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US 8,712,440 B2Granted
Sparse network almanac
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsMark Leo Moeglein, Zoltan F. Biacs
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Abstract
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to creation, maintenance, communication, and/or use of sparse network almanac information that may be located in a mobile station.
Claims82
A method comprising:
- receiving signals from one or more transmitters located in a region;
- and
- executing instructions on a specific apparatus to electronically associate a location fix of a mobile station operating in said region with said received signals to update a sparse network almanac that includes signals stored in a storage medium representing a regional base station almanac and signals representing a service area almanac.
A mobile station comprising:
- a receiver configured to operate in a radio frequency (RF) environment to receive information from one or more transmitters located in a region;
- and
- a processor configured to associate a location fix of a mobile station operating in said region with said received information to update a sparse network almanac, said sparse network almanac comprising signals stored in a storage medium representing a regional base station almanac and signals representing a service area almanac.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving signals from one or more transmitters located in a region;
- and
- means for executing instructions on a specific apparatus to electronically associate a location fix of a mobile station operating in said region with said received signals to update a sparse network almanac that includes signals stored in a storage medium representing a regional base station almanac and signals representing a service area almanac.
A method comprising:
- receiving signals representing a sparse network almanac while operating a mobile station in a region;
- receiving signals representing information from one or more transmitters located in said region;
- and
- executing instructions on a specific apparatus to electronically associate a location fix of said mobile station operating in said region with said received signals from said one or more transmitters to update said sparse network almanac that includes signals stored in a storage medium representing a regional base station almanac and signals representing a service area almanac.
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A method comprising:
- maintaining a sparse network almanac in a memory, the sparse network almanac including signals stored in a storage medium representing a regional base station almanac and signals representing a service area almanac;
- receiving signals representing almanac information from a mobile station operating in a region that includes one or more transmitters, said almanac information based, at least in part, on an association between a location fix of said mobile station and information received from said one or more transmitters;
- and
- executing instructions on a specific apparatus to electronically update said sparse network almanac based, at least in part, on said received signals representing almanac information.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for maintaining a sparse network almanac in a memory, the sparse network almanac including signals stored in a storage medium representing a regional base station almanac and signals representing a service area almanac;
- means for receiving signals representing almanac information from a mobile station operating in a region that includes one or more transmitters, said almanac information based, at least in part, on an association between a location fix of said mobile station and information received from said one or more transmitters;
- and
- executing instructions on a specific apparatus to electronically update said sparse network almanac based, at least in part, on said received signals representing almanac information.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a memory configured to maintain a sparse network almanac that includes signals stored in a storage medium representing a regional base station almanac and signals representing a service area almanac;
- a receiver configured to operate in a radio frequency (RF) environment to receive signals representing almanac information from a mobile station operating in a region that includes one or more transmitters, said almanac information based, at least in part, on an association between a location fix of said mobile station and information received from said one or more transmitters;
- and
- a processor configured to electronically update said sparse network almanac based, at least in part, on said received signals representing almanac information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.