Alohar Mobile Inc.

Gao Shu an Fu (hangzhou) Technology

Other

Chenyu Wang

Sam Song Liang

Jun Yang

Zhigang Liu

Yun Fu

Marlene Wan

Jingxi Li

Jason Chalecki

Jianming Zhou

David Smiddy

Huan Chang

Ying Chang

Methods, systems and apparatuses for location monitoring are disclosed. One system includes a first location monitoring apparatus that includes a plurality of sensors, shared storage, and a low-power controller. For an embodiment, the low-power controller operates to manage the plurality of sensors, manage storage of sensed information in the shared storage, communicate with an upstream server, and communicate with a second location monitoring apparatus. For an embodiment, a high-power controller operates to retrieve at least a portion of the stored sensed information, process the at least the portion of the stored sensed information, communicate with the low-power controller, and communicate with a second low-power controller of the second location monitoring apparatus through the low-power controller. For an embodiment, the low-power controller is powered and operable for greater periods of time than the high-power controller, and where the low-power controller.

Location monitoring apparatuses configured for low-power operation

Methods, systems and apparatuses for of estimating a plurality of locations of an object are disclosed. One method includes receiving wireless signals from a plurality of base stations of a first network, sensing, by the tracking device, motion of the object, sampling, by the tracking device, the received wireless signals at least three times in response to the sensing motion of the object, downloading to the tracking device, characterizations of the wireless signals along a same route of transit, and estimating the plurality of locations of the tracking device based on signal characteristic of the samples of the received wireless signals received from the plurality of plurality of base stations, the information of the plurality of base stations, and predetermined knowledge of a transportation mode that is transporting the object including the characterizations of the wireless signal.

Location tracking device configured for low-power operation

Methods, systems and apparatuses for adaptively controlling a tradeoff between computational accuracy and power consumption of a mobile device are disclosed. One method includes receiving a set of predetermined tasks of a subject or a device associated with the mobile device, selectively activating a plurality sensors of the mobile device based on the set of predetermined tasks, estimating, by one or more sensors of the selectively activated plurality of sensors of the mobile device, a location of the mobile device, sensing, by the plurality of selectively activated sensors, sensed information of the mobile device, and selecting a condition of the subject or the device based on the estimated location, the set of predetermined tasks, and the sensed information of the plurality of selectively activated sensors.

Adaptively controlling a tradeoff between computational accuracy and power consumption of a mobile device that operates to select a condition of a subject or device

Methods, systems and apparatuses for selecting which of a plurality of sensors to use for location detection of a mobile device are disclosed. One method includes activating lowest-power location-related sensors of the mobile device at power up of a mobile device, and activating medium-power location-related sensors of the mobile device upon detection of motion of the mobile device and/or a change in a wireless connection to the mobile device.

Control of activation of location-related sensors of a mobile device

Methods, systems and apparatuses for automatically detecting and sharing user stays of a mobile device of a user are disclosed. One method includes persistently collecting location information, determining a group of users for sharing the user stays, determining whether the mobile device is within a specific distance of a specific location for at least specific minimum duration based on the location information, determining a user stay based on the location information and the specific distance, determining if the user stay is private or public to at least a portion of the group of users based on preferences of the user and the location information, and sharing the user stay with the at least the portion of the group of users by sending notifications to the group of users if the user stay is determined to be public to the at least the portion of the group of users.

Persistently determining and sharing user stays of a user of a mobile device

Methods, systems and apparatuses for automatically determining user stays of a user of a mobile device are disclosed. One embodiment includes a network server operative to receive sensed location information of a mobile device. Further, the network server and/or a controller of the mobile device are operative to determine the mobile device is within a specific distance of a specific location for at least specific minimum time duration based on the location information, determine a start time of a user stay based on the location information, the specific location and the specific distance, and determine an end time of the user stay based on the location information, the specific location and the specific distance.

Determining user stays of a user of a mobile device

Methods, systems and apparatus for tracking points of interest of a user of a mobile device are disclosed. One method includes determining points of interest of a user of a mobile device. The method includes obtaining user-related information, wherein the user-related information includes spatial information about the user, and determining at least one point of interest of the user based on the user-related information. Another embodiment includes an apparatus for determining points of interest of a user. For one embodiment, the apparatus is a mobile device. The mobile device is operative to obtain user-related information, wherein the user-related information comprising spatial information about the user, and the mobile device is operative to determine at least one point of interest of the user based on the user-related information.

Determining points of interest of a mobile user

Methods, systems and apparatuses for controlling a location sensing system of a mobile device are disclosed. One method includes collecting location related information of the mobile device. The method further includes controllably setting the mobile device to operate in one of a high-power state, a low-power state, or a transitional state based on the collected location related information, wherein a satellite-based positioning system receiver of the mobile device generates location information in the transitional state and in the on-state, and the satellite-based positioning system receiver does not generate location information in the low-power state. When operating in the transitional state, the mobile device repeatedly checks the collected location related information and transitions to the low-power state or the high-power state based on the collected location related information.

Controlling operational states of a location sensing system of a mobile device

Methods, systems and apparatuses for generating a user profile of a mobile device user are disclosed. One method includes tracking user stays of the user over time, wherein the user stays include at least one location, and generating the user profile based at least in part on at least one of an arrival time, a time duration or a frequency of visits of the user at each of the user stays. Another method includes determining a current state of a mobile device user. The method includes tracking locations of user stays of the mobile device user over time, and determining a current state of a mobile device user based on user stays within a predetermined time of a present time, wherein the predetermined time is dependent upon an application of the user device or an observed behavior of a user of the user device.

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