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Methods and apparatus for enabling proximity services in mobile networks

  • US 9,961,487 B1
  • Filed: 12/08/2016
  • Issued: 05/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A location-estimation component comprising:

  • an interconnection with a self-tracking component and a signal-detection component, the interconnection enabling provision of data to the location-estimation component, the location-estimation component capable of estimating location information based on data provided by the self-tracking component and the signal-detection-component, the location information selected from the group consisting of;

    geographic coordinates of one or more target transmitters which broadcast signals that can be detected by the signal-detection component;

    a localization-related parameter for such geographic coordinates; and

    a direction the location-estimation component would have to go to approach said one or more target transmitters;

    wherein the self-tracking component comprises sensors configured to perform measurements of location information of the location-estimation component; and

    wherein the signal-detection component is configured to detect one or more signal properties at locations selected from among those where the self-tracking component performs a measurement and the signal properties contain distance information between the location-estimation component and said one or more target transmitters.

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