Synchronizing location status information in a computing system

• US 10,172,109 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2017
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jio, Inc. (Life360 Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Jio, Inc. (Life360 Incorporated)
• Inventors: Renaldi, John A., Ady, Roger W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sarwar, Babar
• Application Number:
  US15/630,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20180054793A1
• Time in Patent Office: 558 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A method includes obtaining, by a user computing device of one or more computing devices of a computing system, a location synchronization approach. The method further includes determining a location determination approach based on the location synchronization approach and availability of location assets. The method further includes generating location synchronization information utilizing the location determination approach. For each of one or more synchronization entities of the computing system, the method further includes identifying a communication path for communication of the location synchronization information. The method further includes facilitating communication of the location synchronization information to the each of the one or more synchronization entities utilizing the communication path in accordance with the location synchronization approach.

Claims

1. A method comprises:

obtaining, by a first computing device of a plurality of computing devices of a computing system, a location synchronization approach for providing location synchronization information associated with the first computing device to a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the location synchronization information includes one or more of;

a location of the first computing device and status information of the first computing device, and wherein the location synchronization approach includes one or more of;

regularly scheduled location updates, triggered location updates, transportation updates, proximity location updates, and requested location updates;

determining, by the first computing device, a location determination approach based on one or more of;

the location synchronization approach, availability of location assets, a predetermination, input from the first computing device, and requirements of the location determination approach, wherein the location determination approach includes one or more of;

autonomously determining a current location of the first computing device and facilitating an assisted approach using one or more other computing devices of the plurality of computing devices to determine the location of the first computing device, wherein the location assets include one or more of;

wireless location signals, wireless communication signals, and available location assistance from the one or more other computing devices, and wherein the requirements of the location determination approach include one or more of;

proximal tracking, accurate tracking, power requirements, and priority level;

generating, by the first computing device, the location synchronization information utilizing the location determination approach;

identifying, by the first computing device, a communication path based on the location synchronization approach and the location determination approach, wherein the communication path identifies a favorable one of a plurality of identified communication paths to communicate the location synchronization information from the first computing device to the second computing device, and wherein each of the plurality of identified communication paths includes one or more intermediate computing devices of the plurality of computing devices; and

facilitating, by the first computing device, communication of the location synchronization information from the first computing device to the second computing device utilizing the identified communication path.