CORRELATING CONTEXTUAL DATA AND POSITION DATA TO IMPROVE LOCATION BASED SERVICES
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1. A computer system for correcting position fixes received from a mobile computing device, comprising:
- a database configured to store position fixes received from a plurality of mobile computing devices via wireless communication; and
one or more server computers configured to receive a position fix from a mobile computing device, to generate a corrected position based at least on the position fix, and to send the corrected position to the mobile computing device.
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Abstract
A computer system for correcting position fixes received from a mobile computing device comprises a database and one or more computer server computers. The database is configured to store position fixes and corrected positions received from a plurality of mobile computing devices via wireless communication. The one or more server computers are configured to receive a position fix from a mobile computing device, to generate a corrected position from the database based on the position fix, and to send the corrected position to the mobile computing device.
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1. A computer system for correcting position fixes received from a mobile computing device, comprising:
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a database configured to store position fixes received from a plurality of mobile computing devices via wireless communication; and one or more server computers configured to receive a position fix from a mobile computing device, to generate a corrected position based at least on the position fix, and to send the corrected position to the mobile computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer system for building a database using data from a plurality of mobile computing devices, comprising:
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a database configured to store a plurality of records, each record comprising an alphanumeric position name and corresponding position data; one or more server computers configured to receive position fixes from a plurality of mobile computing devices, to determine alphanumeric position names for the position fixes, and to store the position fixes and alphanumeric position names as new records in the database. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more computer servers programmed with computer-readable instructions for:
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receiving a position fix and context data for the position fix from a mobile computing device; using the position fix and context data along with related position fixes and context data from a number of other mobile computing devices to determine a position or updated position of a specific place; repeating the steps of receiving and using for a number of specific places; and generating a map database of the specific places and position data for the specific places based on the repeating step. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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