Handling positioning messages

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9615214-B2
Application number	US-201214649432-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2012
Priority date	Dec 7, 2012
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

Apparatus ( 30 ) is configured: to transmit angle-of-departure positioning messages from which a mobile device ( 11 ) can calculate a direction to the mobile device from the apparatus ( 30 ); and to transmit a point of interest packet data unit for providing a point of interest service to a mobile device ( 11 ), the first point of interest packet data unit comprising first data indicating a first range from a first point of interest.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Apparatus, the apparatus having at least one processor and at least one memory having computer-readable code stored thereon which when executed causes the apparatus:
to receive at least one angle-of-departure positioning message from a positioning beacon;
to receive a point of interest packet data unit from the positioning beacon, the point of interest packet data unit comprising first data indicating a first range from a first point of interest that is located at a position that is different than a position of the positioning beacon, the first range and the first point of interest defining an area around the first point of interest;
to use the angle-of-departure positioning message to calculate a position of the apparatus;
to respond to determining that the position of the apparatus has a certain relationship with respect to the area defined by the first range and the first point of interest by providing a notification;
when the first data indicates that a notification is to be triggered when the mobile device moves within an area defined by the first range and the first point of interest, to respond to determining that the position of the apparatus has moved from outside to inside the area defined by the first range and the first point of interest by providing the notification;
when the first data indicates that a notification is to be triggered when the mobile device moves without an area defined by the first range and the first point of interest, to respond to determining that the position of the apparatus has moved from inside to outside the area defined by the first range and the first point of interest by providing the notification; and
when the first data indicates that a notification is to be provided indicating a heading to the first point of interest from the position of the apparatus, to provide an indication of a heading to the first point of interest and sequentially to a next point of interest of multiple points of interest for which a heading is to be provided, until a heading has been provided for a last point of interest of said multiple points of interest for which a heading is to be provided.

2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first data also indicates a location of the first point of interest.

3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein calculating the position further comprises using an orientation included in at least one positioning message from the positioning beacon.

4. Apparatus, the apparatus having at least one processor and at least one memory having computer-readable code stored thereon which when executed causes the apparatus:
to transmit at least one angle-of-departure positioning message from a positioning beacon to aid a mobile device in calculating its position;
to transmit a point of interest packet data unit from the positioning beacon, the point of interest packet data unit comprising first data indicating a first range from a first point of interest that is located at a position that is different than a position of the positioning beacon, the first range and the first point of interest defining an area around the first point of interest;
in response to the apparatus determining that the position of the mobile device has a certain relationship with respect to the area defined by the first range and the first point of interest, to transmit a succession of angle-of-departure positioning messages and point of interest packet data unit messages to guide the mobile device via several notional points of interest,
wherein the first data further indicates that a notification is to be provided indicating a heading to the first point of interest from the position of the mobile device and causes the mobile device to provide an indication of a heading to the first point of interest and sequentially to a next point of interest of multiple points of interest for which a heading is to be provided, until a heading has been provided for a last point of interest of said multiple points of interest for which a heading is to be provided.

5. Apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the succession depends on a number of notional points of interest needed and comprises at least one of the following:
succession of point of interest packet data followed by data indicating a range and accuracy values,
or
b) a succession of point of interest packet data units concatenated in one message.

6. A method comprising:
transmitting angle-of-departure positioning messages from which a mobile device can calculate a direction to the mobile device from an apparatus; and
transmitting a point of interest packet data unit for providing a point of interest service to a mobile device, the first point of interest packet data unit comprising first data indicating a first range from a first point of interest that is located at a position that is different than a position of the apparatus, the first range and the first point of interest defining an area around the first point of interest,
wherein the first data further indicates that a notification is to be provided indicating a heading to the first point of interest from a position of the mobile device and causes the mobile device to provide an indication of a heading to the first point of interest and sequentially to a next point of interest of multiple points of interest for which a heading is to be provided, until a heading has been provided for a last point of interest of said multiple points of interest for which a heading is to be provided.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first data also indicates a location of the first point of interest.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first data indicates whether a notification is to be triggered:
when the mobile device moves inside or outside the area defined by the first range and the first point of interest, or
when the mobile device moves without the area defined by the first range and the first point of interest and sequentially on to a next point of interest.

Assignees

• Nokia Technologies Oy

Inventors

• Syrjarinne Jari Tapani
• Salokannel Juha

Classifications

• G01S5/08

  Position of single direction-finder fixed by determining direction of a plurality of spaced sources of known location · CPC title

• G01S1/44

  Rotating or oscillating beam beacons defining directions in the plane of rotation or oscillation · CPC title

• H04W4/02

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• G06Q30/02

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title

• G01C21/20

  Instruments for performing navigational calculations (G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence) · CPC title