Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Selective location determination
- Patent Title (中): 选择性位置确定
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Application No.: US14487015Application Date: 2014-09-15
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Publication No.: US09078230B2Publication Date: 2015-07-07
- Inventor: Ronald K. Huang , Isabel Ge Mahe , Puneet Mishra
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: H04W24/00
- IPC: H04W24/00 ; H04W64/00 ; G01S5/02

Abstract:
Methods, program products, and systems for selective location determination are described. A mobile device can determine a location of the mobile device using various techniques. When there is a conflict between the locations determined using different techniques, the mobile device can select a most trustworthy location from the locations, and designate the most trustworthy location as a current location of the mobile device. The mobile device can determine a first location of the mobile device (e.g., a coarse location) using a cell identifier (cell ID) of a cellular network. The mobile device can determine a second location of the mobile device (e.g., a fine location) using one or more media access control (MAC) addresses of a WLAN. The first location and second location can be associated with confidence values that can indicate trustworthiness of the first location and second location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150005014A1 Selective Location Determination Public/Granted day:2015-01-01
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