Apparatus, method, manufacture, and system for sensing substitution for location-based applications

A method for communicating over a network, comprising:

• executing a location-based application;
• and
• when the location-based application invokes a location, selecting a location sensing method between locations sensing methods in a plurality of sensing methods to use to invoke the location, wherein the selecting includes:
• determining an application requirement for location accuracy required by the location-based application;
• for each of the location sensing methods in the plurality of location sensing methods:
• dynamically determining a location accuracy for the sensing method at the current environment;
• and
• determining whether the location accuracy at the current environment meets the application requirement for location accuracy required by the location-based application;
• and
• if two or more of the location sensing methods in the plurality of location sensing methods meet the application requirement for location accuracy
• selecting the location sensing method from among the location sensing methods that meet the application requirement for location accuracy that consumes the least power as the location sensing method to use to invoke the location;
• else
• selecting the location sensing method with the greatest location accuracy for the current environment as the location sensing method to use to invoke the location.

A manufacture including a processor-readable medium having processor-executable code encoded therein, which when executed by one or more processors, enables actions for communicating over a network, comprising:

• executing a location-based application;
• and
• when the location-based application invokes a location, selecting a location sensing method between locations sensing methods in a plurality of sensing methods to use to invoke the location, wherein the selecting includes:
• determining an application requirement for location accuracy required by the location-based application;
• for each of the location sensing methods in the plurality of location sensing methods:
• dynamically determining a location accuracy for the sensing method at the current environment;
• and
• determining whether the location accuracy at the current environment meets the application requirement for location accuracy required by the location-based application;
• and
• if two or more of the location sensing methods in the plurality of location sensing methods meet the application requirement for location accuracy
• selecting the location sensing method from among the location sensing methods that meet the application requirement for location accuracy that consumes the least power as the location sensing method to use to invoke the location;
• else
• selecting the location sensing method with the greatest location accuracy for the current environment as the location sensing method to use to invoke the location.