Patent ID: 11946745
Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon for providing adapted positioning information towards at least one consuming application regarding a plurality of objects comprising at least one specific object, wherein the position of the at least one specific object is within a predefined area or region, wherein at least one piece of adapted positioning information is able to be generated and provided to the at least one consuming application using a positioning middleware functionality that connects a sensor layer or functionality to an application layer or functionality, and wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed, facilitate:
in a first step, the position of the at least one specific object is detected using at least one sensor of the sensor layer or functionality, the at least one sensor using at least one sensor technology, thereby generating at least one piece of preliminary positioning information;
in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the positioning middleware functionality generates the at least one piece of adapted positioning information, based on the at least one piece of preliminary positioning information, and based on a priori knowledge regarding at least one out of the following:
the at least one sensor used;
the at least one sensor technology used;
the positioning information consuming application targeted; the at least one specific object or its current environment; or
process information or use case information received from the positioning information consuming application; and

in a third step, subsequent to the second step, the at least one piece of adapted positioning information is provided to the at least one consuming application,
wherein the at least one sensor of the sensor layer or functionality interacts with the positioning middleware functionality via a positioning technology application programming interface (API),
wherein the at least one consuming application interacts with the positioning middleware functionality via a positioning middleware application programming interface (API), and
wherein at least part of the a priori knowledge is transmitted using the positioning technology API and/or using the positioning middleware API.