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US 2003/0120424 A1Published application
Providing position information to a device
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAlastair J. Angwin, Brian Innes
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAlastair J. Angwin, Brian Innes
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A system for providing position data in a pre-determined format to a device (e.g. a smartphone, laptop etc.), whereby the device is capable of executing an application. The system utilises a plurality of position determination systems (e.g. GPS), which provide position data. The system further comprises an application program interface (API), which receives a request for position data from the application and passes this request to one of a plurality of position adapters. Each position adapter receives position data from a respective position determination system. The system further comprises an interface program providing data handling functions. The interface program determines whether the received position data is in a pre-determined format preferred by the application and if it is not, the respective position adapter creates position data in a pre-determined format.
A system (310) for providing position data in a pre-determined format to a device (300), in which said device comprises means for executing an application (305), for use with a plurality of position determination systems (315, 320), each of said plurality of position determination systems providing position data, said system further comprising:
A method of providing position data in a pre-determined format to a device (300), in which said device comprises means for executing an application (305), for use with a plurality of position determination systems (315, 320), each of said plurality of position determination systems providing position data, in a system comprising:
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