AFFECTING ELECTRONIC DEVICE POSITIONING FUNCTIONS BASED ON MEASURED COMMUNICATION NETWORK SIGNAL PARAMETERS
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1. A method comprising:
- with an electronic device;
determining that said electronic device is transitioning or has transitioned from a first environment to a second environment based, at least in part, on one or more measured signal parameters associated with one or more received wireless signals associated with one or more wireless communication networks;
associating at least one of said one or more measured signal parameters with at least one operative parameter that affects operation of an SPS navigation function; and
in response to a determination that said electronic device is transitioning or has transitioned from said first environment to said second environment, affecting operation of said SPS navigation function, at least in part, by changing said at least one operative parameter.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided which may be implemented in various methods and apparatuses to allow an electronic device to determine when it transitions between certain environments which may be perceived, for example, from observations associated with wireless signals transmitted by a wireless communication network. In response to an environment transition determination, the techniques further allow for one or more positioning functions to be operatively affected in some manner.
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62 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
- with an electronic device;
determining that said electronic device is transitioning or has transitioned from a first environment to a second environment based, at least in part, on one or more measured signal parameters associated with one or more received wireless signals associated with one or more wireless communication networks; associating at least one of said one or more measured signal parameters with at least one operative parameter that affects operation of an SPS navigation function; and in response to a determination that said electronic device is transitioning or has transitioned from said first environment to said second environment, affecting operation of said SPS navigation function, at least in part, by changing said at least one operative parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- with an electronic device;
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17. An apparatus for use in an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more radio receivers to receive one or more wireless signals associated with one or more wireless communication networks; at least one processing unit to; determine that said electronic device is transitioning or has transitioned from a first environment to a second environment based, at least in part, on one or more measured signal parameters associated with said one or more wireless signals, associate at least one of said one or more measured signal parameters with at least one operative parameter that affects operation of an SPS navigation function being performed using said electronic device, and, in response to a determination that said electronic device is transitioning or has transitioned from said first environment to said second environment, affect operation of said SPS navigation function, at least in part, by changing said at least one operative parameter. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An article comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer implementable instructions executable by one or more processing units to; determine that an electronic device is transitioning or has transitioned from a first environment to a second environment based, at least in part, on one or more measured signal parameters associated with one or more received wireless signals associated with one or more wireless communication networks; associate said one or more measured signal parameters with at least one operative parameter that affects operation of an SPS navigation function being performed using said electronic device; and in response to a determination that said electronic device is transitioning or has transitioned from said first environment to said second environment, affect operation of said SPS navigation function, at least in part, by changing said at least one operative parameter. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. An apparatus for use in an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:
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means for determining that the electronic device is transitioning or has transitioned from a first environment to a second environment based, at least in part, on one or more measured signal parameters associated with one or more wireless signals received from one or more wireless communication networks; means for associating at least one of said one or more measured signal parameters with at least one operative parameter that affects operation of an SPS navigation function; and means for affecting operation of said SPS navigation function, at least in part, by changing said at least one operative parameter in response to a determination that said electronic device is transitioning or has transitioned from said first environment to said second environment. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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