Patent ID: 8706137
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G01C,G01S,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for a mobile device, the method comprising: obtaining an estimate of a location of said mobile device, the estimated location of said mobile device being in a first area identifiable by a first location context identifier; determining an indication of a probability that the mobile device subsequently transitions from said first area to a second area at a subsequent moment, said second area identifiable by a second location context identifier via a portal linking the first area and the second area, wherein said determination is based at least in part on a likelihood heat man; applying a threshold to said indication of said probability; and conditionally performing a scan for signals transmitted by one or more transmitter devices corresponding to the second area responsive to said application of said threshold to the indication of the probability that the mobile device subsequently transitions to the second area via the portal.