Automatically establishing location groups
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1. A method of communicating, comprising establishing a location group responsive to a mobile station concurrently detecting a cellular network cell identification and detecting at least one beacon that is different from a cellular network cell.
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Abstract
A method of establishing a location group includes using a cellular network cell (22, 24, 26) identifier and at least one other beacon (30, 32) concurrently detected by a mobile station (20). The location group includes an indication of the concurrently detected cell (22, 24, 26) identifier and at least one other beacon (30, 32). In a disclosed example, stored indications of all beacons (30, 32) currently detected are associated with each cell identifier that is added to the location group. Techniques for adding beacons and cell identifiers to established location groups are disclosed.
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1. A method of communicating, comprising
establishing a location group responsive to a mobile station concurrently detecting a cellular network cell identification and detecting at least one beacon that is different from a cellular network cell.
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