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US 7,254,405 B2Granted
System and method for providing location information to applications
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsPeter A. Lin, Patrick M. Maurer, Patrick D. Smith, Narayanan Venkitaraman
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Abstract
First location information related to a location-aware device (514) is gathered. Second location information for a location-unaware device (520) is determined from the first location information. A data structure is created comprising a binding of the second location information and an identifying parameter of the location-unaware device (520). The data structure is provided in a form usable by an application.
Claims9
A method of determining location information about entities comprising:
- operating a location-unaware entity in a location-unaware network at a first geographic position, the location-unaware entity having no direct awareness of operating at the first geographic position;
- operating a location-aware entity in a location-aware network at a second geographic position, the location-aware entity being directly aware of operating at the second geographic position;
- transmitting information indicating the second geographic position from the location-aware entity operating in the location-aware network to the location-unaware entity operating in the location-unaware network;
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- at the location-unaware entity, receiving the transmitted information and determining the first geographic position from the transmitted information.
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