Methods and apparatuses for mobile station centric determination of positioning assistance data
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1. A mobile station, comprising:
- a network interface to receive digital electronic signals transmitted over a communication network from a network device external to the mobile station; and
a processor configured to;
obtain, from the digital electronic signals, one or more documents comprising one or more first maps, the one or more first maps comprising one or more descriptions or characterizations of at least a portion of an environment;
extract one or more features from the one or more descriptions or characterizations; and
determine one or more annotations for at least one second map based, at least in part, on the one or more features extracted, wherein the one or more annotations comprise positioning assistance data, wherein the positioning assistance data comprises positioning determination assistance data, navigation determination assistance data, or a combination thereof, and the navigation determination assistance data comprises a routing graph, connectivity graph, feasibility graph, or a combination thereof.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices to generate positioning assistance data and/or the like by mobile station with regard to at least one of a plurality of different indoor regions.
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26 Claims
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1. A mobile station, comprising:
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a network interface to receive digital electronic signals transmitted over a communication network from a network device external to the mobile station; and a processor configured to; obtain, from the digital electronic signals, one or more documents comprising one or more first maps, the one or more first maps comprising one or more descriptions or characterizations of at least a portion of an environment; extract one or more features from the one or more descriptions or characterizations; and determine one or more annotations for at least one second map based, at least in part, on the one or more features extracted, wherein the one or more annotations comprise positioning assistance data, wherein the positioning assistance data comprises positioning determination assistance data, navigation determination assistance data, or a combination thereof, and the navigation determination assistance data comprises a routing graph, connectivity graph, feasibility graph, or a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A mobile station comprising:
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means for obtaining one or more documents comprising one or more first maps, the one or more first maps comprising one or more descriptions or characterizations, from digital electronic signals, of at least a portion of an environment, wherein the digital electronic signals are received from a network device external to the mobile station; means for extracting one or more features from the one or more descriptions or characterizations; and means for determining one or more annotations for at least one second map based, at least in part, on the one or more features extracted, wherein the one or more annotations comprise positioning assistance data, wherein the positioning assistance data comprises positioning determination assistance data, navigation determination assistance data, or a combination thereof, and the navigation determination assistance data comprises a routing graph, connectivity graph, feasibility graph, or a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory storage medium having machine-readable instructions stored thereon which are executable by a special purpose computing apparatus of a mobile station to:
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obtain one or more documents comprising one or more first maps, the one or more first maps comprising one or more descriptions or characterizations, from digital electronic signals, at least a portion of an environment from at least one repository device external to the mobile station; extract one or more features from the one or more descriptions or characterizations; and determine one or more annotations for at least one second map based, at least in part, on the one or more features extracted, wherein the one or more annotations comprise positioning assistance data, wherein the positioning assistance data comprises positioning determination assistance data, navigation determination assistance data, or a combination thereof, and the navigation determination assistance data comprises a routing graph, connectivity graph, feasibility graph, or a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising, at a mobile station:
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processing, by a processor of the mobile station, digital electronic signals comprising one or more documents comprising one or more first maps, the one or more first maps comprising one or more descriptions or characterizations of at least a portion of an environment, wherein the digital electronic signals are received by the mobile station from a network device external to the mobile station; extracting, by the processor, one or more features from the one or more descriptions or characterizations; and determining, by the processor, one or more annotations for at least one second map based, at least in part, on the one or more features extracted, wherein the one or more annotations comprise positioning assistance data, wherein the positioning assistance data comprises positioning determination assistance data, navigation determination assistance data, or a combination thereof, and the navigation determination assistance data comprises a routing graph, connectivity graph, feasibility graph, or a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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