Method and apparatus for forming communication group based on location history
First Claim
1. A method of forming a communication group based on mobile station location history, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a controller device via a wired or wireless interface of the controller device, a time and location-based group formation request from a requesting device different from the controller device, the request specifying a location and a time window of interest that is in the past;
identifying, by the controller device, one or more mobile stations determined to be within a threshold area relative to the location during the time window of interest; and
causing, by the controller device, a communication group to be created including the identified one or more mobile stations and including the requesting device that transmitted the time and location-based group formation request.
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Abstract
Communication groups are formed based on mobile station location history. The process includes receiving, at a controller device, a group formation request from a requesting device, the request specifying a location and a time window, identifying one or more mobile stations determined to be within a threshold area relative to the location during the time window, and causing a communication group to be created including the identified one or more mobile stations. A further process includes a requesting device configured to identify a location and time window associated with an event, transmit a group formation request specifying the location and the time window and requesting formation of a communication group comprising mobile stations located within a threshold area relative to the location during the time window, and transmit using a communication group identifier provided to the requesting device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of forming a communication group based on mobile station location history, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a controller device via a wired or wireless interface of the controller device, a time and location-based group formation request from a requesting device different from the controller device, the request specifying a location and a time window of interest that is in the past; identifying, by the controller device, one or more mobile stations determined to be within a threshold area relative to the location during the time window of interest; and causing, by the controller device, a communication group to be created including the identified one or more mobile stations and including the requesting device that transmitted the time and location-based group formation request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A controller device in an infrastructure network for forming a communication group based on mobile station location history, the controller device comprising:
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a wired or wireless transceiver; a data store; and one or more processors configured to; receive, via the wired or wireless transceiver, a group formation request from a requesting device different from the controller device, the request specifying a location and a time window of interest that is in the past; identify one or more mobile stations determined to be within a threshold area relative to the location during the time window of interest; and cause a communication group to be created including the identified one or more mobile stations and including the requesting device that transmitted the time and location-based group formation request.
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19. A requesting device for requesting a communication group based on mobile station location history, the requesting device comprising:
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a transceiver; a memory; and one or more processors configured to; identify a location and time window of interest associated with an event in the past; transmit, via the transceiver, a time and location-based group formation request specifying the location and the time window of interest to a controller device in an infrastructure network, the controller device different from the requesting device, the group formation request requesting formation of a communication group comprising the requesting device and mobile stations located within a threshold area relative to the location during the time window of interest that is in the past; receive, via the transceiver from the controller device, a communication group identifier associated with the communication group or identifiers of mobile stations formed in the communication group; transmit, via the transceiver using the communication group identifier or via the transceiver using the identifiers of mobile stations formed in the communication group, one or more of audio and data to be provided to mobile stations in the formed communication group; and receive, via the transceiver from a particular one of the mobile stations in the formed communication group, one or more of second audio and data transmitted to the formed communication group by the particular one of the mobile stations. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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