METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE IN PROVIDING POSITION ASSISTANCE DATA TO MOBILE STATIONS
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1. A method comprising, at a mobile station:
- transmitting a request for position assistance data for at least one indoor region to a repository device;
receiving said position assistance data from said repository device, said position assistance data comprising, at least in part, encoded metadata for at least a portion of said at least one indoor region and corresponding to at least one of an electronic map or an access point locator; and
providing at least a portion of said encoded metadata to at least one function for use in estimating a location of said mobile station.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices to provide position assistance data and/or the like to a mobile station with regard to at least one of a plurality of different indoor regions.
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1. A method comprising, at a mobile station:
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transmitting a request for position assistance data for at least one indoor region to a repository device; receiving said position assistance data from said repository device, said position assistance data comprising, at least in part, encoded metadata for at least a portion of said at least one indoor region and corresponding to at least one of an electronic map or an access point locator; and providing at least a portion of said encoded metadata to at least one function for use in estimating a location of said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16)
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11. An apparatus for use in a mobile station, the apparatus comprising:
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means for transmitting a request for position assistance data for at least one indoor region to a repository device; means for receiving said position assistance data from said repository device, said position assistance data comprising, at least in part, encoded metadata for at least a portion of said at least one indoor region and corresponding to at least one of an electronic map or an access point locator; and means for providing at least a portion of said encoded metadata to at least one function for use in estimating a location of said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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17. A mobile station comprising:
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a network interface; and a processing unit to; initiate transmission of a request for position assistance data for at least one indoor region to a repository device; obtain said position assistance data from said repository device via said network interface, said position assistance data comprising, at least in part, encoded metadata for at least a portion of said at least one indoor region and corresponding to at least one of an electronic map or an access point locator; and provide at least a portion of said encoded metadata to at least one function for use in estimating a location of said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An article comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions that are executable by a processing unit in a mobile station to; initiate transmission of a request for position assistance data for at least one indoor region to a repository device; obtain said position assistance data from said repository device, said position assistance data comprising, at least in part, encoded metadata for at least a portion of said at least one indoor region and corresponding to at least one of an electronic map or an access point locator; and provide at least a portion of said encoded metadata to at least one function for use in estimating a location of said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method comprising, at a computing platform of a map inference device:
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obtaining, for at least a portion of at least one indoor region, at least one of;
an electronic map or an access point locator;establishing encoded metadata for at least said portion of said at least one indoor region based, at Least in part, on at least one of;
said electronic map or said access point locator; andtransmitting said encoded metadata to a repository device, said repository device to provide at least a portion of said encoded metadata to a mobile station in response to a request for position assistance data received from said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. An apparatus for use at a map inference device, the apparatus comprising:
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means for obtaining, for at least a portion of at least one indoor region, at least one of;
an electronic map or an access point locator;means for establishing encoded metadata for at least said portion of said at least one indoor region based, at least in part, on at least one of;
said electronic map or said access point locator; andmeans for transmitting said encoded metadata to a repository device, said repository device to provide at least a portion of said encoded metadata to a mobile station in response to a request for position assistance data received from said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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41. A computing platform for use at a map inference device, the computing platform comprising:
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a network interface; and a processing unit to; obtain via said network interface, for at least a portion of at least one indoor region, at least one of;
an electronic map or an access point locator;establish encoded metadata for at least said portion of said at least one indoor region based, at least in part, on at least one of;
said electronic map or said access point locator; andinitiate transmission of said encoded metadata to a repository device, said repository device to provide at least a portion of said encoded metadata to a mobile station in response to a request for position assistance data received from said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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45. An article comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions that are executable by a processing unit in a directory device to; obtain, for at least a portion of at least one indoor region, at least one of;
an electronic map or an access point locator;establish encoded metadata for at least said portion of said at least one indoor region based, at least in part, on at least one of;
said electronic map or said access point locator; andinitiate transmission of said encoded metadata to a repository device, said repository device to provide at least a portion of said encoded metadata to a mobile station in response to a request for position assistance data received from said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48)
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49. A method comprising, at a directory device:
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obtaining, for at least a portion of at least one indoor region, at least one of;
an electronic map or an access point locator;establishing encoded metadata for at least said portion of said at least one indoor region based, at least in part, on at least one of;
said electronic map or said access point locator;transmitting said encoded metadata to a repository device; receiving a request for a repository device identifier from a mobile station, said request for said repository device identifier being indicative of at least a first estimated location of said mobile station; and in response to determining that said first estimated location corresponds to said at least said portion of said at least one indoor region, transmitting a repository device identifier for said repository device to said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. An apparatus for use in a directory device, the apparatus comprising:
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means for obtaining, for at least a portion of at least one indoor region, at least one of;
an electronic map or an access point locator;means for establishing encoded metadata for at least said portion of said at least one indoor region based, at least in part, on at least one of;
said electronic map or said access point locator;means for transmitting said encoded metadata to a repository device; means for receiving a request for a repository device identifier from a mobile station, said request for said repository device identifier being indicative of at least a first estimated location of said mobile station; and means for transmitting a repository device identifier for said repository device to said mobile station, in response to a determination that said first estimated location corresponds to said at least said portion of said at least one indoor region. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A computing platform at a directory device comprising:
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a network interface; and a processing unit to; obtain via said network interface, for at least a portion of at least one indoor region, at least one of;
an electronic map or an access point locator;establish encoded metadata for at least said portion of said at least one indoor region based, at least in part, on at least one of;
said electronic map or said access point locator;initiate transmission of said encoded metadata to a repository device via said network interface; obtain a request for a repository device identifier from a mobile station via said network interface, said request for said repository device identifier being indicative of at least a first estimated location of said mobile station; and in response to a determination that said first estimated location corresponds to said at least said portion of said at least one indoor region, initiate transmission of a repository device identifier for said repository device to said mobile station via said network interface. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. An article comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions that are executable by a processing unit in a directory device to; obtain, for at least a portion of at least one indoor region, at least one of;
an electronic map or an access point locator;establish encoded metadata for at least said portion of said at least one indoor region based, at least in part, on at least one of;
said electronic map or said access point locator;initiate transmission of said encoded metadata to a repository device; obtain a request for a repository device identifier from a mobile station, said request for said repository device identifier being indicative of at least a first estimated location of said mobile station; and initiate transmission of a repository device identifier for said repository device to said mobile station, in response to a determination that said first estimated location corresponds to said at least said portion of said at least one indoor region. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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75. A method comprising, at a repository device:
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obtaining encoded metadata for at least a portion of at least one indoor region corresponding to at least one of an electronic map or an access point locator; receiving a request for position assistance data for at least one indoor region from a mobile station; and transmitting at least a portion of said position assistance data to said mobile station, said position assistance data comprising, at least in part, said encoded metadata and at least a portion of at least one of;
said electronic map or said access point locator corresponding to said encoded metadata. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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84. An apparatus for use in a repository device, the apparatus comprising:
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means for obtaining encoded metadata for at least a portion of at least one indoor region corresponding to at least one of an electronic map or an access point locator; means for receiving a request for position assistance data for at least one indoor region from a mobile station; and means for transmitting at least a portion of said position assistance data to said mobile station, said position assistance data comprising, at least in part, said encoded metadata and at least a portion of at least one of;
said electronic map or said access point locator corresponding to said encoded metadata. - View Dependent Claims (85, 86, 87, 88)
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89. A computing platform at a repository device, comprising:
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a network interface; and a processing unit to; obtain encoded metadata for at least a portion of at least one indoor region corresponding to at least one of an electronic map or an access point locator; obtain a request for position assistance data for at least one indoor region from a mobile station via said network interface; and initiate transmission of at least a portion of said position assistance data to said mobile station via said network interface, said position assistance data comprising, at least in part, said encoded metadata and at least a portion of at least one of;
said electronic map or said access point locator corresponding to said encoded metadata. - View Dependent Claims (90, 91, 92, 93)
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94. An article comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions that are executable by a processing unit in a repository device to; obtain encoded metadata for at least a portion of at least one indoor region corresponding to at least one of an electronic map or an access point locator; obtain a request for position assistance data for at least one indoor region from a mobile station; and initiate transmission of at least a portion of said position assistance data to said mobile station, said position assistance data comprising, at least in part, said encoded metadata and at least a portion of at least one of;
said electronic map or said access point locator corresponding to said encoded metadata.- View Dependent Claims (95, 96, 97, 98)
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