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Using wireless characteristic to trigger generation of position fix

  • US 9,071,701 B2
  • Filed: 09/16/2008
  • Issued: 06/30/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile computing device, comprising:

  • a wireless transceiver configured to receive a wireless signal over a short range wireless network from a wireless system;

    a location determination circuit including at least one member of the group consisting of a global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver, an access point, and a cellular receiver;

    a memory resource;

    a display; and

    a processing circuit to;

    (i) determine whether there is a change in the wireless signal, (ii) in response to determining that there is a change in the wireless signal, generate a position fix using the at least one member of the group consisting of the GPS receiver, the access point, and the cellular receiver of the location determination circuit, (iii) in response to generating the position fix, store the position fix and an identifier of the wireless system in the memory resource, and (iv) control the display based on the position fix and the identifier of the wireless system.

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