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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Gengsheng Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kelly G. Johnson, Saratoga, CA (US);
Shanta P. Namburi, San Jose, CA (US);
Gengsheng Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kelly G. Johnson, Saratoga, CA (US);
Shanta P. Namburi, San Jose, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Various methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture are provided for use in or with a mobile device to identify one or more attributes for each of a plurality of positioning resources available at the mobile device. In an example, positioning resources may provide all or part of a position fix based, at least in part, on one or more wireless signals received by the mobile device, and/or one or more electrical signals received from one or more sensors onboard the mobile device. For example, in certain instances at least one of the positioning resources may have at least one attribute that is different than at least one other attribute of anther positioning resource. In certain examples, at least one of the positioning resources may be selected for obtaining a position fix based, at least in part, on a request and one or more particular attributes.