US 2013/0157638 A1 · DETECTING INDOOR AND OUTDOOR USAGE OF A MOBILE DEVICE

Abstract

Mobile devices may be subject to different operational constraints in different geographies or circumstances. For example, power levels may be limited for transmissions in certain countries. The geographic position of a mobile device may be identified and used for determining the applicable local regulations. The local regulations may allow for different operational constraints depending on whether a device is located indoors or outdoors. Accordingly, a determination of indoor/outdoor state may be used to maximize device performance while also complying with appropriate regulations/circumstances.

Claims27

Dependent claims

A method for regulating a device comprising:

identifying a geographic position of the device;
obtaining regulations related to the identified geographic position;
determining a location state of the device;
and
adjusting operational constraints of the device based on the obtained regulations and the determined location state of the device.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/331,930Filed 20 Dec 2011

Published

20 Jun 2013

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

H04W 4/50
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: service provisioning or reconfiguring
H04L 45/24
Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks: multipath
H04W 4/025
Services making use of location information: using location based information parameters
H04W 40/20
Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing: based on geographic position or location

Detecting indoor and outdoor usage of a mobile device

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Detecting indoor and outdoor usage of a mobile device

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Abstract

Claims27