Adaptive updating of indoor navigation assistance data for use by a mobile device

An apparatus for use in a mobile device, the apparatus comprising:

• means for transmitting a request for an indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) update, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within an indoor environment;
• and
• means for receiving said INAD update, said INAD update comprising a subset of INAD that is available for said indoor environment, said subset of INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of:
• a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter indicative of said motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment and a profile indicative of a likelihood of subsequent movements of said mobile device determined, at least in part, on previous movements of one or more other mobile devices, said bounded region being identified by specifying at least one of the following:
• a grid point;
• a latitude;
• a longitude;
• a location context identifier (LCI);
• a map tile;
• a floor;
• a room;
• a distance;
• an angle;
• a geometric shape;
• or any combination thereof.

A mobile device comprising:

• a communications interface;
• and
• one or more processing units to:
• initiate transmission of a request for an indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) update to a computing device via said communications interface, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within an indoor environment;
• and
• obtain said INAD update from said computing device via said communications interface, said INAD update comprising a subset of INAD that is available for said indoor environment, said subset of INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of:
• a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter indicative of said motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment and a profile indicative of a likelihood of subsequent movements of said mobile device determined, at least in part, on previous movements of one or more other mobile devices, said bounded region being identified by specifying at least one of the following:
• a grid point;
• a latitude;
• a longitude;
• a location context identifier (LCI);
• a map tile;
• a floor;
• a room;
• a distance;
• an angle;
• a geometric shape;
• or any combination thereof.

An article comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions executable by one or more processing units of a mobile device to:
• initiate transmission of a request for an indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) update to a computing device via a communications interface, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within an indoor environment;
• and
• obtain said INAD update from said computing device via said communications interface, said INAD update comprising a subset of INAD that is available for said indoor environment, said subset of INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of:
• a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter indicative of said motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment and a profile indicative of a likelihood of subsequent movements of said mobile device determined, at least in part, on previous movements of one or more other mobile devices, said bounded region being identified by specifying at least one of the following:
• a grid point;
• a latitude;
• a longitude;
• a location context identifier (LCI);
• a map tile;
• a floor;
• a room;
• a distance;
• an angle;
• a geometric shape;
• or any combination thereof.

A method comprising, with a computing device:

• obtaining indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) for an indoor environment;
• receiving a request for an INAD update from a mobile device, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment;
• and
• transmitting said INAD update to said mobile device, said INAD update comprising a subset of said INAD, said subset of said INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of:
• a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter indicative of said motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment and a profile indicative of a likelihood of subsequent movements of said mobile device determined, at least in part, on previous movements of one or more other mobile devices, said bounded region being identified by specifying at least one of the following:
• a grid point;
• a latitude;
• a longitude;
• a location context identifier (LCI);
• a map tile;
• a floor;
• a room;
• a distance;
• an angle;
• a geometric shape;
• or any combination thereof.

An apparatus for use in a computing device, the apparatus comprising:

• means for obtaining indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) for an indoor environment;
• means for receiving a request for an INAD update from a mobile device, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment;
• and
• means for transmitting said INAD update to said mobile device, said INAD update comprising a subset of said INAD, said subset of said INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of:
• a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter indicative of said motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment and a profile indicative of a likelihood of subsequent movements of said mobile device determined, at least in part, on previous movements of one or more other mobile devices, said bounded region being identified by specifying at least one of the following:
• a grid point;
• a latitude;
• a longitude;
• a location context identifier (LCI);
• a map tile;
• a floor;
• a room;
• a distance;
• an angle;
• a geometric shape;
• or any combination thereof.

A computing device comprising:

• a communication interface;
• and
• one or more processing units to:
• obtain indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) for an indoor environment;
• obtain a request for an INAD update from a mobile device via said communication interface, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment;
• and
• initiate transmission of said INAD update to said mobile device via said communication interface, said INAD update comprising a subset of said INAD, said subset of said INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of:
• a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter indicative of said motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment and a profile indicative of a likelihood of subsequent movements of said mobile device determined, at least in part, on previous movements of one or more other mobile devices, said bounded region being identified by specifying at least one of the following:
• a grid point;
• a latitude;
• a longitude;
• a location context identifier (LCI);
• a map tile;
• a floor;
• a room;
• a distance;
• an angle;
• a geometric shape;
• or any combination thereof.

An article comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions executable by one or more processing units in a computing device to:
• access indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) for an indoor environment;
• obtain a request for an INAD update from a mobile device, said request for said INAD update being based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment;
• and
• initiate transmission of said INAD update to said mobile device, said INAD update comprising a subset of said INAD, said subset of said INAD being determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of said indoor environment, said bounded region having at least one of:
• a shape and/or a size affected based, at least in part, on said at least one parameter indicative of said motion state of said mobile device within said indoor environment and a profile indicative of a likelihood of subsequent movements of said mobile device determined, at least in part, on previous movements of one or more other mobile devices, said bounded region being identified by specifying at least one of the following:
• a grid point;
• a latitude;
• a longitude;
• a location context identifier (LCI);
• a map tile;
• a floor;
• a room;
• a distance;
• an angle;
• a geometric shape;
• or any combination thereof.