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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Muralidhar Kolar Sridhar, Bangalore, IN;
Sankar Kumar SK, Bangalore, IN;
Ari Tourunen, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/02 (2009.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/028 (2013.01); G01C 21/3679 (2013.01); G06F 17/30241 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01); H04W 4/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach is provided for predicting and pre-fetching location information. A pre-fetching manager determines a predicted location associated with a device. Next, the pre-fetching manager retrieves location information based, at least in part, on the predicted location. Then, the pre-fetching manager determines to cache the location information at the device.