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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2011
Jyh-han Lin, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Pradipta Kumar Basu, Redmond, WA (US);
Jyh-Han Lin, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Pradipta Kumar Basu, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Training datasets and test datasets consisting of observations (i.e., RSS measurements) partitioned per a mapping tile system are used to evaluate possible RSS weighting functions for each such tile. The observations from the training dataset are used to determine an optimal weighting function based on the training dataset that minimizes the error for the test data, wherein the error may be a function of the deltas between GPS positions of observations in the test dataset and predicted positions from the RSS weighted functions applied to test data. The accuracy of the optimal weighted function for each tile is characterized to determine whether to use the weighted function or an alternative (such as a non-weighted function) for subsequent inquiries.