DYNAMIC REPORTING SCHEME FOR LOCATION BASED SERVICES

• US 20100289659A1
• Filed: 05/12/2009
• Published: 11/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Verbil, Christopher John
• Granted Patent: US 8,199,001 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/670
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A dynamic position reporting and/or logging scheme is described herein. Position reporting and/or logging for a mobile device may be dynamically determined based on one or more reporting and/or logging constraints. The constraints may be based on time, distance, events, operating parameters, operating conditions, or some combination thereof. The constraints that dynamically trigger position reporting may be the same as, overlap, or be distinct from the constraints used to trigger position logging. The reporting and logging constraints can be selected to provide a more accurate indication of a track or route traveled by the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method of dynamic position reporting, the method comprising:

initializing position reporting to a central registry over a wireless communication link;

determining a position fix of a mobile station;

determining a status of at least one reporting parameter;

initiating a position report to the central registry based on the status of the at least one reporting parameter;

determining a status of a dynamic reporting parameter; and

modifying a value of a threshold for a dependent reporting parameter based on the status of the dynamic reporting parameter.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising resetting a reference value of a first reporting parameter based on the status of the first reporting parameter.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a status of a first reporting parameter; and

resetting a reference value associated with a distinct second reporting parameter based on the status of the first reporting parameter.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the position fix in memory based on at least one logging parameter.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the status of at least one reporting parameter comprises determining the status of at least one of a time, distance, or course reporting parameter.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the status of at least one reporting parameter comprises comparing a value associated with a first reporting parameter to a reference value for the first reporting parameter.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating the position report comprises:

determining a report type; and

transmitting the position report of the report type to the central registry.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein determining the report type comprises determining the report type based on the status of the at least one reporting parameter.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein determining the report type comprises determining the report type based on a ranking of criticality of information.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein determining the report type comprises determining the report type based on wireless channel conditions.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the status of at least one dynamic reporting parameter comprises determining a status of a velocity reporting parameter.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein modifying the value of the threshold for the dependent reporting parameter comprises at least one of modifying a time reporting threshold or modifying a distance reporting threshold.

13. A method of dynamic position reporting, the method comprising:

initializing position reporting to a central registry over a wireless communication link;

initializing a reference value associated with each of a time reporting parameter, a distance reporting parameter, and a course reporting parameter;

determining a position fix of a mobile station;

determining a status of at least the course reporting parameter;

initiating a position report to the central registry based on the status of the course reporting parameter; and

resetting the reference value associated with each of the time reporting parameter and the distance reporting parameter based on the status of the course reporting parameter.

14. A dynamic position reporting apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a position location module configured to determine a position fix of a mobile station;

a position data manager coupled to the position location module and configured to initiate a position report based on a status of at least one reporting parameter, determine a status of a dynamic reporting parameter; and

modify a value of a threshold for a dependent reporting parameter based on the status of the dynamic reporting parameter; and

a communication transceiver coupled to the position data manager and configured to transmit the position report over a wireless channel to a central registry.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising a Satellite Positioning System (SPS) receiver coupled to the position location module, and wherein the position location module determines the position of the mobile station based in part on signals received by the SPS receiver.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising at least one positioning sensor, and wherein the position location module determines the position of the mobile station based in part on output from the at least one positioning sensor.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the position data manager comprises:

a memory;

a data logger configured to log position fixes received from the position location module to the memory based on at least one logging parameter.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the position data manager further comprises a reporting manager configured to determine the status of the at least one reporting parameter and generate the position report based at least in part on one or more position fixes stored in the memory.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the position data manager comprises a reporting manager configured to determine the status of the at least one reporting parameter and generate the position report including at least the position fix.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the position data manager is configured to determine a position report type based on the status of the at least one reporting parameter.

21. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the dynamic reporting parameter comprises a velocity reporting parameter.

22. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the dependent reporting parameter comprises at least one of a time reporting parameter or a distance reporting parameter.

23. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the communication transceiver is configured to transmit the position report over the wireless channel of a cellular communication system.

24. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the communication transceiver is configured to transmit the position report over a TCP/IP data connection.

25. A dynamic position reporting apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

means determining a position fix of a mobile station;

means for determining a status of at least one reporting parameter;

means for initiating a position report to a central registry based on the status of the at least one reporting parameter;

means for determining a status of a dynamic reporting parameter;

means for modifying a value of a threshold for a dependent reporting parameter based on the status of the dynamic reporting parameter; and

means for transmitting the position report to the central registry over a wireless communication link.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising:

means for determining a status of a first reporting parameter; and

means for resetting a reference value associated with a distinct second reporting parameter based on the status of the first reporting parameter.

27. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the means for initiating the position report comprises means for determining a report type.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the means for determining the report type determines the report type based on at least one of the status of the at least one reporting parameter, a ranking of criticality of information, or wireless channel conditions.

29. At least one storage device encoded with one or more processor-readable instructions, when executed by the processor performing dynamic position reporting, the instructions comprising:

instructions determining a position fix of a mobile station;

instructions for determining a status of at least one reporting parameter;

instructions for initiating a position report to a central registry based on the status of the at least one reporting parameter;

instructions for determining a status of a dynamic reporting parameter;

instructions for modifying a value of a threshold for a dependent reporting parameter based on the status of the dynamic reporting parameter; and

instructions for transmitting the position report to the central registry over a wireless communication link.

30. The at least one storage device of claim 29, wherein the instructions for determining the status of at least one dynamic reporting parameter comprises instructions for determining a status of a velocity reporting parameter.

31. The at least one storage device of claim 30, wherein the instructions for modifying the value of the threshold for the dependent reporting parameter comprises at least one of instructions for modifying a time reporting threshold or instructions for modifying a distance reporting threshold.