Method and apparatus for determining a position of a device relative to a virtual fence
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorJames M. Shima
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to determining a position of a mobile device relative to a perimeter of a virtual fence. An embodiment receives coordinates representing the perimeter of the virtual fence, determines a proximate location of the mobile device using a hybrid combination of a satellite-based proximate location and an auxiliary local station-based proximate location, and provides feedback based on a comparison of the proximate location of the mobile device to the coordinates representing the perimeter of the virtual fence.
Claims39
A method for determining a position of a mobile device relative to a perimeter of a virtual fence, comprising:
- receiving coordinates representing the perimeter of the virtual fence;
- determining a proximate location of the mobile device using a hybrid combination of a satellite-based proximate location and an auxiliary local station-based proximate location, wherein determining the proximate location of the mobile device includes determining whether an accuracy of the satellite-based proximate location is greater than a threshold, and wherein the threshold is based on a size of the virtual fence;
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- providing feedback based on a comparison of the proximate location of the mobile device to the coordinates representing the perimeter of the virtual fence, wherein providing feedback includes providing feedback to a wearer of the mobile device to keep the wearer of the mobile device within the perimeter of the virtual fence.
An apparatus for determining a position of a mobile device relative to a perimeter of a virtual fence, comprising:
- a module configured to receive coordinates representing the perimeter of the virtual fence;
- a module configured to determine a proximate location of the mobile device using a hybrid combination of a satellite-based proximate location and an auxiliary local station-based proximate location, wherein the module configured to determine the proximate location of the mobile device is further configured to determine whether an accuracy of the satellite-based proximate location is greater than a threshold, and wherein the threshold is based on a size of the virtual fence;
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- a module configured to provide feedback based on a comparison of the proximate location of the mobile device to the coordinates representing the perimeter of the virtual fence, wherein the module configured to provide feedback is further configured to provide feedback to a wearer of the mobile device to keep the wearer of the mobile device within the perimeter of the virtual fence.
An apparatus for determining a position of a mobile device relative to a perimeter of a virtual fence, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the mobile device to:
- receive coordinates representing the perimeter of the virtual fence;
- determine a proximate location of the mobile device using a hybrid combination of a satellite-based proximate location and an auxiliary local station-based proximate location, wherein the instructions to determine the proximate location of the mobile device includes instructions to determine whether an accuracy of the satellite-based proximate location is greater than a threshold, and wherein the threshold is based on a size of the virtual fence;
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- provide feedback based on a comparison of the proximate location of the mobile device to the coordinates representing the perimeter of the virtual fence, wherein the instructions to provide feedback includes instructions to provide feedback to a wearer of the mobile device to keep the wearer of the mobile device within the perimeter of the virtual fence.
An apparatus for determining a position of a mobile device relative to a perimeter of a virtual fence, comprising:
- means for receiving coordinates representing the perimeter of the virtual fence;
- means for determining a proximate location of the mobile device using a hybrid combination of a satellite-based proximate location and an auxiliary local station-based proximate location, wherein the means for determining the proximate location of the mobile device includes means for determining whether an accuracy of the satellite-based proximate location is greater than a threshold, and wherein the threshold is based on a size of the virtual fence;
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- means for providing feedback based on a comparison of the proximate location of the mobile device to the coordinates representing the perimeter of the virtual fence, wherein the means for providing feedback includes means for providing feedback to a wearer of the mobile device to keep the wearer of the mobile device within the perimeter of the virtual fence.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium for determining a position of a mobile device relative to a perimeter of a virtual fence, comprising:
- at least one instruction to receive coordinates representing the perimeter of the virtual fence;
- at least one instruction to determine a proximate location of the mobile device using a hybrid combination of a satellite-based proximate location and an auxiliary local station-based proximate location, wherein the at least one instruction to determine the proximate location of the mobile device includes at least one instruction to determine whether an accuracy of the satellite-based proximate location is greater than a threshold, and wherein the threshold is based on a size of the virtual fence;
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- at least one instruction to provide feedback based on a comparison of the proximate location of the mobile device to the coordinates representing the perimeter of the virtual fence, wherein the at least one instruction to provide feedback includes at least one instruction to provide feedback to a wearer of the mobile device to keep the wearer of the mobile device within the perimeter of the virtual fence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.