ADAPTIVE UPDATING OF INDOOR NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE DATA FOR USE BY A MOBILE DEVICE
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1. A method comprising, with a mobile device:
- transmitting a request for an indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) update, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within an indoor environment; and
receiving said INAD update, said INAD update comprising a subset of INAD that is available for said indoor environment, said subset of INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of;
a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter.
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Abstract
Various methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture may be implemented for use in one or more computing platforms to adaptively provide and/or obtain indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) update(s) for use by a mobile device. An INAD update may, for example, comprise a subset of INAD available for an indoor environment. Such a subset may be determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of the indoor environment. Such a bounded region may, for example, have a shape and/or a size based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of the mobile device.
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63 Claims
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1. A method comprising, with a mobile device:
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transmitting a request for an indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) update, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within an indoor environment; and receiving said INAD update, said INAD update comprising a subset of INAD that is available for said indoor environment, said subset of INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of;
a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for use in a mobile device, the apparatus comprising:
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means for transmitting a request for an indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) update, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within an indoor environment; and means for receiving said INAD update, said INAD update comprising a subset of INAD that is available for said indoor environment, said subset of INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of;
a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A mobile device comprising:
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a communication interface; and one or more processing units to; initiate transmission of a request for an indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) update to a computing device via said communications interface, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within an indoor environment; and obtain said INAD update from said computing device via said communications interface, said INAD update comprising a subset of INAD that is available for said indoor environment, said subset of INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of;
a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An article comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions executable by one or more processing units of a mobile device to; initiate transmission of a request for an indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) update to a computing device via a communications interface, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within an indoor environment; and obtain said INAD update from said computing device via said communications interface, said INAD update comprising a subset of INAD that is available for said indoor environment, said subset of INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of;
a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter.- View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method comprising, with a computing device:
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obtaining indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) for an indoor environment; receiving a request for an INAD update from a mobile device, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment; and transmitting said INAD update to said mobile device, said INAD update comprising a subset of said INAD, said subset of said INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of;
a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. An apparatus for use in a computing device, the apparatus comprising:
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means for obtaining indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) for an indoor environment; means for receiving a request for an INAD update from a mobile device, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment; and means for transmitting said INAD update to said mobile device, said INAD update comprising a subset of said INAD, said subset of said INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of;
a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A computing device comprising:
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a communication interface; and one or more processing units to; obtain indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) for an indoor environment; obtain a request for an INAD update from a mobile device via said communication interface, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment; and initiate transmission of said INAD update to said mobile device via said communication interface, said INAD update comprising a subset of said INAD, said subset of said INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of;
a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. An article comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions executable by one or more processing units in a computing device to; access indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) for an indoor environment; obtain a request for an INAD update from a mobile device, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment; and initiate transmission of said INAD update to said mobile device, said INAD update comprising a subset of said INAD, said subset of said INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of;
a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter.- View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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