Patent ID: 8989783
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G01S,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a service accessible via a mobile device, the mobile device configured to allow a determination of location data indicative of a location of the mobile device using one or more of a plurality of location techniques, the method comprising: obtaining, by the mobile device, quality information including a designation of a location technique, selected from the plurality of location techniques, used for determining the location data, the quality information including at least partly a quality of the location data, wherein the service is a geotagging service configured to associate the location data with a data file comprising primary data; and integrating, by the mobile device, the quality information at least partly with the service to allow a modification of the service based on the quality information, wherein the quality information includes a location accuracy, and wherein the modification of the service comprises determining, based at least in part on user input, whether to: associate the location data with the data file immediately, defer association of the location data with the data file pending an improvement in the location accuracy using an alternative location technique belonging to the plurality of location techniques, or cancel association of the location data with the data file, wherein the integrating with the service is modified if the quality information is outside of a quality criterion range, the quality criterion range being user-selectable or pre-determined for the service.