User-driven calibration for location system

• US 20060271517A1
• Filed: 05/25/2005
• Published: 11/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Deloach, James D. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US11/137,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20060271517A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A method, system, and computer-readable medium bearing instructions for calibrating a location system are described. The method includes receiving connection information regarding the connection of a device to a network and querying a user to provide input regarding the physical location of the device. User input is received regarding the physical location of the device connected to the network and the connection information and user input are stored.

Claims

1. A method of calibrating a location system, comprising the steps of:

receiving connection information regarding the connection of a device to a network;

querying a user to provide input regarding the physical location of the device;

receiving user input regarding the physical location of the device connected to the network; and

storing the connection information and user input.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the connection information and user input are stored at a second device different from the device.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second device initiates the querying step.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the querying step is performed based on at least one of a periodic basis and a detected network connection change.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the querying step query requests the user to refine previously provided user input regarding the physical location.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the querying step query requests the user to disambiguate previously provided user input.

7. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the querying step query includes at least one of one or more preset physical locations and previously provided user input.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising transmitting at least one of stored connection information and stored user input to a requesting device responsive to receipt of a request from the requesting device.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection information includes at least one of an identifier parameter, a network type, a time, and a connection-based parameter.

10. A computer-readable medium for calibrating a location system based on user input, comprising:

at least one sequence of instructions, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor causes the processor to perform the steps as claimed in claim 1.

11. A method of calibrating a location system using user input, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving connection information regarding connection of a device to a network;

transmitting the connection information to a second device;

querying a user of the device for user input regarding a physical location of the device;

receiving user input regarding the physical location of the device; and

transmitting the received user input to a second device.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the querying step is performed based on at least one of a periodic basis and a detected network connection change.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the user input includes selection of a physical location on a map.

14. A computer-readable medium for calibrating a location system based on user input, comprising:

at least one sequence of instructions, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor causes the processor to perform the steps as claimed in claim 11.

15. A location system calibrated based on user input, comprising:

a processor;

a memory connected to the processor, the memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

transmit a request for user input to a device connected to a network, responsive to receipt of connection information from the device; and

store connection information and user input received from the device.

16. The location system as claimed in claim 15, wherein the transmitted request includes at least one of one or more preset physical locations and one or more physical locations previously provided by a second user.

17. A system for providing user input to calibrate a location system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory connected to the processor, the memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

query a user for user input regarding the physical location of the system connected to a network, responsive to a request from a first device having received connection information from the system; and

transmit user input received from the user to the first device.

18. A system for calibrating a location system based on user input, comprising:

receiving means for receiving connection information regarding the connection of a device to a network and user input regarding the physical location of the device connected to the network;

transmitting means for transmitting a request to the device to query the user for the user input; and

storing means for storing the received connection information and user input received by the receiving means.

19. The system as claimed in claim 18, wherein the receiving means further receives a request for at least one of stored connection information and user input from a requesting device, and

further comprising:

transmitting means for transmitting at least one of a stored connection information and stored user input to a requesting device responsive to the receiving means receiving the request from the requesting device.

20. The system as claimed in claim 19, wherein the request from the requesting device includes at least one of a geographic-based request, a user identity-based request, and a time-based request.