Providing location information for expressions
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsArthur Stephens, Michaela Vanderveen, Vincent Douglas Park
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for conveying location information from an announcing user device to a listening user device engaged in ProSe discovery communications. The announcing user device may use a first expression to broadcast an initial announcement, and then use a second expression to broadcast the location of the announcing user device. The first expression may be in the form of a public expression while the second expression may be in the form of a private expression.
Claims30
A method of wireless communication, comprising:
- broadcasting, from a user device, a first expression using proximity services (ProSe) discovery communications, the first expression including a first announcement of services, and
- broadcasting, from the user device, a second expression using ProSe discovery communications, the second expression including location information relating to the user device and being identifiable through use of the first expression.
An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- means for broadcasting, from a user device, a first expression using proximity services (ProSe) discovery communications, the first expression including a first announcement of services, and
- means for broadcasting, from the user device, a second expression using ProSe discovery communications, the second expression including location information relating to the user device and being identifiable through use of the first expression.
An apparatus configured for wireless communication, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured:
- to broadcast, from a user device, a first expression using proximity services (ProSe) discovery communications, the first expression including a first announcement of services, and
- to broadcast, from the user device, a second expression using ProSe discovery communications, the second expression including location information relating to the user device and being identifiable through use of the first expression.
A method of wireless communication, comprising:
- receiving, from a user device, a first expression using proximity services (ProSe) discovery communications, the first expression including an announcement of services;
- receiving, from the user device, a second expression using ProSe discovery communications, the second expression being identifiable through use of the first expression;
- and
- determining a location of the user device from the second expression.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.