METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING A LOCATION CORRECTION CACHE

• US 20140244167A1
• Filed: 02/28/2013
• Published: 08/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Reynolds, Franklin Darrel
• Application Number:
  US13/781,372
• Publication Number:
  US 20140244167A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/518
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/396 Determining accuracy or reliability of position or pseudorange measurements
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/40 Correcting position, velocity or attitude
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/49 whereby the further system is an inertial position system, e.g. loosely-coupled
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

An apparatus for correcting one or more detected locations may include a processor and memory storing executable computer code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including determining whether a detected location of a communication device was previously designated as an incorrect location. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to enable provision of an option to a user of the communication device to select a specified correct location corresponding to the incorrect location in response to determining that the detected location was previously designated as the incorrect location. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining whether a detected location of a communication device was previously designated as an incorrect location;

enabling provision of an option to a user of the communication device to select a specified correct location corresponding to the incorrect location in response to determining that the detected location was previously designated as the incorrect location; and

enabling provision of the specified correct location, via the communication device, to the user in response to a subsequent detection by the communication device of the incorrect location in an instance in which the detected location is subsequently detected by the communication device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting the specified correct location from a non-transitory memory storing a plurality of correct locations corresponding to previously detected incorrect locations of the communication device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the detected location corresponds to the incorrect location in response to determining that the detected location is close to the incorrect location.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining that the detected location is close to the incorrect location comprises detecting that the detected location is within a predetermined distance of the incorrect location.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein determining that the detected location is close to the incorrect location comprises detecting that a network address associated with the detected location comprises a least significant value within a predetermined range of addresses in an instance in which a least significant value of another network address associated with the incorrect location is within the predetermined range of addresses.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing an x-forward via Hypertext Transfer Protocol header to determine that the detected location corresponds to the incorrect location.

7. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

registering an indication in the memory of a selection of the specified correct location as a current location of the communication device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

enabling provision further comprises enabling provision of the specified correct location to the user of the communication device as the current location of the communication device in response to a detection that the specified correct location was previously selected a predetermined number of times.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the incorrect location is based in part on detecting at least one location of at least one detected access point in which the at least one location does not correspond to the correct location.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the incorrect location is based in part on detecting at least one location associated with a network address in which the at least one location does not correspond to the correct location.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

enabling provision of another option to the user to select a different correct location, specified by another user, as a correct current location of the communication device in response to detecting another incorrect location of the communication device.

12. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

determine whether a detected location of the apparatus was previously designated as an incorrect location;

enable provision of an option to a user of the apparatus to select a specified correct location corresponding to the incorrect location in response to determining that the detected location was previously designated as the incorrect location; and

enable provision of the specified correct location, via the apparatus, to the user in response to a subsequent detection by the apparatus of the incorrect location in an instance in which the detected location is subsequently detected by the apparatus.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the memory and computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

select the specified correct location from the memory storing a plurality of correct locations corresponding to previously detected incorrect locations of the apparatus.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the memory and computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine that the detected location corresponds to the incorrect location in response to determining that the detected location is close to the incorrect location.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the memory and computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine that the detected location is close to the incorrect location by detecting that the detected location is within a predetermined distance of the incorrect location.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the memory and computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine that the detected location is close to the incorrect location by detecting that a network address associated with the detected location comprises a least significant value within a predetermined range of addresses in an instance in which a least significant value of another network address associated with the incorrect location is within the predetermined range of addresses.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the memory and computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

analyze an x-forward via Hypertext Transfer Protocol header to determine that the detected location corresponds to the incorrect location.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the memory and computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

register an indication in the memory of a selection of the specified correct location as a current location of the apparatus.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the memory and computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

enable provision by enabling provision of the specified correct location to the user of the apparatus as the current location of the apparatus in response to a detection that the specified correct location was previously selected a predetermined number of times.

20. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the incorrect location is based in part on detecting at least one location of at least one detected access point in which the at least one location does not correspond to the correct location.

21. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the incorrect location is based in part on detecting at least one location associated with a network address in which the at least one location does not correspond to the correct location.

22. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the memory and computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

enable provision of another option to the user to select a different correct location, specified by another user, as a correct current location of the apparatus in response to detecting another incorrect location of the apparatus.

23. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

program code instructions configured to determine whether a detected location of a communication device was previously designated as an incorrect location;

program code instructions configured to enable provision of an option to a user of the communication device to select a specified correct location corresponding to the incorrect location in response to determining that the detected location was previously designated as the incorrect location; and

program code instructions configured to enable provision of the specified correct location, via the communication device, to the user in response to a subsequent detection by the communication device of the incorrect location in an instance in which the detected location is subsequently detected by the communication device.

24. The computer program product of claim 23, further comprising:

program code instructions configured to select the specified correct location from a non-transitory memory storing a plurality of correct locations corresponding to previously detected incorrect locations of the communication device.