Method and apparatus for dynamically specifying location collection and computation logic

A processing system for dynamically specifying location collection and computation logic, the processing system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a streamer module associated with the at least one processor wherein the streamer module being configured to receive a request for location data from an end device, the request containing an algorithm version number, to load the location data from at least one electronic database, to determine whether an algorithm version number is indicated in the request and whether the algorithm version number indicated in the request equals a latest algorithm version number, to embed the location data and an algorithm for location collection and computation in a stream, if it is determined that the algorithm version number is not indicated in the request or that the algorithm version number indicated in the request is not equal to the latest algorithm version number, to embed only the location data in the stream, if it is determined that the algorithm version number is indicated in the request and that the algorithm version number indicated in the request is equal to the latest algorithm version number, and to stream the stream to an end device.

A location collection and calculation system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a location program module managed by the processor for executing operations wherein the location program module being configured to transmit a request for data, the request containing an algorithm version number, to receive a stream from a server at an end device, to parse the stream, to determine if the stream is encoded with an algorithm, to map the algorithm to predefined function blocks, if it is determined that the stream is encoded with an algorithm, to execute the algorithm provided in the stream, if it is determined that the stream is encoded with an algorithm, and to execute a currently stored algorithm, if it is determined that the stream is not encoded with an algorithm.