LOCALIZATION BASED ON INDIVIDUAL LOCATION PATTERNS

• US 20130288703A1
• Filed: 09/01/2010
• Published: 10/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Yang, Guang, Li, Du, Liu, Zhigang, Jiang, Yifei
• Granted Patent: US 9,247,521 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0054 of actual mobile position, i.e. position calculation on base station
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0244 Accuracy or reliability of position solution or of measurements contributing thereto
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment

Abstract

A system that uses historical position information accumulated in an apparatus to determine whether locations and/or routes may be classified as significant. A classification of a location or route as significant may be utilized in configuring localization in the apparatus. Localization configuration may include, for example, setting a type technology utilized in determining apparatus position.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving position information in an apparatus;

determining whether the current location of the apparatus was previously classified as a significant place or route based on the position information; and

if the current location of the apparatus was previously classified, applying a localization configuration in the apparatus based on the previous classification.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the determining and applying steps are performed by another apparatus in communication with the apparatus.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein if the current location of the apparatus was not previously classified, determining if the current location of the apparatus can be considered a significant place or route by evaluating location information accumulated in the apparatus over time.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein evaluating location information comprises considering at least one of user factors including number of visits to a location, duration of visits to the location, total number of different stops made within the boundaries of the location and distance between each of the stops, and location factors including what localization technologies are available in the location, reliability for each of the localization technologies and route types in the location.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein if the current location of the apparatus can be considered a significant place or route, generating new classification criteria for the significant place or route.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising reconciling or merging the existing classification criteria with the new classification criteria.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the classification criteria is based on at least one of position resolution criteria and energy consumption criteria.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the localization configuration comprises setting at least one of Global Positioning System (GPS), local-area networking or cellular membership for use in localization in the apparatus.

9. A computer program product comprising computer executable program code recorded on a non-transient computer readable storage medium, the computer executable program code comprising:

code configured to cause an apparatus to receive position information;

code configured to cause an apparatus to determine whether the current location of the apparatus was previously classified as a significant place or route based on the position information; and

code configured to cause an apparatus to, if the current location of the apparatus was previously classified, apply a localization configuration in the apparatus based on the previous classification.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein at least one of the code configured to cause the apparatus to perform the determining and applying steps is executed by another apparatus in communication with the apparatus.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising, if the current location of the apparatus was not previously classified, code configured to cause the apparatus to determine if the current location of the apparatus can be considered a significant place or route by evaluating location information accumulated in the apparatus over time.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the code configured to cause the apparatus to evaluate location information further comprises code configured to cause the apparatus to consider at least one of user factors including number of visits to a location, duration of visits to the location, total number of different stops made within the boundaries of the location and distance between each of the stops, and location factors including what localization technologies are available in the location, reliability for each of the localization technologies and route types in the location.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising, if the current location of the apparatus can be considered a significant place or route, code configured to cause the apparatus to generate new classification criteria for the significant place or route.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising code configured to cause the apparatus to reconcile or merge the existing classification criteria with the new classification criteria.

15. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the classification criteria is based on at least one of position resolution criteria and energy consumption criteria.

16. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the code configured to cause the apparatus to apply the localization configuration further comprises code configured to cause the apparatus to set at least one of Global Positioning System (GPS), local-area networking or cellular membership for use in localization in the apparatus.

17. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including executable instructions, the at least one memory and the executable instructions being configured to, in cooperation with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

receive position information;

determine whether the current location of the apparatus was previously classified as a significant place or route based on the position information; and

if the current location of the apparatus was previously classified, apply a localization configuration in the apparatus based on the previous classification.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein at least one of the determining and applying steps are performed by another apparatus in communication with the apparatus.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising, if the current location of the apparatus was not previously classified, the at least one memory and the executable instructions being configured to, in cooperation with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to determine if the current location of the apparatus can be considered a significant place or route by evaluating location information accumulated in the apparatus over time.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the at least one memory and the executable instructions being configured to, in cooperation with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to evaluate location information further comprises the at least one memory and the executable instructions being configured to, in cooperation with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to consider at least one of user factors including number of visits to a location, duration of visits to the location, total number of different stops made within the boundaries of the location and distance between each of the stops, and location factors including what localization technologies are available in the location, reliability for each of the localization technologies and route types in the location.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, further comprising, if the current location of the apparatus can be considered a significant place or route, the at least one memory and the executable instructions being configured to, in cooperation with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to generate new classification criteria for the significant place or route.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising the at least one memory and the executable instructions being configured to, in cooperation with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to reconcile or merge the existing classification criteria with the new classification criteria.

23. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the classification criteria is based on at least one of position resolution criteria and energy consumption criteria.

24. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one memory and the executable instructions being configured to, in cooperation with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to apply the localization configuration further comprises the at least one memory and the executable instructions being configured to, in cooperation with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to set at least one of Global Positioning System (GPS), local-area networking or cellular membership for use in localization in the apparatus.