System and method for handling location information
First Claim
1. A method for handling location information, said method comprising:
- acquiring location data regarding a user from a plurality of location sources;
creating a collection of said location data regarding said user;
ranking items in said collection according to expected utility; and
updating said location data continuously.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for handling location information. The goal of the present invention is to allow users to collect and evaluate information from multiple sources, and thus make proper use of all available location information. Location sources for the present invention include mobile electronic devices such as mobile telephones, cell phones, hand-held computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, and other pervasive computing devices. Satellite-based or network-based positioning technologies make it possible to determine the geographic location of these wireless electronic devices and their users (e.g. location-based services for users of mobile telephones use such positioning technologies). Location sources for the present invention also include computer-based models, schedules or calendars that give a person'"'"'s expected location depending on the date and time. One aspect of the present invention is a method for handling location information. Another aspect of the present invention is a system for executing the method of the present invention. A third aspect of the present invention is as a set of instructions on a computer-usable medium, or resident in a computer system, for executing the method of the present invention.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for handling location information, said method comprising:
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acquiring location data regarding a user from a plurality of location sources;
creating a collection of said location data regarding said user;
ranking items in said collection according to expected utility; and
updating said location data continuously. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for handling location information, said method comprising:
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ranking items in a collection of location data regarding a user, according to expected utility; and
updating said location data continuously. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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13. An information handling system for handling location information, said information handling system comprising:
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means for acquiring location data regarding a user from a plurality of location sources;
means for creating a collection of said location data regarding said user;
means for ranking items in said collection according to expected utility; and
means for updating said location data continuously.
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19. An information handling system for handling location information, said information handling system comprising:
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means for ranking items in a collection of location data regarding a user, according to expected utility; and
means for updating said location data continuously.
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25. A computer-usable medium having computer-executable instructions, comprising:
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means for acquiring location data regarding a user from a plurality of location sources;
means for creating a collection of said location data regarding said user;
means for ranking items in said collection according to expected utility; and
means for updating said location data continuously.
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31. A computer-usable medium having computer-executable instructions, comprising:
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means for ranking items in a collection of location data regarding a user, according to expected utility; and
means for updating said location data continuously. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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