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US 2017/0303232 A1Published application
Methods, Devices, and Computer Readable Storage Devices for Collecting and Reporting Location Data with a High Accuracy
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsMark Austin, Sheldon Kent Meredith
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Abstract
A mobile communication device collects and reports location data associated with itself and with mobile communication devices within a proximity. The mobile communication device determines its location and detects the presence of another communication device located within the proximity of the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device determines a location of the other mobile communication device. The mobile communication device reports its location and the location of the other mobile communication device.
Claims20
A first mobile communication device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining a location of the first mobile communication device,
- determining a location of a second mobile communication device located within a proximity of the first mobile communication device, and
- reporting the location of the first mobile communication device and the location of the second mobile communication device, wherein at least one of determining the location of the first mobile communication device, determining the location of the second mobile communication device, or reporting the location of the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device is repeatedly performed at a frequency, wherein the frequency depends, at least in part, on a characterization of a crowd size associated with the location of the first mobile communication device such that when the location of the first mobile communication device is characterized as being associated with a large crowd size, the frequency is higher than when the location of the first mobile communication device is characterized as being associated with a small crowd size.
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A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a first mobile communication device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining a location of the first mobile communication device;
- determining a location of a second mobile communication device located within a proximity of the first mobile communication device;
- and
- reporting the location of the first mobile communication device and the location of the second mobile communication device, wherein at least one of determining the location of the first mobile communication device, determining the location of the second mobile communication device, or reporting the location of the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device is repeatedly performed at a frequency, wherein the frequency depends, at least in part, on a characterization of a crowd size associated with the location of the first mobile communication device such that when the location of the first mobile communication device is characterized as being associated with a large crowd size, the frequency is higher than when the location of the first mobile communication device is characterized as being associated with a small crowd size.
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A method comprising:
- determining, by a first mobile communication device comprising a processor, a location of the first mobile communication device;
- determining, by the first mobile communication device, a location of a second mobile communication device located within a proximity of the first mobile communication device;
- and
- reporting, by the first mobile communication device, the location of the first mobile communication device and the location of the second mobile communication device, wherein at least one of determining the location of the first mobile communication device, determining the location of the second mobile communication device, or reporting the location of the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device is repeatedly performed at a frequency, wherein the frequency depends, at least in part, on a characterization of a crowd size associated with the location of the first mobile communication device such that when the location of the first mobile communication device is characterized as being associated with a large crowd size, the frequency is higher than when the location of the first mobile communication device is characterized as being associated with a small crowd size.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.