System to acquire location information
OwnerPhilip Shi-lung Yu, Edith H. Stern +2inventors
InventorsPhilip Shi-lung Yu, Edith H. Stern, Barry E. Willner, David P. Greene
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Abstract
A system to acquire information associated with a location includes search of a network for sensor measurements associated with a location, and acquisition from the network of a plurality of sensor measurements associated with the location. According to the invention, the acquired plurality of sensor measurements includes measurements obtained by a plurality of entities. By virtue of this arrangement, a user is able to efficiently receive a representation of the location based on available sensor measurements.
Claims41
A method for acquiring information associated with a location, comprising:
- searching a network for sensor measurements associated with a location;
- and
- acquiring from the network a plurality of sensor measurements associated with the location,
- wherein the identified plurality of sensor measurements are measurements obtained by a plurality of entities.
A medium storing processor-executable process steps to acquire information associated with a location, the process steps comprising:
- a step to search a network for sensor measurements associated with a location;
- and
- a step to acquire from the network a plurality of sensor measurements associated with the location,
- wherein the identified plurality of sensor measurements are measurements obtained by a plurality of entities.
An apparatus to acquire information associated with a location, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a storage device in communication with said processor and storing instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to:
- search a network for sensor measurements associated with a location;
- and
- acquire from the network a plurality of sensor measurements associated with the location,
- wherein the identified plurality of sensor measurements are measurements obtained by a plurality of entities.
A system to acquire location information, comprising:
- a user device for receiving a location from a user, for transmitting a request to receive information associated with the location, for receiving a representational view of the location, and for presenting the representational view to the user;
- and
- a server for receiving the request, for searching a network for sensor measurements associated with the location, for acquiring from the network a plurality of sensor measurements associated with the location, for creating the representational view, and for transmitting the representational view to the user device,
- wherein the identified plurality of sensor measurements are measurements obtained by a plurality of entities.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.