METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE IN DETERMINING THAT A MOBILE STATION IS AT ONE OR MORE PARTICULAR INDOOR REGIONS
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1. A method comprising, at a mobile station:
- receiving preliminary positioning assistance data for one or more indoor regions determined to be at or nearby to an estimated location of said mobile station;
in response to a determination that said mobile station is in a first one of said one or more indoor regions based, at least in part, on a signal characteristic measurement for a wireless signal received by said mobile station, receiving positioning assistance data for said first one of said one or more indoor regions, said positioning assistance data comprising;
encoded metadata corresponding to at least one of an electronic map for said first one of said one or more indoor regions;
an access point locator for said first one of said one or more indoor regions;
or both; and
providing at least a portion of said positioning assistance data to;
a positioning function;
a navigation function;
a location based service function;
or a combination thereof.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices for to determine or assist in determining that a mobile station is at one or more particular indoor regions and to provide positioning assistance data and/or the like to the mobile station with regard to at least the one or more particular indoor regions.
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1. A method comprising, at a mobile station:
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receiving preliminary positioning assistance data for one or more indoor regions determined to be at or nearby to an estimated location of said mobile station; in response to a determination that said mobile station is in a first one of said one or more indoor regions based, at least in part, on a signal characteristic measurement for a wireless signal received by said mobile station, receiving positioning assistance data for said first one of said one or more indoor regions, said positioning assistance data comprising;
encoded metadata corresponding to at least one of an electronic map for said first one of said one or more indoor regions;
an access point locator for said first one of said one or more indoor regions;
or both; andproviding at least a portion of said positioning assistance data to;
a positioning function;
a navigation function;
a location based service function;
or a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for use in a mobile station, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving preliminary positioning assistance data for one or more indoor regions determined to be at or nearby to an estimated location of said mobile station; means for receiving positioning assistance data for a first one of said one or more indoor regions, in response to a determination that said mobile station is in said first one of said one or more indoor regions based, at least in part, on a signal characteristic measurement for a wireless signal received by said mobile station, said positioning assistance data comprising;
encoded metadata corresponding to at least one of an electronic map for said first one of said one or more indoor regions;
an access point locator for said first one of said one or more indoor regions;
or both; andmeans for providing at least a portion of said positioning assistance data to;
a positioning function;
a navigation function;
a location based service function;
or a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A mobile station comprising:
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a network interface; and a processing unit to; obtain, via said network interface, preliminary positioning assistance data for one or more indoor regions determined to be at or nearby to an estimated location of said mobile station; obtain, via said network interface, positioning assistance data for a first one of said one or more indoor regions, in response to a determination that said mobile station is in said first one of said one or more indoor regions based, at least in part, on a signal characteristic measurement for a wireless signal received by said mobile station, said positioning assistance data comprising;
encoded metadata corresponding to at least one of an electronic map for said first one of said one or more indoor regions;
an access point locator for said first one of said one or more indoor regions;
or both; andprovide access to at least a portion of said positioning assistance data for;
a positioning function;
a navigation function;
a location based service function;
or a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An article comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions that are executable by a processing device of a mobile station to; receive preliminary positioning assistance data for one or more indoor regions determined to be at or nearby to an estimated location of said mobile station; receive positioning assistance data for said first one of said one or more indoor regions, in response to a determination that said mobile station is in a first one of said one or more indoor regions based, at least in part, on a signal characteristic measurement for a wireless signal received by said mobile station, said positioning assistance data comprising;
encoded metadata corresponding to at least one of an electronic map for said first one of said one or more indoor regions;
an access point locator for said first one of said one or more indoor regions;
or both; andprovide at least a portion of said positioning assistance data to;
a positioning function;
a navigation function;
a location based service function;
or a combination thereof.- View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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