Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Qualcomm Incorporated

Palm, Incorporated

Janell Paulson

Gurunath Ramaswamy

Sachin Kansal

Craig Hamilton

Isabel Mahe

Nitin Sasi Kumar

Thomas Fong

Adil Dhanani

Neeta Srivastava

George Thomas

Wen Zhao

Arun Godfrey Mathias

Eric Hc Liu

Asif Hossain

Robert W Tsuk

Nash Raghavan

Darren Ang

Anand Devidas Kashikar

Jesse E Donaldson

Cherif Jazra

Igor Braslavsky

Isabel Ge Mahe

Masri Bassam

Sahana Malhar

Vincent Arcelo

Vivek Shah

Dante Russo

Edward C Ballot

Isabel Ge

Dan Myers

Perry Zabaldo

Sachin S Kansal

Craig C Hamilton

Various embodiments of systems and techniques for providing location-based services (LBS) to a mobile computing device having a dual processor architecture are described. In one or more embodiments, the mobile computing device may comprise or implement hardware and/or software configured to enable LBS and data communications sessions using a single active data stack at any particular point in time. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Apparatus and methods for providing location-based services to a mobile computing device having a dual processor architecture

A mobile computing device is disclosed. The mobile computing device includes a location determination circuit and a processing circuit. The processing circuit determines a current location of the mobile computing device and a destination location. The processing circuit determines an expected travel time from the current location to the destination location, and disables continuous location tracking for a duration of time. The duration is determined based on the expected travel time. Once the duration of time has elapsed, the processing circuit enables continuous location tracking.

Location tracking for mobile computing device

A wireless characteristic of a wireless signal may be used to trigger generation of a position fix. A mobile computing device may include a wireless transceiver, a location determination circuit and a processing circuit. The wireless transceiver may be configured to receive a wireless signal over a short range wireless network from a wireless system. The processing circuit may be configured to detect a change in the wireless signal and, in response to the detected change, to generate a position fix using the location determination circuit.

Using wireless characteristic to trigger generation of position fix

A mobile computing device comprises a memory, a processor and a transceiver. The memory is configured to store at least one type of position assist data. The processor is configured to provide a position fix based on the position assist data. The transceiver is configured for wireless communication. The memory is configured to store updated position assist data for the type of position assist data. The processor is operable in a first operating mode in which the type of position assist data is not updated and operable in a second operating mode in which the type of position assist data is updated in response to at least one triggering event.

Updating position assist data on a mobile computing device

Techniques to manage communications resources for a mobile device are described. An apparatus may comprise a mobile computing device having a radio arranged to communicate information over a wireless link, a link classifier arranged to generate a class parameter for the wireless link based on signal quality measurements of the wireless link, and a data service manager arranged to receive a data service request from an application, determine whether the application may communicate information over the wireless link based on the class parameter for the wireless link, and generate a control directive for the application granting or denying the data service request. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Techniques for managing communications resources for a mobile device

A system and a method are disclosed for adjusting a notification mechanism within a computing device. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a global positioning system signal corresponding to latitude and longitude positional values, calculating a current location of the computing device in response to the received global positioning system signal, determining whether the calculated current location is associated with a configuration identifying adjustment, and adjusting a notification setting on the device accordingly. In another embodiment, the system includes identifying a particular time, determining whether a notification setting to the device is needed, and if so, adjusting the notification setting for the device accordingly.

Notification adjustment for computing devices

Various embodiments for providing enhanced mobile messaging services are described. In one or more embodiments, a mobile computing device may send messages of different types. The mobile computing device may allow a sender to compose a message independently of message type. The mobile computing device may automatically determine both a message type for the message and the transfer medium by which to send the message. The mobile computing device may consider factors including message contents, network availability and reliability, historical data, cost, sender preferences, recipient preferences, etc. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Apparatus and methods for providing enhanced mobile messaging services

A mobile computing device comprises a wireless transceiver and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to store a data set for a predetermined location, the data set comprising location data and a location name. The processing circuit is further configured to compare a current location to the location data, to compare an updated location to the location data at a time calculated based on heuristic data, and to generate a notification message based on the mobile computing device arriving at or near the predetermined location.

A mobile computing device includes a housing, a processor provided within the housing, and a location-determining system configured to determine a current location of the mobile computing device at a first rate. The location determining system may be configured to adjust the first rate to a different second rate based on a threshold distance value and a distance from the current location to an anticipated future location of the mobile computing device.

Power saving system and method for mobile computing device

A mobile computing device has a transceiver circuit, a location determination circuit, and a processing circuit. The transceiver circuit is configured to receive a remote position fix from a remote computer via a wireless network. The location determination circuit is configured to receive satellite data and to calculate a local position fix. The processing circuit is configured to operate an application, to receive a request for a position fix from the application, to determine whether the remote position fix is available, and to provide the local position fix to the application based on whether the remote position fix is available.

Use of local position fix when remote position fix is unavailable

A computing device is provided for responding to a location-based query. The computing device receives the query, determines that a current position fix is unavailable, retrieves from memory a previously-calculated position fix calculated before receipt of the location-based query, and provides a response to the query based on the previously-calculated position fix.

Use of previously-calculated position fix for location based query

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