Use of movement information about a wireless client
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1. A method comprising:
- correlating movement information about a wireless client with information about an availability of wireless access points, the information about the availability stored in a memory in the wireless client; and
estimating, in the wireless client, based on a result of the correlating whether the wireless client is going to enter a region associated with a predetermined characteristic;
wherein the information about the availability of wireless access points comprises information about positions of the wireless access points and wherein the predetermined characteristic associated with the region comprises a functioning of a positioning service to the wireless client.
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Abstract
Movement information about a wireless client is correlated with information about the availability of wireless access points. A result of the correlation is used to estimate whether the wireless client is going to enter a region that is associated with a predetermined characteristic.
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1. A method comprising:
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correlating movement information about a wireless client with information about an availability of wireless access points, the information about the availability stored in a memory in the wireless client; and estimating, in the wireless client, based on a result of the correlating whether the wireless client is going to enter a region associated with a predetermined characteristic; wherein the information about the availability of wireless access points comprises information about positions of the wireless access points and wherein the predetermined characteristic associated with the region comprises a functioning of a positioning service to the wireless client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory configured to store information about an availability of wireless access points; and a processor configured to correlate movement information about a wireless client with the information about the availability of wireless access points; and to estimate based on a result of the correlating whether the wireless client is going to enter a region associated with a predetermined characteristic; wherein the information about the availability of wireless access points comprises information about positions of the wireless access points and wherein the predetermined characteristic associated with the region comprises a functioning of a positioning service to the wireless client. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31)
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29. A device comprising:
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a memory configured to store information about an availability of wireless access points; and a processor configured to correlate movement information about a wireless client with the information about the availability of wireless access points and to estimate based on a result of the correlating whether the wireless client is going to enter a region associated with a predetermined characteristic, wherein the information about the availability of wireless access points comprises information about positions of the wireless access points and the predetermined characteristic associated with the region comprises a functioning of a positioning service to the wireless client. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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32. An apparatus comprising:
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means for correlating movement information about a wireless client with information about the availability of wireless access points; means for storing the information, and means for estimating based on a result of the correlating whether the wireless client is going to enter a region associated with a predetermined characteristic, wherein the information about the availability of wireless access points comprises information about positions of the wireless access points and wherein the predetermined characteristic associated with the region comprises a functioning of a positioning service to the wireless client.
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