SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS LOCATION LOGGING FOR GEOGRAPHIC-POSITIONING CAPABLE DEVICES

• US 20170019856A1
• Filed: 09/28/2016
• Published: 01/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Papakipos, Matthew Nicholas, Popov, Lev, Proctor, Iain Andrew Russell
• Granted Patent: US 10,028,224 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• 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 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0248 dependent on the time of the day, e.g. according to expected transmission activity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/283 Power depending on the position of the mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/367 Power values between minimum and maximum limits, e.g. dynamic range
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

In one embodiment, a mobile computing device has a first processor and a second processor. The mobile device determines an operating condition of the mobile device, the operating condition being based on at least the current time of day, a current activity of a user associated with the mobile device, or a current proximity of the mobile device to a place connected to the user of the mobile device through an on-line social network. If the operating conditions of the mobile device are satisfied, the first processor of the mobile device sends a message to the second processor of the mobile device, the message causing the second processor to transition from a sleep state to an active state.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining, by one or more first processors of a mobile device, an operating condition of the mobile device, the operating condition comprising;

a current time of day;

a current activity of a user associated with the mobile device;

or

a current proximity of the mobile device to a place socially connected to the user through an on-line social network with which the user and the place are associated; and

if the operating condition satisfies the operating condition of the mobile device, then sending, by the first processors, a message to one or more second processors of the mobile device, the message causing one or more of the second processors to transition from a sleep state to an active state.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating condition further comprises a current location of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, where in the current location is based at least in part on:

a global positioning system (GPS) signal;

a Wi-Fi signal;

or

a cellular radio signal.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the operating condition further comprises a predicted trajectory of the mobile device based on the current location and a location history of the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the place is associated with one or more entities of the on-line social network.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the user is further associated with the one or more entities through the on-line social network.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating condition comprises:

determining that the current time of day corresponds to a time where a user of the mobile device is sleeping; and

if the current time of day corresponds to a sleeping time of the user, then refraining from sending the message to the second processors.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the current activity of the user comprises determining a relative location of the mobile device to the user.

9. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media within a mobile device, the media embodying logic that is operable when executed to:

determine an operating condition of the mobile device, the operating condition comprising;

a current time of day;

a current activity of a user associated with the mobile device;

or

a current proximity of the mobile device to a place socially connected to the user through an on-line social network with which the user and the place are associated; and

if the operating condition satisfies the operating condition of the mobile device, then send a message to one or more second processors of the mobile device, the message causing one or more of the second processors to transition from a sleep state to an active state.

10. The media of claim 9, wherein the operating condition further comprises a current location of the mobile device.

11. The media of claim 10, where in the current location is based at least in part on:

a global positioning system (GPS) signal;

a Wi-Fi signal;

or

a cellular radio signal.

12. The media of claim 10, wherein the operating condition further comprises a predicted trajectory of the mobile device based on the current location and a location history of the mobile device.

13. The media of claim 9, wherein the place is associated with one or more entities of the on-line social network.

14. The media of claim 13, wherein the user is further associated with the one or more entities through the on-line social network.

15. The media of claim 9, wherein the operating condition comprises:

determining that the current time of day corresponds to a time where a user of the mobile device is sleeping; and

if the current time of day corresponds to a sleeping time of the user, then refraining from sending the message to the second processors.

16. The media of claim 9, wherein determining the current activity of the user comprises determining a relative location of the mobile device to the user.

17. A system comprising:

one or more first processors;

one or more second processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to;

determine an operating condition of the mobile device, the operating condition comprising;

a current time of day;

a current activity of a user associated with the mobile device;

or

a current proximity of the mobile device to a place socially connected to the user through an on-line social network with which the user and the place are associated; and

if the operating condition satisfies the operating condition of the mobile device, then send a message to one or more second processors of the mobile device, the message causing one or more of the second processors to transition from a sleep state to an active state.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the operating condition further comprises a current location of the mobile device.

19. The system of claim 17, where in the current location is based at least in part on:

a global positioning system (GPS) signal;

a Wi-Fi signal;

or

a cellular radio signal.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the operating condition further comprises a predicted trajectory of the mobile device based on the current location and a location history of the mobile device.