mobile device preferably displays the spatially-varying signal strength for the active base stations to enable the service technician to locate dead spots in the coverage. The mobile device displays a reality augmented view having graphical icons which represent base stations embedded within a street-view image obtained by the mobile device camera in a preferred embodiment. When a service technician selects a base station icon, installation information describing the base station is provided. | 10-06-2011 |
20110275390 | Method For Stitching Multiple Converging Paths - A method of stitching converging path segments to aesthetically label Y-intersections, path bifurcations or splits in roads or the like entails determining which pair of adjacent path segments subtend the largest angle. The path segments subtending the largest angle are reconstructed (stitched together) and a single instance of the label is then rendered along the reconstructed path. Although this stitching can be performed on the client device, pre-stitching server-side is even more efficient in terms of economizing over-the-air bandwidth and onboard processing resources. | 11-10-2011 |
20110300883 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and an operating method thereof are provided. The operating method includes during the transmission or reception of a communication event between the mobile terminal and a counterpart mobile terminal, obtaining location information of the counterpart mobile terminal; obtaining a map of a first region corresponding to the location information of the counterpart mobile terminal; and displaying at least part of the map of the first region on a display screen indicating that the transmission or reception of the communication event is in progress. Therefore, it is possible for a user to easily identify the location of the counterpart mobile terminal from, for example, a ‘call waiting’ or ‘call connected’ screen, during the transmission or reception of the communication event. | 12-08-2011 |
20110306366 | SHARING OF LOCATION INFORMATION IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A system includes a server and a source client executable on a first electronic device in communication with the server The server is configured to provide to a second electronic device in communication with the server access to location data implementable by a user interface associated with the second electronic device The location data enables the user interface to display the geographical location of the first electronic device The access to the location data is accessible to the second electronic device only during a time interval designated by a user of the first electronic device. | 12-15-2011 |
20120009951 | Portable flight tracker for use in airplane mode - A portable electronic device containing an embedded application provides real-time flight status information to users traveling on an airplane while the device is operating in airplane mode with no wireless connectivity. Before departure, the application downloads flight plan route information, digital map data, and other information of interest to the user. | 01-12-2012 |
20120015675 | NETWORK SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - A communication terminal includes: a communication unit; a memory; a first obtaining unit for obtaining first data; and a first control unit for detecting, using the communication unit, whether the communication terminal is in a first state in which the communication terminal can exchange the first data with another terminal or in a second state in which the communication terminal cannot exchange the first data with another terminal, thereby storing a part of the first data obtained during the second state in the memory as second data, and for transmitting the second data to another terminal when a transition from the second state to the first state occurs. | 01-19-2012 |
20120021778 | DETERMINING A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION - In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods systems, and program products for determining a change in a mode of transportation. A change in a mode of transportation of the mobile computing device may be determined by determining that a speed of the mobile computing device has changed. A first geographical location is stored as a geographical location of the mobile computing device that corresponds to the change in mode of transportation. A graphical indication of the first geographical location is displayed. The graphical indication of the first geographical location is different than graphical indications for one or more other geographical locations of the mobile computing device at one or more other times. The one or more other geographical locations were not determined to correspond to a change in mode of transportation. | 01-26-2012 |
20120040697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXPRESSING THE ACCURACY OF A MEASURED LOCATION OF A TERMINAL - Provided is an apparatus and method for expressing an accuracy of a measured location of a terminal. The apparatus may include a storage unit to store accuracy information used for indicating an accuracy of a measured location corresponding to each of possible locations of the terminal. The apparatus may include a location information obtainment unit to obtain information associated with a location of the terminal. The apparatus may include a controller to express an accuracy of a measured location in the location of the terminal or an accuracy of a measured location in an area comprising the location of the terminal, based on the accuracy information. | 02-16-2012 |
20120040698 | HANDHELD FIELD MAINTENANCE TOOL WITH IMPROVED LOCATIONAL AWARENESS FUNCTIONALITY - A handheld field maintenance tool is provided. The tool includes, among other things, a wireless process communication protocol module configured to communicate in accordance with a wireless process communication protocol. The tool also includes a display and an input device. A controller is coupled to the wireless process communication protocol module, the display, and the input device. The controller is configured to generate a map on the display indicating a position of the handheld field maintenance device relative to at least one asset, such as a field device. The controller is further configured to determine a position of the handheld field maintenance device by triangulating using wireless process communication with a number of known, fixed-position wireless field devices. | 02-16-2012 |
20120064923 | METHOD FOR ZONE BASED ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH SCALABLE MAP INTERFACE - A method of managing energy use of a network device located at a site with a mobile device is provided. The method proceeds by determining a plurality of zones about the site and detecting a current location of the mobile device relative to the plurality of zones. The method continues by altering the operating condition of the network device in response to detecting the mobile device changing zones. A graphical user interface (GUI) is displayed within the display screen of the mobile device. A map presenting the site location, the plurality of zones disposed about the site location, and the current location of the mobile device is displayed within the GUI along with a distance selector including selectable distance values. The method further includes automatically scaling the plurality of zones and the map in response to changing the selectable distance value using the distance selector. | 03-15-2012 |
20120077524 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND SOFTWARE FOR GEOGRAPHICALLY FOCUSED NETWORK ADVERTISING - A software based system and method of displaying location based information from an information site on a network by determining location data of a user of the location based information on the network. The location based information is generated based on the determined location data of the user; and generated location based information is provided to the user over the network. | 03-29-2012 |
20120088526 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING OBJECT LOCATION IN AUGMENTED REALITY - A system and a method are provided for displaying location information on a mobile device. The location information can include direction, distance, positional coordinates, etc. The mobile device's display displays an image captured using the mobile device's camera. A selection input is received to identify an object in the image. A facing direction of the mobile device is detected using the mobile device's magnetometer. The mobile device determines a bearing to the object relative to the mobile device's facing direction. The mobile device then determines a distance between the mobile device and the object. The obtained or computed location data is overlaid on the image, thereby augmenting the image. The location data can include at least a direction indicator of the object and the distance between the mobile device and the object, whereby the direction indicator can be determined using the bearing. | 04-12-2012 |
20120100875 | Method Of Displaying A Map On A Phone Screen - A wireless communications device includes a radiofrequency transceiver having a wireless voice channel for transmitting and receiving voice communications and a separate wireless data channel for concurrently transmitting and receiving other data. The wireless communications device also includes a memory operatively connected to a processor for processing current location data received over the data channel from another communications device with which the wireless communications device is simultaneously communicating on the voice channel. The wireless communications further includes a display for displaying a phone screen during a voice call, the phone screen presenting call-related information. A map is displayed on the phone screen during the voice call, the map presenting a location current of the other communications device based on the current location data received over the data channel. Optionally, the map can also show the current location of the wireless communications device. | 04-26-2012 |
20120122494 | METHOD FOR CO-LOCATION OF CALLER AND RECEIVER DURING A CALL ON A CELLULAR OR WIRELESS NETWORK - The present invention provides a method to enable a “caller,” while calling at least one call “receiver”, on a handheld device, or any communication device, to communicate the physical location of the caller and receiver, at a given moment. The method comprises: the caller calling at least one receiver; the caller sending each of the at least one receiver a request to authorize to see the other parties location on the map; receiving an approval; and showing the location of the at least one receiver as well as the caller on a digital map on the screens of the caller and said at least one receiver. | 05-17-2012 |
20120129554 | Shared Image Database With Geographic Navigation - There is disclosed a method and device for operating an image database shared by a plurality of users. In an embodiment, each image captured by a user and stored in a shared image database is associating with the geographic coordinates of the location at which the image was captured. A search engine for the image database is configured to accept geographic coordinates as a search criterion for locating at least one captured image stored in the shared image database. The images having location coordinates within a predefined range of geographic coordinates is displayed to the user. | 05-24-2012 |
20120135758 | Method For Offering Location Information and Location Information Providing System - Disclosed herein is a location information providing method generating a map image in itself for a current position of a protectee terminal, when a protector terminal requests current position related information of a protectee terminal, in which the protectee terminal directly transmits the map image besides a picture image of a protectee terminal user to a protector terminal. | 05-31-2012 |
20120135759 | METHOD FOR ZONE BASED ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH SCALABLE MAP INTERFACE - A method of managing energy use of a network device located at a site with a mobile device is provided. The method proceeds by determining a plurality of zones about the site and detecting a current location of the mobile device relative to the plurality of zones. The method continues by altering the operating condition of the network device in response to detecting the mobile device changing zones. A graphical user interface (GUI) is displayed within the display screen of the mobile device. A map presenting the site location, the plurality of zones disposed about the site location, and the current location of the mobile device is displayed within the GUI along with a distance selector including selectable distance values. The method further includes automatically scaling the plurality of zones and the map in response to changing the selectable distance value using the distance selector. | 05-31-2012 |
20120142379 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes a position location module, a wireless communication unit, a user input unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain first position information via the position location module in response to a first command received via the user input unit, receive second position information via the wireless communication unit, wherein the second position information relates to a geographical location of the external device, identify a relative distance between the mobile terminal and the external device using the first position information and the second position information, and perform an interlock function at the mobile terminal in response to a second command received via the user input unit if the relative distance between the mobile terminal and the external device is less than a threshold distance, where the interlock function restricts the mobile terminal from performing a function. | 06-07-2012 |
20120149399 | Cellular Telephone, Personal Digital Assistant with Dual Lines for Simultaneous Uses - The present invention includes a method and apparatus for a handheld personal communications device capable of simultaneous wireless voice communications service and wireless data communications service. The invention includes providing wireless voice communications service to a first line of a handheld personal communications device and simultaneously providing wireless data communications service to a second line of the handheld personal communications device. | 06-14-2012 |
20120149400 | ENERGY-EFFICIENT POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR SMARTPHONE USING CELL-ID SEQUENCE MATCHING - A method for navigation based on a cellid-aided positioning system includes: determining, at a cellid-aided positioning system-compatible device, that a user has moved through a sequence of cellids, wherein moving through a sequence of cellids comprises moving from a first region corresponding to a first cellid to a second region corresponding to a second cellid; accessing previously stored route information corresponding to the sequence of cellids, wherein the previously stored route information includes previously recorded sequences of cellids and global positioning system (GPS) information; estimating a current position of the user based on the previously stored route information; and displaying the current position of the user. | 06-14-2012 |
20120149401 | Methods And Apparatus For Associating Mapping Functionality And Information In Contact Lists Of Mobile Communication Devices - A mobile communication device stores a contact list which includes a plurality of contacts, and identifies a user selection to map a location of a selected contact. In response, the device reads an address from an address field of the selected contact, sends to an address geocoding server the address with a request for latitude and longitude coordinates, and receives from the address geocoding server the coordinates. When map rendering data corresponding to the coordinates is cached in memory, the device renders a map based on the map rendering data. Otherwise, the device sends to a map server the coordinates with a request for context-filtered map data, which is based at least in part on a user context independent of the location of the device. The device receives the context-filtered map data, and renders a map based on the received context-filtered map data. | 06-14-2012 |
20120157129 | Storage Medium Having Stored Therein Information Processing Program, Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Information Processing System - Provided is an information processing system which facilitates data communication between an information processing apparatus and another apparatus. Position data indicative of a position, at which the information processing apparatus which makes up the information processing system automatically performs short-distance wireless communication, is transmitted to a server. The server accumulates and stores the position indicated by the position data transmitted from each information processing apparatus. The position data accumulated and stored at the server is transmitted to an information processing apparatus when the server receives the request therefrom. | 06-21-2012 |
20120172061 | DEVICE POSITION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING CELESTIAL OBJECTS - A system and method of determining a position of an electronic device is presented herein. An image is displayed having at least one celestial object and a celestial object indicator for selecting a celestial object. The celestial object indicator is overlaid on the at least one celestial object. Data indicating a relative angle of the device with respect to the Earth in at least two dimensions is received at the processor. The time when the celestial object indicator is overlaid on the at least one celestial object is determined. The position of the electronic device is determined by comparing the location of the celestial object in the image data and relative angle information at the time of the indication to a database at least partially stored on the electronic device in response to an indication that the celestial object indicator is overlaid on the at least one celestial object. | 07-05-2012 |
20120172062 | NETWORK MANAGER SYSTEM FOR LOCATION-AWARE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Embodiments of a location sharing network manager process are described. The process is executed on a server computer coupled to a plurality of mobile communication devices over a wireless network. Each mobile device is a location-aware mobile communication device. The process determines the geographic location of a mobile communication device operated by a user within an area, displays a map representation of the area around the mobile communication device on a graphical user interface of the mobile communication device, and superimposes on the map the respective locations of one or more other trusted users of mobile communication devices coupled to the mobile communication device over the network. A comprehensive network manager process provides management functions to allow communication with mobile phone users outside of the service network and allows for efficient communication with groups of users within the service network. | 07-05-2012 |
20120178478 | MOBILE SURVEILLANCE - In some embodiments, a technique for logging an item encountered by a mobile device comprises automatically detecting an item in an uncontrolled environment, extracting an identity associated with the item, logging an encounter, wherein the encounter includes the identity, and deleting the encounter after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, wherein the encounter is not marked as relevant. | 07-12-2012 |
20120184304 | SMART PHONE CROWD ENHANCEMENT - A system for displaying information on multiple mobile devices whereby the information displayed for each device is determined by the device's physical location in relation to other devices physical locations. The information may be graphic, text, numerical or audible. | 07-19-2012 |
20120184305 | Sensory Enhancement Systems and Methods in Personal Electronic Devices - Disclosed are personal electronic devices (PEDs) having a sensory enhancement (SE) system for monitoring environmental conditions and detecting environmental events, for example but not limited to, changes in acoustic, thermal, optical, electromagnetic, chemical, dynamic, wireless, atmospheric, or biometric conditions. The detection of such events can be used to invoke a notification, an alert, a corrective action, or some other action, depending upon the implementation to the PED user or another party. | 07-19-2012 |
20120202530 | Method and System for Dynamic Estimation and Predictive Route Generation - The preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for dynamic route estimation and prediction using discrete sampled location updates from various mobile devices for the purpose of providing a graphical representation of a mobile device's route along a known network path of map data. The embodiments also provide supplemental route metrics, such as traveled distance, elapsed time, etc., and the capability to assign destination points for the purpose of providing the ability to modify location update points in an application, such as a route planner, and/or to store the dynamically generated route based on various preferences for later retrieval. | 08-09-2012 |
20120202531 | LOCATION DETERMINATION AND GUIDANCE USING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION - A method and system for location determination and guidance using radio frequency identification (RFID) are disclosed. A location of a mobile RFID reader can be determined by detecting stationary RFID tags located at fixed locations. Each RFID tag stores location information associated with its position as well as location information of at least one other RFID tag. The location information stored by each RFID tag can be used to direct a user from one RFID tag to another. Thus, RFID technology is also used to guide mobile RFID reader between the fixed locations of the stationary RFID tags. | 08-09-2012 |
20120220315 | APPARATUS AND METHODS - Apparatus comprising a first antenna configured to receive alignment signalling from a first transmitter over a first communication channel, the first communication channel having a first set of characteristics, and a second antenna configured to exchange data with a second transmitter over a second communication channel, the second communication channel having a second different set of characteristics. The apparatus also comprising a processor configured to process the alignment signalling received from the first antenna and determine the location of the second transmitter relative to the apparatus; and generate control signalling representative of the determined location of the second transmitter relative to the apparatus. The apparatus further comprising a user interface configured to provide a user with an indication of the relative location of the second transmitter relative to the apparatus in accordance with the control signalling to allow for the second antenna to be aligned for data exchange with the second transmitter. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220316 | 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. | 08-30-2012 |
20120220317 | Dive Computer with Global Positioning System Receiver - Dive computers in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes a mobile phone handset, including a microprocessor, a microphone connected to the microprocessor, a speaker connected to the microprocessor, a telephone transceiver connected to the microprocessor, memory, a display, and an external connector for communicating with external devices wherein the memory contains a software application, and a waterproof housing including a pressure transducer, where the mobile phone handset is located within the waterproof housing and connected to the pressure transducer via the external connector, and wherein the software application configures the mobile phone handset to create a dive log stored in memory, wherein the dive log comprises recorded information including depth of submersion information recorded from the pressure transducer and display the recorded information during the dive. | 08-30-2012 |
20120225678 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING WIRELESS AP MAP - An apparatus and a method for constructing a wireless AP map are disclosed. An embodiment of the invention provides a method for constructing a wireless AP map at a server connected over a network with a user terminal that includes: receiving wireless signal information collected from each of a plurality of user terminals, where the wireless signal information includes a signal strength of each of a plurality of wireless AP's received by each user terminal; estimating a distance of each of the plurality of wireless AP's by using the wireless signal information; and constructing a wireless AP map by using the estimated distances. Thus, a wireless AP map can be constructed using wireless signal information collected at typical user terminals located within a particular area, without requiring a trained person to recognize the wireless AP positions within the particular area. | 09-06-2012 |
20120244888 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ZONE-BASED SERVICE OUTSIDE OF SERVICE ZONE - Disclosed is a terminal comprising a memory; a display; and a controller configured to: store log information for a service provided within a service zone in the memory; extract connection information corresponding to the service from the log information if an input requesting for the service is received outside the service zone; and display the connection information extracted from the log information on the display. | 09-27-2012 |
20120244889 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD - According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes a communication unit, and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with a server that causes a terminal to display a virtual object associated with position information in such a way that the virtual object is superimposed on an image captured by the terminal. When a position of the mobile electronic device changes, the control unit generates mark information based on the changed position. The control unit causes the communication unit to transmit the generated mark information, as the position information, to the server. | 09-27-2012 |
20120252504 | PUBLISHING LOCATION INFORMATION - The claimed subject matter provides a method for publishing location information. The method includes receiving the location information from an entity. The entity may be associated with a geographic location. The method further includes identifying one or more entities to be notified of the location information. Additionally, the method includes sending the location information to the identified entities. | 10-04-2012 |
20120258741 | Apparatus and Method for Using a Wireless Mobile Handset Application to Locate Beacons - An apparatus and method for adding functionality to wireless mobile handsets, mobile phones, smart phones and other portable wireless devices which allows the devices to report the direction and distance of a wireless beacon that is attached to objects in need of being tracked or found. An external protective case is coupled to an existing mobile handset which comprises a plurality of directional antennas and associated RF circuitry. The electronics of the case are coupled to the electronics of the handset and with assistance of downloaded software of an associated application program, the handset may used to track or find one more beacons that have been previously paired with it. | 10-11-2012 |
20120264458 | PROMPT METHOD FOR DETACHABLE ELEMENT, MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH USING DETACHABLE ELEMENT AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A prompt method for a detachable element, a mobile electronic device using the detachable element and a computer-readable medium thereof are provided. The method comprises recording environmental information when detecting the detachable element is detached from the mobile electronic device. The method also includes determining whether the mobile electronic device conforms to a prompt condition according to the environmental information. The method further includes performing a prompt operation when the mobile electronic device conforms to the prompt condition. | 10-18-2012 |
20120264459 | System, Method and Devices Related to Radio Communication Equipment - A system in radio communication comprising a controller, a first device, and a second device is provided. The first device is associated with a first particular sector of a radio communication cell and the second device is associated with a second particular sector of the radio communication cell. The first device comprises a first sector indicating hardware and the second device comprises a second sector indicating hardware. The first and second sector indicating hardware each comprises a first visual sector information relating to the first particular sector such that the first visual sector information is visible to a human, and a first electronically readable sector information relating to the first particular sector. Each device comprises a first reading arrangement for reading the electronically readable sector information. | 10-18-2012 |
20120264460 | LOCATION DETERMINATION USING FORMULA - Among other disclosed subject matter, a method includes obtaining, in a mobile device, power information indicating a detected power of respective signals received from multiple transmitters. The method includes determining a location of the mobile device using a formula that uses: locations of the multiple transmitters, a first function of the power information and a second function of respective locations of the multiple transmitters. The method can include recording the determined location. | 10-18-2012 |
20120270573 | POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SINGLE AND MULTILEVEL STRUCTURES - A system for determining the position of users, stores, products, or brands inside one or more structures, such as a store, shopping center, cruise ship, etc. In some embodiments, the system utilizes an image capture module of a wireless device to capture information relating to an object disposed at a known location. The information regarding the location of the object is used to provide navigation information, product information, advertising information, and the like to the user while inside the structure. In other embodiments, a positioning system capable of determining the locations of RF signal sources within one or more structures and then using the determined locations of the RF signal sources to determine locations of users' wireless devices is provided. | 10-25-2012 |
20120282951 | ANCHORING AND SHARING LOCATIONS AND ENJOYMENT EXPERIENCE INFORMATION ON A PRESENTATION TIMELINE FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT STREAMED OVER A NETWORK - A method and apparatus to generate receive and share anchored location information and associated information on content enjoyment experience over a network. The method includes, responsive to receiving a request to stream the multimedia content over the network, determining whether anchored location information for the multimedia content has been generated. The method includes requesting the anchored location information for the multimedia content. Additionally, the method includes, responsive to receiving the anchored location information, displaying a number of visual indicators for the anchored location information on a presentation timeline for the multimedia content, and generating additional anchoring location information to be shared with other users. | 11-08-2012 |
20120289259 | Methods And Apparatus For Associating Mapping Functionality And Information In Contact Lists Of Mobile Communication Devices - A technique to provide mapping functionality in an address book of a communication device involves displaying a menu list of functions associated with a contact entry of the address book, including a function to display on a map a location of an address listed in the contact entry; receiving an input request to display on a map the location; and displaying a map corresponding to the location, in a display of the communication device. | 11-15-2012 |
20120302264 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - According to an aspect, a communication system includes at least one mobile communication device, at least one movable communication device, and a server. The mobile communication device includes: a first position information obtaining unit for obtaining position information of the mobile communication device; and a first communication unit for communicating with another communication device. The movable communication device includes: a second position information obtaining unit for obtaining position information of the movable communication device; and a second communication unit for communicating with another communication device. The server stores the position information through communication with the mobile communication device and the movable communication device, and transmits the stored position information to at least one of the mobile communication device and the movable communication device. | 11-29-2012 |
20120309433 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING HOME SCREEN IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for displaying a home screen in a mobile terminal includes determining a location of the mobile terminal, determining a screen associated with the determined location among multiple screens; and setting the screen associated with the determined location as a home screen. | 12-06-2012 |
20120309434 | Application Adaptive Mobile Terminal - A user interface is presented for mobile devices that provides for efficient and logical movement between applications on the mobile device. Multiple applications may be used simultaneously and interactively. Such uses and data are stored on the device and re-presented to the user at subsequent uses to provide efficiencies in commonly used functions, applications, and contacts. | 12-06-2012 |
20130012242 | GEO-SPATIAL VISUALIZATION AND AWARENESS OF EVENTS - The present invention relates to geospatial visualization of events. A visualization platform may serve as a middleware system that provides real-time access to disparate hardware, software, and databases and provides visualization of data from these systems. The visualization platform may be accessed and utilized from a variety of mobile devices. Data may be fed from systems into the visualization platform via portals based on a data catalog interface. In other embodiments, the platform provides access to externally referenced documentation and visual resources and links this information with geographic resources. In other embodiments, a platform allows users to submit content related to an event and/or collaborate around an event. The content may be organized, such as by predefined or ad hoc categories, location, date, time, etc. In another embodiment, the present disclosure allows for a platform that integrates 3-D mapping with geo-referenced videos and images through a web interface. | 01-10-2013 |
20130029696 | LOCATION BASED SYSTEM WITH CONTEXTUAL LOCATOR AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a location based system includes: detecting an event representing a gathering of event participants; establishing a geofence associated with the event; and identifying a matching target from the event participants located within the geofence during the search time window for displaying on a device. | 01-31-2013 |
20130040665 | AUTOMATIC POSITION INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING WIRELESS DATA NETWORK - Disclosed are an automatic position information transmission system and a method using a wireless data network capable of improving convenience of search by registering icons associated with keywords on search screens of corresponding mobile phones and registering icons representing a search position range on the search screens while improving convenience of use by automatically transmitting position information regarding the corresponding mobile phones during a call attempt to a pre-authorized specific mobile phone through a wireless Internet network and automatically transmitting the position information regarding the corresponding mobile phones for each predetermined period or at the time of a call connection failure. The automatic position information transmission system and the method using the wireless data network can automatically transmit the moving routes or positions of children to the mobile phones of a parent as being previously set without performing the separate operations on the mobile phones. | 02-14-2013 |
20130065616 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL, SERVER, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A task management system includes a game terminal and a server. The game terminal acknowledges user designation of whether positional information indicating a position arbitrarily designated by a user on a map of a scale displayed on the terminal or positional information indicating the current position of the terminal should be added to data that should be stored in the server along with the positional information. The game terminal transmits the data to which user designated positional information is added to the server. The server stores the data transmitted from the game terminal along with the positional information. | 03-14-2013 |
20130102333 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPATCHING UTILITY REPAIRS - A method to dispatch utility repairs. The method may include displaying directions to a location of a first work assignment on an electronic device. The directions may update as the electronic device changes location. The method may also include displaying items to complete at least a portion of the first work assignment. The items may be displayed when the electronic device location is substantially the same as the first work assignment location. The method may include detecting at least one operator acknowledgment of completion after the portion of the first work assignment is complete or after all portions of the first work assignment are complete. The method may also include displaying directions to a location of a second work assignment when the electronic device detects that all portions of the first work assignment are complete. | 04-25-2013 |
20130102334 | EGRESS BASED MAP REGION CLASSIFICATION - Disclosed are systems, methods and techniques for classifying portions of an area depicted in a digitally encoded map. For example, features in a digitally encoded map may be extracted to identify a component area at least partially bounded by a perimeter formed by structures. One or more egress segments in the perimeter may be identified and characterized. The component area may then be classified based, at least in part, on a proportionality of a length of the egress segment to a size of at least one dimension of the component area. | 04-25-2013 |
20130102335 | MOBILE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, LOCATION INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD, LOCATION INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a mobile device including an identification information acquisition section which acquires first identification information from an approaching mobile device, a location information acquisition section which acquires location information of a current point at a time point at which the first identification information is acquired, and a transmission section which transmits the first identification information and the location information in association with each other to an external device. | 04-25-2013 |
20130109414 | TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 05-02-2013 |
20130115976 | System and Method for Monitoring the Location of Individuals via the World Wide Web Using a Wireless Communications Network - A system is described for monitoring the geographical location of a subscriber's mobile cellular telephone, and for providing the location information to an authorized user through the world wide web. The geographical location of the subscriber's mobile cellular telephone is tracked using registration signals transmitted over the control channel by the cellular telephone. This information is supplied to a geographical location coordinator system, which determines the geographical coordinates for the cellular telephone. A database stores the geographical location information along with a subscriber's telephone number and account code. The database is updated to track the movement of the cellular telephone user across a geographical area. | 05-09-2013 |
20130122942 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION SERVICE USING MOBILE CODE - An apparatus and method for providing a location information service using a mobile code in a Mobile Station (MS) are provided. The method includes obtaining a mobile code scanned by an input device of the MS; acquiring location information if the location information is included in the obtained mobile code; matching coordinates of the acquired location information on a first cyber map in the MS if cyber map information corresponding to the coordinates of the acquired location information is included in the first cyber map in the MS; and if the cyber map information corresponding to the coordinates of the acquired location information is not included in the first cyber map in the MS, updating the first cyber map with cyber map information corresponding to coordinates of corresponding location information obtained from a second cyber map in a server and matching the acquired location information on the updated first cyber map. | 05-16-2013 |
20130130726 | METHOD FOR SHARING TERMINAL LOCATION AND TERMINAL DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of electronic communication, and in particular, to a method for sharing a terminal location and a terminal device. The method for sharing a terminal location provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes: displaying, by a first terminal, a location of the first terminal and a location of a second terminal on a map of the first terminal in real time; determining, by the first terminal, a candidate location; and displaying, by the first terminal, the candidate location on the map of the first terminal, and notifying the second terminal of the candidate location, so that the candidate location is also displayed on a map of the second terminal, and the candidate location can be modified by the second terminal. | 05-23-2013 |
20130137466 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD - A handheld electronic device and a remote control method are provided. The handheld electronic device comprises a display unit, an electronic compass and a processing unit. The reference locations are correlated with the controlled device. The processing unit constructs the coordinate system and calculates the reference location coordinates for the reference locations in the coordinate system. After the coordinate system is constructed, the electronic compass measures the current direction information directed towards the controlled device to be remote controlled from a current location. The processing unit controls the display unit to display a control interface of the controlled device to be remote controlled. The electronic compass measures origin direction information directed towards at least two reference locations from an origin location and measures move direction information directed towards the reference locations from a move location. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137467 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF MOBILE DEVICE - A method for determining a location of a mobile device, an address signal is received from a signal generator. The method transforms the address signal into a frequency domain signal, determines a maximum energy value of the frequency domain signal, determines a virtual address according to a frequency value corresponding to the maximum energy value, and sends the virtual address to a server. The method further receives location information of the mobile device corresponding to the virtual address from the server, and displays the location information on a display device of the mobile device. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137468 | INTEGRATING POSITION INFORMATION INTO A HANDHELD TOOL - A method for integrating position information is disclosed. In one embodiment, the position data of an object embedded in a material at a worksite is recorded. The position data is used to update a record showing the position of the object as an embedded object. The position of the embedded object is displayed at a handheld tool. | 05-30-2013 |
20130143604 | INFORMATION COMMUNICATION APPARATUS HAVING INDICATOR DISPLAY FUNCTION, AND INDICATOR DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM EXECUTED BY THE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An information communication apparatus having a display section, according to one aspect of the present invention, includes: a sensor section used for communication between an information communication terminal and another apparatus; a terminal information storing section configured to store information about the position of the sensor section in the information communication terminal and information about the position and the size of the display section in the information communication terminal; and a control section configured to calculate the relative positional relationship of the sensor section and the display section, based on the information stored in the terminal information storing section, generate an indicator that allows the position of the sensor section to be specified, and display the indicator on the display section. | 06-06-2013 |
20130150093 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and 3D image controlling method therein are disclosed to create a 3D image. The present invention includes displaying a map in a prescribed range on a display unit with reference to a current location, setting 1 | 06-13-2013 |
20130157696 | Method of Displaying Contact Information - A method of displaying contact method on a mobile device includes storing a plurality of contact records on a mobile device. At least one record contains information corresponding to the geographic location of at least one of the contacts. The geographic location of the mobile device is determined and compared with the geographic location of the contacts stored on the mobile device. The contacts are arranged based on the geographic proximity of the contact to the mobile device. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157697 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A POSITION OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for displaying a location of a portable terminal of another subscriber's by the calling party's portable terminal. This display occurs during a call without switching displayed screen windows or applications. The method includes a first portable terminal performing a call mode; driving a camera upon receiving location information of the other subscriber's terminal in the call mode to display an image photographed by the camera; and analyzing location information detected by a location detection unit and the received location information of a second portable terminal of another subscriber to calculate a distance between two terminals and displaying a location of the other subscriber's terminal on the displayed image when a direction of the calling party's terminal detected by a direction detection unit aligns with a direction of the other subscriber's terminal. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157698 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a communication system for allowing a user to feel the presence of other users existing in the same daily living area without using short-distance wireless communication. The system includes a position coordinate receiving section ( | 06-20-2013 |
20130165159 | 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 |
20130165160 | Computational Systems and Methods for Locating a Mobile Device - Systems and methods are described relating to determining a specified time period of non-movement in a mobile device and presenting an indication of location of the mobile device at least partially based on the specified time period of non-movement. Additionally, systems and methods are described relating to means for determining a specified time period of non-movement in a mobile device and means for presenting an indication of location of the mobile device at least partially based on the specified time period of non-movement. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165161 | Computational Systems and Methods for Locating a Mobile Device - Systems and methods are described relating to accepting an indication of an inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device; and presenting an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on accepting the indication of the inertial impact associated with the at least one mobile device. Additionally, systems and methods are described relating to means for accepting an indication of an inertial impact associated with at least one mobile device; and means for presenting an indication of location of the at least one mobile device at least partially based on accepting the indication of the inertial impact associated with the at least one mobile device. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165162 | PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH A POSITION AUTOMATIC INFORMING FUNCTION - In a portable terminal with a position automatic informing function capable of showing a position information of itself to the other portable terminals, characterized in that information included in a received mail is collated with previously registered information and that a possibility of showing the position information is controlled based on a result of the collation. The portable terminal with a position automatic informing function is, if necessary, capable of informing a position of itself without troublesome while protecting privacy for a position of the portable terminal. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165163 | Method of configuring device performance and device location to perform a task - 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. | 06-27-2013 |
20130172020 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZATION - This invention relates to methods and devices for entropy-based location fingerprinting, in particular for use over wireless local-area networks (WLANs). The invention has particular application in localization for indoor environments. In embodiments of the invention, an entropy-based fingerprint is determined at a number of predetermined locations within the desired area of localization during an off-line phase and subsequently used in an on-line mode to determine the location of a receiver. In particular embodiments, the fingerprint is a vector of entropy estimates of the channel transfer function (CTF) between a mobile terminal and all access points within coverage. The invention seeks to provide a fingerprinting localization solution that has a simplicity of structure, leading to advantages in storage and pattern recognition requirements, and robustness by proving a unique measure of information that is related to the channel experienced at the location of the mobile terminal. | 07-04-2013 |
20130172021 | DYNAMIC CONTEXT-DATA REPRESENTATION - Disclosed are a system, method, and article of manufacture of a dynamic context-data representation. A first context data can be received. The first context data can be obtained from a user-worn sensor. The user-worn sensor can measure a user attribute. A second context data can be received. The second context data can be obtained from another sensor. The second context data can measure a user location. A graphical representation of the first context data and the second context data can be created. The graphical representation can be modified according to a change of a value of the first context data as a function of time or a change of a value of the second context data as a function of time. | 07-04-2013 |
20130190019 | Personalized Location Information for Mobile Devices - Providing location information on a mobile device includes receiving signals from external devices. Each signal includes information that specifies a geographic location for the external device that has provided the signal. A geographic location for the mobile device is calculated by using the information contained in each of the received signals. A representation of the geographic location of the mobile device is generated. The representation of the geographic location is included within an electronic message that provides information describing a user of the mobile device to other users of an electronic communications system. The electronic message is transmitted to another device to provide an indication of the geographic location for the user to one of the other users of the electronic communications system. | 07-25-2013 |
20130196692 | CONTEXT-BASED REVERSE GEOCODING - In general, in one aspect, a mobile device can perform reverse geocoding based on context, in addition to latitude and longitude coordinates. The reverse geocoding can be used to determine in which geofence among multiple geofences the mobile device is located. Thus, the mobile device can be associated with a street address, a postal code, a named land feature, or a commercial, cultural, or political entity associated with the geofence. The context can include a pattern of movement, as well as an accuracy of the latitude and longitude coordinates. Information in the context can be compared to selection criteria of the geofence. A geofence having selection criteria that match the context the best can be selected. | 08-01-2013 |
20130203448 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING COMMUNICATION TARGET - A terminal and method for recognizing a communication target within a visible range. The method of a terminal to recognize a communication target includes obtaining location information of a communication target whose identification information is unknown within a visible range of a terminal user; and recognizing a relative location of the communication target with respect to the terminal based on the obtained location information and displaying the recognized relative location of the communication target. | 08-08-2013 |
20130210465 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING - GPS data can be transmitted from a portable electronic device to a central database using either a cellular network or a satellite RF network. Multiple embodiments are capable of executing tools and techniques that automatically determine the network appropriate for given conditions, maximize GPS data transmission coverage, and minimize cost. Using the described technology, it is possible to detect, differentiate between, and utilize networks according to circumstance. | 08-15-2013 |
20130231142 | System and Method for Providing Location Information - In a particular embodiment, a method includes presenting, at a first communication device, first location information after an incoming communication is answered. The first location information corresponds to a first location of the first communication device. The method further includes presenting updated first location information, at the first communication device, prior to the incoming communication being terminated. | 09-05-2013 |
20130237256 | MAP GENERATION SYSTEM, MAP GENERATION APPARATUS AND MAP GENERATION METHOD - A map generation apparatus includes a memory, and a processor configured to execute a procedure, the procedure including obtaining position data indicating positions of the terminal device during moving of the terminal device, and read-position data indicating a position at which the terminal device has read data from a recording medium during the moving of the terminal device, storing the position data and the read-position data in the memory, generating a map including the positions indicated by the position data, and displaying that an area on a side of the read-position data among areas set based on a path of the positions indicated by the position data is an area of disposition target of the recording medium, on the generated map. | 09-12-2013 |
20130252642 | APPARATII AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TEXTING SERVICES TO VOICE GRADE TELEPHONE NUMBERS - Apparatii to facilitate texting to both textable and non-textable telephone numbers may include a user interface module, a destination verification module, a destination selection module and a routing module. The user interface module may render a map or a list on an electronic display that includes contact information for one or more entities. The destination verification module may use the contact information to access a texting registry to determine if an entity has a texting address. In response to determining that a texting address is available for an entity, the user interface module may display a textable indicator proximate to contact information for the entity. Similarly, information from a destination field of a text message may be used to retrieve a texting address from the texting registry and route the email message to the texting address. Methods corresponding to the apparatii are also disclosed herein. | 09-26-2013 |
20130260800 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a first information acquisition section which acquires position information related to a present position of a user and time information which shows a present time at the present position, a second information acquisition section which acquires body clock information related to a body clock based on biological information of the user, and a display control section which displays a map image on a display section. The display control section identifies and displays a location corresponding to a time difference between the present time and a time of the body clock, with respect to the present position, on the map image. | 10-03-2013 |
20130267260 | MAP MODIFICATION USING GROUND-TRUTH MEASUREMENTS - Disclosed is a method for receiving a conceptual map of a navigable area, the conceptual map including two or more topological elements being related to one another in the conceptual map by a first set of dimensions; applying one or more ground truth measurements or topological constraints to the first set of dimensions of the conceptual map to provide a modified map having corrected dimensions; and mapping an estimated location of the mobile station to the modified map. | 10-10-2013 |
20130273944 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE - A protective case for housing a wireless communication device is provided. The protective case may include integral wireless communication circuitry independent of the wireless communication device. The wireless communication circuitry may be configured to enable communication between the protective case and one or more remote communication devices via a short range network. The protective case may further include an integral speaker configured to reproduce audio signals received by the integral wireless communication circuitry and an integral power source configured to provide power to at least the integral wireless communication circuitry and the integral speaker. The integral wireless communication circuitry and the integral speaker may be capable of functioning independently of the wireless communication device. | 10-17-2013 |
20130281132 | AUTOMATED PHYSICAL LOCATION IDENTIFICATION OF MANAGED ASSETS - A managed asset physical location identification system includes a network. A managed asset is coupled to the network. The managed asset is operable, in response to detecting an event in the managed asset, to send an event notification that is associated with the event over the network. A locator system is coupled to the network. The located system is operable to receive the event notification, determine a physical location of the managed asset using the event notification, and display the event notification and the physical location of the managed asset. | 10-24-2013 |
20130281133 | OVERLAPPING GEOGRAPHIC AREAS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for identifying overlapping areas. For example, in one embodiment, telematics data can be collected as vehicles traverse various geographic areas. Then, the areas traversed by the vehicles can be displayed to identify overlapping areas. | 10-24-2013 |
20130288719 | AUGMENTED REALITY FOR MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT, ASSET MANAGEMENT, OR REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT - A system and method for facilitating employing augmented reality in an enterprise computing environment. The example method includes receiving one or more inputs characterizing an environment of a mobile computing device employed by a user and providing a signal in response thereto. A display screen of the mobile computing device is then selectively augmented with one or more user interface controls based on the signal. A first user option provided via the one or more user interface controls enables a user to interact with a computing object that includes enterprise data associated with the user. In a specific embodiment, the method further includes providing a second user option, via the one or more user interface controls, to sequence a set of tasks to be performed by the user. | 10-31-2013 |
20130303201 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is an information processing system which facilitates data communication between an information processing apparatus and another apparatus. Position data indicative of a position, at which the information processing apparatus which makes up the information processing system automatically performs short-distance wireless communication, is transmitted to a server. The server accumulates and stores the position indicated by the position data transmitted from each information processing apparatus. The position data accumulated and stored at the server is transmitted to an information processing apparatus when the server receives the request therefrom. | 11-14-2013 |
20130316743 | MOBILE SURVEILLANCE - In some embodiments, a technique for logging an item encountered by a mobile device comprises automatically detecting an item in an uncontrolled environment, extracting an identity associated with the item, logging an encounter, wherein the encounter includes the identity, and deleting the encounter after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, wherein the encounter is not marked as relevant. | 11-28-2013 |
20130324164 | Mapping Application with Automatic Stepping Capabilities - For a mobile device having a display area, a method of displaying instructional signs of a route in the display area is described. The method receives selection of a route having several junctures. The route includes several displayable signs for showing a set of maneuver instructions for at least some of junctures of the route. The method tracks the current location of the device as the device is moving. The method displays different signs by sliding the signs in and out of the display area based on the current location of the device. | 12-05-2013 |
20130324165 | Information Communication Terminal and Location Estimation - To provide a system capable of estimating a location of an information communication terminal and to provide an information communication terminal used for the system, a system includes multiple information communication terminals and a management server. Each information communication terminal has an agent program installed thereon. When the information communication terminal is connected to the wired LAN, an terminal information sending unit sends terminal identification information to cause the management server to generate location information. Upon receiving a mode change instruction, a communication mode changing unit changes a mode to cause the information communication terminal to function as a pseudo access point. When the information communication terminal is not connected to the wired LAN, a radio wave intensity measuring unit measures an intensity of the carrier wave from the PAP. The information communication terminal transmits a measurement result to the management server to cause the management server to estimate location information. | 12-05-2013 |
20130324166 | METHOD AND APPARATUS USING GEOFENCE TO TRACK INDIVIDUAL GROUP MEMBERS - A method is provided to track geolocations of multiple mobile location tracking enabled devices, each such device associated with at least one member of a group of subjects; one of the devices sends a map image of a real-world location and indicia of geofence to each of the other devices; each of multiple devices sends its geolocation to at least one other device in the group; the at least one device in the group displays the respective geolocations of the other devices relative to the map image and relative to the geofence image; an alert is generated by the at least one other device in the group in response to a determination that at least one of the devices in the group is disposed outside the geofence or within a prescribed distance from the geofence. | 12-05-2013 |
20130331130 | Visualization of Network Members Based on Location and Direction - Methods, devices and systems enable efficient organizations of group communications on a mobile device. The mobile device may be configured to receive location information from other mobile devices in a communication system, determine the current location and orientation of the mobile device, determine directions and distances from the mobile device to each of the other mobile devices, and generate a first-person perspective and/or top-down perspective display showing relative locations of the other mobile devices. Other multiple mobile devices may be represented in the display as images (e.g., icons, avatars, directional indicators, etc.). The display may provide a user interface to enable a user to quickly organize other mobile devices into groups and initiate group communications with some of the other mobile devices. The mobile device may be configured to group the displayed images into one or more communication units and establish communication links with mobile devices in the communication units. | 12-12-2013 |
20130331131 | Event Tagging For Mobile Networks - Providing for improved network event tagging for mobile communications is described herein. By way of example, a mobile network can be configured to take periodic geographic positions of a mobile terminal operating within the mobile network. Network events occurring between the periodic geographic positions, otherwise partially unknown in position, can be estimated by referencing topographical information and estimating a route of travel of the mobile device. Estimated speed of the mobile device can be utilized to place the mobile device on a road network, cycling route, pedestrian walkway, or the like, and refine the estimated position of the mobile device at the time of the network event. Such estimates can be refined from traffic information or other real-time travel data. An estimated position of the mobile device can be output as an approximation of the network event to facilitate event modeling for the mobile network. | 12-12-2013 |
20140018112 | BUSINESS PROCESS ORIENTED NAVIGATION - A current location of a mobile user device within a building may be determined and presented to the user via map information. Map information, including data about locations within the building, may be retrieved and business process information associated with a user's execution of a business process may be accessed. The business process may have a series of business process steps, and steps may be associated with the pre-determined locations within the building. It may then be automatically arranged for the map information to be displayed, along with information about the business process steps, via the mobile user device based on the current location of the mobile user device within the building. The system may automatically direct the user step-by-step through a process using map and/or audio information indicating what the next step is, where the next step is located, and/or time requirements associated with the next step. | 01-16-2014 |
20140024399 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive designation information corresponding to a user operation for designating an area for which an index indicating a degree of human congestion is to be displayed and a controller configured to perform control to provide a degree of communication traffic in the area as the index for the area. | 01-23-2014 |
20140051465 | VEHICLE REQUEST DEVICE | 02-20-2014 |
20140057666 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION OF FIXED PORT LOCATION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes determining a location of a location detection device using a wireless link; determining an identity of a fixed port to which the location detection device is connected, where the location of the location detection device is proximate to the fixed port; and communicating a location of the fixed port to a location anchor. In more specific examples, the location of the fixed port is linked to a point of attachment in order to configure the fixed port. Additionally, the location of the fixed port can be presented to a server for application to a point of attachment via an application program interface (API). | 02-27-2014 |
20140066105 | Sharing Location Information During a Communication Session - In one embodiment, a method includes establishing a communication session between a first device and a second device. The first device is a mobile computing device. The location of the first device is received at the second device. The location of the first device is displayed on a graphical user interface of the second device during the communication session. | 03-06-2014 |
20140066106 | Displaying Place-Related Content On A Mobile Device - A computer-implemented method of presenting place-related content on a computing device entails, in response to receiving input identifying a place, obtaining place-related content for the place from a place database that stores place-related data related to each one of a plurality of places and presenting the place-related content from the place database in a consolidated place-specific view. This technology provides a place-centric view that presents a consolidated view of place-related content for a selected place. | 03-06-2014 |
20140087770 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The present invention provides a mobile terminal comprising: a wireless communication unit for sensing a location of a mobile terminal, and receiving, from the outside, a place image corresponding to the location of the mobile terminal and neighboring terminal information of at least one neighboring terminal at the same place as the mobile terminal; a control unit for generating a device map on which the neighboring terminal which is at the same place as the mobile terminal, is displayed on the basis of the place image and the neighboring terminal information; a memory for storing the device map; and a display unit for displaying the device map. | 03-27-2014 |
20140099979 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING MOBILE DEVICES - A method for positioning mobile devices includes steps of: a main device sending a first detection request to a plurality of peripheral devices; upon receiving the first detection request, each of the peripheral devices sending back a signal to the main device for recording; sending all obtained information back to the main device; and loading a visual interface having a plurality of device positions into the main device, the number of the device positions being equal to or more than the number of the peripheral devices; and the main device determining an orientation of each of the peripheral devices according to transmission times, and assigning the peripheral devices to the device positions in the visual interface. | 04-10-2014 |
20140113663 | COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A communications device receives a broadcast wireless communication transmission from a sender to initiate communication with the device. The received transmission includes the sender's identification, location information and other information about the transmission. The device maps relative locations of the sender and the device on a display of the device. The device also looks up a profile about the sender at a remote resource and updates the information about the sender. The device responds to the received transmissions by a broadcasting wireless communication transmission under certain situations. The remote resource may inform the sender of the profile lookup by the sender and provides the sender with the device's identification and location information. | 04-24-2014 |
20140113664 | METHOD OF SETTING INITIAL LOCATION OF USER TERMINAL VIA INTERACTION WITH USER AND USER TERMINAL - A method of setting an initial location of a user terminal via an interaction with a user and a user terminal is provided. The method includes measuring a magnetic field at a current location of the user terminal, and estimating a candidate initial location of the user terminal based on the magnetic field. The method further includes displaying the candidate initial location, and selecting the candidate initial location. The method further includes setting the initial location based on the selection. | 04-24-2014 |
20140113665 | NAVIGATING USING AN INDOOR MAP REPRESENTATION - A method and system for providing an indoor map representation are provided herein. Aspects of this disclosure provide a representation of an indoor map environment whereby navigable areas are represented by a series of convex polygons in adjacency relationships with one another. Image analysis may be performed on a floor plan image to identify navigable areas and to determine the boundaries of the polygons, such as by assigning one or more colors to navigable space and one or more colors to non-navigable space. Route-finding operations may be performed using the adjacency relationships to find a path from a source area to a destination area. | 04-24-2014 |
20140120957 | WIRELESS DEVICE LOCATION DERIVED FROM BASE STATION SIGNALING - Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for deriving a wireless device location from base station signaling. In a particular embodiment, a method provides monitoring signaling transmitted by a base station serving a plurality of wireless communication devices. The method further provides identifying a wireless communication device of the plurality of wireless communication devices from the signaling and identifying an active set carried in the signaling that is associated with the wireless communication device. The method further provides determining a location of the wireless communication device based on the active set. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120958 | POSITIONING DEVICE, MOBILE STATION AND POSITIONING METHOD - A positioning device includes; a receiving unit configured to receive wireless quality information indicating wireless quality between a mobile station and a base station and information indicating a direction and an orientation of the mobile station; a determining unit configured to acquire measuring data to be used for measuring a location of the mobile station based on the direction and the orientation, from data in which each of regions as location candidates of the mobile station is associated with respective wireless quality information; and a measuring unit configured to measure the location of the mobile station based on the wireless quality information and the measuring data. | 05-01-2014 |
20140128107 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING LOCATION OF WIRELESS CHARGING DEVICE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for outputting a location of a wireless charging device in a portable terminal are provided. A radio frequency signal is received from the wireless charging device. A strength and a reception direction of the radio frequency signal are determined by analyzing the radio frequency signal. The location of the wireless charging device is estimated based on the strength and the reception direction of the radio frequency signal. The estimated location is output using a pre-designated location notification scheme. | 05-08-2014 |
20140135043 | COMMUNICATION QUALITY MEASURING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION QUALITY MEASURING METHOD - A communication quality measuring apparatus includes a calculating unit, a specifying unit, and an associating unit. The calculating unit collects information that is used to calculate the communication quality of wireless communication from a base station that performs wireless communication with a mobile station and calculates the communication quality by using the information. The specifying unit collects location information from a measuring device that measures the location information related to the mobile station and specifies a mobile station area that is an area in which the mobile station is located by using the location information. The associating unit associates the communication quality calculated by the calculating unit with each of the mobile station areas specified by the specifying unit. | 05-15-2014 |
20140141816 | Method for Managing Notifications in a Communication Device - A method and apparatus of an electronic device for managing notifications is disclosed herewith. The method includes identifying a plurality of notifications associated with one or more electronic devices. The method further determines context data of the plurality of notifications based, at least in part, on their association with at least one remote device. The method then determines an order of display of the plurality of notifications based on the context data. The method further provides the plurality of notifications based on the order of display. | 05-22-2014 |
20140148203 | Content Publishing Systems and Methods - A system for publishing digital content is described which, in one embodiment, includes a beacon device associated with a first user configured to transmit identification information and information indicating its current position. A browsing device includes a display configured and adapted to display to a second user a representation of a local geographical area, and to selectively display to the second user content information associated with the first user, based at least in part on whether the location of the beacon device is within the local geographical area. | 05-29-2014 |
20140155108 | Brand Mapping - A user uses a portable electronic device to select an image representative of a brand. In response to the user's selection of the image representative of the brand, the device automatically presents the user with an image of a map that indicates a current location of the device and shows one or more images representative of brand purchase sites where the selected brand may be accessed by the user. | 06-05-2014 |
20140171129 | LOCATION CONTEXT, SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR MEETING LOCATIONS - Enhanced input field features and techniques for displaying and resolving location information in meeting items are provided. In response to a user's interaction with a place name displayed in the location field of a user interface for a meeting item, up to date information is retrieved about the location associated with the place name from a web service and displayed. The display can include a map image tile. In addition to enabling the displaying of up to date information, during creation of the meeting item, the location input field of a meeting item can present location suggestions from within the location input field, for example, as a drop-down listing of possible locations. The suggestions for completing a user's input text string to the location input field can be obtained from sources such as a web service, a mailbox, a managed database/directory service, a history cache/database or a combination thereof. | 06-19-2014 |
20140171130 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A MESSAGE, AND TERMINAL AND SERVER THEREOF - Examples of the present disclosure provide a method for displaying a message, in which a terminal receives a message posted by a user, obtains LBS information of the user, sends to a server the LBS information and the received message; the server stores the message received and the LBS information associated with the message, for each message stored, when a request for viewing the message is received from the user, the server displays, through the terminal, the message and the LBS information associated with the message to the user. Various examples of the present disclosure also provide a system for displaying a message, a terminal and a server thereof. When the method, system, and apparatuses provided by the examples of the present disclosure are employed, other users can exactly know a geographical location where the user is in when the user posted the message. | 06-19-2014 |
20140187274 | 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. | 07-03-2014 |
20140200038 | Location Assisted Service Capability Monitoring - A digitally stored map can indicate the signal quality for each of the map's regions. A device can determine its location, speed, and direction using global positioning system (GPS) and other sensors. Based on this information, the mobile device can predict a field of locations within which the device will probably be located within a specified future time frame. Based on both the information indicating signal quality and the probable future field of locations, the device can estimate a moment at which the device will probably begin to suffer from low-quality or absent signal. Using this prediction, the device can proactively perform a variety of anticipatory remedial actions. For example, the device can begin allocating a greater portion of currently available wireless network communication bandwidth to the reception of data packets that represent content that is being streamed to the device, so that the device can proactively buffer those packets. | 07-17-2014 |
20140206402 | Correlating Mobile Device Locations - Embodiments of the invention comprise systems and methods related to the provision of location based services via a mobile communications device. In different embodiments, a communication system is described, comprising a mobile communications device, a mobile communications base station, and a server computer system. The location of the device may be correlated with certain user preferences stored on the server computer system. In various embodiments, components of the larger system are described. In some cases, various location related mapping functions for a device are discussed. In other embodiments, systems and methods which provide for activities to be undertaken based on the location of a device are described. In still other embodiments, the disclosure addresses systems and methods of efficiently determining the location of a mobile device. In some embodiments, different notification schemes based on the location of a device and specified preferences are described. In various other embodiments, the disclosure addresses systems and methods for keyword monitoring based on the location of a device. | 07-24-2014 |
20140213306 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION - Methods and apparatus to facilitate device-to-device communication with a remote device registered with a communication network are described. One example method may include obtaining an identity information of the second device from an address book, submitting the identity information of the second device to a communication network, estimating device-to-device (D2D) proximity of the second device, generating an indication of the proximity of the second device relative to the first device, and initiating a device-to-device communication session with the second device when the indication is that the second device is proximate. | 07-31-2014 |
20140213307 | Method of Validating Cellular Carrier Records Accuracy - A method of validating cellular device location record accuracy is intended to validate and refine cellular carrier records accuracy for investigation and litigation purposes. Records provided by a cellular carrier and other information are analyzed to validate or refine a possible and/or estimated location of a specified cellular device during a specified time frame. More specifically, the location of a specified radio communications transceiver cell site is verified, a nominal cellular wireless signal coverage map is produced, and various pieces of information regarding potential service disruptions during the specified time frame are analyzed in order to produce a more accurate coverage map during the specified time frame for the purpose of quantitatively defining probable or potential locations for the specified cellular device. | 07-31-2014 |
20140235281 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF TRANSFERRING OR RECEIVING DATA USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal including an input unit; a communication unit; a location information unit configured to obtain location information related to the mobile terminal; and a controller configured to: receive a message and a recipient through the input unit, determine a location information transfer mode set for the recipient, receive a message transfer command through the input unit, transfer the message with the location information to the recipient through the communication unit in response to the message transfer command, when the location information transfer mode is a first transfer mode, and transfer the message without the location information to the recipient through the communication unit in response to the message transfer command, when the location information transfer mode set to the recipient is a second transfer mode. | 08-21-2014 |
20140243025 | POSITIONING METHOD - There is disclosed a method of estimating the position of a user device ( | 08-28-2014 |
20140274165 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH INDOOR NAVIGATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A communication system includes: a first storage unit configured to receive relevant information by entering a region of interest; a first control unit, coupled to the first storage unit, configured to parse the relevant information; and a display, coupled to the first control unit, configured to display the relevant information, a target object, and a suggested path. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274166 | MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD LOCALIZATION IN THE PRESENCE OF CHANNEL UNCERTAINTIES - Some embodiments include a wireless sensor network system. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274167 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and system locates a mobile terminal addressed in a location service request using an overlay identity. According to one aspect of the invention a location service client accesses a first subscriber database, thereby providing said overlay identity, in order to derive a cellular identity of said mobile terminal. According to another aspect of the invention the location service client accesses a location service server in order thereby providing said overlay identity. The location service server initiates a privacy check using said overlay identity and in response receives a cellular identity. The cellular identity then may be used to request a location service to enhance functionality. | 09-18-2014 |
20140287784 | POSITIONAL CAMERA AND GPS DATA INTERCHANGE DEVICE - A location tagged data provision and display system. A personal communication device (PCD) with electromagnetic communication capability has a GPS receiver and a display. The PCD requests maps and location tagged data from data providers and other for display on the PCD. The data providers respond to requests by using searching and sorting schemes to interrogate data bases and then automatically transmitting data responsive to the requests to the requesting PCD. | 09-25-2014 |
20140295894 | MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION DETERMINATION USING MICRONETWORKS - A facility for determining the location of a mobile device when a location determination of a desired accuracy is desired. If available, the facility determines the location of the mobile device using a device-based technique or using a location determination technique that is accessible over a macronetwork. Macronetworks are networks that are designed to cover relatively large areas. If a location determination technique of desired accuracy is not available on the device or over a macronetwork, the facility attempts to use a location determination technique that is accessible over a micronetwork to determine the location of the mobile device. Micronetworks are networks that are designed to cover smaller areas. By forcing a switch from a macronetwork-based location determination technique to a micronetwork-based location determination technique, the facility ensures that a location determination is made for the mobile device of a desired accuracy, time to fix (TTF), and/or yield. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295895 | Methods and Systems for Sharing Position Data Between Subscribers Involving Multiple Wireless Providers - A system for exchanging messages, position data, and status information among subscribers of different cellular providers. Cell phones and other wireless devices with GPS receivers are associated with different cellular carriers. These wireless devices support a Buddy Watch application that communicates with a remote Buddy Watch Server outside of the carriers' networks. The Buddy Watch servers allows subscribers to associate themselves with a group of “buddies,” a subset of the subscribers serviced by the Buddy Watch server but not necessarily by the same cellular carrier. The server than allows each subscriber to monitor the status of his or her buddies, and to communicate messages and position data. | 10-02-2014 |
20140302879 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING GEO-FENCE SERVICE WITH LOW POWER CONSUMPTION - A method used by an electronic device receiving a geo-fence service, determines whether a current position of the electronic device, determined using a cellular positioning system (CPS), is located within a first distance from a central point of a geo-fence service area. In response to determining that the current position is located within the first distance, the current position is determined using a Wi-Fi positioning system (WPS) and it is further determined whether the WPS determined current position is located within a second distance from the central point of the geo-fence service area. In response to the determination the current position is located within the second distance, it is determined whether the current position calculated using a global positioning system (GPS), is located within a boundary of a geo-fence service area. | 10-09-2014 |
20140308982 | ARRANGEMENT FOR PHYSICALLY LOCATING FIELD DEVICES IN PROCESS INSTALLATIONS - The disclosure relates to an arrangement for physically locating field devices in process installations, in which each field device can be identified and the installation location of each field device in the process installation is known. In order to control and find a field device in the shortest possible time, a mobile device having at least one memory and a graphical display device is provided, at least one graphical representation of the field device and a topological coordinate specification of the installation location of the respective field device being assigned to the particularized data relating to the respective field device and being stored in a retrievable manner in the at least one memory. | 10-16-2014 |
20140315586 | Integration of User Applications in a Mobile Device - User-applications provided by mobile devices are integrated. In one aspect, an email message is received at a mobile device from an email address and a representation of the email message is displayed on a graphical user interface. An input is received from a user indicating a selection of the email address. Contact information corresponding to a set of contacts is searched for a contact having a contact email address matching the email address. Contact information for the contact includes a geographic location for the contact. A display of a map is provided to the user. The display includes a graphical representation indicating the geographic location for the contact having a contact email address matching the email address. | 10-23-2014 |
20140323162 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A POSITIONING MAP OF TWO OR MORE MOBILE DEVICES ACCORDING TO RELATIVE LOCATIONS - The subject matter discloses a method performed on two or more mobile devices comprising obtaining a magnetic azimuth value of a mobile device of the two or more mobile devices; obtaining a physical orientation value of the mobile device of the two or more mobile devices; broadcasting the magnetic azimuth value and the physical orientation value from the mobile device, wherein each mobile device of the two or more mobile devices are broadcasting the magnetic azimuth value and the physical orientation value to another mobile device of the two or more mobile devices; receiving the magnetic azimuth value and the physical orientation value, wherein each mobile device of the two or more mobile devices receives the magnetic azimuth value and the physical orientation value of other mobile devices of the two or more mobile devices; determining a relative location of the two or more mobile devices, according to the magnetic azimuth value and the physical orientation value of each mobile device of the two or more mobile devices; generating a positioning map of the two or more mobile devices, wherein the positioning map comprises relative locations of the two or more mobile devices. | 10-30-2014 |
20140323163 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND/OR DEVICES FOR SELECTING A LOCATION CONTEXT IDENTIFIER FOR POSITIONING A MOBILE DEVICE - Disclosed are systems, methods and devices for providing positioning assistance data to a mobile device based, at least in part, on a location context identifier (LCI). In one particular implementation, a user may select from a one or more of candidate LCIs identified, for example, based on acquiring one or more signals from transmitters in range of the mobile device. | 10-30-2014 |
20140329548 | TEXT MESSAGE LOCATION TRACKING USING COMET TRAIL REPRESENTING SPEED AND DIRECTION - A first mobile device may receive, via a text messaging application, first location information from a second mobile device. The first location information may indicate a first geographic location of the second mobile device. The first mobile device may receive, via the text messaging application, second location information from the second mobile device. The second location information may indicate a second geographic location of the second mobile device. The first mobile device may generate, based on the first location information and the second location information, a graphical representation. The graphical representation may represent a movement of the second mobile device from the first geographic location to the second geographic location. The first mobile device may provide the graphical representation for display via a display associated with the first mobile device. | 11-06-2014 |
20140329549 | DYNAMIC PRIORITIZATION OF LABEL DOWNLOADS - Map labels are dynamically downloaded to a wireless communication device for efficiently labelling a map displayed on the device. A method of dynamically downloading map labels to a wireless communications device includes steps of determining a size of label data for an area of interest and dynamically downloading the label data for the area of interest based on the size of the label data. Optionally, map labels can be dynamically downloaded based on a label prioritization scheme that takes into account the current position of the device. Optionally, the size of the label data can be determined from a map data index. | 11-06-2014 |
20140357306 | OBJECT TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure relates to an object tracking system and method thereof. The object tracking system can track at least one positioning device through a mobile device. The mobile device includes a processing component coupled to a storage component, a master communication component, a display component, and a control component. Every positioning device includes a processing unit coupled to a control unit, a memory unit, and a slave communication unit. Accordingly, the object tracking system and method thereof may verify the current location of the positioning device, the distance between the mobile device and the positioning device as well as instantly obtain the surrounding information of the positioning device. Additionally, the positioning device may also call the mobile device thereby achieve two-way communication. | 12-04-2014 |
20140357307 | System and Method for Maintaining Location Information in a Database - The invention relates to a method for maintaining location information in a database. An application running in a client device scans for stationary devices that have a unique identifier. If such a device is found, the location of the device by means of the unique identifier is looked up from a central server comprising a database. If the unique identifier is in the database the physical location of the stationary device could be retrieved. As the stationary device is in the vicinity of the stationary device, the physical location of the user using the stationary device is known. If the unique identifier of the stationary device is not found, the user is asked once to identify its location. The unique identifier and location is then stored in the data structure of the database. Subsequent requests by a client device for the same stationary device will result in a known location. | 12-04-2014 |
20140370921 | METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING THE MAP OF AN ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING A WIRELESS DEVICE AND WIRELESS DEVICE IMPLEMENTING SUCH METHOD - A method for reconstructing the map of an environment ( | 12-18-2014 |
20150018018 | Indoor Location-Finding using Magnetic Field Anomalies - Techniques for indoor location-finding are described herein. Inside buildings, anomalies in the Earth's magnetic field may be caused by the buildings' structures. These anomalies tend to be location specific and temporally stable. Accordingly, a database or map may be constructed of field strength measurements, and made available to clients, either online (e.g., through cloud services) or offline. As a user carrying a portable device walks within a building, magnetic field measurements may be made. The measurements may be configured in as vectors and compared to the database. A specific location may be indicated by anomaly information seen in both the vector(s) and database. Optionally, techniques may be combined with a particle filter that may be operated step-by-step as the user moves within the building. In another option, fusion with Wi-Fi signals may be performed, such as with a two-pass bidirectional particle filtering. | 01-15-2015 |
20150018019 | Apparatus and Method for Increasing Accuracy of Location Determination of Mobile Devices Within a Location-Based Group - A method of increasing accuracy of location determination of mobile devices within a location-based subgroup starts with server receiving location data and proximity information from each of the mobile devices. Location data received from first mobile device includes first mobile device's fixed location. Proximity information received from first mobile device includes an identification of mobile devices within a proximity sensitivity radius of first mobile device's location. Server forms subgroup of mobile devices based on proximity information from each of the mobile devices. Subgroup may include first mobile device and mobile devices that have provided proximity information that identifies first mobile device are being within the proximity sensitivity radiuses of the mobile devices, respectively. Server may then refine the fixed location of the first mobile device, which includes identifying an intersection of the proximity sensor sensitivity of each of the mobile devices that are in subgroup. Other embodiments are described. | 01-15-2015 |
20150018020 | SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS BASED ON MULTI SENSORS ANONYMOUS DATA SOURCES - System and method for characterizing a geographical location by finding the behavioral patterns of groups of users of mobile devices being in the vicinity of the geographical location. Accordingly, after an examined Point of Interest is determined, signaling data related to the users is aggregated over a limited period of time, from the cellular network they use. The location, including change in the location of the users, is continuously calculated and cross-checked with anonymous multi-sensors with data records from external data sources. Then the mobility patterns of users are derived and the users are classified to groups according to the cross-checking results. Finally, the geographical location is characterized according to the mobility patterns and the classification. | 01-15-2015 |
20150024792 | PROVIDING A LOCATION IDENTIFIER FOR A LOCATION WITH MULTIPLE CO-USERS - Providing location information on a mobile device includes receiving signals from external devices. Each signal includes information that specifies a geographic location for the external device that has provided the signal. A geographic location for the mobile device is calculated by using the information contained in each of the received signals. A representation of the geographic location of the mobile device is generated. The representation of the geographic location is included within an electronic message that provides information describing a user of the mobile device to other users of an electronic communications system. The electronic message is transmitted to another device to provide an indication of the geographic location for the user to one of the other users of the electronic communications system. | 01-22-2015 |
20150038178 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a system for communication between users in a venue. The system comprises: detecting a first communication device recognisable by a primary communication device in a venue, the primary communication device capable of transferring details of the venue, the first communication device being capable of receiving details of the venue; transferring the details of the venue from the primary communication device to the first communication device; and displaying the details of the venue on the first communication device and illustrating location based information of one or more second communication devices being first communication devices of other users. | 02-05-2015 |
20150057032 | POSITION ESTIMATION OF A WIRELESS TERMINAL IN A STRUCTURE USING BASE STATION SIGNAL INFORMATION - A wireless terminal, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The wireless terminal includes circuitry configured to receive a wireless signal transmitted from a base station; perform signal intensity measurement of the received wireless signal; receive, via a graphical user interface, section information that identifies a section of a building structure for which the signal intensity measurement is to be performed; and transmit measurement information acquired by the signal intensity measurement of the received wireless signal, base station identification information that indicates a base station of a transmission source of the wireless signal, and the section information. The measurement information is associated with the base station identification information and the section information. The circuitry is further configured to perform the signal intensity measurement of the received wireless signal in response to a predetermined user input operation that is received after the section information. | 02-26-2015 |
20150072714 | GEOLOCATION TOOL - A method for providing accurate geolocation information is described in which geolocation information is received from a plurality of position information sources. A confidence indicator value is associated with each of the plurality of position information sources. Geolocation information received from two or more of the plurality of position information sources is combined based on the confidence value associated with each of the plurality of position information sources. A geolocation accuracy indicator (e.g., a graphical indicator) is provided to a user. | 03-12-2015 |
20150080033 | DEVICE POSITIONING METHOD, APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BASED ON DEVICE COOPERATIVITY SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and electronic device for positioning a device based on a device cooperative system are disclosed. A display screen of a first electronic device is divided into M regions on which N kinds of patterns are displayed; a first cooperative device acquires a pattern of a region where the first cooperative device locates and transmits pattern information to the first electronic device; after receiving the pattern information, the first electronic device judges whether a preset positioning condition is met, and if it is not, adjusts the regions in the display screen to make the first cooperative device continue to acquire the pattern of the region where the first cooperative device locates until the preset positioning condition is met; after the preset positioning condition is met, the first electronic device determines the position where the first cooperative device locates based on the pattern information. | 03-19-2015 |
20150094104 | PORTABLE ANTENNA - A portable antenna for wireless communication, the portable antenna comprising: an electromagnetically reflective material; a first mechanical structure supporting preferred shape of the electromagnetically reflective material when in deployed position; a second mechanical structure attached to at least one point on the preferred shape and adjustable to hold a mobile wireless communication device at a preferred position relative to the preferred shape, is claimed. Additionally disclosed is a system comprising the portable antenna wherein the second mechanical structure is adapted to hold a feed instead of a mobile device and a cover for a mobile wireless communication device, comprising a signal coupling mechanism, and a signal routing means, and wherein the a signal routing means is coupled to the feed. | 04-02-2015 |
20150099552 | System and Method for Locating a Vehicle - A system for locating a vehicle using a monitoring device attachable to a vehicle and a mobile device. The monitoring device plugs into a vehicle diagnostic port and transmits an indicator signal to the mobile device, such as a smart phone, when the vehicle's engine is shut down. Upon receipt of the indicator signal, the mobile device determines its current location and saves it as the vehicle's location. The vehicle's location may then be displayed to the user on the mobile device. Such a system may be used with any vehicle, and allows for vehicle location without requiring that the vehicle have its own location system, such as a GPS system. The user's location may also be determined on the mobile device, along with directional information for guiding the user to their vehicle. | 04-09-2015 |
20150099553 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MAP SERVICE USING GLOBAL POSITIONING SERVICE IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for providing a map service using a global positioning service in a mobile terminal includes determining a current position of the mobile terminal. A moving path of the mobile terminal is recorded. If content for key point marking are generated, a tag icon corresponding to the content is inserted into a point representing the current position of the mobile terminal. A map message includes the moving path, the tag icon, and the content. | 04-09-2015 |
20150105108 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GUIDING SHADOW AREA - An apparatus and method for guiding a shadow area is provided. The method includes identifying a vehicle position on a driving path based on map information and global positioning system (GPS) information from a navigation system and analyzing road information in the shadow area by receiving position information for the shadow area on the driving path from a database in which information of the shadow area is stored. A remaining distance of the shadow area is calculated based on the vehicle position in the shadow area on the driving path and the remaining distance information of the shadow area is output. | 04-16-2015 |
20150119087 | USER-LOCATION-IN-BUILDING ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An intrabuilding location estimating apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The method includes operations of measuring a user's location by using a global positioning system (GPS) or a wireless communication-based location obtaining device in the mobile terminal, obtaining interfloor movement information of the user that is detected via a sensor in the mobile terminal, and determining a floor on which the user is located, via map information and the interfloor movement information of the user. | 04-30-2015 |
20150126233 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING A LOW-POWER WIRELESS DEVICE USING A SMARTPHONE - A first smartphone or electronic device may predict the location of a second electronic device using low power wireless interfaces, trilateration techniques, and global positioning system coordinates. A smartphone may detect the presence of a second electronic device using low power wireless interfaces and then communicate the predicted location to another smartphone. The low-power wireless interface may communicate in conformance with DASH7, Bluetooth, or RFID. Additional smartphones may join a search for a second electronic device with the assistance of a social networking application. | 05-07-2015 |
20150126234 | USER INTERFACE FOR OBJECT TRACKING - A method for tracking a location of a mobile communication device having a processor, a memory, a transceiver, and a display includes communicating, by the transceiver, with a wireless apparatus. The method also includes storing location information of the mobile communication device in response to the transceiver one of connecting to and disconnecting from the wireless apparatus. The method further includes displaying the location information on the display. | 05-07-2015 |
20150133175 | System for building and using a fingerprint database to localize accessed data - A system collects localized data of elements relative to containers into a fingerprint database memory and stores dynamic input maps where the maps can be grid based or relevance factor based. The input maps represent input data or outputs from algorithms regarding the elements in known relation to reference points for a plurality of containers. A touchscreen user interface is used for configuring the display of the dynamic input maps and the containers with a plurality of container attributes, for inputting a plurality of additional data regarding the elements and the containers and for displaying the dynamic input maps. A processor receives data inputs and builds the database concerning the element attributes and the container attributes and builds the dynamic input maps and processes relevance factors regarding the data. Algorithms can be used to rank relevance factors and create specific displays. | 05-14-2015 |
20150141061 | METHOD FOR TRACKING A MOBILE DEVICE ONTO A REMOTE DISPLAYING UNIT - The present invention refers to a method for tracking at least one mobile device onto a remote displaying unit through a mobile switching center connected to the mobile device by a wireless communication network and through a head-end linked to the mobile switching center and connected to the remote displaying unit by a second communication network different to the wireless communication network. The mobile device is identified by a mobile device identifier. The remote displaying unit is identified by a remote displaying unit identifier and is provided with a module for processing messages coming from the head-end identified by a head-end identifier. The mobile device is provided with a locating unit able to determine its current location and with a communication unit for supporting at least an instant messaging service. | 05-21-2015 |
20150148080 | NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR SYNCHRONIZED DISPLAY - Systems and methods are provided that couple one or more devices to one or more presentation screens and to one or more servers via network connections. Various devices can be identified on a network and location data regarding each of the mobile devices can be delivered to the servers. Data can be displayed on a presentation screen based on mobile devices in its proximity, for example. | 05-28-2015 |
20150148081 | PRESENTING MAPS ON A CLIENT DEVICE - A system and method associated with displaying a map on a client device. The method includes transmitting context data related to the client device to a server, where the server is configured to identify that a location-specific map corresponding to a location of the client device is available to be displayed based to the context data; and receiving a signal from the server to display a prompt indicating that the location-specific map is available to be displayed on the client device, where the server determines whether to transmit the signal based on the context data. | 05-28-2015 |
20150312710 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An information processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method can be applied to an electronic device and comprises: receiving first information that contains first characteristic information; acquiring first location information corresponding to a first location where the electronic device is located; correlating the first location information with the first information; outputting the first information and the first location information in response to that a first operation for reviewing the first information is detected. | 10-29-2015 |
20150319581 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING MAPPING FUNCTIONALITY AND INFORMATION IN CONTACT LISTS OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Displaying a map in a mobile communication device. Geographic coordinate information for a location of an address in a contact is determined. A user context for the mobile communications device is also determined. A request for a table of contents of available map data without the map data with the geographic coordinate information of the location as input is sent and the table of contents of available map data is received. A subset of map data comprising less data than is listed in the table of contents for the location corresponding to the geographic coordinate information is selected based on the table of contents of available map data and the user context. The subset of the map data is requested and the map with the subset of the map data is caused to be rendered in the display. | 11-05-2015 |
20150327009 | 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. | 11-12-2015 |
20150327015 | LOCATION TRACKING BASED ON OVERLAPPING GEO-FENCES - A system for controlling a device to track the location of the device is provided. The system identifies an initial location of the device. The system then identifies a plurality of areas having different sizes. Each area encompasses the identified location. For each of the areas, the system registers the area with a location provider to receive a notification when the location provider detects that the device has left the area. Upon receiving a notification that the device has left an area, the system may repeat the process of identifying the location and the areas and registering the areas to continue tracking the location of the device. | 11-12-2015 |
20150332573 | LOCATION TRACKING SYSTEM - A location tracking system is provided for tracking the location of a child or other individual. The location tracking system includes a location server and one or more location tracking devices. Communication protocols are provided for communications between the location server and the location tracking devices. The communication protocols provide a low complexity and low cost solution for location tracking applications. | 11-19-2015 |
20150341755 | Information Providing Apparatus And Method Thereof - Provided are an information providing apparatus and a method thereof capable of easily and effectively using information stored in each of a plurality of terminals. The information providing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to establish a communication network with a mobile terminal within a vehicle, a display unit configured to display a vehicle image, and a control unit configured to receive identification information of the mobile terminal and position information of the mobile terminal through the communication unit, and to control the display unit to display the received position information of the mobile terminal in the vehicle image and display a mobile terminal image corresponding to the identification information in the displayed position information of the mobile terminal. | 11-26-2015 |
20150350828 | DETERMINING A SIZE OF A SIGNIFICANT USER LOCATION - Systems, methods, and program products for providing services to a user by a mobile device based on the user's daily routine of movement. The mobile device determines whether a location cluster indicates a significant location for the user based on one or more hints that indicate an interest of the user in locations in the cluster. The mobile device can perform adaptive clustering to determine a size of area of the significant location based on how multiple locations converge in the location cluster. The mobile device can provide location-based services for calendar items, including predicting a time of arrival at an estimated location of a calendar item. The mobile device can provide various services related to a location of the mobile device or a significant location of the user through an application programming interface (API). | 12-03-2015 |
20150350832 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REFINING AN ESTIMATED POSITION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - The position of a mobile device in a wireless network is refined by obtaining statistical samples of particles representing an initial estimated position of the device, obtaining one or more parameters of received signals from a set of one or more access points in the network, locking the set of one or more access points without using one or more additional access points to estimate the position, resampling the particles to obtain a second estimation of the position after locking the first set of one or more access points, and obtaining a refined estimated position based on a comparison of the first and second estimations of the position. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350845 | Indoor Location Survey - Methods, systems, and computer program product for generating location fingerprint data for a venue are described. A sampling device surveying a venue can move inside the venue. While the sampling device moves, the sampling device can record environmental readings including, for example, strengths of signals from multiple radio signal sources. The sampling device can take the recording at fixed or various time intervals. Meanwhile, the sampling device can determine, based on a starting point and motion sensor readings, an estimated location of the mobile device for each time the sampling device takes the recordings. The sampling device can display a motion path of the estimated locations and a user interface item for receiving a user input for correcting the estimated locations. The sample device can tag the recorded environmental readings with the corrected locations, and submit the tagged readings to a server for determining a location fingerprint for the venue. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350847 | PHONE BASED CONTEXT ENGINE FOR POSITIONING - Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for improving location estimation. The method receives LCI updates from an LCI disambiguation engine. The method determines that a trigger threshold is reached, wherein the trigger threshold is based on proximity to a poor location estimation region. The method requests enhanced assistance data, wherein the assistance data includes at least one AP associated with a second LCI that is different than a first LCI, the first LCI being associated with a present position of the apparatus. The method receives position updates from a Position Engine using the enhanced assistance data. | 12-03-2015 |
20150358774 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND PROVIDING RELATIVE VALUES OF CONTACTS ASSOCIATED WITH MOBILE DEVICES WITHIN A LOCATION-BASED GROUP - A method of increasing accuracy of location determination of mobile devices within a location-based subgroup starts with server receiving location data and proximity information from each of the mobile devices. Location data received from first mobile device includes first mobile device's fixed location. Proximity information received from first mobile device includes an identification of mobile devices within a proximity sensitivity radius of first mobile device's location. Server forms subgroup of mobile devices based on proximity information from each of the mobile devices. Subgroup may include first mobile device and mobile devices that have provided proximity information that identifies first mobile device are being within the proximity sensitivity radiuses of the mobile devices, respectively. Server may then refine the fixed location of the first mobile device, which includes identifying an intersection of the proximity sensor sensitivity of each of the mobile devices that are in subgroup. Other embodiments are described. | 12-10-2015 |
20150358782 | CATCH THE SCREEN - The invention relates to a method and an system for displaying viewscreen information on a display in a mobile communication device, wherein the viewscreen information is related to information shown on a viewscreen, wherein the method comprise the steps of determining a direction to the viewscreen from the mobile communication device, communicating the determined direction to a server, determining, in the server, viewscreen information based on the direction to the viewscreen, wherein the viewscreen information is related to information displayed on the viewscreen, receiving viewscreen information from the server in the mobile communication device and displaying the viewscreen information on the display in the mobile communication device. | 12-10-2015 |
20150365792 | NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR SYNCHRONIZED DISPLAY - Systems and methods are provided that couple one or more devices to one or more presentation screens and to one or more servers via network connections. Various devices can be identified on a network and location data regarding each of the mobile devices can be delivered to the servers. Data can be displayed on a presentation screen based on mobile devices in its proximity, for example. | 12-17-2015 |
20150365794 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GEOLOCATION INTELLIGENCE - Location information relating to a changeable location of a mobile device is received. An automatic determination is made as to whether an asset is closest in geographic proximity to the location of the mobile device where the asset is selected from a plurality of assets. Based upon the selected asset, mobile interface information is automatically retrieved where this information is specifically associated with the selected asset. The mobile interface information is automatically sent to the mobile device for display to the user without any interaction from the user. | 12-17-2015 |
20150365795 | GEO-LOCATION BASED EVENT GALLERY - A computer implemented method may include receiving geo-location data from a device of a user; comparing the geo-location data with a geo-location fence associated with an event; determining that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event; responsive to the determining that the geo-location data corresponds to the geo-location fence associated with the event, supplying user-selectable event gallery information, associated with an event gallery of the event, to the device for addition to a destination list on the device; detecting selection of the user-selectable event gallery information in the destination list by the user of the device; and/or responsive to the detecting of the selection of the user-selectable event gallery information by the user of the device, adding the user as a follower of the event, with access to the event gallery. | 12-17-2015 |
20150365803 | DEVICE, METHOD AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR LOCATION-BASED DATA COLLECTION - Automated population of location-based data and formulae into electronic documents is disclosed. In one embodiment, in response to detecting a user selection of a first data population control, first location-based data is populated in an electronic document, wherein the first location-based data includes data obtained from a location-data source. After the first location-based data is populated in the electronic document, in response to detecting a user selection of a second data population control, second location-based data and one or more formulae are populated in the electronic document, wherein the second location-based data includes data obtained from the location-data source, and wherein the one or more formulae are configured for performing calculations upon the first and second location-based data. | 12-17-2015 |
20150365806 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ORIENTING A SMARTPHONE DISPLAY AND ESTIMATING DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF A PEDESTRIAN - Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments provide position determination. An example method embodiment comprises measuring in a mobile device, acceleration in mutually orthogonal x and y directions in a horizontal plane and in a vertical direction, due to walking motion of a user holding the device; computing a Fourier transform of the measured acceleration in the vertical direction and determining a frequency of acceleration in the vertical direction having a maximum amplitude; computing a Fourier transform of the measured acceleration in the x direction and in the y direction and determining a frequency of acceleration in the x and y directions corresponding to the maximum amplitude frequency of acceleration in the vertical direction; and computing a direction of walking motion of the user, based on the determined frequency of acceleration in the x and y directions corresponding to the maximum amplitude frequency of acceleration in the vertical direction. | 12-17-2015 |
20150382140 | PERIPHERAL APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF PORTABLE APPARATUS - A peripheral device for determining a location of at least one portable device is provided. The peripheral device includes a communication module configured to communicate with at least one portable device and a server device, and a control module configured to obtain a broadcast signal broadcast from the at least one portable device and provide location-related information to the server device configured to determine a location of the portable device, the location-related information including a time at which the broadcast signal is obtained and location information of the peripheral device. | 12-31-2015 |
20150382148 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MOBILITY TRAILS FOR MOBILE CLIENTS - The present disclosure discloses a system and a method for displaying mobile trails for mobile client devices. Specifically, a network device obtains a plurality of performance measurements and a corresponding plurality of physical locations for a client device over a period of time. Then the network device generates a plurality of visual representations for the client device over the period of time, each visual representation representing a respective performance measurement and a respective physical location at a respective time during the period of time. Moreover, the network device can display, store, and/or transmit a map of a physical environment with the plurality of visual representations. | 12-31-2015 |
20150382319 | TECHNIQUES FOR TRACKING DESTINATIONS ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - Various embodiments of systems and techniques for tracking destinations on a mobile computing device are described. In one or more embodiments, the mobile computing device may comprise or implement hardware and/or software configured to determine arrival at a destination and what is situated at the destination. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-31-2015 |
20160007286 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN ACCURATE ENERGY-EFFICIENT OUTDOOR LOCALIZATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and a system that uses standard cell-phone sensors to provide accurate and energy-efficient outdoor localization suitable for mobile navigation design. System and method employs a dead-reckoning localization approach and leverages these road landmarks, among others such as virtual landmarks, to reset the accumulated error and achieve accurate localization. For consuming low energy the system and method uses only energy-efficient sensors or sensors that are already running for other purposes. We present the design of System and method of leveraging crowd-sourcing to automatically learn virtual landmarks and their locations. Tests of the system and method on android devices in both city and highway driving show the accuracy of results for local cell phones to within 8.4 m median error in city roads and 16.6 m on highways. Moreover, compared to GPS and other systems, the battery lifetime was extended by 347%, achieving even better localization results than GPS. | 01-07-2016 |
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20160021511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF INDOOR TRACKING UNITS - Disclosed is a system and method for obtaining ad-hoc the spatial layout and setup of installed radio-based indoor tracking systems at particular locations. The systems and methods can be implemented via an installed or web-based application that performs the ad-hoc detection of indoor beacons, which includes detecting the signal strength of all beacons at a location while the user performs a previously configured gesture. From the trajectory of the gesture and the recorded signal strengths, the disclosed systems and methods derive the distance and direction of all beacons, which are laid out in a 2D map. Thus, the present disclosure can implicitly calibrate signal strengths to high-accuracy distances, thereby producing the spatially accurate 2D setup of the previously unknown space, in addition to indoor tracking on a decimeter level, which is efficient and increasingly cost effective for device tracking and advertising purposes. | 01-21-2016 |
20160044467 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF AN INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEM WITH CROWDSOURCED FINGERPRINTS - A user may manually indicate his or her location using a first IPS-enabled device and share the location with a second device. The first IPS-enabled device may communicate to an IPS backend the user-specified location and information about beacons and their respective signal strengths detected by the first IPS-enabled device at the time that the user indicated his or her location. The IPS backed may forward the location information to a second device, which may or may not be IPS-enabled. The IPS backend may also use the user-specified location and the beacon information received from the first IPS-enabled device to update and maintain a global beacon database to ensure that the global database remains up-to-date for future indoor positioning operations. | 02-11-2016 |
20160050526 | NETWORK DEVICE BASED PROXIMITY BEACON LOCATING - A proximity beacon signal transmitted by a network device-coupled proximity beacon transmitter is received at a network device. A RSSI reporting message is generated at the network device based on the proximity beacon signal. A position of the network device-coupled proximity beacon transmitter with respect to the network device is determined using the RSSI reporting message. A location of the network device within a region is determined using the RSSI reporting message and network device map data for the region. The location of the network device-coupled proximity beacon transmitter in the region is determined based on the position of the network device-coupled proximity beacon transmitter with respect to the network device and the location of the network device within the region. | 02-18-2016 |
20160050533 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION IDENTIFICATION AND PRESENTATION - Method and apparatus to analyze and present location information in an easy-to-digest manner are disclosed. In one embodiment, each piece of location information can include a piece of location-designating information and a piece of location-related information. Location-designating information is primarily for identifying location. Location-related information is information related to location-designating information. The location-designating information and the location-related information can be supplied by a mobile device. With the help of location-related information, each piece of location-designating information can be more accurately transformed into a label to help identify a location. The amount of location information can be reduced. All of the location-designating information pertaining to a given area can be consolidated into one piece of location-designating information related to the label. Consolidation of some of the information may not occur if a piece of location-related information changes by more than a preset value. To better present location information in an easy-to-digest manner, location information can be compared to standards. Presentation can be on a display with respect to a reference location. | 02-18-2016 |
20160057584 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD - A mobile electronic device includes a detector unit configured to detect a position and an orientation of the mobile electronic device and a control unit. The control unit monitors the orientation of the mobile electronic device for a predetermined period when the control unit detects a change of the orientation of the mobile electronic device from a former orientation. The control unit determines that a corner is detected when the mobile electronic device does not return to the former orientation within the predetermined period, and determines that the corner is not detected when the mobile electronic device returns to the former orientation within the predetermined period. | 02-25-2016 |
20160066153 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING AD HOC PEOPLE GATHERINGS - A method for facilitating an ad hoc meeting is provided. The method comprises establishing the ad hoc meeting by a creator, wherein said creator establishes a location for the ad hoc meeting, and at least one invitee to the ad hoc meeting; notifying each invitee of the ad hoc meeting; receiving location and directional information for the creator and each invitee; calculating a relative distance and a relative direction between the creator and each invitee; and causing a radar screen to be displayed on a mobile device of the creator; wherein said radar screen is configured to show a location of the creator at the center, and a current position and direction for each invitee relative to the creator. | 03-03-2016 |
20160066155 | TRAVEL AND ACTIVITY CAPTURING - A mobile device includes a positioning module sampling at least a position of the mobile device at a sampling rate when active and a processor capable of determining whether a mobile device is travelling or dwelling based on at least the sampled position of the mobile device. The processor further identifies a travel mode for a trip segment for the mobile device based on at least the sampled position of the mobile device when the mobile device is travelling and identifies an activity when then the mobile device is dwelling. | 03-03-2016 |
20160066157 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME, MOBILE-BASED POSITIONING ACCORDING TO SENSOR AND RADIO FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS - Method, hardware, device, computer program, and apparatus for positioning mobile devices in unmapped locations based on motion sensor and radio frequency measurements are described. A reference radio signal is received from a transmitter with an unknown absolute position and a reference range measurement is calculated. Mobile device motion sensor data is used to estimate a relative position of the mobile device. A sample radio signal is received from a transmitter with an unknown absolute position and a sample range measurement is calculated. The reference range measurement and the sample range measurement are compared. The estimated motion sensor based position is adjusted according to the result of the comparison. | 03-03-2016 |
20160073223 | REAL-TIME LOCATION SHARING TO FACILITATE A PHYSICAL MEET-UP - A location sharing component operating on a mobile computing device is configured to enable a local party and a remote party to share each other's locations during a phone call to facilitate a physical meet-up. The location sharing component exposes various options to set a length of time for the location sharing or the location can be shared up until the meet-up occurs. User interfaces (UIs) exposed by the location sharing component can provide directions and dynamically updated maps which show the locations of the parties. The location sharing experience can be persisted after the phone call ends by showing updates to the directions and maps and by surfacing notifications when the parties are close so that they can start looking for each other. The location sharing time interval can be extended if it is due to expire before the meet-up occurs. | 03-10-2016 |
20160073227 | METHOD OF SETTING TIME ZONE BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING SAME - A method of setting a time zone based on location information is provided. The method includes receiving, by an electronic device including a processor, an input of location information on a schedule setting screen of the electronic device, acquiring and displaying time zone information related to the input location information, and storing a schedule including the location information and the time zone information. | 03-10-2016 |
20160073237 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, PROGRAM AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Methods and apparatus provide for a user to feel the presence of other users existing in the same daily living area without using short-distance wireless communication. The system includes a position coordinate receiving section for obtaining positions from a plurality of user terminals, and a nearby user distributing section for selecting, under the condition that the nearby user distributing section obtains a position of a specified user terminal, one or more of the plurality of user terminals corresponding to the position obtained from the specified user terminal and the positions obtained from the plurality of user terminals and providing the specified user terminal with information on the selected one or more of the plurality of user terminals. | 03-10-2016 |
20160080554 | AUDIOVISUAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An audiovisual navigation system and method displays a geographical site in the form of audiovisual data to create an interactive, visually enhanced navigational tool useful for receiving graphical directions and suggestions while traveling. The geographical site can be a position, starting point, destination point, and route that is located by a positioning system. Each geographical site correlates to a unique audiovisual data that is stored in a database. For example, each street has its own video, and each building has its own set of images that display at the appropriate time. The audiovisual data includes an interactive combination of audio signals, videos, and images. The audiovisual data synchronizes with a positioning system, such that the audiovisual data changes as the located geographical site changes. The system can be monetized by enabling members in a network to share and contribute audiovisual data for a geographic site, business, or route. | 03-17-2016 |
20160080908 | Data Driven Evaluation and Rejection of Trained Gaussian Process-Based Wireless Mean and Standard Deviation Models - Disclosed are apparatus and methods for providing outputs; e.g., location estimates, based on trained Gaussian processes. A computing device can determine trained Gaussian processes related to wireless network signal strengths, where a particular trained Gaussian process is associated with one or more hyperparameters. The computing device can designate one or more hyperparameters. The computing device can determine a hyperparameter histogram for values of the designated hyperparameters of the trained Gaussian processes. The computing device can determine a candidate Gaussian process associated with one or more candidate hyperparameter value for the designated hyperparameters. The computing device can determine whether the candidate hyperparameter values are valid based on the hyperparameter histogram. The computing device can, after determining that the candidate hyperparameter values are valid, add the candidate Gaussian process to the trained Gaussian processes. The computing device can provide an estimated location output based on the trained Gaussian processes. | 03-17-2016 |
20160094942 | Visual Representation Of Contact Location - A method for visually representing information on a display of a portable electronic device includes receiving location coordinates from at least one other portable electronic device, plotting a visual identifier on a map and displaying the map on the display of the portable electronic device. The position of the visual identifier corresponds to the location coordinates received from the at least one other portable electronic device, which correspond to an actual location of the at least one other portable electronic device. The appearance of the visual identifier is selected to depict the status of the user of the at least one other portable electronic device. | 03-31-2016 |
20160105768 | SYSTEM FOR QUICKLY FINDING THE WHEREABOUTS OF FRIENDS - A method and/or system is disclosed allowing a user to quickly and easily obtain information on the location of another user or group of users. Such location information, may for example, be provided for quickly finding the whereabouts of friends, volunteers, employees, event attendees, etc. The system is comprised of a user application and a user connection server which utilizes push notification services. Accordingly, embodiments allow a user to ask, for example with a single button press/user selection, for the location of other users. In response to the request, the user can, for example with a single button press/user selection, choose to respond to the user. The requesting user then sees the location of the other user. | 04-14-2016 |
20160112832 | DATA SERVICES VIA RECEIVERS INDEPENDENT OF NAVIGATION SYSTEMS - A system and method for providing a suite of data services in non-navigation based electronic devices such as head units, that can provide similar levels of functionality to navigation-based systems are presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a non-navigation data system for providing data services in a mobile environment can include a data decoder for decoding a digital data stream from a digital audio radio transmission source, a location determining means for determining a current location of a mobile receiver receiving the digital data stream, a display for displaying data corresponding to the current location, and a plurality of static maps wherein the data corresponding to the current location is overlaid at least over a portion of the static maps. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a method of providing a data service in a mobile environment without the need for a navigation system can include decoding a digital data stream from a digital audio radio transmission source, determining a current location of a mobile receiver receiving the digital data stream, displaying data corresponding to the current location, and overlaying the data corresponding to the current location over at least a portion of a plurality of static maps. | 04-21-2016 |
20160119753 | MEDICAMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, device, and storage medium including one or more of the following: receiving location information and expiration information; determining a current location of the mobile device; determining that the medicament device is within a predetermined distance from the mobile device; determining that the medicament device is currently associated with an expiration event; outputting an expiration alarm indicating the expiration event in response to determining that the medicament device is within a predetermined distance from the mobile device and that the medicament device is currently associated with an expiration event; receiving, from the user, a request to display a map of a geographic area; displaying, by the mobile device and via a non-operating system application, the map of the geographic area; and displaying an alert icon on the map, wherein the location of the icon on the map is based on the received location information. | 04-28-2016 |
20160134711 | Geography-Based Intercommunication Content Delivery System - A computer-implemented geography-based intercommunication content delivery system including a processor in communication with a memory element containing a computer code which upon execution implements a graphical user interface on a display surface of a client device which allows a recipient user to define or select one or more communication content delivery locations inside of a geographic map space, and optionally variably adjust a geographic boundary delimiting a geographic area defining which publishers can deliver publications to the communication content delivery locations, and allows a publisher user to adjust the geography boundary within the geographic map space to delimit the geographic area defining a plurality of communication delivery locations to which the publisher user delivers publications. | 05-12-2016 |
20160150378 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR DETERMINING USER ACTIVITY RANGE - A method for determining user activity range includes: determining a moving state of a user; determining, when the moving state of the user is a first state, geographical location information of the user corresponding to the first state; determining, when the moving state of the user is a second state, a geographical location information set of the user corresponding to the second state; and collecting, in a first predetermined time period, geographical location information of the user corresponding to at least one first state, and a geographical location information set of the user corresponding to at least one second state, and combining the geographical location information of the user determined in the first state in the first predetermined time period with the geographical location information set of the user determined in the second state in the first predetermined time period, so as to determine a user activity range. | 05-26-2016 |
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20220141640 | CONTENT PUBLISHING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for publishing digital content is described which, in one embodiment, includes a beacon device associated with a first user configured to transmit identification information and information indicating its current position. A browsing device includes a display configured and adapted to display to a second user a representation of a local geographical area, and to selectively display to the second user content information associated with the first user, based at least in part on whether the location of the beacon device is within the local geographical area. | 05-05-2022 |