METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGING MAP INFORMATION

• US 20140364139A1
• Filed: 06/25/2012
• Published: 12/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Lipman, Justin, Colby, Robert A.
• Granted Patent: US 10,091,608 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services

Abstract

Methods and mechanisms for exchanging map information in a wireless communication. In an embodiment, map information to represent at least a portion of a map is advertised by a first communication device communication independent of any request for the map information being received in a data session or a voice session. In another embodiment, a second communication device receives the wireless communication and generates a representation of the map based on the advertised map information.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a wireless interface to receive a wireless communication from another communication device; and

map extraction logic to identify that the wireless communication includes map information advertised by the other communication device, the map information representing at least a portion of a map describing a geographic region, wherein the map information is provided to the communication device independent of any request for the map information being sent from the communication device to the other communication device in a data session or a voice session; and

mapper logic coupled to the map extraction logic, the mapper logic to generate a representation of the map based on the map information.

2. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication is a broadcast communication.

3. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication includes a beacon message for discovery of the other communication device.

4. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the map information is sent in one of a management frame and a control frame of the wireless communication.

5. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the map information describes respective functionality of one or more devices included in the geographic region.

6. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the wireless interface further to receive a second wireless communication from the other communication device, wherein the map extraction logic further to identify that the second wireless communication includes second map information advertised by the other communication device, the second map information representing a second portion of the map, and wherein the mapper logic to generate the representation of the map further based on the second map information.

7. A method at a first communication device, the method comprising:

receiving a wireless communication from a second communication device; and

identifying that the wireless communication includes map information advertised by the second communication device, the map information representing at least a portion of a map describing a geographic region, wherein the map information is provided to the first communication device independent of any request for the map information being sent from the first communication device to the second communication device in a data session or a voice session; and

generating a representation of the map based on the map information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the wireless communication is a broadcast communication.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the wireless communication includes a beacon message for discovery of the other communication device.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the map information is sent in one of a management frame and a control frame of the wireless communication.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the map information describes respective functionality of one or more devices included in the geographic region.

12. The method of claim 7, the method further comprising periodically advertising of the map information.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving a second wireless communication from the other communication device;

identifying that the second wireless communication includes second map information advertised by the other communication device, the second map information representing a second portion of the map; and

wherein the generating the representation of the map is further based on the second map information.

14. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a first communication device, cause the first communication device to perform a method comprising:

receiving a wireless communication from a second communication device; and

identifying that the wireless communication includes map information advertised by the second communication device, the map information representing at least a portion of a map describing a geographic region, wherein the map information is provided to the first communication device independent of any request for the map information being sent from the first communication device to the second communication device in a data session or a voice session; and

generating a representation of the map based on the map information.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the wireless communication is a broadcast communication.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the wireless communication includes a beacon message for discovery of the other communication device.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the map information is sent in one of a management frame and a control frame of the wireless communication.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the map information describes respective functionality of one or more devices included in the geographic region.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the method further comprising periodically advertising of the map information.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, the method further comprising:

receiving a second wireless communication from the other communication device;

identifying that the second wireless communication includes second map information advertised by the other communication device, the second map information representing a second portion of the map; and

wherein the generating the representation of the map is further based on the second map information.

21. A communication device comprising:

a storage to acquire a map describing a geographic region; and

frame generation logic coupled to the storage, the frame generation logic to advertise map information to represent at least a portion of the map, including the frame generation logic to send the map information from the communication device in a wireless communication, wherein the frame generation logic to advertise the map information independent of any request for the map information received by the communication device in a data session or a voice session.

22. The communication device of claim 21, wherein the wireless communication is a broadcast communication.

23. The communication device of claim 21, wherein the frame generation logic to send a beacon message for discovery of the communication device, and wherein the frame generation logic to advertise the map information comprises the frame generation logic to include the map information in the beacon message.

24. The communication device of claim 21, wherein the storage to acquire the map is independent of any request for the map information received by the communication device in a data session or a voice session.

25. The communication device of claim 21, wherein the map information is sent in one of a management frame and a control frame of the wireless communication.

26. The communication device of claim 21, wherein the map information describes respective functionality of one or more devices included in the geographic region.

27. The communication device of claim 21, wherein the frame generation logic to periodically advertise the map information.

28. The communication device of claim 21, wherein the frame generation logic to advertise the map information to represent a first portion of the map, and wherein the frame generation logic further to advertise second map information to represent a second portion of the map, including the frame generation logic to send the second map information from the communication device in a second wireless communication.