PROVIDING, ORGANIZING, AND MANAGING LOCATION HISTORY RECORDS OF A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20170006430A1
• Filed: 07/02/2015
• Published: 01/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: CHAO, Hui, DAS, Saumitra Mohan, CHEN, Yin
• Granted Patent: US 10,045,159 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/02524 Creating or updating the radio-map
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0254 based on statistics
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement
• 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

Methods and systems for providing information associated with a location history of a mobile device to one or more applications are disclosed. A mobile device generates one or more location history records based on one or more locations of the mobile device, each location history record comprising one or more points of interest and a duration at the one or more points of interest, receives an information request from at least one application, determines a subset of the one or more location history records that meet criteria from the information request, determines a level of permission for the at least one application based on the information request and the subset of the one or more location history records, and provides information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records to the at least one application based on the level of permission.

Claims

1. A method of providing information associated with a location history of a mobile device to one or more applications, comprising:

generating, by a processor of the mobile device, one or more location history records based on one or more locations of the mobile device, wherein each location history record comprises one or more points of interest and a duration of the mobile device at the one or more points of interest;

receiving, at the processor of the mobile device, an information request from at least one application of the one or more applications;

determining, by the processor of the mobile device, a subset of the one or more location history records that meet criteria from the information request;

determining, by the processor of the mobile device, a level of permission for the at least one application based on the information request and the subset of the one or more location history records; and

providing, by the processor of the mobile device, information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records to the at least one application based on the level of permission of the at least one application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

augmenting the information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records with activity of a user at locations associated with the one or more points of interest.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more requested periodic rates for determining locations of the mobile device from the one or more applications; and

determining a first periodic rate based on the one or more requested periodic rates, wherein the one or more locations of the mobile device are determined at the first periodic rate.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving one or more requested periodic rates for determining locations of the mobile device from the one or more applications; and

determining a first periodic rate based on the one or more requested periodic rates, wherein the first periodic rate is set by the processor of the mobile device independent of the information request from the at least one application of the one or more applications.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the criteria from the information request comprises at least one of an activity associated with a location in the subset of the one or more location history records, a category of the activity, a category of the at least one application, a category of a point of interest, a level of access for which the at least one application has authorization, a security key configured to provide access to the subset of the one or more location history records, a position uncertainty threshold associated with a determination of the location, a technology used to determine the location, a time period of the subset of the one or more location history records, a time of a production of the subset of the one or more location history records, a use of the subset of the one or more location history records by the at least one application, a name of the at least one application, data produced by a sensor of the mobile device, data derived from the subset of the one or more location history records, or any combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more location history records further comprises a time the mobile device was documented to be at the one or more points of interest.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

deleting at least one of the subset of the one or more location history records based on the time the mobile device was documented to be at the one or more points of interest of the at least one of the subset of the one or more location history records being earlier than a threshold time; and

retaining the information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records comprises at least one of a technology used to determine a location of the one or more locations, a time of a most recent request for the information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records, a frequency of requests for the information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records, an identification of the location, an activity associated with the location, data produced by a sensor of the mobile device, an analysis of the data produced by the sensor, a number of times the mobile device has been at the location, a number of times the mobile device has been associated with the activity, or any combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the identification of the location is associated with at least one of a location in a point of interest database, a location defined by a geo-fence, or any combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

updating the activity associated with the location based on the data produced by the sensor of the mobile device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records comprises all information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records, and wherein the determining the level of permission comprises determining that the at least one application has permission to access all the information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records comprises less than all information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records, and wherein the determining the level of permission comprises determining that the at least one application does not have permission to access all information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the level of permission is based on at least one of a previous information request from the at least one application, an assessment of an inducement included in the information request, a selection input by a user of the mobile device in response to a presentation of the information request, or any combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the inducement comprises at least one of a promotional offering, a coupon, a payment, or any combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the assessment is performed by at least one of the processor of the mobile device, the user of the mobile device, or any combination thereof.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the level of permission is based on a position uncertainty threshold associated with a determination of a location of the mobile device in the subset of the one or more location history records, a technology used to determine a location in the subset of the one or more location history records, an activity associated with a location in the subset of the one or more location history records, or any combination thereof.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the position uncertainty threshold, the technology used to determine the location in the subset of the one or more location history records, the activity associated with a location in the subset of the one or more location history records, or any combination thereof is included in the information request.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the determining the level of permission is based on a category of the activity, and wherein the category is included in the information request.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein a location in the one or more location history records is associated with a plurality of points of interest, and the determining the level of permission is based on at least one of the plurality of points of interest, the at least one of the plurality of points of interest included in the information request.

20. An apparatus for providing information associated with a location history of a mobile device to one or more applications, comprising:

at least one processor configured to generate one or more location history records based on one or more locations of the mobile device, wherein each location history record comprises one or more points of interest and a duration of the mobile device at the one or more points of interest, to receive an information request from at least one application of the one or more applications, to determine a subset of the one or more location history records that meet criteria from the information request, to determine a level of permission for the at least one application based on the information request and the subset of the one or more location history records, and to provide information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records to the at least one application based on the level of permission of the at least one application; and

a memory coupled to the at least one processor and configured to store the one or more location history records and the information associated with the one or more location history records.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the at least one processor comprises a low power processor.

22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein a low power core of the at least one processor generates the one or more location history records, receives the information request, determines the subset of the one or more location history records, determines the level of permission, and provides the information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records.

23. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

augment the information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records with activity of a user at locations associated with the one or more points of interest.

24. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive one or more requested periodic rates for determining locations of the mobile device from the one or more applications; and

determine a first periodic rate based on the one or more requested periodic rates, wherein the one or more locations of the mobile device are determined at the first periodic rate.

25. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive one or more requested periodic rates for determining locations of the mobile device from the one or more applications; and

determine a first periodic rate based on the one or more requested periodic rates, wherein the first periodic rate is set by the at least one processor independent of the information request.

26. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records comprises at least one of a technology used to determine a location of the one or more locations, a time of a most recent request for the information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records, a frequency of requests for the information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records, an identification of the location, an activity associated with the location, data produced by a sensor of the mobile device, an analysis of the data produced by the sensor, a number of times the mobile device has been at the location, a number of times the mobile device has been associated with the activity, or any combination thereof.

27. An apparatus for providing information associated with a location history of a mobile device to one or more applications, comprising:

means for generating one or more location history records based on one or more locations of the mobile device, wherein each location history record comprises one or more points of interest and a duration of the mobile device at the one or more points of interest;

means for receiving an information request from at least one application of the one or more applications;

means for determining a subset of the one or more location history records that meet criteria from the information request;

means for determining a level of permission for the at least one application based on the information request and the subset of the one or more location history records; and

means for providing information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records to the at least one application based on the level of permission of the at least one application.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, further comprising:

means for receiving one or more requested periodic rates for determining locations of the mobile device from the one or more applications; and

means for determining a first periodic rate based on the one or more requested periodic rates, wherein the one or more locations of the mobile device are determined at the first periodic rate.

29. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for providing information associated with a location history of a mobile device to one or more applications, comprising:

at least one instruction to generate, by a processor of the mobile device, one or more location history records based on one or more locations of the mobile device, wherein each location history record comprises one or more points of interest and a duration of the mobile device at the one or more points of interest;

at least one instruction to receive, at the processor of the mobile device, an information request from at least one application of the one or more applications;

at least one instruction to determine, by the processor of the mobile device, a subset of the one or more location history records that meet criteria from the information request;

at least one instruction to determine, by the processor of the mobile device, a level of permission for the at least one application based on the information request and the subset of the one or more location history records; and

at least one instruction to provide, by the processor of the mobile device, information associated with the subset of the one or more location history records to the at least one application based on the level of permission of the at least one application.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 29, further comprising:

at least one instruction to receive one or more requested periodic rates for determining locations of the mobile device from the one or more applications; and

at least one instruction to determine a first periodic rate based on the one or more requested periodic rates, wherein the one or more locations of the mobile device are determined at the first periodic rate.