USE OF HEURISTIC DATA FOR SENDING MESSAGE FROM MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20120098705A1
• Filed: 10/22/2010
• Published: 04/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yost, Karl, Naveh, Gadi
• Application Number:
  US12/910,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20120098705A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/451
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information

Abstract

A mobile computing device comprises a wireless transceiver and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to store a data set for a predetermined location, the data set comprising location data and a location name. The processing circuit is further configured to compare a current location to the location data, to compare an updated location to the location data at a time calculated based on heuristic data, and to generate a notification message based on the mobile computing device arriving proximate to the predetermined location.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a wireless transceiver; and

a processing circuit configured to store a data set for a predetermined location, the data set comprising location data and a location name, to compare a current location to the location data, to compare an updated location to the location data at a time calculated based on heuristic data, and to generate a notification message based on the mobile computing device arriving proximate to the predetermined location.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is configured to identify the predetermined location by receiving the location data, receiving a request to store the location, and receiving an alphanumeric name for the predetermined location.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the location data comprises an identifier of a wireless access point.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the heuristic data comprises a time of day associated with the predetermined location, wherein the processing circuit is configured to generate the time of day based on a prior occurrence of the mobile computing device being present at the predetermined location.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the heuristic data comprises a plurality of arrival times of day and a plurality of departure times of day associated with the predetermined location.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the heuristic data further comprises a day of the week, wherein the processing circuit is configured to generate the day of the week based on a prior occurrence of the mobile computing device being present at the predetermined location.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the time to compare the updated location is based further on whether the storage of the data set for a predetermined location occurred more than a predetermined time ago.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 1, wherein the time to compare the updated location is based further on a distance from the mobile computing device to the predetermined location.

9. A method operable on a mobile computing device, comprising:

storing a data set for a predetermined location, the data set comprising location data and a location name;

comparing a current location to the location data;

calculating a subsequent time to compare an updated location to the location data, wherein the subsequent time calculation is based on historical data about the mobile computing device location; and

generating a notification message based on the mobile computing device arriving proximate to the predetermined location.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising identifying the predetermined location by receiving the location data, receiving a request to store the location, and receiving an alphanumeric name for the predetermined location.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the location data comprises an identifier of a wireless access point.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the historical data comprises a time of day associated with the predetermined location, further comprising generating the time of day based on a prior occurrence of the mobile computing device being present at the predetermined location.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the time to compare the updated location is based further on a distance from the mobile computing device to the predetermined location.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the time to compare the updated location is based further on whether the storage of the data set for a predetermined location occurred more than a predetermined time ago.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the heuristic data further comprises a day of the week, further comprising generating the day of the week based on a prior occurrence of the mobile computing device being present at the predetermined location.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions for causing, when executed, one or more machines to perform the following:

storing a data set for a predetermined location, the data set comprising location data and a location name;

comparing a current location of a mobile computing device to the location data;

calculating a subsequent time to compare an updated location to the location data, wherein the subsequent time calculation is based on pre-stored data about the mobile computing device location and time associated with the location; and

generating a notification message based on the mobile computing device arriving proximate to the predetermined location.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, further comprising identifying the predetermined location by receiving the location data, receiving a request to store the location, and receiving an alphanumeric name for the predetermined location.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the location data comprises an identifier of a wireless access point.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the historical data comprises a time of day associated with the predetermined location, further comprising generating the time of day based on a prior occurrence of the mobile computing device being present at the predetermined location.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the time to compare the updated location is based further on a distance from the mobile computing device to the predetermined location.