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US 8,803,737 B2Granted
Location determination
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Alan Bush, Ronald Keryuan Huang, Daryl Mun-Kid Low
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Abstract
Among other disclosed subject matter, a method includes detecting that a location is to be determined. The method includes selecting at least one among multiple location determination techniques based on a selection criterion. The method includes causing the location to be determined using the selected location determination technique.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- determining an amount of power available to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to implement operations to determine a location of the mobile device based, in part, on the amount of power available to the mobile device, the operations to determine the location including receiving a first location of the mobile device based, in part, on a first amount of power available to the mobile device, and computing a second location of the mobile device based, in part, on a second amount of power available to the mobile device;
- comparing the determined amount of power with the first amount of power and the second amount of power;
- and
- selecting the first location received by the mobile device or the second location computed by the mobile device as the location of the mobile device based on a result of the comparing,
- where the method is performed by one or more computer processors of the mobile device.
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A non-transitory program carrier storing instructions operable to cause a mobile device to perform operations comprising:
- determining an amount of power available to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to implement operations to determine a location of the mobile device based, in part, on the amount of power available to the mobile device, the operations to determine the location including receiving a first location of the mobile device based, in part, on a first amount of power available to the mobile device, and computing a second location of the mobile device based, in part, on a second amount of power available to the mobile device;
- comparing the determined amount of power with the first amount of power and the second amount of power;
- and
- selecting the first location received by the mobile device or the second location computed by the mobile device as the location of the mobile device based on a result of the comparing.
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A mobile device comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- and
- a program carrier storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- determining an amount of power available to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to implement operations to determine a location of the mobile device based, in part, on the amount of power available to the mobile device, the operations to determine the location including receiving a first location of the mobile device based, in part, on a first amount of power available to the mobile device, and computing a second location of the mobile device based, in part, on a second amount of power available to the mobile device;
- comparing the determined amount of power with the first amount of power and the second amount of power;
- and
- selecting the first location received by the mobile device or the second location computed by the mobile device as the location of the mobile device based on a result of the comparing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.