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US 8,798,641 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for location prediction
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorMagnus Persson
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Abstract
A location prediction device (300) and method for use thereof, configured to provide a location prediction (321) of a mobile device based on an adaptively compiled visitation history (315). The location prediction may be performed without the use of large amounts of system resources. The location prediction may be used in conjunction with any mobile device application known in the art.
Claims15
A method for location prediction comprising:
- scanning, by a mobile device, a current network cell with which the mobile device is communicating;
- storing, by the mobile device, current information relating to the current network cell;
- determining, by the mobile device, whether the current network cell is a frequent network cell;
- determining, by the mobile device, a specific location of the mobile device within the current network cell only when it is determined that the current network cell is a frequent network cell;
- storing, by the mobile device, specific location information relating to the specific location of the mobile device;
- adaptively creating a visitation history based on the current information, past information relating to past network cells previously visited by the mobile device, and the specific location information;
- and
- predicting a next location of the mobile device based on the visitation history.
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A location prediction device comprising:
- a scanning unit configured to scan a current network cell;
- a storage unit configured to store current information relating to the current network cell with which the location prediction device is communicating;
- a compiler configured to determine whether the current network cell is a frequent network cell,
- wherein the compiler is further configured to determine a specific location of the mobile device within the current network cell only when it is determined that the current network cell is a frequent network cell,
- wherein the storage unit is configured to store specific location information relating to the specific location of the mobile device, and
- wherein the compiler is further configured to adaptively create a visitation history based on the current information, past information relating to past network cells, and the specific location information;
- and
- a processor configured to provide a prediction of a next location based on the visitation history.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.