METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR CONTROLLING LOCATION INFORMATION COLLECTION

• US 20150077269A1
• Filed: 11/25/2014
• Published: 03/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Guo, Kuanxin, Hua, Fei, Lin, Renjing
• Application Number:
  US14/553,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20150077269A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.16
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and a terminal for controlling location information collection. The method includes: detecting an active/inactive status of at least one terminal location information collection operation of a terminal; detecting a connection status and/or a service status of the terminal; and stopping all active terminal location information collection operations if the connection status and/or the service status of the terminal meets a first preset condition; or, starting at least one inactive terminal location information collection operation if the connection status and/or the service status of the terminal meets a second preset condition. The embodiments of the present invention save electrical energy of the terminal.

Claims

1. A method for controlling location information collection, the method comprising:

detecting an active/inactive status of at least one terminal location information collection operation of a terminal;

detecting a connection status and/or a service status of the terminal; and

stopping all active terminal location information collection operations if the connection status and/or the service status of the terminal meets a first preset condition;

or, starting at least one inactive terminal location information collection operation if the connection status and/or the service status of the terminal meets a second preset condition.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first preset condition to be met by the connection status and/or the service status of the terminal comprises any one of or any combination of the following:

no terminal location information is collected within a first preset time threshold, a voice service of the terminal is complete, a data service of the terminal is complete, and start time of the at least one terminal location information collection operation exceeds a second preset time threshold.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second preset condition to be met by the connection status and/or the service status of the terminal comprises any one of or any combination of the following:

a serving cell or a residing cell of the terminal changes, the terminal is detached from network coverage, signal strength in network coverage of the terminal is lower than a first preset threshold, a voice service of the terminal is activated, a data service of the terminal is activated, and interference on signals in coverage of the terminal exceeds a second preset threshold.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein before starting at least one inactive terminal location information collection operation, the method further comprises:

outputting start selection information, wherein the start selection information is used to instruct a user to determine whether to start at least one inactive terminal location information collection operation.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one location information collection operation comprises any one of or any combination of the following:

a terminal location information collection operation performed by a global positioning system (GPS) module of the terminal, an operation of sending the terminal'"'"'s cell and adjacent cell measurement information to a network server to obtain terminal location information, and an operation of sending wireless fidelity (WIFI) network measurement information to the network server to obtain the terminal location information.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein starting at least one inactive terminal location information collection operation comprises:

enabling the GPS module to make the GPS module perform a terminal location information collection operation.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein after starting at least one inactive terminal location information collection operation, the method further comprises:

disabling the GPS module to make the GPS module stop performing the terminal location information collection operation if the GPS module collects no terminal location information within a third preset time threshold.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein starting at least one inactive terminal location information collection operation comprises:

sending the terminal'"'"'s cell and adjacent cell measurement information to the network server to obtain the terminal location information.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein after starting at least one inactive terminal location information collection operation, the method further comprises:

stopping sending the terminal'"'"'s cell and adjacent cell measurement information to the network server if no terminal location information is obtained within a fourth preset time threshold.

10. The method according to claim 5, wherein starting at least one inactive terminal location information collection operation comprises:

sending WIFI network measurement information to the network server to obtain the terminal location information.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein after starting at least one inactive terminal location information collection operation, the method further comprises:

stopping sending the WIFI network measurement information to the network server if no terminal location information is obtained within a fifth preset time threshold.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein after stopping all active terminal location information collection operations, the method further comprises:

prolonging a duration of the inactive status of each terminal location information collection operation according to the number of ineffective starts of the terminal location information collection operation, wherein one ineffective start of any terminal location information collection operation refers to one occasion of collecting no terminal location information in a process from start to stop of the terminal location information collection operation.

13. A terminal, comprising at least one collecting module, a detecting module, and a controlling module, wherein:

each collecting module is configured to perform a terminal location information collection operation;

the detecting module is configured to detect an active/inactive status of the terminal location information collection operation performed by each collecting module, and further detect a connection status and/or a service status of the terminal; and

the controlling module is configured to;

if the connection status and/or the service status of the terminal detected by the detecting module meets a first preset condition, disable all active collecting modules to stop the terminal location information collection operations performed by the collecting modules, or

if the connection status and/or the service status of the terminal meets a second preset condition, enable at least one inactive collecting module to make the collecting module perform the terminal location information collection operation.

14. The terminal according to claim 13, wherein the first preset condition to be met by the connection status and/or the service status of the terminal comprises any one of or any combination of the following:

no terminal location information is collected by any active collecting module within a first preset time threshold, a voice service of the terminal is complete, a data service of the terminal is complete, and start time of the at least one collecting module exceeds a second preset time threshold.

15. The terminal according to claim 13, wherein the second preset condition to be met by the connection status and/or the service status of the terminal comprises any one of or any combination of the following:

a serving cell or a residing cell of the terminal changes, the terminal is detached from network coverage, signal strength in network coverage of the terminal is lower than a first preset threshold, a voice service of the terminal is activated, a data service of the terminal is activated, and interference on signals in coverage of the terminal exceeds a second preset threshold.

16. The terminal according to claim 13, further comprising:

an outputting module, configured to output start selection information, wherein the start selection information is used to instruct a user to determine whether to enable at least one inactive collecting module.

17. The terminal according to claim 13, wherein the at least one collecting module comprises any one of or any combination of the following:

a global positioning system (GPS) module, a first collecting module configured to send the terminal'"'"'s cell and adjacent cell measurement information to a network server to obtain terminal location information, and a second collecting module configured to send wireless fidelity WIFI network measurement information to the network server to obtain the terminal location information.

18. The terminal according to claim 17, wherein the controlling module is configured to:

if the connection status and/or the service status of the terminal meets a second preset condition, enable the GPS module to make the GPS module perform the terminal location information collection operation.

19. The terminal according to claim 18, wherein the controlling module is further configured to:

if the GPS module collects no terminal location information within a third preset time threshold, disable the GPS module to make the GPS module stop performing the terminal location information collection operation.

20. The terminal according to claim 17, wherein the controlling module is configured to:

if the connection status and/or the service status of the terminal meets the second preset condition, enable the first collecting module to make the first collecting module send the terminal'"'"'s cell and adjacent cell measurement information to the network server.

21. The terminal according to claim 20, wherein the controlling module is further configured to:

if the first collecting module collects no terminal location information within a fourth preset time threshold, disable the first collecting module to make the first collecting module stop sending the terminal'"'"'s cell and adjacent cell measurement information to the network server.

22. The terminal according to claim 17, wherein the controlling module is configured to:

if the connection status and/or the service status of the terminal meets the second preset condition, enable the second collecting module to make the second collecting module send WIFI network measurement information to the network server.

23. The terminal according to claim 22, wherein the controlling module is further configured to:

if no terminal location information is obtained within a fifth preset time threshold, disable the second collecting module to make the second collecting module stop sending the WIFI network measurement information to the network server.

24. The terminal according to claim 13, wherein the controlling module is further configured to:

prolong a duration of the inactive status of each collecting module according to the number of ineffective starts of each collecting module, wherein one ineffective start of any one of the collecting modules refers to one occasion of collecting no terminal location information in a process from start to stop of the collecting module.