Reporting of information before a scheduled time

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9918264-B1
Application number	US-201615261485-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Sep 9, 2016
Priority date	Sep 9, 2016
Publication date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	Mar 13, 2018

Abstract

A mobile device can send information to a server by first obtaining, by the mobile device, a scheduled time to send the information to the server. In response to determining, by the mobile device, that a trigger condition is met before the scheduled time, the mobile device sends at least a portion of the information from the mobile device to the server.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of sending information from a mobile device to a server, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a processor of the mobile device, a scheduled time to send the information to the server;
determining, by the processor, that a trigger condition is met before the scheduled time by determining that the mobile device is likely to lose a connection to a first wireless packet-switched communications network before the scheduled time by determining that a transceiver of the mobile device will stop communicating with the first wireless packet-switched communications network to begin communicating with a second wireless packet-switched communications network;
sending, via a transceiver of the mobile device and via the first wireless packet-switched communications network, a wireless signal comprising at least a first portion of the information to the server, wherein the wireless signal is sent before the scheduled time and in response to determining that the trigger condition is met before the scheduled time; and
sending at least a second portion of the information to the second wireless packet-switched communications network after sending the first portion of the information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the mobile device is likely to lose the connection to the first wireless packet-switched communications network comprises determining that a signal strength indicator is below a signal strength threshold and/or a signal quality indicator is below a signal quality threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the information is supported by the first wireless packet-switched communications network and not supported by the second wireless packet-switched communications network, and the second portion of the information is supported by the first wireless packet-switched communications network and the second wireless packet-switched communications network.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first portion of the information comprises Wi-Fi-based positioning measurements, observed-time-difference-of-arrival-based positioning measurements, or a combination thereof, and the second portion of the information comprises GNSS-based positioning measurements.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein:
the first wireless packet-switched communications network is a long term evolution (LTE) network and the second wireless packet-switched communications network is a non-LTE network.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information comprises location information regarding the location of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the location information comprises reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement data.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the scheduled time is an early time or a final time associated with a long term evolution (LTE) positioning protocol (LPP).

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising periodically sending measurement reports to the server prior to determining that the trigger condition is met.

10. A mobile device for sending information to a server, the mobile device comprising:
a transceiver for wirelessly transmitting messages to and wirelessly receiving messages from the server via a first wireless packet-switched communications network or a second wireless packet-switched communications network, or a combination thereof;
a processor, communicatively coupled to the transceiver, configured to:
obtain a scheduled time to send the information to the server;
determine that a trigger condition is met before the scheduled time by determining that the mobile device is likely to lose a connection to the first wireless packet-switched communications network before the scheduled time by determining that the transceiver will stop communicating with the first wireless packet-switched communications network to begin communicating with a second wireless packet-switched communications network;
send, via the transceiver and via the first wireless packet-switched communications network, a wireless message comprising at least a first portion of the information to the server, wherein the wireless signal is sent before the scheduled time and in response to determining that the trigger condition is met before the scheduled time; and
send at least a second portion of the information to the second wireless packet-switched communications network after sending the first portion of the information.

11. The mobile device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to determine that the mobile device is likely to lose a connection to the first wireless packet-switched communications network by determining that a signal strength indicator is below a signal strength threshold and/or a signal quality indicator is below a signal quality threshold.

12. The mobile device of claim 10 , wherein the first portion of the information is supported by the first wireless packet-switched communications network and not supported by the second wireless packet-switched communications network, and the second portion of the information is supported by the first wireless packet-switched communications network and the second wireless packet-switched communications network.

13. The mobile device of claim 12 , wherein the first portion of the information comprises Wi-Fi-based positioning measurements, observed-time-difference-of-arrival-based positioning measurements, or a combination thereof, and the second portion of the information comprises GNSS-based positioning measurements.

14. The mobile device of claim 12 , wherein:
the first wireless packet-switched communications network is a long term evolution (LTE) network and the second wireless packet-switched communications network is a non-LTE network.

15. The mobile device of claim 10 , wherein the information comprises location information regarding the location of the mobile device.

16. The mobile device of claim 15 , wherein the location information comprises reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement data.

17. The mobile device of claim 16 , wherein the scheduled time is an early time or a final time associated with a long term evolution (LTE) positioning protocol (LPP).

18. The mobile device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to periodically send, to the server via the transceiver, measurement reports prior to determining that the trigger condition is met.

19. A non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium comprising processor-readable instructions configured to cause a processor of a mobile device to:
obtain a scheduled time to send information to a server;
determine that a trigger condition is met before the scheduled time by determining that the mobile device is likely to lose a connection to a first wireless packet-switched communications network before the scheduled time by determining that a transceiver of the mobile device will stop communicating with the first wireless packet-switched communications network to begin communicating with a second wireless packet-switched communications network;
send, via the transceiver of the mobile device and via the first wireless packet-switched communications network, a wireless signal comprising at least a first portion of the information to the server, wherein the instructions configured to cause the processor to send the wireless signal are configured to send the wireless signal in response to determining that the trigger condition is met before the scheduled time; and
send at least a second portion of the information to the second wir

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Bitra Suresh Kumar
• Tandra Arun Kumar Sharma

Classifications

• H04W36/365

  by manual user interaction · CPC title

• H04W64/00

  Locating users or terminals {or network equipment} for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management · CPC title

• H04W76/38

  triggered by timers · CPC title

• H04W88/06

  adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title