System and method of determining location of wireless communication devices/persons for controlling/adjusting operation of devices based on the location

A method for relaying location information, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a server, first data collected by a plurality of first devices, the first data from each device being indicative of a location of a person associated with the plurality of first devices, wherein, for at least one of the first devices, the first data is indicative of a real-time user-input activity;
• aggregating, by the server, the received first data across the first devices,
• estimating, by the server, a location of the person based at least in part on the aggregated data;
• generating, by the server, one or more signals, the one or more signals including second data based at least in part on the estimated location of the person;
• identifying a plurality of second devices;
• and
• propagating, by the server, the generated one or more signals to the plurality of second devices.

A method for contributing data informative about a location of a person, the method comprising:

• identifying, at a first device, a relay server;
• receiving, at the first device, a first signal from each of one or more external devices;
• estimating, at the first device, a location of the first device based on the received signals;
• accessing, at the first device, a condition that requires that, prior to transmission of a signal to the relay server, a change in an estimated location must have occurred relative to a previous estimation of a location of the first device;
• determining, at the first device, whether the condition is satisfied;
• detecting a real-time user activity;
• and
• upon determining that the condition is satisfied, propagating a second signal to the identified relay server, the second signal including data indicative of the estimated location of the first device and further of the real-time user-input activity.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing program instructions, which when executed by a processor cause the processor to execute a method of communicating location information, the method comprising:

• receiving a first signal from a first device, the first device being associated with a person, the first data being indicative of a real-time user-input activity;
• determining an estimated location of the first device;
• estimating a location of the person based, at least in part, on first data in the received first signal;
• determining whether a location-based criterion is met, the determination being based at least in part on the estimated location of the person;
• generating one or more second signals;
• and
• transmitting the one or more second signals to a plurality of second devices,
• wherein generation of the one or more second signals or transmission of the one or more second signals is based at least in part on the determination as to whether the location-based criterion is met.