AUTOMATIC ORIGIN DETERMINATION FOR FASTER ROUTE REQUEST INITIATION AND RESULTING SYSTEM RESPONSE TIME
First Claim
1. A mobile device, comprising:
- a processor;
a satellite positioning receiver;
a wireless network interface; and
a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions for configuring the processor to perform a method comprising;
accepting an input to initiate a navigation application on the mobile device;
obtaining identifying information for a wireless network transceiver element with which the mobile device can communicate;
accessing, from a computer readable medium, a position associated with the identifying information, andresponsive to the input, initializing the navigation application, and if a current fix based on received satellite positioning signals is unavailable, using the position accessed from the computer readable medium as a current position of the mobile device for producing a navigation output from the mobile device.
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Abstract
When a user enters, initializes, or otherwise starts using a navigation function, such as a navigation function on a mobile phone or a stand-alone device, a current location is automatically estimated, prior to or in the absence of a GPS fix, for use as an origin in route determination. The estimation of current location is performed using a database of GPS fixes that are mapped to cell tower identifiers. For example, the database can include one or more fixes associated with each cell tower that the mobile device has used. Thus, when navigation on the device is begun, one or more cell towers to which the device can communicate are identified. If any has a GPS fix in the database, then a location derived from such GPS fix(es) can be used as an origin for navigation functions. Such navigation functions can include estimating a time of arrival at a destination, producing a route to the destination, and checking for traffic updates.
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25 Claims
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1. A mobile device, comprising:
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a processor; a satellite positioning receiver; a wireless network interface; and a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions for configuring the processor to perform a method comprising; accepting an input to initiate a navigation application on the mobile device; obtaining identifying information for a wireless network transceiver element with which the mobile device can communicate; accessing, from a computer readable medium, a position associated with the identifying information, and responsive to the input, initializing the navigation application, and if a current fix based on received satellite positioning signals is unavailable, using the position accessed from the computer readable medium as a current position of the mobile device for producing a navigation output from the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 15, 16)
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7. A method for implementation on a mobile device, comprising:
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accepting an input to initiate a navigation application on the mobile device; obtaining identifying information for a wireless network transceiver element with which the mobile device can communicate; accessing, from a computer readable medium, a position associated with the identifying information, responsive to the input, initializing the navigation application, and attempting to acquire a fix, based received satellite positioning signals, that is indicative of a current position of the mobile device; and while attempting to acquire the fix, using the position accessed from the computer readable medium as an origin for producing a navigation output. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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17. A computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions for programming a processor to perform a method on a mobile device, comprising:
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upon initialization of a navigation function, determining whether the navigation function has access to a current GPS fix for the mobile device; accessing an identifier of a wireless infrastructure component with which the mobile device can communicate; and if the navigation function does not have access to a current GPS fix, using a position associated with the identifier as a current position of the mobile device to produce a navigation output. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A mobile device, comprising:
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a processor module; a satellite signal positioning receiver; a transceiver for wireless communication with wireless transceiver elements of a wireless network; and a computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions for programming the processor module to obtain a fix at the mobile device, store the fix associated with an identifier of a wireless transceiver element received at the mobile device, and provide a navigation function that, in the absence of a current fix, produces a navigation output using a stored fix associated with any wireless transceiver element for which the mobile device currently is receiving an identifier. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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