Patent ID: 8706139
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G04R,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for facilitating estimation of a time zone at which an electronic device is positioned, the apparatus comprising: a determiner configured to determine if more than one time-zone-estimative parameter has been received at the electronic device; an estimator configured to obtain an estimate of the time zone, wherein the estimate of the time zone is obtained based upon at least two time-zone-estimative parameters in response to a determination by the determiner that at least two selected time-zone-estimative parameters have been received at the electronic device and the estimate of the time zone is obtained based upon one time-zone-estimative parameter in response to a determination by the determiner that only a single selected time-zone-estimative parameter has been received at the electronic device; and a verifier configured to verify the estimate obtained by the estimator, wherein the verifier is configured to verify the estimate with a current time indication received from a time server.