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IDENTIFYING NEIGHBORS OF GEO-SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED RADIO TRANSMITTERS

  • US 20110084881A1
  • Filed: 10/14/2009
  • Published: 04/14/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed by a server computer, the method comprising:

  • receiving from a central source updates about geographically distributed radio transmitters;

    responsive to the received updates, generating an associated set of neighbors for each of the geographically distributed radio transmitters, wherein the associated set of neighbors of a radio transmitter includes up to a predetermined number of geographically-closest neighboring radio transmitters of the radio transmitter, wherein each radio transmitter of the associated set of neighbors of the radio transmitter is located up to a predetermined geographical-distance away from the radio transmitter; and

    upon request from a mobile device in communication with a given radio transmitter, providing to the mobile device geo-spatial coordinates for each of a generated set of neighbors associated with the given radio transmitter to facilitate location-based services (LBS).

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