METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUT OF BAND LOCATION SERVICES

• US 20150208195A1
• Filed: 01/20/2014
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Safe Frontier LLC
• Original Assignee: Safe Frontier LLC
• Inventors: Kariman, Alexander V.
• Application Number:
  US14/158,932
• Publication Number:
  US 20150208195A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for facilitating persistent Location-Based Services. According to one aspect of the present invention, there is a method and apparatus for facilitating acquisition and transmission of location-based data out-of-band, regardless of the operability of the main electronic circuitry of an electronic device.

Claims

1. A method and apparatus for providing geographical location information of an electronic device where:

at least one electronic device having at least one processor that operates the electronic device (in-band processor); and

a communications interface operably coupled with at least one in-band processor; and

at least one program of instructions or an operating system for operating the electronic device (in-band operating system), and an independent program of instructions or an operating system (out-of-band operating system), which is coupled with at least one of;

GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, COMPASS, satellite-based, telemetry-based, inertia-based, VOR-based, mapping-based, environmental conditions-based, celestial-based, chronometer-based, gyro-based, magnetic field-based, radar-based, optical-based, cellular network-based, cellular device-based location detection system and any combination thereof (location detection system).

2. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, having network access software that operates independently of the in-band operating system.

3. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, having network access software, which operates independently of the in-band operating system, and operably and/or communicatively coupled with the independent program of instructions or an operating system (out-of-band operating system).

4. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, having network access software, which operates independently of the in-band operating system, and accesses network to connect with at least one electronic device and/or at least one website, exchanging location-based data or metadata with at least one electronic device and/or at least one website.

5. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the out-of-band operating system stores location-based data or metadata in at least one of:

volatile, nonvolatile, transitory, non-transitory memory communicatively and/or operably coupled with the electronic device.

6. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the out-of-band operating system exchanges data or metadata with at least one location detection system, when at least one or all in-band processors, and/or at least one or all in-band operating systems are off, not fully operable, or malfunction.

7. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, having at least one radio device operably and/or communicatively coupled with the electronic device.

8. A method and apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the network access software communicates using an Out of Band (OOB) channel and/or wherein the network access software uses one of:

DHCP and static IP.

9. A method and apparatus according to claims 4, where there is a transmission of data that allows identifying an electronic device and/or at least one electronic device user and/or where there is a transmission of location-based data or metadata without transmitting the electronic device unique identifying indicia and/or information that uniquely identifies at least one electronic device user.

10. A method and apparatus according to claim 4, where there is a transmission of data or metadata related to at least one event generated on an electronic device as a result of location-based data or metadata, and/or where there is a transmission of data or metadata produced as a result of processing location-based data or metadata, and/or where there is a transmission of location-based data or metadata concurrently or consecutively with the exchange of location-based data or metadata produced by the in-band operating system.

11. A method and apparatus according to claim 4, where there is a transmission of location-based data or metadata where at least one of:

on schedule, upon an event, upon a command, continuously and/or persistently.

12. A method and apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the network access software transmits data that may identify location where location-based data or metadata of the electronic device may be obtained.

13. A method and apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the network access software communicates using at least one of:

HTTP, FTP, SOCKS, TLS, SSL, VPN, SMS, MMS, Ethernet/IP, PROFIBUS, PROFINET, DeviceNet, CAN, AFDX, ARINC, TTP, NMEA, LWE, non-TCP/IP protocols, and protocols capable of at least one;

multiple recipient, multicast, broadcast addressing, tunneling protocols, pear to pear communication protocols, wireless communication protocols, publish/subscribe protocols, and/or wherein the network access software includes at least one of;

a LAN driver, a WAN driver, a WWAN driver, a TCP/IP stack, an HTTP stack, a UDP stack, and network security software.

14. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the out-of-band operating system exchanges data with at least one location detection system on schedule, upon an event, a command, or continuously.

15. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, where there is at least one code instruction executed or procedure performed on the electronic device as a result of exchanging data between the out-of-band operating system and at least one location detection system, and/or where there is at least one event generated on the electronic device as a result of transmitting data between the out-of-band operating system and at least one location detection system.

16. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, where there is volatile and/or nonvolatile memory operably and/or communicatively coupled with the electronic device that is accessed at least once as a result of transmitting data between the out-of-band operating system and at least one location detection system, and/or where there is a transmission of data with the network access software that is a result of transmitting data between the out-of-band operating system and at least one location detection system.

17. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, where there is a transmission of location-based data or metadata between the out-of-band operating system and at least one in-band operating system.

18. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the out-of-band operating system and/or software executable by such out-of-band operating system is provided from one or more of:

a boot disc, a hidden partition in a hard disc drive, volatile and non-volatile data storage media operably and/or communicatively coupled with the electronic device, a protected memory that in-band operating system does not access, a protected partition, a BIOS partition, a remote network location, a portable device.

19. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the out-of-band operating system is executed by at least one service processor (out-of-band processor) communicatively and/or operably coupled with the electronic device.

20. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the out-of-band operating system is executed by at least one in-band processor.

21. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the out-of-band operating system and at least one in-band operating system may be executed by at least one processor coupled with the electronic device.

22. An method and apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one in-band operating system works in the virtualization environment where the host is the out-of-band operating system.

23. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the location-based data or metadata and/or encryption key data is transmitted between at least one Trusted Platform Module (TPM), and/or at least one protected memory operably and/or communicatively coupled with the electronic device.

24. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the location detection system comprises of at least one of:

terrestrial radio-based positioning, wireless network-based positioning, cellular network-based positioning, positioning using radio module, sensor-based positioning, IP trace-route-based positioning, cell ID-based positioning, caller ID-based positioning, low frequency radio-based positioning, ultrasound-based positioning, outdoor location detection system.

25. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the out-of-band operating system may be integrated into a circuitry of a location detection system.

26. A method and apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a location detection system operates covertly and/or stealthily on an electronic device, and/or out-of-band operating system, and/or network access software operate covertly and/or stealthily on an electronic device.

27. A system and method for providing geographic location information of an electronic device, where at least one electronic device having:

at least one in-band processor that operates electronic device; and

at least one out-of-band processor operating independently from the in-band processor that receives location-based data originated from at least one of;

GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, COMPASS, satellite-based, telemetry-based, inertia-based, VOR-based, mapping-based, celestial-based, environmental conditions-based, time-based, gyro-based, magnetic field-based, radar-based, optical-based, cellular network-based, cellular device-based location detection system and any combination thereof (location detection system); and

a communications interface coupled with an out-of-band processor.

28. A system and method according to claim 27, wherein such communications interface transmits location-based data to at least one website and/or at least one computing device over a network.

29. A system and method according to claim 27, wherein at least code instruction is executed by an out-of-band processor of writing or reading location-based data or metadata into at least one of:

volatile, nonvolatile, transitory, non-transitory memory communicatively and/or operably coupled with the electronic device.

30. A system and method according to claim 27, wherein a location detection system comprises of at least one of:

terrestrial radio-based positioning, wireless network-based positioning, cellular network-based positioning, positioning using radio module, sensor-based positioning, IP trace-route-based positioning, cell ID-based positioning, caller ID-based positioning, low frequency radio-based positioning, ultrasound-based positioning, outdoor location detection system.

31. A system and method according to claim 27, where at least one out-of-band processor being the active management technology processor or executes at least one code instruction of the active management technology, such as Intel®

Active Management Technology (AMT).

32. A system and method according to claim 27, where at least one out-of-band processor being operably and/or communicatively coupled with manageability engine (ME), or being a processor of the ME, or executing at least one code instruction of the ME.

33. A system and method according to claim 27, wherein the location detection system is operably and/or communicatively coupled with the out-of-band processor.

34. A system and method for providing geographic location information of an electronic device, where at least one electronic device having:

active management technology, such as Intel®

Active Management Technology (AMT); and

/or manageability engine (ME); and

such AMT and/or ME receives location-based data originated from at least one of;

GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, COMPASS, satellite-based, telemetry-based, inertia-based, VOR-based, mapping-based, celestial-based, environmental conditions-based, time-based, gyro-based, magnetic field-based, radar-based, optical-based, cellular network-based, cellular device-based location detection system and any combination thereof (location detection system).

35. A system and method according to claim 34, wherein a location detection system comprises of at least one of:

terrestrial radio-based positioning, wireless network-based positioning, cellular network-based positioning, positioning using radio module, sensor-based positioning, IP trace-route-based positioning, cell ID-based positioning, caller ID-based positioning, low frequency radio-based positioning, ultrasound-based positioning, outdoor location detection system.

36. A system and method according to claim 34, wherein such AMT and/or ME is able to communicate over a network using OOB channel.