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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014

Filed:

May. 13, 2009
Applicants:

Jyh-han Lin, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Chester Overstead Murphy, Woodinville, WA (US);

Gang Zhao, Redmond, WA (US);

Karon A. Weber, Kirkland, WA (US);

Katrika Woodcock, Issaquah, WA (US);

Inventors:

Jyh-Han Lin, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Chester Overstead Murphy, Woodinville, WA (US);

Gang Zhao, Redmond, WA (US);

Karon A. Weber, Kirkland, WA (US);

Katrika Woodcock, Issaquah, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Defining subscriptions to location information for a computing device (e.g., a mobile computing device). Application programs, services, and/or peer devices define the subscriptions based on constraints associated with requests for the location information. A location request scheduler coordinates the subscriptions temporally and spatially to reduce the quantity of the requests from the computing device. In some embodiments, the subscriptions are automatically defined based on an observed mobility pattern of the computing device.


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