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Patent No.:

US 11418905 B1

Date of Patent:

Aug. 16, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2021

Method and apparatus for identifying and presenting location and location-related information

Applicant:

Ipventure, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chung Lau, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Peter P. Tong, Mountain View, CA (US);

C. Douglass Thomas, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:

IpVenture, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:

Primary Examiner:

Quynh H Nguyen

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

H04W 4/02 (2013.01); G01C 21/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/005 (2013.01); G01C 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01);

Abstract

Method and apparatus to analyze and present location information in an easy-to-digest manner are disclosed. In one embodiment, each piece of location information can include a piece of location-designating information and a piece of location-related information. Location-designating information is primarily for identifying location. Location-related information is information related to location-designating information. The location-designating information and the location-related information can be supplied by a mobile device. With the help of location-related information, each piece of location-designating information can be more accurately transformed into a label to help identify a location. The amount of location information can be reduced. All of the location-designating information pertaining to a given area can be consolidated into one piece of location-designating information related to the label. Consolidation of some of the information may not occur if a piece of location-related information changes by more than a preset value. To better present location information in an easy-to-digest manner, location information can be compared to standards. Presentation can be on a display with respect to a reference location.

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