Mobile device locating in conjunction with localized environments

• US 8,812,015 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2010
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Das, Saumitra Mohan, Naguib, Ayman Fawzy, Gupta, Rajarshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Georgewill, Opiribo
• Application Number:
  US12/895,583
• Publication Number:
  US 20110081919A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,419 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/457, 370/338, 701/201, 701/207, 701/434, 701/433
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/206 specially adapted for indoor navigation
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0036 of measured values, i.e. measurement on mobile and position calculation on base station
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings

Abstract

The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, methods, apparatuses, articles, etc. for mobile device locating in conjunction with localized environments. For certain example implementations, a method may comprise obtaining at a mobile device one or more signals comprising information indicative of a location thereof. The information may be transmitted to one or more servers. A location context identifier (LCI) may be received responsive to the transmitting, with the LCI corresponding to a localized environment at which the mobile device is located. The LCI may be transmitted to the one or more servers. Location-based data may be received responsive to the transmitting of the LCI, with the location-based data being associated with the LCI and pertaining to the localized environment. The location of the mobile device may be determined with respect to the localized environment based, at least in part, on the location-based data. Other example implementations are described herein.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining at a mobile device one or more signals;

wirelessly transmitting, by the mobile device to one or more servers, first information and second information determined from the one or more obtained signals, the first information and the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device and the first information being different from the second information;

wirelessly receiving, by the mobile device, a first location context identifier responsive to said transmitting of the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device and a second location context identifier responsive to said transmitting of the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device, the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier corresponding to a localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the first location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device obtained by the mobile device, the second location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device obtained by the mobile device, with the first location context identifier being different from the second location context identifier;

wirelessly transmitting, by the mobile device, the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located to the one or more servers;

wirelessly receiving, by the mobile device from the one or more servers, first location-based data responsive to said transmitting of the first location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the first location-based data being associated with the first location context identifier and pertaining to the localized environment and second location-based data responsive to said transmitting of the second location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the second location-based data being associated with the second location context identifier and pertaining to the localized environment; and

determining the location of the mobile device in the localized environment corresponding to the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier based, at least in part, on the first location-based data and the second location-based data,

each of the first location-based data and second location-based data comprising routing information, point of interest information, annotation information, signal heat map data, position probability data, or access device information, with the first location-based data being different from the second location-based data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining the location of the mobile device comprises:

refining the location of the mobile device using the first location-based data and the second location-based data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the routing information comprises at least one routing topology that provides traversable paths for the localized environment and information that identifies locations of the localized environment.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the localized environment comprises an indoor environment corresponding to at least a portion of a building structure in which the mobile device is located.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one routing topology is based, at least in part, on a local coordinate system associated with the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the access device information comprises information pertaining to one or more wireless access devices corresponding to the localized environment at in which the mobile device is located.

7. The method of claim 1, each of the first location-based data and second location-based data comprises at least one reference from a local coordinate system, which corresponds to the localized environment, to a global coordinate system.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a location-based service to a user of the mobile device based at least partly on the first location-based data and the second location-based data.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein said providing the location-based service comprises:

presenting navigational information to the user via the mobile device responsive to a designated point of interest.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said obtaining comprises:

wirelessly receiving at the mobile device the one or more signals from at least one wireless access device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein at least one of the first or second information indicative of the location of the mobile device comprises at least one medium access control (MAC) identifier that is associated with the at least one wireless access device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one of the first or second information indicative of the location of the mobile device further comprises at least one round-trip time (RTT) measurement that is associated with the at least one MAC identifier.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one of the first or second information indicative of the location of the mobile device further comprises at least one received signal strength indication (RSSI) measurement that is associated with the at least one MAC identifier.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein said wirelessly transmitting the first and second information indicative of the location of the mobile device to the one or more servers comprises:

wirelessly transmitting the first and second information indicative of the location of the mobile device to the one or more servers according to predetermined contact information associated with the one or more servers.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the predetermined contact information comprises at least one uniform resource identifier (URI) that is associated with the one or more servers.

89. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second location context identifiers corresponds to a particular floor of a building, and wherein at least one of the first and second location-based data received in response to the transmitting of the first and second location context identifiers to the one or more servers includes map information for the particular floor of the building.

90. The method of claim 1 wherein the obtained signals are from one or more information sources each comprising a wireless access point, a mobile device memory, a mobile device input component, or a mobile device positioning layer.

16. A method comprising:

receiving at one or more servers first information and second information indicative of a location of a mobile device, the first information being different from the second information;

accessing a location context identifier mapping data structure to retrieve a first location context identifier that is associated with the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device and a second location context identifier that is associated with the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device, the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier corresponding to a localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the first location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device, the second location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device, with the first location context identifier being different from the second location context identifier;

initiating transmission of the first and second location context identifiers to the mobile device;

receiving, from the mobile device at the one or more servers, the first and second location context identifiers corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located;

accessing a location-based-data mapping data structure to retrieve first location-based data that is associated with the first location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located and second location-based data that is associated with the second location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the first and second location-based data pertaining to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located;

initiating transmission of the first and second location-based data to the mobile device; and

providing one or more location-based services using the mobile device location determined based at least in part on the first location-based data and the second location-based data, each of the first location-based data and the second location-based data comprising routing information, point of interest information, annotation information, signal heat map data, position probability data, or access device information, with the first location-based data being different from the second location-based data.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the point of interest information includes multiple potential destinations of the localized environment.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the routing information provides traversable paths for the localized environment and information that identifies locations of the localized environment, the localized environment comprising an indoor environment corresponding to at least a portion of a building structure within which the mobile device is located.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the first or second location-based data comprises map information that enables the mobile device to refine the location of the mobile device using the map information.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the first and second location-based data comprise at least one reference from a local coordinate system, which corresponds to the localized environment, to a global coordinate system.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein said receiving at the one or more servers the first and second information indicative of the location of the mobile device comprises:

receiving one or more wireless access device identifiers associated with one or more wireless access devices that are within a wireless communication range of the mobile device.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein:

the one or more servers comprise at least one positioning server and at least one location-based data server;

said accessing the location context identifier mapping data structure further comprises accessing by the at least one positioning server the location context identifier mapping data structure to retrieve the first location context identifier that is associated with the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device and the second location context identifier that is associated with the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device; and

said accessing the location-based-data mapping data structure further comprises accessing by the at least one location-based data server the location-based-data mapping data structure to retrieve the first location-based data that is associated with the first location context identifier and the second location-based data that is associated with the second location context identifier.

23. A system comprising:

means for obtaining at a mobile device one or more signals;

means for wirelessly transmitting, by the mobile device to one or more servers, first information and second information, determined from the one or more obtained signals, the first information and second information indicative of the location of the mobile device and the first information being different from the second information;

means for wirelessly receiving, at the mobile device, a first location context identifier responsive to said first information indicative of the location of the mobile device and a second location context identifier responsive to said second information indicative of the location of the mobile device, the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier corresponding to a localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the first location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device obtained by the mobile device, the second location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device obtained by the mobile device, with the first location context identifier being different from the second location context identifier;

means for wirelessly transmitting the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located to the one or more servers;

means for wirelessly receiving first location-based data responsive to the first location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the first location-based data being associated with the first location context identifier and pertaining to the localized environment and second location-based data responsive to the second location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the second location-based data being associated with the second location context identifier and pertaining to the localized environment; and

means for determining the location of the mobile device in the localized environment corresponding to the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier based, at least in part, on the first location-based data and the second location-based data, each of the first location-based data and second location-based data comprising routing information, point of interest information, annotation information, signal heat map data, position probability data, or access device information, with the first location-based data being different from the second location-based data.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein said means for determining the location of the mobile device comprises:

means for refining the location of the mobile device using the first location-based data and the second location-based data.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the routing information comprises at least one routing topology that provides traversable paths for the localized environment and information that identifies locations of the localized environment.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the localized environment comprises an indoor environment corresponding to at least a portion of a building structure in which the mobile device is located.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the at least one routing topology is based, at least in part, on a local coordinate system associated with the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier.

28. The system of claim 23, wherein the access device information comprises information pertaining to one or more wireless access devices corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located.

29. The system of claim 23, each of the first location-based data and second location-based data comprises at least one reference from a local coordinate system, which corresponds to the localized environment, to a global coordinate system.

30. The system of claim 23, further comprising:

means for providing a location-based service to a user of the mobile device based at least partly on the first location-based data and the second location-based data.

31. The system of claim 30-wherein said means for providing the location-based service comprises:

means for presenting navigational information to the user via the mobile device responsive to a designated point of interest.

32. The system of claim 23, wherein said means for obtaining comprises:

means for wirelessly receiving at the mobile device the one or more signals from at least one wireless access device.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein at least one of the first or second information indicative of the location of the mobile device comprises at least one medium access control (MAC) identifier that is associated with the at least one wireless access device.

34. The system of claim 33, wherein the at least one of the first or second information indicative of the location of the mobile device further comprises at least one round-trip time (RTT) measurement that is associated with the at least one MAC identifier.

35. The system of claim 33, wherein the at least one of the first or second information indicative of the location of the mobile device further comprises at least one received signal strength indication (RSSI) measurement that is associated with the at least one MAC identifier.

36. The system of claim 23, wherein said means for wirelessly transmitting the first and second information indicative of the location of the mobile device to the one or more servers comprises:

means for wirelessly transmitting the first and second information indicative of the location of the mobile device to the one or more servers according to predetermined contact information associated with the one or more servers.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein the predetermined contact information comprises at least one uniform resource identifier (URI) that is associated with the one or more servers.

38. A system comprising:

means for receiving at one or more servers first information and second information indicative of a location of a mobile device, the first information being different from the second information;

means for accessing a location context identifier mapping data structure to retrieve a first location context identifier that is associated with the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device and a second location context identifier that is associated with the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device, the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier corresponding to a localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the first location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device, the second location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device, with the first location context identifier being different from the second location context identifier ;

means for initiating transmission of the first and second location context identifiers to the mobile device;

means for receiving, from the mobile device at the one or more servers, the first and second location context identifiers corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located;

means for accessing a location-based-data mapping data structure to retrieve first location-based data that is associated with the first location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located and second location-based data that is associated with the second location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the first and second location-based data pertaining to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located;

means for initiating transmission of the first and second location-based data to the mobile device; and

means for providing one or more location-based services using the mobile device location determined based at least in part on the first location-based data and the second location-based data, each of the first location-based data and the second location-based data comprising routing information, point of interest information, annotation information, signal heat map data, position probability data, or access device information, with the first location-based data being different from the second location-based data.

39. The system of claim 38, wherein the point of interest information includes multiple potential destinations of the localized environment.

40. The system of claim 39, wherein routing information provides traversable paths for the localized environment and information that identifies locations of the localized environment, the localized environment comprising an indoor environment corresponding to at least a portion of a building structure within which the mobile device is located.

41. The system of claim 38, wherein at least one of the first or second location-based data comprises map information that enables the mobile device to refine the location of the mobile device using the map information.

42. The system of claim 38, wherein the first and second location-based data comprise at least one reference from a local coordinate system, which corresponds to the localized environment, to a global coordinate system.

43. The system of claim 38, wherein said means for receiving at the one or more servers the first and second information indicative of the location of the mobile device comprises:

means for receiving one or more wireless access device identifiers associated with one or more wireless access devices that are within a wireless communication range of the mobile device.

44. The system of claim 38, wherein:

the one or more servers comprise at least one positioning server and at least one location-based data server;

said means for accessing the location context identifier mapping data structure further comprises means for accessing by the at least one positioning server the location context identifier mapping data structure to retrieve the first location context identifier that is associated with the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device and the second location context identifier that is associated with the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device; and

said means for accessing the location-based-data mapping data structure further comprises means for accessing by the at least one location-based data server the location-based-data mapping data structure to retrieve the first location-based data that is associated with the first location context identifier and the second location-based data that is associated with the second location context identifier.

45. A mobile device comprising:

at least one memory to store instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute said instructions and render the mobile device a special purpose computing device to;

obtain at the mobile device one or more signals;

wirelessly transmit, to one or more servers, first information and second information, determined from the one or more obtained signals, the first information and the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device and the first information being different from the second information;

wirelessly receive a first location context identifier responsive to transmission of the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device to the one or more servers and a second location context identifier responsive to transmission of the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device, the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier corresponding to a localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the first location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device obtained by the mobile device, the second location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device obtained by the mobile device, with the first location context identifier being different from the second location context identifier;

wirelessly transmit the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located to the one or more servers;

wirelessly receive first location-based data responsive to transmission of the first location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located to the one or more servers, the first location-based data being associated with the first location context identifier and pertaining to the localized environment and second location-based data responsive to transmission of the second location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located to the one or more servers, the second location-based data being associated with the second location context identifier and pertaining to the localized environment; and

determine the location of the mobile device in the localized environment corresponding to the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier based, at least in part, on the first location-based data and the second location-based data, each of the first location-based data and second location-based data comprising routing information, point of interest information, annotation information, signal heat map data, position probability data, or access device information, with the first location-based data being different from the second location-based data.

46. The mobile device of claim 45, wherein to determine the location of the mobile device said one or more processors are further configured to execute said instructions to:

refine the location of the mobile device using the first location-based data and the second location-based data.

47. The mobile device of claim 45, wherein the routing information comprises at least one routing topology that provides traversable paths for the localized environment and information that identifies locations of the localized environment.

48. The mobile device of claim 47, wherein the localized environment comprises an indoor environment corresponding to at least a portion of a building structure in which the mobile device is located.

49. The mobile device of claim 47, wherein the at least one routing topology is based, at least in part, on a local coordinate system associated with the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier.

50. The mobile device of claim 45, wherein access device information comprises information pertaining to one or more wireless access devices corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located.

51. The mobile device of claim 45, each of the first location-based data and second location-based data comprises at least one reference from a local coordinate system, which corresponds to the localized environment, to a global coordinate system.

52. The mobile device of claim 45, wherein said one or more processors are further configured to execute said instructions and render the mobile device a special purpose computing device to:

provide a location-based service to a user of the mobile device based at least partly on the first location-based data and the second location-based data.

53. The mobile device of claim 52, wherein to provide the location-based service said one or more processors are further configured to execute said instructions to:

present navigational information to the user via the mobile device responsive to a designated point of interest.

54. The mobile device of claim 45, wherein to obtain at the mobile device one or more signals said one or more processors are further configured to execute said instructions to:

wirelessly receive at the mobile device the one or more signals from at least one wireless access device.

55. The mobile device of claim 54, wherein at least one of the first or second information indicative of the location of the mobile device comprises at least one medium access control (MAC) identifier that is associated with the wireless access device.

56. The mobile device of claim 55, wherein the at least one of the first or second information indicative of the location of the mobile device further comprises at least one round-trip time (RTT) measurement that is associated with the at least one MAC identifier.

57. The mobile device of claim 55, wherein the at least one of the first or second information indicative of the location of the mobile device further comprises at least one received signal strength indication (RSSI) measurement that is associated with the at least one MAC identifier.

58. The mobile device of claim 45, wherein to wirelessly transmit the first and second information indicative of the location of the mobile device to the one or more servers said one or more processors are further configured to execute said instructions to:

wirelessly transmit the first and second information indicative of the location of the mobile device to the one or more servers according to predetermined contact information associated with the one or more servers.

59. The mobile device of claim 58, wherein the predetermined contact information comprises at least one uniform resource identifier (URI) that is associated with the one or more servers.

60. An apparatus comprising:

at least one memory to store instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute said instructions and render the apparatus at least one special purpose computing device to;

receive at one or more servers first information and second information indicative of a location of a mobile device, the first information being different from the second information;

access a location context identifier mapping data structure to retrieve a first location context identifier that is associated with the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device and a second location context identifier that is associated with the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device, the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier corresponding to a localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the first location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device, the second location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device, with the first location context identifier being different from the second location context identifier ;

initiate transmission of the first and second location context identifiers to the mobile device;

receive, from the mobile device at the one or more servers, the first and second location context identifiers corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located;

access a location-based-data mapping data structure to retrieve first location-based data that is associated with the first location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located and second location-based data that is associated with the second location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the first and second location-based data pertaining to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located;

initiate transmission of the first and second location-based data to the mobile device; and

provide one or more location-based services using the mobile device location determined based at least in part on the first location-based data and the second location-based data, each of the first location-based data and the second location-based data comprising routing information, point of interest information, annotation information, signal heat map data, position probability data, or access device information, with the first location-based data being different from the second location-based data.

61. The apparatus of claim 60, wherein the interest information includes multiple potential destinations of the localized environment.

62. The apparatus of claim 61, wherein the routing information comprises a routing graph that provides traversable paths for the localized environment and information that identifies locations of the localized environment, the localized environment comprising an indoor environment corresponding to at least a portion of a building structure within which the mobile device is located.

63. The apparatus of claim 60, wherein at least one of the first or second location-based data comprises map information that enables the mobile device to refine the location of the mobile device using the map information.

64. The apparatus of claim 60, wherein the first and second location-based data comprise at least one reference from a local coordinate system, which corresponds to the localized environment, to a global coordinate system.

65. The apparatus of claim 60, wherein to receive at the one or more servers the first and second information indicative of the location of the mobile device said one or more processors are further configured to execute said instructions to:

receive one or more wireless access device identifiers associated with one or more wireless access devices that are within a wireless communication range of the mobile device.

66. The apparatus of claim 60, wherein:

the one or more servers comprise at least one positioning server and at least one location-based data server;

wherein to access the location context identifier mapping data structure said one or more processors are further configured to execute said instructions to access, by the at least one positioning server, the location context identifier mapping data structure to retrieve the first location context identifier that is associated with the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device and the second location context identifier that is associated with the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device; and

wherein to access the location-based-data mapping data structure said one or more processors are further configured to execute said instructions to access, by the at least one location-based data server, the location-based-data mapping data structure to retrieve the first location-based data that is associated with the first location context identifier and the second location-based data that is associated with the second location context identifier.

67. An article comprising:

at least one storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by one or more processors to;

obtain at a mobile device one or more signals;

wirelessly transmit, by the mobile device to one or more servers, first information and second information determined from the one or more obtained signals, the first information and the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device and the first information being different from the second information;

wirelessly receive a first location context identifier responsive to transmission of the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device to the one or more servers and a second location context identifier responsive to transmission of the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device, the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier corresponding to a localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the first location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device obtained by the mobile device, the second location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device obtained by the mobile device, with the first location context identifier being different from the second location context identifier;

wirelessly transmit the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located to the one or more servers;

wirelessly receive, by the mobile device, first location-based data responsive to transmission of the first location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located to the one or more servers, the first location-based data being associated with the first location context identifier and pertaining to the localized environment and second location-based data responsive to transmission of the second location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located to the one or more servers, the second location-based data being associated with the second location context identifier and pertaining to the localized environment; and

determine the location of the mobile device in the localized environment corresponding to the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier based, at least in part, on the first location-based data and the second location-based data, each of the first location-based data and second location-based data comprising routing information, point of interest information, annotation information, signal heat map data, position probability data, or access device information, with the first location-based data being different from the second location-based data.

68. The article of claim 67, wherein to determine the location of the mobile device said at least one storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by one or more processors to:

refine the location of the mobile device using the first location-based data and the second location-based data.

69. The article of claim 67, wherein the routing information comprises at least one routing topology that provides traversable paths for the localized environment and information that identifies locations of the localized environment.

70. The article of claim 69, wherein the localized environment comprises an indoor environment corresponding to at least a portion of a building structure in which the mobile device is located.

71. The article of claim 69, wherein the at least one routing topology is based, at least in part, on a local coordinate system associated with the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier.

72. The article of claim 67, wherein the access device information comprises information pertaining to one or more wireless access devices corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located.

73. The article of claim 67, each of the first location-based data and second location-based data comprises at least one reference from a local coordinate system, which corresponds to the localized environment, to a global coordinate system.

74. The article of claim 67, wherein said at least one storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by one or more processors to:

provide a location-based service to a user of the mobile device based at least partly on the first location-based data and the second location-based data.

75. The article of claim 74, wherein to provide the location-based service said at least one storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by one or more processors to:

present navigational information to the user via the mobile device responsive to a designated point of interest.

76. The article of claim 67, wherein to obtain at the mobile device one or more signals said at least one storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by one or more processors to:

wirelessly receive at the mobile device the one or more signals from at least one wireless access device.

77. The article of claim 76, wherein at least one of the first or second information indicative of the location of the mobile device comprises at least one medium access control (MAC) identifier that is associated with the at least one wireless access device.

78. The article of claim 77, wherein the at least one of the first or second information indicative of the location of the mobile device further comprises at least one round-trip time (RTT) measurement that is associated with the at least one MAC identifier.

79. The article of claim 77, wherein the at least one of the first or second information indicative of the location of the mobile device further comprises at least one received signal strength indication (RSSI) measurement that is associated with the at least one MAC identifier.

80. The article of claim 67, wherein to wirelessly transmit the first and second information indicative of the location of the mobile device to the one or more servers said at least one storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by one or more processors to:

wirelessly transmit the first and second information indicative of the location of the mobile device to the one or more servers according to predetermined contact information associated with the one or more servers.

81. The article of claim 80, wherein the predetermined contact information comprises at least one uniform resource identifier (URI) that is associated with the one or more servers.

82. An article comprising:

at least one storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by one or more processors to;

receive at one or more servers first information and second information indicative of a location of a mobile device, the first information being different from the second information;

access a location context identifier mapping data structure to retrieve a first location context identifier that is associated with the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device and a second location context identifier that is associated with the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device, the first location context identifier and the second location context identifier corresponding to a localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the first location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device, the second location context identifier determined by the one or more servers based, at least in part, on the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device, with the first location context identifier being different from the second location context identifier;

initiate transmission of the first and second location context identifiers to the mobile device;

receive, from the mobile device at the one or more servers, the first and second location context identifiers corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located;

access a location-based data mapping data structure to retrieve first location-based data that is associated with the first location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located and second location-based data that is associated with the second location context identifier corresponding to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located, the first and second location-based data pertaining to the localized environment at which the mobile device is located;

initiate transmission of the first and second location-based data to the mobile device; and

provide one or more location-based services using the mobile device location determined based at least in part on the first location-based data and the second location-based data, each of the first location-based data and the second location-based data comprising routing information, point of interest information, annotation information, signal heat map data, position probability data, or access device information, with the first location-based data being different from the second location-based data.

83. The article of claim 82, wherein the point of interest information includes multiple potential destinations of the localized environment.

84. The article of claim 83, wherein routing information provides traversable paths for the localized environment and information that identifies locations of the localized environment, the localized environment comprising an indoor environment corresponding to at least a portion of a building structure within which the mobile device is located.

85. The article of claim 82, wherein at least one of the first or second location-based data comprises map information that enables the mobile device to refine the location of the mobile device using the map information.

86. The article of claim 82, wherein the first and second location-based data comprise at least one reference from a local coordinate system, which corresponds to the localized environment, to a global coordinate system.

87. The article of claim 82, wherein to receive at the one or more servers the first and second information indicative of the location of the mobile device said at least one storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by one or more processors to:

receive one or more wireless access device identifiers associated with one or more wireless access devices that are within a wireless communication range of the mobile device.

88. The article of claim 82, wherein:

the one or more servers comprise at least one positioning server and at least one location-based data server;

wherein to access the location context identifier mapping data structure said at least one storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by one or more processors to access, by the at least one positioning server, the location context identifier mapping data structure to retrieve the first location context identifier that is associated with the first information indicative of the location of the mobile device and the second location context identifier that is associated with the second information indicative of the location of the mobile device; and

wherein to access the location-based-data mapping data structure said at least one storage medium has stored thereon further instructions executable by one or more processors to access, by the at least one location-based data server, the location-based-data mapping data structure to retrieve first location-based data that is associated with the first location context identifier and the second location-based data that is associated with the second location context identifier.