METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND UTILIZING LOCAL MAPS AND ANNOTATIONS IN LOCATION DETERMINATION
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving one or more signals wirelessly transmitted from one or more wireless network elements;
identifying, by a mobile device, an associated local map based at least in part on the received one or more signals; and
obtaining the associated local map and annotations associated with the associated local map, wherein the associated local map has a predefined coordinate system.
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Abstract
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for retrieving a local map for a given area. One or more signals wirelessly transmitted from one or more wireless network elements may be received by a mobile device. The mobile device may identify an associated local map based at least in part on the received one or more signals. The associated local map and annotations associated with the associated local map may subsequently be obtained. The associated local map utilizes a predefined coordinate system.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving one or more signals wirelessly transmitted from one or more wireless network elements; identifying, by a mobile device, an associated local map based at least in part on the received one or more signals; and obtaining the associated local map and annotations associated with the associated local map, wherein the associated local map has a predefined coordinate system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus, comprising:
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a receiver to receive one or more signals wirelessly transmitted from one or more wireless network elements; and one or more processing units programmed with instructions which, if executed, direct the one or more processing units to identify an associated local map based at least in part on the received one or more signals and obtain the associated local map and annotations associated with the associated local map, wherein the associated local map has a predefined coordinate system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An article comprising:
- a storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a processing unit to;
identify, by a mobile device, an associated local map based at least in part on one or more wirelessly transmitted signals received from one or more wireless network elements; and retrieve the associated local map and annotations associated with the associated local map, wherein the associated local map has a predefined coordinate system. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
- a storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a processing unit to;
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48. An apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving one or more signals wirelessly transmitted from one or more wireless network elements and an associated local map and annotations associated with the associated local map, wherein the associated local map has a predefined coordinate system; and means for identifying the associated local map based at least in part on the received one or more signals. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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