Generation and use of a repository of mobile apparatus identifiers
AssigneeHERE Global B.V.
InventorsPavel Ivanov, Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola, Marko Luomi, Henri Nurminen
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Abstract
An apparatus obtains a respective identifier communication from a respective mobile apparatus and extracts a respective network interface identifier from the respective identifier communication. The apparatus updates or generates a repository of mobile apparatus identifiers based on the respective network interface identifier. The apparatus filters observation data comprising one or more network interface identifiers based on the repository of mobile apparatus identifiers and/or provides the repository of mobile apparatus identifiers for use in filtering the observation data comprising one or more network interface identifiers.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- obtaining, by a network apparatus, a respective identifier communication from a respective mobile apparatus;
- extracting, by the network apparatus, a respective network interface identifier from the respective identifier communication;
- updating or generating, by the network apparatus, a repository of mobile apparatus identifiers based on the respective network interface identifier;
- and
- at least one of (a) filtering, by the network apparatus, observation data comprising one or more network interface identifiers based on the repository of mobile apparatus identifiers or (b) providing, by the network apparatus, the repository of mobile apparatus identifiers for use in filtering the observation data comprising one or more network interface identifiers.
A method comprising:
- accessing, by a mobile apparatus, a network interface identifier configured to identify the mobile apparatus on a network, the network interface identifier stored in a memory of the mobile apparatus;
- generating, by the mobile apparatus, an identifier communication including the network interface identifier;
- and
- providing, by the mobile apparatus, the identifier communication such that a network apparatus receives the identifier communication.
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing computer program code and/or instructions, the at least one memory and the computer program code is configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
- capture observation data, the observation data including one or more network interface identifiers of observed radio network access points;
- obtain a repository of mobile apparatus identifiers;
- and
- filter the observation data based on the repository of mobile apparatus identifiers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.