Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Running location provider processes
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Application No.: US15230815Application Date: 2016-08-08
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Publication No.: US09794754B2Publication Date: 2017-10-17
- Inventor: David Nicholas Christie , Vidya Narayanan
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert
- Main IPC: H04W4/02
- IPC: H04W4/02 ; H04W52/02 ; H04W64/00 ; G01S19/34 ; G01S19/48 ; G01S19/49

Abstract:
Examples describe methods, computing devices, and systems for using location provider (LP) processes to accurately identify a proximate location of a computing device, while reducing the power consumption of the computing device. An example method may include executing, on a computing device, both a first LP process and a second LP process simultaneously for at least part of a time period to determine outputs indicative of locations of the computing device for the time period. Further, the method may include determining a motion model of the computing device that indicates expected locations of the computing device. Yet further, the method may include making a comparison of the outputs to the motion model for the time period. In addition, the method may include disabling one of the LP processes based on the comparison.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160345136A1 Running Location Provider Processes Public/Granted day:2016-11-24
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