Likelihood of mobile device portal transition
First Claim
1. A method for a mobile device, the method comprising:
- obtaining an estimate of a location of said mobile device, the estimated location of said mobile device being in a first area identifiable by a first location context identifier;
determining an indication of a probability that the mobile device subsequently transitions from said first area to a second area at a subsequent moment, said second area identifiable by a second location context identifier via a portal linking the first area and the second area, wherein said determination is based at least in part on a likelihood heat man;
applying a threshold to said indication of said probability; and
conditionally performing a scan for signals transmitted by one or more transmitter devices corresponding to the second area responsive to said application of said threshold to the indication of the probability that the mobile device subsequently transitions to the second area via the portal.
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Abstract
The subject matter disclosed herein may relate to methods, apparatuses, systems, devices, articles, or means for conditionally performing a scan responsive to a likelihood of a portal transition, etc. For certain example implementations, a method for a mobile device may comprise determining an indication of a likelihood that a position of the mobile device is transitioning from a first area identifiable by a first location context identifier to a second area identifiable by a second location context identifier via a portal linking the first area and the second area; and conditionally performing a scan for signals transmitted by one or more transmitter devices corresponding to the second area responsive to the indication of the likelihood that the position of the mobile device is transitioning to the second area via the portal. Other example implementations are described herein.
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50 Claims
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1. A method for a mobile device, the method comprising:
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obtaining an estimate of a location of said mobile device, the estimated location of said mobile device being in a first area identifiable by a first location context identifier; determining an indication of a probability that the mobile device subsequently transitions from said first area to a second area at a subsequent moment, said second area identifiable by a second location context identifier via a portal linking the first area and the second area, wherein said determination is based at least in part on a likelihood heat man; applying a threshold to said indication of said probability; and conditionally performing a scan for signals transmitted by one or more transmitter devices corresponding to the second area responsive to said application of said threshold to the indication of the probability that the mobile device subsequently transitions to the second area via the portal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A mobile device for using a probability of a portal transition, the mobile device comprising:
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at least one memory to store instructions; a receiver; and one or more processors to execute said instructions to; obtain an estimate of a location of said mobile device, the estimated location of said mobile device being in a first area identifiable by a first location context identifier; determine an indication of a probability that the mobile device subsequently transitions from said first area to a second area at a subsequent moment, said second area identifiable by a second location context identifier via a portal linking the first area and the second area, wherein said determination is based at least in part on a likelihood heat map; apply a threshold to said indication of said probability; and conditionally perform a scan at said receiver for signals transmitted by one or more transmitter devices corresponding to the second area responsive to said application of said threshold to the indication of the probability that the mobile device subsequently transitions to the second area via the portal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A mobile device for using a probability of a portal transition, the mobile device comprising:
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means for obtaining an estimate of a location of said mobile device, the estimated location of said mobile device being in a first area identifiable by a first location context identifier; means for determining an indication of a probability that the mobile device subsequently transitions from said first area identifiable to a second area at a subsequent moment, said second area identifiable by a second location context identifier via a portal linking the first area and the second area, wherein said determination is based at least in part on a likelihood heat map; means for applying a threshold to said indication of said probability; and means for conditionally performing a scan for signals transmitted by one or more transmitter devices corresponding to the second area responsive to said application of said threshold to the indication of the probability that the mobile device subsequently transitions to the second area via the portal. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. An article comprising:
- at least one non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by one or more processors of a mobile device to;
obtain an estimate of a location of said mobile device, the estimated location of said mobile device being in a first area identifiable by a first location context identifier; determine an indication of a probability that a mobile device subsequently transitions from said first area to a second area at a subsequent moment, said second area identifiable by a second location context identifier via a portal linking the first area and the second area, wherein said determination is based at least in part on a likelihood heat map; apply a threshold to said indication of said probability; and conditionally perform a scan for signals transmitted by one or more transmitter devices corresponding to the second area responsive to said application of said threshold to the indication of the probability that the mobile device subsequently transitions to the second area via the portal. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
- at least one non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by one or more processors of a mobile device to;
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41. A method, at a computing platform, comprising:
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accessing a non-transitory storage medium to obtain one or more features of a map of a first area identifiable by a first location context identifier; determining one or more indications of probabilities of transitions from a first area identifiable by a first location context identifier to a second area identifiable by a second location context identifier via one or more portals, said transitions being at a subsequent moment, and said determination being based, at least in part, on said obtained one or more features of said and one or more locations of the one or more portals and on a likelihood heat map, wherein the one or more indications of probabilities of transitions enable a determination of a particular probability that a mobile device transitions from the first area to the second area via a particular portal of the one or more portals based, at least partly, on a current position of the mobile device in the first area. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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45. A device for determining a heat map, the device comprising:
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at least one memory to store instructions; and one or more processors to execute said instructions to; access a non-transitory storage medium to obtain one or more features of a map of a first area identifiable by a first location context identifier; determine one or more indications of one or more probabilities of transitions from a first area identifiable by a first location context identifier to a second area identifiable by a second location context identifier, said transitions being at a subsequent moment and being via one or more portals, said determination being based, at least in part, on said one or more features of said map of the first area and one or more locations of the one or more portals and on a likelihood heat map, wherein the one or more indications of probabilities of transitions enable a determination of a particular probability that a mobile device transitions from the first area to the second area via a particular portal of the one or more portals based, at least partly, on a current position of the mobile device in the first area. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48)
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49. A device for determining a heat map, the device comprising:
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means for determining the heat map for an indoor environment having at least a first area identifiable by a first location context identifier and a second area identifiable by a second location context identifier; and means for determining for the one or more indications of one or more probabilities of transitions from the first area to the second area at a subsequent moment, said transitions being via one or more portals, said determination being based, at least in part, on one or more features of a map of the first area and one or more locations of the one or more portals, wherein the heat map enables a determination of a particular probability that a mobile device transitions from the first area to the second area via a particular portal of the one or more portals based, at least partly, on a current position of the mobile device in the first area.
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50. An article comprising:
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at least one non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by one or more processors to; determine one or more indications of one or more probabilities of transitions from a first area identifiable by a first location context identifier to a second area identifiable by a second location context identifier, said transitions being at a subsequent moment and being via one or more portals, said determination being based, at least in part, on one or more features of a map of the first area and one or more locations of the one or more portals and on a likelihood heat map, wherein the one or more indications of one or more probabilities of transitions enable a determination of a particular probability that a mobile device transitions from the first area to the second area via a particular portal of the one or more portals based, at least partly, on a current position of the mobile device in the first area.
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