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US 11,540,083 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for adaptive location determination
AssigneeGigFlex LLC
InventorsLarry S. Schwartz, Mitesh D. Desai
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Abstract
Locations for mobile computers may be adaptively determined in a system which includes a server, a set of mobile computers, and an administrator computer. In such a system, the set of mobile computers may each be programmed with instructions operable to, when executed, transmit multiple forms of location information to the server. Additionally, the server may be programmed with a set of location determination routines and these routines may be used in determining a location for each of the mobile computers from the set of mobile computers. These locations may then be used to populate an interface of the administrator computer with icons at positions corresponding to the mobile computers' locations.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a) a server;
- b) a set of mobile computers, each of which is programmed with instructions operable to, when executed, transmit multiple forms of location information to the server;
- and
- c) an administrator computer;
- wherein the server is programmed with a set of location determination routines and instructions operable to, when executed:
- i) determine a location for each mobile computer from the set of mobile computers by performing acts comprising:
- A) identifying an applicable location determination routine from the set of location determination routines;
- B) determining the location for that mobile computer using the applicable location determination routine;
- C) determine a location conflict exists for that mobile computer based on identifying two or more conflicting predefined locations from a plurality of predefined locations for which identifying that conflicting predefined location as the location for that mobile computer is consistent with the location determination routine associated with that conflicting predefined location;
- and
- D) based on determining that the location conflict exists, overriding the location determination routines associated with all but one of the conflicting predefined locations;
- and
- ii) send data to the administrator computer operable to cause the administrator computer to present a map with a set of icons, wherein each icon:
- A) corresponds to a mobile computer from the set of mobile computers;
- and
- B) is displayed on the map at a position corresponding to the location determined for that icon's corresponding mobile computer;
- wherein:
- A) the map comprises the plurality of predefined locations;
- B) the server stores data associating each of the plurality of predefined locations with a location determination routine from the set of location determination routines;
- and
- C) for each mobile computer from the set of mobile computers, determining the location for that mobile computer using the applicable location determination routine comprises identifying one of the plurality of predefined locations as the location for that mobile computer using the location determination routine associated with that one of the plurality of predefined locations.
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A system comprising:
- a) a server storing data comprising;
- i) a first set of points;
- ii) a second set of points;
- and
- iii) a semantic map corresponding to a reference map;
- wherein
- i) each point from the first set of points has a location on the reference map;
- ii) each point from the second set of points has a location on the semantic map corresponding to the reference map;
- and
- iii). each point from the second set of points corresponds to a point from the first set of points;
- b) a set of mobile computers, each of which is programmed with instructions operable to, when executed, transmit multiple forms of location information to the server;
- and
- c) an administrator computer;
- wherein the server is programmed with a set of location determination routines and instructions operable to, when executed:
- i) determine a location for each mobile computer from the set of mobile computers by performing acts comprising:
- A) identifying an applicable location determination routine from the set of location determination routines;
- and
- B) determining the location for that mobile computer using the applicable location determination routine, comprising identifying a point from the first set of points as the location for that mobile computer;
- and
- ii) send data to the administrator computer operable to cause the administrator computer to present the semantic map corresponding to the reference map with a set of icons, wherein each icon:
- A) corresponds to a mobile computer from the set of mobile computers;
- and
- B) is displayed on the reference map at a position corresponding to the location determined for that icon's corresponding mobile computer;
- and
- wherein, each icon, from the set of icons is:
- A) presented at a point from the second set of points corresponding to the point from the first set of points identified as the location for the mobile computer corresponding to that icon.
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A system comprising:
- a) a server;
- b) a set of mobile computers, each of which is programmed with instructions operable to, when executed, transmit multiple forms of location information to the server;
- and
- c) an administrator computer;
- wherein the server is programmed with a set of location determination routines and instructions operable to, when executed:
- i) determine a location for each mobile computer from the set of mobile computers by performing acts comprising:
- A) identifying an applicable location determination routine from the set of location determination routines;
- and
- B) determining the location for that mobile computer using the applicable location determination routine;
- and
- ii) send data to the administrator computer operable to cause the administrator computer to present a map with a set of icons, in a map interface which comprises a temporal control, wherein each icon:
- A) corresponds to a mobile computer from the set of mobile computers;
- B) is displayed on the map at a position corresponding to the location determined for that icon's corresponding mobile computer;
- and
- wherein
- a) the temporal control is operable to allow a user of the administrator computer to specify a future time;
- and
- b) the map interface is configured to, in response to specification of the future time, update the map to indicate where users associated with the set of mobile computers are projected to be located at the future time.
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A method comprising a server programmed with a set of location determination routines performing a set of acts comprising:
- a) determining a location for each mobile computer from a set of mobile computers by performing acts comprising:
- i) identifying an applicable location determination routine from the set of location determination routines;
- ii) determining the location for that mobile computer using the applicable location determination routine;
- iii) determining a location conflict exists for that mobile computer based on identifying two or more conflicting predefined locations from a plurality of predefined locations for which identifying that conflicting predefined location as the location for that mobile computer is consistent with the location determination routine associated with that conflicting predefined location;
- and
- iv) based on determining that the location conflict exists, overriding the location determination routines associated with all but one of the conflicting predefined locations;
- and
- b) sending data to an administrator computer operable to cause the administrator computer to present a map with a set of icons, wherein each icon:
- i) corresponds to a mobile computer from the set of mobile computers;
- and
- ii) is displayed on the map at a position corresponding to the location determined for that icon's corresponding mobile computer.
- wherein:
- a) the map comprises the plurality of predefined locations;
- b) the server stores data associating each of the plurality of predefined locations with a location determination routine from the set of location determination routines;
- and
- c) for each mobile computer from the set of mobile computers, determining the location for that mobile computer using the applicable location determination routine comprises identifying one of the plurality of predefined locations as the location for that mobile computer using the location determination routine associated with that one of the plurality of predefined locations.
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A method comprising a server programmed with a set of location determination routines performing a set of acts comprising:
- a) determining a location for each mobile computer from a set of mobile computers by performing acts comprising:
- i) identifying an applicable location determination routine from the set of location determination routines;
- and
- ii) determining the location for that mobile computer using the applicable location determination routine;
- and
- b) sending data to an administrator computer operable to cause the administrator computer to present a map refere with a set of icons, wherein each icon:
- i) corresponds to a mobile computer from the set of mobile computers;
- and
- ii) is displayed on the map at a position corresponding to the location determined for that icon's corresponding mobile computer;
- wherein
- i) the map is a reference map;
- ii) the server stores data comprising:
- 1) a first set of points;
- 2) a second set of points;
- and
- 3) a semantic map corresponding to the reference map;
- iii) each point from the first set of points has a location on the reference map;
- iv) each point from the second set of points has a location on the semantic map corresponding to the reference map;
- v) each point from the second set of points corresponds to a point from the first set of points;
- iv) for each mobile computer from the set of mobile computers, determining the location for that mobile computer using the applicable location determination routine comprises identifying a point from the first set of points as the location for that mobile computer;
- and
- vii) the method comprises the server sending data to the administrator computer operable to cause the administrator computer to display the semantic map corresponding to the reference map with the set of icons, wherein, for each icon from the set of icons, that icon is presented at a point from the second set of points corresponding to the point from the first set of points identified as the location for the mobile computer corresponding to that icon.
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A method comprising a server programmed with a set of location determination routines performing a set of acts comprising:
- a) determining a location for each mobile computer from a set of mobile computers by performing acts comprising:
- i) identifying an applicable location determination routine from the set of location determination routines;
- and
- ii) determining the location for that mobile computer using the applicable location determination routine;
- and
- b) sending data to an administrator computer operable to cause the administrator computer to present a map with a set of icons, in a map interface which comprises a temporal control, wherein each icon:
- i) corresponds to a mobile computer from the set of mobile computers;
- and
- ii) is displayed on the map at a position corresponding to the location determined for that icon's corresponding mobile computer;
- and
- wherein
- a) the temporal control is operable to allow a user of the administrator computer to specify a future time;
- and
- b) the map interface is configured to, in response to specification of the future time, update the map to indicate where users associated with the set of mobile computers are projected to be located at the future time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.