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

Claim 12:
13. A system for providing adapted positioning information towards at least one consuming application regarding a plurality of objects comprising at least one specific object, the system comprising:
a positioning middleware functionality; a sensor layer or functionality; and
an application layer or functionality;
wherein the position of the at least one specific object is within a predefined area or region, and wherein at least one piece of adapted positioning information is able to be generated and provided to the at least one consuming application using the positioning middleware functionality that connects the sensor layer or functionality to the application layer or functionality;
wherein the sensor layer or functionality is configured to detect the position of the at least one specific object 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;
wherein the positioning middleware functionality is configured to generate 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; or the at least one specific object or its current environment; and

wherein the system is configured to provide the at least one piece of adapted positioning information 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.