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Method and apparatus for managing use of location determination

  • US 9,326,096 B1
  • Filed: 12/18/2013
  • Issued: 04/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving into a network server a plurality of location fixes each defining a location of a mobile station, the plurality of location fixes defining multiple groups of three or more location fixes, wherein the three or more location fixes in each group are established for the same mobile station as each other, and wherein the three or more location fixes in each group correspond with each other in time but are established by different respective location determination processes than each other, wherein each group includes one location fix established by a particular location determination process;

    determining by the network server that, in each group of three or more location fixes, the one location fix in the group that was established by the particular location determination process is an outlier compared with the other location fixes in the group; and

    responsive to at least the determining, excluding, from use as a basis to provide a location-based service, location determined by the particular location determination process.

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