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Apparatus, system and method of selecting location providers

US9456305B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel IP Corporation · US

Inventors

Gaby Prechner · Beer Yaakov, IL
Elad Eyal · Hamburg, DE
Itai Steiner · Nes Ziona, IL
Livnat Ehrenberg · Givat Shmuel, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 13, 2014
Grant date	Sep 27, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 13, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/70
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of selecting location providers. For example, a location provider (LP) selector to operate in a mobile device may include a memory to store an Accuracy-Power Decision Matrix (APDM), the APDM to provide an allocation of a plurality of LPs according to a plurality of power consumption levels and a plurality of accuracy ranges; and a controller to receive from a location client of the mobile device a location request for a location fix of the mobile device, and to assign to the location request one or more LPs of the plurality of LPs, based on the APDM, an accuracy requirement of the location request, and a power consumption requirement of the location request.

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