Patent ID: 8634856
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: G01C,G06F,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a server computer, the method comprising: receiving from a central source updates about geographically distributed radio transmitters; responsive to the received updates, generating an associated set of neighbors for each of the geographically distributed radio transmitters, wherein the associated set of neighbors of a radio transmitter includes up to a predetermined number of geographically-closest neighboring radio transmitters of the radio transmitter, wherein each radio transmitter of the associated set of neighbors of the radio transmitter is located up to a predetermined geographical-distance away from the radio transmitter, wherein said generating the associated set of neighbors for each of the geographically distributed radio transmitters comprises: upon request from a mobile device in communication with a given radio transmitter, providing to the mobile device geo-spatial coordinates for each of a generated set of neighbors associated with the given radio transmitter to facilitate location-based services (LBS).