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Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing user location information

US8260553B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

20Claims

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Assignee

Nokia · FI

Inventors

Michael Klein · Ann Arbor, US
Klaus Hartl · Berlin, DE
Andreas Follmann · Berlin, DE
Tilmann Singer · Wien, AT
Sean Kevin Treadway · Mooresville, US
Jeanny Wang · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2008
Grant date	Sep 4, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 5, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/53
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided, which may provide activity user location information. An apparatus may include a processor configured to maintain data describing a first user's location timeline. The processor may be further configured to receive a request for the first user's current location. The first user's current location may define the first user's location at a current time. The processor may also be configured to estimate the first user's current location based at least in part upon the maintained data. The processor may additionally be configured to provide the first user's current location to a second user. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

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