US 2011/0212732 A1 · METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON A PLURALITY OF LOCATION SAMPLES

Abstract

A mobile device may be operable to receive three or more location samples for the mobile device from each of three or more resources. Two or more valid location samples may be selected based on an accuracy indicator associated with each of the received location samples. A location of the mobile device may be determined utilizing the selected two or more valid location samples. A region around each of the received location samples may be determined based on the accuracy indicator and a condition of a geographic environment that is associated with each of the received location samples. Two or more valid location samples among the received location samples may be selected in instances when at least a portion of the region of each of the selected valid location samples overlaps with at least a portion of the regions of each of other selected valid location samples.

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Dependent claims

A method for communication, the method comprising:

in a mobile device:
receiving three or more location samples for said mobile device from each of three or more resources, wherein each of said received three or more location samples comprises an associated accuracy indicator;
selecting two or more valid location samples from among said received three or more location samples based on said associated accuracy indicator;
and
determining a location of said mobile device utilizing said selected two or more valid location samples.

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A system for communication, the system comprising:

one or more processors and/or circuits for use in a mobile device, said one or more processors and/or circuits being operable to:
receive three or more location samples for said mobile device from each of three or more resources, wherein each of said received three or more location samples comprises an associated accuracy indicator;
select two or more valid location samples from among said received three or more location samples based on said associated accuracy indicator;
and
determine a location of said mobile device utilizing said selected two or more valid location samples.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and system for determining a location of a mobile device based on a plurality of location samples

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Method and system for determining a location of a mobile device based on a plurality of location samples

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Abstract

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