WIRELESS TRANSMITTER IDENTITY OR POSITIONING INFORMATION PARTITIONING

• US 20150245174A1
• Filed: 01/16/2015
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Zhang, Gengsheng, Do, Ju-Yong, Moeglein, Mark L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,445,233 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/045 for graphical visualisation of monitoring data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/02 Resource partitioning among network components, e.g. reuse partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Examples disclosed herein may relate to partitioning identity and/or position information for a plurality of wireless transmitters positioned within a geographical region into a plurality of sub-partitions.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

storing one or more signals representative of a specification of a geographical region in a memory of a computing device;

storing one or more signals representative of identity and/or position entries for one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region in the memory of the computing device; and

partitioning the geographical region into a plurality of sub-regions utilizing a processing unit of the computing device at least in part in response to a quantity of wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region exceeding a specified threshold quantity and/or at least in part in response to a file size for stored signals representative of the identity and/or position entries for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region exceeding a specified threshold size.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising partitioning the one or more signals representative of the identity and/or position entries for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region stored in the memory of the computing device into a plurality of partitions of signals representative of identity and/or position entries for wireless transmitters positioned within the plurality of respective sub-regions.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting one or more signals representative of identity and/or position entries for one or more wireless transmitters positioned within a first sub-region of the plurality of sub-regions to a mobile device.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising transmitting the one or more signals representative of the identity and/or position entries for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned with the first sub-region to the mobile device based at least in part on a current and/or estimated future position of the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more signals representative of the specification of the geographical region comprise one or more signals representative a first radius, a second radius, a first angle, and a second angle, and wherein the partitioning the geographical region into the plurality of sub-regions comprises assigning the first radius to a specification of a first sub-region, assigning the second radius to a specification of a second sub-region, determining one or more intermediate radii to assign to the specification for the first sub-region and/or to the specification for the second sub-region, and/or storing one or more signals representative of the first specification of the first sub-region and of the second specification of the second sub-region in the memory of the computing device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the geographical region comprises a substantially rectangular region specified at least in part by one or more corner coordinates, and wherein the partitioning the geographical region into the plurality of sub-regions further comprises:

partitioning the substantially rectangular region into a plurality of substantially rectangular sub-regions, the plurality of substantially rectangular sub-regions individually specified at least in part by one or more respective corner coordinates; and

storing one or more signals representative of the respective corner coordinates for the individual substantially rectangular sub-regions in the memory of the computing device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the partitioning the substantially rectangular region into the plurality of sub-regions comprises partitioning the substantially rectangular region horizontally at least in part in response to the substantially rectangular region having a height greater than a width, and further comprises partitioning the substantially rectangular region vertically at least in part in response to the substantially rectangular region having the width greater than the height.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising partitioning one or more signals, stored in the memory of the computing device, representative of support map content, building-specific content, and/or heat map content for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region into a plurality of sub-partitions of signals, stored in the memory of the computing device, representative of support map information, building-specific information, and/or heat map information for wireless transmitters positioned within the plurality of respective sub-regions utilizing, at least in part, the processing unit of the computing device.

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11. An article, comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a processing unit of a computing device to;

store one or more signals representative of a specification of a geographical region in a memory of the computing device;

store one or more signals representative of identity and/or position entries for one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region in the memory of the computing device; and

partition the geographical region into a plurality of sub-regions at least in part in response to a quantity of wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region to exceed a specified threshold quantity and/or at least in part in response to a file size for stored signals representative of the identity and/or position entries for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region to exceed a specified threshold size.

12. The article of claim 11, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the processor of the computing device to partition the one or more signals representative of the identity and/or position entries for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region to be stored in the memory of the computing device into a plurality of partitions of signals representative of identity and/or position entries for wireless transmitters positioned within the plurality of respective sub-regions.

13. The article of claim 11, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the processor of the computing device to:

initiate transmission of one or more signals representative of identity and/or position entries for one or more wireless transmitters positioned within a first sub-region of the plurality of sub-regions to a mobile device.

14. The article of claim 13, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the processor of the computing device to transmit the one or more signals representative of the identity and/or position entries for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned with the first sub-region to the mobile device based at least in part on a current and/or estimated future position of the mobile device.

15. The article of claim 11, wherein the one or more signals representative of the specification of the geographical region comprise one or more signals representative a first radius, a second radius, a first angle, and a second angle, and wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the processor of the computing device to partition the geographical region into the plurality of sub-regions, wherein to partition the geographical region into the plurality of sub-regions comprises to assign the first radius to a specification of a first sub-region, assign the second radius to a specification of a second sub-region, determine one or more intermediate radii to assign to the specification for the first sub-region and/or to the specification for the second sub-region, and/or store one or more signals representative of the first specification of the first sub-region and of the second specification of the second sub-region in the memory of the computing device.

17. The article of claim 11, wherein the geographical region to comprise a substantially rectangular region to be specified at least in part by one or more corner coordinates, and wherein to partition the geographical region into the plurality of sub-regions further to comprise to:

partition the substantially rectangular region into a plurality of substantially rectangular sub-regions, the plurality of substantially rectangular sub-regions individually to be specified at least in part by one or more respective corner coordinates; and

store one or more signals representative of the respective corner coordinates for the individual substantially rectangular sub-regions in the memory of the computing device.

20. The article of claim 11, wherein the storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by the processor of the computing device to partition one or more signals, to be stored in the memory of the computing device, representative of support map content, building-specific content, and/or heat map content for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region into a plurality of sub-partitions of signals, to be stored in the memory of the computing device, representative of support map information, building-specific information, and/or heat map information for wireless transmitters positioned within the plurality of respective sub-regions.

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21. An apparatus, comprising:

means for storing one or more signals representative of a specification of a geographical region;

means for storing one or more signals representative of identity and/or position entries for one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region; and

means for partitioning the geographical region into a plurality of sub-regions at least in part in response to a quantity of wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region exceeding a specified threshold quantity and/or at least in part in response to a file size for stored signals representative of the identity and/or position entries for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region exceeding a specified threshold size.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising means for partitioning the one or more signals representative of the identity and/or position entries for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region into a plurality of partitions of signals representative of identity and/or position entries for wireless transmitters positioned within the plurality of respective sub-regions.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising:

means for transmitting one or more signals representative of identity and/or position entries for one or more wireless transmitters positioned within a first sub-region of the plurality of sub-regions to a mobile device.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, further comprising means for transmitting the one or more signals representative of the identity and/or position entries for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned with the first sub-region to the mobile device based at least in part on a current and/or estimated future position of the mobile device.

25. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the one or more signals representative of the specification of the geographical region comprise one or more signals representative a first radius, a second radius, a first angle, and a second angle, wherein the means for partitioning the geographical region into the plurality of sub-regions comprises means for assigning the first radius to a specification of a first sub-region, means for assigning the second radius to a specification of a second sub-region, means for determining one or more intermediate radii to assign to the specification for the first sub-region and/or to the specification for the second sub-region, and/or means for storing one or more signals representative of the first specification of the first sub-region and of the second specification of the second sub-region.

27. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the geographical region comprises a substantially rectangular region specified at least in part by one or more corner coordinates, and wherein the means for partitioning the geographical region into the plurality of sub-regions further comprises:

means for partitioning the substantially rectangular region into a plurality of substantially rectangular sub-regions, the plurality of substantially rectangular sub-regions individually specified at least in part by one or more respective corner coordinates; and

means for storing one or more signals representative of the respective corner coordinates for the individual substantially rectangular sub-regions.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the means for partitioning the substantially rectangular region into the plurality of sub-regions comprises means for partitioning the substantially rectangular region horizontally at least in part in response to the substantially rectangular region having a height greater than a width, and further comprises partitioning the substantially rectangular region vertically at least in part in response to the substantially rectangular region having the width greater than the height.

30. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising means for partitioning one or more signals representative of support map content, building-specific content, and/or heat map content for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region into a plurality of sub-partitions of signals representative of support map information, building-specific information, and/or heat map information for wireless transmitters positioned within the plurality of respective sub-regions.

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31. An apparatus, comprising:

a processing unit to;

store one or more signals representative of a specification of a geographical region in a memory of a computing device;

store one or more signals representative of identity and/or position entries for one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region in the memory of the computing device; and

partition the geographical region into a plurality of sub-regions at least in part in response to a quantity of wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region to exceed a specified threshold quantity and/or at least in part in response to a file size for stored signals representative of the identity and/or position entries for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region to exceed a specified threshold size.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, the processor further to partition the one or more signals representative of the identity and/or position entries for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region to be stored in the memory of the computing device into a plurality of partitions of signals representative of identity and/or position entries for wireless transmitters positioned within the plurality of respective sub-regions.

33. The apparatus of claim 31, the processor further to:

initiate transmission of one or more signals representative of identity and/or position entries for one or more wireless transmitters positioned within a first sub-region of the plurality of sub-regions to a mobile device.

34. The apparatus of claim 33, the processor further to initiate transmission of the one or more signals representative of the identity and/or position entries for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned with the first sub-region to the mobile device based at least in part on a current and/or estimated future position of the mobile device.

35. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the one or more signals representative of the specification of the geographical region to comprise one or more signals representative a first radius, a second radius, a first angle, and a second angle, wherein to partition the geographical region into the plurality of sub-regions, the processor to assign the first radius to a specification of a first sub-region, assign the second radius to a specification of a second sub-region, determine one or more intermediate radii to assign to the specification for the first sub-region and/or to the specification for the second sub-region, and/or store one or more signals representative of the first specification of the first sub-region and of the second specification of the second sub-region in the memory of the computing device.

37. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the geographical region to comprise a substantially rectangular region to be specified at least in part by one or more corner coordinates, and the processor to partition the geographical region into the plurality of sub-regions, wherein to partition the geographical region into the plurality of sub-regions comprises to:

partition the substantially rectangular region into a plurality of substantially rectangular sub-regions, the plurality of substantially rectangular sub-regions to be individually specified at least in part by one or more respective corner coordinates; and

store one or more signals representative of the respective corner coordinates for the individual substantially rectangular sub-regions in the memory of the computing device.

40. The apparatus of claim 31, the processor further to partition one or more signals, to be stored in the memory of the computing device, representative of support map content, building-specific content, and/or heat map content for the one or more wireless transmitters positioned within the geographical region into a plurality of sub-partitions of signals, to be stored in the memory of the computing device, representative of support map information, building-specific information, and/or heat map information for wireless transmitters positioned within the plurality of respective sub-regions.

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