Location-based wireless messaging for wireless devices
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- monitoring a spatial location of a wireless device, wherein monitoring the spatial location of the wireless device comprisesdetermining a signal strength of at least one signal received by the wireless device,calculating multipath and radio frequency (RF) propagation values according to one or more predetermined characteristics of the at least one received signal, andidentifying an approximate spatial location of the wireless device according to the signal strength and the calculated multipath and RF propagation values; and
communicating a location-based message if, during the monitoring of the spatial location of the wireless device, a current spatial location of the wireless device is identified as a message delivery location.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of location-based wireless messaging wireless devices is described. The method includes the receipt of a location-based message request from a user of a wireless device desiring to receive a location-based message. Once the request is received, a spatial location of the wireless device is monitored. Once a current spatial location of the wireless device is identified, as a spatial location of a message delivery location, a location-based message is communicated. In one embodiment, a user, via a location-based message request, may request the delivery of the location-based message to a destination wireless device. In a further embodiment, a wireless device may periodically transmit the current spatial location of the wireless device to a predetermined destination wireless device. In a further embodiment, a wireless device may be notified when a selected wireless device is within a predetermined proximity. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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35 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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monitoring a spatial location of a wireless device, wherein monitoring the spatial location of the wireless device comprises determining a signal strength of at least one signal received by the wireless device, calculating multipath and radio frequency (RF) propagation values according to one or more predetermined characteristics of the at least one received signal, and identifying an approximate spatial location of the wireless device according to the signal strength and the calculated multipath and RF propagation values; and communicating a location-based message if, during the monitoring of the spatial location of the wireless device, a current spatial location of the wireless device is identified as a message delivery location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including software executed by at least one processor, within an electronic device, the software comprising:
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a location-based message request module to receive a location-based message request from a user of a wireless device; and a message delivery module to monitor a spatial location of the wireless device and to communicate a location-based message to the user of the wireless device if a current spatial location of the wireless device is identified as a message delivery location, according to the received location-based message request, wherein monitoring the spatial location of the wireless device comprises determining a signal strength of at least one signal received by the wireless device, calculating multipath and radio frequency (RF) propagation values according to one or more predetermined characteristics of the at least one received signal, and identifying an approximate spatial location of the wireless device according to the signal strength and the calculated multipath and RF propagation values. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A station comprising:
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a communication interface to receive a location-based message request; and circuitry coupled to the communications interface, the circuitry comprising location-based message logic to monitor a spatial location of the station and to communicate a location-based message when a current spatial location of the station is identified as a message delivery location according to the received location-based message request, wherein monitoring the spatial location of the station comprises determining a signal strength of at least one signal received by the station, calculating multipath and radio frequency (RF) propagation values according to one or more predetermined characteristics of the at least one received signal, and identifying an approximate spatial location of the station according to the signal strength and the calculated multipath and RF propagation values. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system comprising:
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a station including a communications interface for communicating with an access point of a network, a location-based message logic to monitor a spatial location of the station, wherein monitoring the spatial location of the station comprises determining a signal strength of at least one signal received by the station, calculating multipath and radio frequency (RF) propagation values according to one or more predetermined characteristics of the at least one received signal, and identifying an approximate spatial location of the station according to the signal strength and the calculated multipath and RF propagation values, and a chipset coupled to the interface, the chipset including location-based message logic circuitry to respond to a location-based message request and to communicate a location-based message to a user of the station when a current spatial location of the station is identified as a message delivery location according to the location-based message request. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method comprising:
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receiving, from a wireless device, a location-based message request; monitoring, by a wireless device access point, a spatial location of the wireless device, wherein monitoring the spatial location of the wireless device comprises determining a signal strength of at least one signal received by the wireless device, calculating multipath and radio frequency (RF) propagation values according to one or more predetermined characteristics of the at least one received signal, and identifying an approximate spatial location of the wireless device according to the signal strength and the calculated multipath and RF propagation values; and communicating, by the wireless device access point, a location-based message if a current spatial location of the wireless device is identified as a message delivery location as indicated by the received location-based message request. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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