Here Global B.v.

Nokia Corporation

Nokia Technologies Oy

Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a R.l.

Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.

Mikko Juhani Blomqvist

Jari Syrjarinne

Lauri Wirola

Tommi Antero Laine

Laura Wirola

Lauri Aarne Johannes Wirola

Petri Rauhala

Miia Onkalo

Pavel Ivanov

Jari Tapani Syrjärinne

Muhammad Irshan Khan

Henri Jaakko Julius Nurminen

Jukka Alakontiola

Kristian A Luoma

Lauri Aarne Johanns Wirola

Marcel Duee

Tommi Lane

Jari Syrjärinne

A system, method, etc. for providing a geopolitical region discovery service comprising obtaining an indication of at least a first location an end user device; wherein the indication of a first location is obtained at a predefined time interval, obtaining geopolitical compliance data for one or more geopolitical areas proximate to the first location of the end user device, determining a geopolitical interaction indicator based, at least in part, on the obtained indication of first location and geopolitical compliance data for one or more geopolitical areas proximate to the first location; and, generating at least one feedback for an end user device or software client.

Method and apparatus for a region discovery service

Various embodiments relate to the generation and/or use of a positioning map comprising instances of neighbor-cell information that each comprising, are associated with, and/or indexed by a respective globally unique identifier. In an example embodiment, a processor determines a locally unique identifier and an estimated location of an observed neighbor cell. The processor defines a globally unique identifier for the neighbor cell comprising the locally unique identifier and an indication of the estimated location of the neighbor cell. The processor generates a positioning map to include an instance of neighbor-cell information corresponding to the neighbor cell. The instance of neighbor-cell information comprises, is associated with, and/or is indexed by the defined globally unique identifier. The instance of neighbor-cell information may be accessed via an observed locally unique identifier when determining a position estimate for a computing entity that observed a neighbor cell corresponding to the observed locally unique identifier.

Positioning using locally unique neighbor cell identifiers

Disclosed is an approach for improving performance of a radio-based positioning system by detecting and excluding mobile radio nodes. The disclosed approach involves processors (e.g., of positioning server(s) and/or of a computing device) making a determination (i) that a speed of a computing device is at or above a threshold speed, and (ii) that at least one condition is met, the at least one condition indicating that a radio node is moving substantially along with the computing device. In response to making the determination, the processors may deem the radio node to be a mobile node. Given this, the processors may in turn exclude the radio node for positioning purposes, which may ultimately improve performance of the radio-based positioning system.

Detecting mobile nodes to improve radio-based positioning performance

A method includes obtaining or holding available a radio map that has been determined based on radio node observation data of radio signals emitted from radio nodes of a radio node network. The method obtains asset observation data of one or more radio signals that have been emitted from an asset and observed by radio nodes of the radio node network. The method also determines a position estimate of the asset based on the asset observation data and the radio map. A corresponding system is also disclosed.

Determining a position estimate of an asset

The invention relates to an electronic device, which includes a display component, in which at least one controllable element is arranged to be visualized in its entirety, the control of which element is arranged to be based on determining a change (M) relating to the attitude or position of the device and camera means arranged to form image frames (IMAGE, IMAGE), and in which, in order to control the functions of the device, such as, for example, to control the element, the change is arranged to be determined, using optical data-flow algorithms, from the image frames formed by the camera means, which image frames are arranged to be compared to each other in a set manner, and on the basis of which comparison the said change is arranged to be determined. The image frames are arranged to be segmented in a selected manner, from which at least one movement vector (S, S, S, S) determining the said change is arranged to be determined from at least some of the segments (SEGMENT, SEGMENT).

Electronic device and a method for controlling the functions of the electronic device as well as program product for implementing the method

In accordance with an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises at least one receiver configured to receive a grid corresponding to an area, at least one processor configured to assign at least one access point in the area to at least one node in the grid, and the at least one processor configured to select a predetermined number of access points assigned to the at least one node for inclusion in a partial radio map.

Method and apparatus for efficiently reducing number of access points in a radio map using grids

A system obtains from each of a plurality of mobile devices a batch of data for a site. A batch includes data enabling a determination of a reference position, sensor data of motion sensors and sets of results of measurements performed by the mobile device on radio signals at different locations, each set including at least one indication of a received signal strength of radio signals and an associated identifier of at least one radio transmitter transmitting the radio signals. In at least two iterations, the system processes each batch to determine for each mobile device a (refined) sequence of fingerprints associating a respective position, which is based on the at least one reference position, the sensor data (and estimated characteristics of radio transmitters), with each set of results of measurements; and estimates characteristics of the radio transmitters based on the (refined) sequences of fingerprints.

Supporting the creation of a radio map

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a processor configured to determine a first result of estimating a position based at least in part on a first partial radio map, the processor further configured to perform a first comparison of the first result to a reference position, and a memory configured to store a second result based upon the comparison.

Method and apparatus for determining quality of radio maps

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises at least one receiver configured to receive a grid corresponding to an area, at least one processor configured to assign at least one access point in the area to at least one node in the grid, and the at least one processor configured to select a predetermined number of access points assigned to the at least one node for inclusion in a partial radio map.

An apparatus for location sharing may include a processor. The processor may be configured to access a point of interest and a geographic cell associated with the point of interest. In this regard, the geographic cell may include geographic cell boundaries. The processor may also be configured to receive location information. The location information may describe a location of a device. The processor may be further configured to determine whether the location described by the location information is within the geographic cell boundaries and associate the device with the point of interest in response to the location described by the location information being within the geographic cell boundaries. The processor may also be configured to share the association between the device and the point of interest via an online service. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for location sharing

In accordance with an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises a first receiver configured to receive a first partial radio map and a second partial radio map, a processor configured to compare the first partial radio map and the second partial radio map, and the processor further configured to determine to replace the first partial radio map with the second partial radio map based at least in part on a result of the comparison.

Method and apparatus for uploading radio maps

The present invention relates to processing location information access requests. An identifier of a sender of a received location information access request is determined, and the identifier is compared to identifiers in a contact storage. Location access control information and/or supplementary contact information associated with an entry having a matching identifier in the contact storage is then retrieved.

Method for serving location information access requests

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving a list of access points detected at a location, a processor for determining the number of times at least one access point in the list is detected during a first period of time and a processor for determining to use an access point in generating a partial radio map based at least in part on the number of times the access point is detected during a second period of time.

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Lempaala, Finland

Mikko Juhani Blomqvist