×

Position estimating for a mobile device

  • US 9,020,523 B2
  • Filed: 09/02/2011
  • Issued: 04/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method performed by a mobile device, the method comprising:

  • storing data representative of one or more probabilistic models in a storage medium;

    updating said data representative of said one or more probabilistic models based, at least in part, on historical statistical information for wireless signals, at least a portion of said historical statistical information being determined by said mobile device;

    determining, by said mobile device, one or more particular wireless signals for which to search based, at least in part, on said updated data representative of said one or more probabilistic models, said one or more wireless signals to be transmitted by one or more wireless transmitters; and

    searching for said one or more particular wireless signals, by said mobile device, to estimate a position of said mobile device at least partially in response to said determining.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×