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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Tsung-Yu Chiou, Zhudong Township, Hsinchu County, TW;
Chih-Hsiang Hsiao, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
MEDIATEK INC., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/022 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 52/0209 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile communication device including a positioning unit and a processing unit is provided. The processing unit provides position information of the mobile communication device. The processing unit detects an approach to a first geofence according to one or more contexts associated with the mobile communication device, turns off the positioning unit when not detecting the approach to the first geofence, and turns on the positioning unit when detecting the approach to the first geofence.