Techniques for generating environment and reference data reports for particular environments on behalf of mobile devices

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving an environment report from a mobile device, the environment report being indicative of a measurement obtained via an environmental sensor, the environmental sensor comprising a barometer, provisioned with the mobile device, and a location of the mobile device, the measurement being based, at least in part, on a local atmospheric pressure;
• means for generating a reference data report based, at least in part, on the environment report, the reference data report being indicative of a reference atmospheric pressure corresponding to a reference altitude of a particular environment corresponding to the location of the mobile device;
• and
• means for transmitting the reference data report to the mobile device.

A device comprising:

• a network interface unit;
• and
• a processing unit to:
• obtain an environment report received from a mobile device via the network interface unit, the environment report being indicative of a measurement obtained via an environmental sensor, the environmental sensor comprising a barometer, provisioned with the mobile device, and a location of the mobile device, the measurement being based, at least in part, on a local atmospheric pressure;
• generate a reference data report based, at least in part, on the environment report, the reference data report being indicative of a reference atmospheric pressure corresponding to a reference altitude of a particular environment corresponding to the location of the mobile device;
• and
• initiate transmission of the reference data report to the mobile device via the network interface unit.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer implementable instructions stored therein that are executable by a processing unit of an electronic device to:

• obtain an environment report received from a mobile device, the environment report being indicative of a measurement obtained via an environmental sensor, the environmental sensor comprising a barometer, provisioned with the mobile device, and a location of the mobile device, the measurement being based, at least in part, on a local atmospheric pressure;
• generate a reference data report based, at least in part, on the environment report, the reference data report being indicative of a reference atmospheric pressure corresponding to a reference altitude of a particular environment corresponding to the location of the mobile device;
• and
• initiate transmission of the reference data report to the mobile device.