Method and apparatus for incrementally determining location context
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- facilitating access to, including granting access rights for, a user interface configured to receive signal data that indicates a set of one or more distinct signal sources from which signals are received at a mobile device for each of a plurality of different times, andfacilitating access to, including granting access rights for, a user interface that delivers a service to the mobile device based on a stationary state associated with a set of one or more distinct signal sources at a time when the mobile device is determined to be not moving outside a specified area based on the signal data;
wherein delivering the service based on the stationary state further comprises delivering the service based on a transition state associated with a change from a first stationary state to a second stationary state, each stationary state associated with one or more similar sets of one or more distinct signal sources when the mobile device is not moving outside the specified area.
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Abstract
Techniques to derive or predict location context for a user of a mobile device include receiving signal data that indicates a set of one or more distinct signal sources from which signals are received at the mobile device for each of multiple different times. The method further comprises determining whether the mobile device is moving outside a specified area at a current time based on the signal data. The method further comprises incrementing a count for a stationary state associated with the set of one or more distinct signal sources at the current time, if the mobile device is determined to be not moving outside the specified area. The method also comprises delivering a service to the mobile device based on the stationary state.
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17 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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facilitating access to, including granting access rights for, a user interface configured to receive signal data that indicates a set of one or more distinct signal sources from which signals are received at a mobile device for each of a plurality of different times, and facilitating access to, including granting access rights for, a user interface that delivers a service to the mobile device based on a stationary state associated with a set of one or more distinct signal sources at a time when the mobile device is determined to be not moving outside a specified area based on the signal data; wherein delivering the service based on the stationary state further comprises delivering the service based on a transition state associated with a change from a first stationary state to a second stationary state, each stationary state associated with one or more similar sets of one or more distinct signal sources when the mobile device is not moving outside the specified area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, facilitate access to, including granting access rights for, a user interface configured to receive signal data that indicates a set of one or more distinct signal sources from which signals are received at a mobile device for each of a plurality of different times, and facilitate access to, including granting access rights for, a user interface that delivers a service to the mobile device based on a stationary state associated with a set of one or more distinct signal sources at a time when the mobile device is determined to be not moving outside a specified area based on the signal data; wherein delivering a service based on the stationary state further comprises delivering the service based on a transition state associated with a change from a first stationary state to a second stationary state, each stationary state associated with one or more similar sets of one or more distinct signal sources when the mobile device is not moving outside the specified area. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform:
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facilitating access to, including granting access rights for, a user interface configured to receive signal data that indicates a set of one or more distinct signal sources from which signals are received at a mobile device for each of a plurality of different times, and facilitating access to, including granting access rights for, a user interface that delivers a service to the mobile device based on a stationary state associated with a set of one or more distinct signal sources at a time when the mobile device is determined to be not moving outside a specified area based on the signal data; wherein delivering the service based on the stationary state further comprises delivering the service based on a transition state associated with a change from a first stationary state to a second stationary state, each stationary state associated with one or more similar sets of one or more distinct signal sources when the mobile device is not moving outside the specified area. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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