METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION IDENTIFICATION AND PRESENTATION

• US 20160050533A1
• Filed: 10/27/2015
• Published: 02/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IpVenture, Inc.
• Original Assignee: IpVenture, Inc.
• Inventors: Lau, Chung, Tong, Peter P., Thomas, C. Douglass
• Granted Patent: US 10,827,298 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/005 with correlation of navigation data from several sources, e.g. map or contour matching G01C21/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Method and apparatus to analyze and present location information in an easy-to-digest manner are disclosed. In one embodiment, each piece of location information can include a piece of location-designating information and a piece of location-related information. Location-designating information is primarily for identifying location. Location-related information is information related to location-designating information. The location-designating information and the location-related information can be supplied by a mobile device. With the help of location-related information, each piece of location-designating information can be more accurately transformed into a label to help identify a location. The amount of location information can be reduced. All of the location-designating information pertaining to a given area can be consolidated into one piece of location-designating information related to the label. Consolidation of some of the information may not occur if a piece of location-related information changes by more than a preset value. To better present location information in an easy-to-digest manner, location information can be compared to standards. Presentation can be on a display with respect to a reference location.

Claims

1. A wearable electronic apparatus comprising:

a display;

a satellite signal receiver to receive signals from a plurality of satellites, the signals received being related to a location of the wearable electronic device;

a wireless-signal sensor to receive wireless signals in the vicinity of the wearable electronic apparatus;

a storage device to store at least executable instructions; and

a processor coupled to the display, the satellite signal receiver, the wireless-signal sensor, and the storage device, the processor to execute at least a portion of the executable instructions, wherein the instructions include at least;

instructions to present a geographic area with at least one point of interest on the display; and

instructions to present a symbol at a position on the geographic area, the position corresponding to the location of the wearable electronic apparatus,

wherein the location of the wearable electronic apparatus is based on a first measurement and a second measurement,

wherein the first measurement is from the satellite signal receiver receiving the signals related to the location of the wearable electronic apparatus, and

wherein the second measurement is from the wireless-signal sensor to receive wireless signals in the vicinity of the wearable electronic apparatus.

2. A wearable electronic apparatus as recited in claim 1, wherein the instructions in the storage device further include instructions to present certain data resulting from an electronic search for data based on words provided by a user to the wearable electronic apparatus.