Methods and apparatuses for use in route navigation involving a mobile station
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1. A method comprising, with a mobile station:
- estimating, by one or more processors of said mobile station, a navigation progress of said mobile station as said mobile station traverses a route, wherein said route is generated by said mobile station for pedestrian navigation along at least a section of said route;
determining, by said one or more processors, that said mobile station is delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route based on a parameter associated with said navigation progress and a corresponding expected navigation progress threshold relative to pedestrian travel along said at least a section of said route;
identifying, by said one or more processors, a wait starting time of at least one delay zone portion of said at least a section of said route, said identifying said wait starting time based, at least in part, on said determining that said mobile station is delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route;
determining, by said one or more processors, that said mobile station is no longer delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route;
identifying, by said one or more processors, a wait ending time of said at least one delay zone portion of said at least a section of said route based, at least in part, on said determining that said mobile station is no longer delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route;
based on said wait starting time and said wait ending time, determining, by said one or more processors, delay zone information associated with at least part of a period of waiting time between said wait starting time and said wait ending time, said delay zone information indicating at least a location of said at least one delay zone determined, by said one or more processors, based on a location of said mobile station at a particular time between said wait starting time and said wait ending time;
andselectively transmitting at least a portion of said delay zone information, from said mobile station, to a device for use in a pedestrian navigation operation for pedestrian travel along said at least a section of said route using said device.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses to allow for delay zone information to be gathered by one or more mobile stations used in route navigation, provided to one or more computing devices and processed in some manner to establish navigation information that may be of use by mobile stations involved in route navigation. For example, in certain instances navigation information may be indicative of an expected delay with regard to at least one known delay zone that may affect a user of the mobile station attempting to adhere to a route.
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1. A method comprising, with a mobile station:
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estimating, by one or more processors of said mobile station, a navigation progress of said mobile station as said mobile station traverses a route, wherein said route is generated by said mobile station for pedestrian navigation along at least a section of said route; determining, by said one or more processors, that said mobile station is delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route based on a parameter associated with said navigation progress and a corresponding expected navigation progress threshold relative to pedestrian travel along said at least a section of said route; identifying, by said one or more processors, a wait starting time of at least one delay zone portion of said at least a section of said route, said identifying said wait starting time based, at least in part, on said determining that said mobile station is delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route; determining, by said one or more processors, that said mobile station is no longer delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route; identifying, by said one or more processors, a wait ending time of said at least one delay zone portion of said at least a section of said route based, at least in part, on said determining that said mobile station is no longer delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route; based on said wait starting time and said wait ending time, determining, by said one or more processors, delay zone information associated with at least part of a period of waiting time between said wait starting time and said wait ending time, said delay zone information indicating at least a location of said at least one delay zone determined, by said one or more processors, based on a location of said mobile station at a particular time between said wait starting time and said wait ending time; and selectively transmitting at least a portion of said delay zone information, from said mobile station, to a device for use in a pedestrian navigation operation for pedestrian travel along said at least a section of said route using said device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for estimating a navigation progress of a mobile station as said mobile station traverses a route, wherein said route is generated by said mobile station for pedestrian navigation along at least a section of said route; means for determining that said mobile station is delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route based on a parameter associated with said navigation progress and a corresponding expected navigation progress threshold relative to pedestrian travel along said at least a section of said route; means for identifying a wait starting time of at least one delay zone portion of said at least a section of said route, said identifying said wait starting time based, at least in part, on said determining that said mobile station is delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route; means for determining that said mobile station is no longer delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route; means for identifying a wait ending time of said at least one delay zone portion of said at least a section of said route based, at least in part, on said determining that said mobile station is no longer delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route; means for, based on said wait starting time and said wait ending time, determining delay zone information associated with at least part of a period of waiting time between said wait starting time and said wait ending time, said delay zone information indicating at least a location of said at least one delay zone determined, by said one or more processors, based on a location of said mobile station at a particular time between said wait starting time and said wait ending time; and means for selectively transmitting at least a portion of said delay zone information, from said mobile station, to a device for use in a pedestrian navigation operation for pedestrian travel along said at least a section of said route using said device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A mobile station, comprising:
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a network interface; one or more processors coupled to said network interface, said one or more processors configured to; estimate a navigation progress of said mobile station as said mobile station traverses a route, wherein said route is generated by said mobile station for pedestrian navigation along at least a section of said route; determine that said mobile station is delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route based on a parameter associated with said navigation progress and a corresponding expected navigation progress threshold relative to pedestrian travel along said at least a section of said route; identify a wait starting time of at least one delay zone portion of said at least a section of said route, said identifying said wait starting time based, at least in part, on said determining that said mobile station is delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route; determine that said mobile station is no longer delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route; identify a wait ending time of said at least one delay zone portion of said at least a section of said route based, at least in part, on said determining that said mobile station is no longer delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route; based on said wait starting time and said wait ending time determine delay zone information associated with at least part of a period of waiting time between said wait starting time and said wait ending time, said delay zone information indicating at least a location of said at least one delay zone determined, by said one or more processors, based a location of said mobile station at a particular time between said wait starting time and said wait ending time; and selectively transmit, via said network interface, at least a portion of said delay zone information to a device for use in a pedestrian navigation operation for pedestrian travel along said at least a section of said route using said device. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An article comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer-implementable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile station, configure said one or more processors to; estimate a navigation progress of said mobile station as said mobile station traverses a route, wherein said route is generated by said mobile station for pedestrian navigation along at least a section of said route; determine that said mobile station is delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route based on a parameter associated with said navigation progress and a corresponding expected navigation progress threshold relative to pedestrian travel along said at least a section of said route; identify a wait starting time of at least one delay zone portion of said at least a section of said route, said identifying said wait starting time based, at least in part, on said determining that said mobile station is delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route; determine that said mobile station is no longer delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route; identify a wait ending time of said at least one delay zone portion of said at least a section of said route based, at least in part, on said determining that said mobile station is no longer delayed from progressing along said at least a section of said route; based on said wait starting time and said wait ending time, determine delay zone information associated with at least part of a period of waiting time between said wait starting time and said wait ending time, said delay zone information indicating at least a location of said at least one delay zone determined, by said one or more processors, based on a location of said mobile station at a particular time between said wait starting time and said wait ending time; and selectively initiate transmission of at least a portion of said delay zone information to a device for use in a pedestrian navigation operation for pedestrian travel along said at least a section of said route. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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