WO2011106741A2 - Method and apparatus for enhanced indoor position location with assisted user profiles - Google Patents
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- the following description relates generally to wireless communication and, more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for enhanced indoor position location with assisted user profiles.
- the position location has an accuracy of approximately 5m to 50m when the device is in a clear outdoor position location.
- the GPS signal is often very poor for indoor reception.
- Position location cannot be determined if the GPS signal is not received.
- Many companies are working or have solutions in the marketplace to provide an enhanced indoor position location.
- One of the well-known approaches is Qualcomm's SnapTrack, which uses a location server with a reference GPS receiver that can simultaneously detect the same satellites as a wireless handset with partial GPS information (i.e., information from less than four GPS satellites) in order to find the weak GPS signal.
- the wireless handset collects measurements from both the GPS satellites and the wireless mobile network. These measurements are combined by the location server to produce position estimation.
- Wi-Fi from SkyHook.
- the underlying technology requires the knowledge of the positions of the Wi-Fi APs. For a Wi-Fi capable handset, it will determine its position location using the Wi-Fi AP location. This technology requires an accurate location of the Wi-Fi APs and the mobile handset to be Wi-Fi capable. Although this method has been considered the most compelling solution for indoor position determination, this approach has many shortcomings. First, the approach is not easily scalable, as positions of the Wi- Fi APs must be constantly determined. Second, Wi-Fi APs within private areas (e.g., corporations, large living complexes) are not accessible in order to build out a comprehensive database of AP locations. Third, not all handsets are Wi-Fi capable, and therefore would not be able to utilize this technology. Fourth, a user may roam into an area where there is no Wi-Fi AP or the Wi-Fi AP position is not known.
- private areas e.g., corporations, large living complexes
- a method of wireless communication includes maintaining user profile information, receiving a plurality of position locations, correlating the received position locations to determine failed correlations, determining blackout periods based on whether there is a gap in the received position locations, obtaining location information for the failed correlations and the blackout periods, updating the user profile information based on the obtained location information, receiving an emergency notification, and responding to the emergency notification based on at least one of the user profile information or an emergency position location received with the emergency notification.
- a method of wireless communication includes receiving user profile information for a user.
- the user profile information includes at least one location and a time period associated with each of the at least one location.
- the method includes receiving a plurality of position locations of the user, determining black out periods based on whether there is a gap in the received position locations, correlating the received position locations with the user profile information to determine the position locations with failed correlations, obtaining, from the user, locations corresponding to the determined blackout periods and the determined failed correlations of the received position locations, updating the user profile information based on the locations obtained from the user, receiving an emergency notification, and requesting emergency personnel to attend to the user at a location determined based on at least one of the user profile information or an emergency position location received with the emergency notification.
- an apparatus for wireless communication includes means for maintaining user profile information, means for receiving a plurality of position locations, means for correlating the received position locations to determine failed correlations, means for determining blackout periods based on whether there is a gap in the received position locations, means for obtaining location information for the failed correlations and the blackout periods, means for updating the user profile information based on the obtained location information, means for receiving an emergency notification, and means for responding to the emergency notification based on at least one of the user profile information or an emergency position location received with the emergency notification.
- an apparatus for wireless communication includes means for receiving user profile information for a user.
- the user profile information includes at least one location and a time period associated with each of the at least one location.
- the apparatus further includes means for receiving a plurality of position locations of the user, means for determining black out periods based on whether there is a gap in the received position locations, means for correlating the received position locations with the user profile information to determine the position locations with failed correlations, means for obtaining, from the user, locations corresponding to the determined blackout periods and the determined failed correlations of the received position locations, means for updating the user profile information based on the locations obtained from the user, means for receiving an emergency notification, and means for requesting emergency personnel to attend to the user at a location determined based on at least one of the user profile information or an emergency position location received with the emergency notification.
- a computer program product includes a computer-readable medium.
- the computer-readable medium includes code for maintaining user profile information, receiving a plurality of position locations, correlating the received position locations to determine failed correlations, determining blackout periods based on whether there is a gap in the received position locations, obtaining location information for the failed correlations and the blackout periods, updating the user profile information based on the obtained location information, receiving an emergency notification, and responding to the emergency notification based on at least one of the user profile information or an emergency position location received with the emergency notification.
- a computer program product includes a computer-readable medium.
- the computer-readable medium includes code for receiving user profile information for a user.
- the user profile information includes at least one location and a time period associated with each of the at least one location.
- the computer-readable medium further includes code for receiving a plurality of position locations of the user, determining black out periods based on whether there is a gap in the received position locations, correlating the received position locations with the user profile information to determine the position locations with failed correlations, obtaining, from the user, locations corresponding to the determined blackout periods and the determined failed correlations of the received position locations, updating the user profile information based on the locations obtained from the user, receiving an emergency notification, and requesting emergency personnel to attend to the user at a location determined based on at least one of the user profile information or an emergency position location received with the emergency notification.
- an apparatus for wireless communication includes a processing system.
- the processing system is configured to maintain user profile information, to receive a plurality of position locations, to correlate the received position locations to determine failed correlations, to determine blackout periods based on whether there is a gap in the received position locations, to obtain location information for the failed correlations and the blackout periods, to update the user profile information based on the obtained location information, to receive an emergency notification, and to respond to the emergency notification based on at least one of the user profile information or an emergency position location received with the emergency notification.
- an apparatus for wireless communication includes a processing system.
- the processing system is configured to receive user profile information for a user.
- the user profile information includes at least one location and a time period associated with each of the at least one location.
- the processing system is further configured to receive a plurality of position locations of the user, to determine black out periods based on whether there is a gap in the received position locations, to correlate the received position locations with the user profile information to determine the position locations with failed correlations, to obtain, from the user, locations corresponding to the determined blackout periods and the determined failed correlations of the received position locations, to update the user profile information based on the locations obtained from the user, to receive an emergency notification, and to request emergency personnel to attend to the user at a location determined based on at least one of the user profile information or an emergency position location received with the emergency notification.
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration for an exemplary apparatus.
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating movement of a user and periodic reporting of user location.
- FIG. 3 depicts an exemplary method for an enhanced indoor position location.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of execution during an emergency event.
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart of an exemplary method.
- FIG. 6 is a modular diagram of an exemplary apparatus.
- Examples of apparatuses suitable for incorporating various aspects of the invention include, but are not limited to, a UE capable of operating in a wireless network.
- a UE may be referred to as a mobile phone, user terminal, a mobile station, a mobile device, a subscriber station, a wireless device, a terminal, an access terminal, a node, a handheld device, or some other suitable terminology.
- the various concepts described throughout this disclosure are intended to apply to all suitable apparatuses regardless of their specific nomenclature.
- FIG. 1 is a conceptual block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration for an apparatus.
- the apparatus 100 includes a processor 104, machine-readable media (memory) 108 coupled to the processor 104, and a transceiver 106 coupled to the processor 104.
- the transceiver 106 includes a GPS receiver.
- the processor 104 and the machine-readable media 108 may together be referred to as a processing system 110.
- the processing system 110 may include the processor 104 without the machine-readable media 108 for certain processor 104 configurations.
- the processing system 110 may include one or more processors.
- the one or more processors may be implemented with any combination of general-purpose microprocessors, microcontrollers, a Digital Signal Processors (DSP), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), Programmable Logic Devices (PLD), controllers, state machines, gated logic, discrete hardware components, or any other suitable entities that can perform calculations or other manipulations of information.
- DSP Digital Signal Processors
- FPGA Field Programmable Gate Arrays
- PLD Programmable Logic Devices
- controllers state machines, gated logic, discrete hardware components, or any other suitable entities that can perform calculations or other manipulations of information.
- the processing system 110 may also include the machine-readable media 108 for storing software.
- Software shall be construed broadly to mean any type of instructions, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise. Instructions may include code (e.g., in source code format, binary code format, executable code format, or any other suitable format of code). The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processing system 110 to perform the various functions described below, as well as other protocol processing functions.
- the machine-readable media 108 may include storage integrated into one or more of the processors.
- the machine-readable media 108 may also include storage external to the one or more processor, such as a Random Access Memory (RAM), a flash memory, a Read Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), registers, a hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD, or any other suitable storage device.
- the machine -readable media 108 may include a transmission line or a carrier wave that encodes a data signal.
- the UE 100 may be a mobile station (i.e., cell phone).
- the UE 100 may further include an emergency button that the user can trigger to call for emergency help.
- the UE 100 may include sensors to detect a potential emergency (e.g., detecting a fall) for automatic triggering the call for emergency help.
- the UE 100 is configured to receive GPS signals via the transceiver 106 and to transmit its GPS location via the transceiver 106 to the serving cell, which routes the information to a position location server.
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram 200 illustrating movement of a user and periodic reporting of a user location.
- the UE 100 is carried by the user 50 to various locations, such as, for example, locations LI through L9.
- the UE 100 periodically reports its GPS location, transmitting its GPS location to its serving cell, which routes the GPS location information to a position location server.
- LI, L2, L8, and L9 may be a senior living center; L3 and L4 a shopping center; L6 a street; and L7 a bakery.
- L5 is an unreported GPS position (i.e., blackout period), as the UE 100 may not be able to receive adequate GPS signals to ascertain its position.
- FIG. 3 depicts an exemplary method 300 for an enhanced indoor position location.
- information is collected from the user 50 (351).
- the information includes locations of the user's whereabouts during the day.
- the information may be collected by a sales representative 304.
- the information may be collected by an automated system.
- the user 50 signs up for the service with the sales representative 304 and the sales representative 304 collects user profile information.
- the user profile information includes a set of locations.
- the user profile information includes the time of day and the day of the week, month, or year in which the user 50 expects to be at those locations.
- the user 50 may report that she is at the senior living center every day until 1 :30 p.m. and after 5 p.m. and that she visits a particular shopping center every Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
- the location and time information collected from the user 50 is provided to the position location server 302 and stored in a database (352).
- the UE 100 which is carried by the user 50, makes periodic position fixes throughout the day and reports the fixes to the position location server 302 (353).
- the reported fixes are GPS coordinates.
- the UE 100 may determine an actual location (e.g., a particular bakery) based on the GPS coordinates and report the actual location rather than the GPS coordinates.
- the UE 100 reports user-provided locations that a user enters as text into the UE 100.
- the position location server 302 correlates the received position locations to determine failed correlations and determines blackout periods based on whether there is a gap in the received position locations (354).
- the position location server correlates the received position locations with an actual location, correlates the position locations that do not correlate with an actual location with the user profile information, and determines the position locations with the failed correlations as the position locations that do not correlate with an actual location or with the user profile information.
- the position location server 302 stores information in the database indicating failed correlations and blackout periods (354). Blackout periods are position fixes not received by the position location server 302. Failed correlations are position fixes not sufficiently close to a user- reported location. For example, the position location server 302 may receive position fixes indicating that the user 50 was at the senior living center until 1 :30 p.m. (LI, L2), at a shopping center from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
- the position location server 302 may then flag the position fix L5 for a blackout period and L6 and L7 for failed correlations.
- a customer service agent 306 may periodically contact the user 50 to check on the wellness of the user 50 and to test the UE 100 to ensure that the device is working properly. At that time, the customer service agent 306 may also gather information from the user 50 on where the user was located at particular times associated with blackout periods and failed correlations (355). With respect to the example above, the customer service agent 306 may gather information from the user 50 on where the user was located for position fixes L5 through L7. Alternatively, an automated system may be used rather than a customer service agent 306. In one configuration, the user may be prompted to fill out a questionnaire of her whereabouts on the UE 100 and the position location server 302 may retrieve the completed questionnaire.
- the gathered information is communicated to the position location server 302 (356).
- the position location server 302 updates its database with the information and updates the respective user profile so that position fixes at the same GPS location as L6 and L7 do not result in failed correlations.
- the user profile at the position location server will capture accurate information on a user's position locations for any hour of the day and any day of the week, month, or year.
- the aforementioned method may be used in addition to the GPS, A-GPS, and WiFi location technology, as discussed supra, to provide improved accuracy of the user position location during an emergency event.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram 400 illustrating a sequence of execution during an emergency event.
- the UE 100 periodically reports its position location (1).
- the position location is correlated with the user's profile 303 stored in the position location server 302 (2).
- the user's profile 303 includes location and time period information, i.e., a plurality of locations and associated time periods in which the user will be at the locations.
- An emergency event may be triggered, either by the user 50 or automatically through fall detection sensors in the UE 100 (3).
- the UE 100 then triggers an emergency event, notifying the position location server 302 of the emergency (4). If the UE 100 is able to obtain its emergency position location, the UE 100 also provides its emergency position location to the position location server 302 (4).
- the position location server 302 receives the emergency notification and processes the emergency event (5).
- the position location server If an emergency position location is provided by the UE 100, the position location server
- the position location server 302 correlates the provided emergency position location with the user profile 303 (6). That is, the position location server 302 correlates the emergency position location with a location listed in the user profile 303. If no emergency position location is provided with the received emergency event (i.e., the received emergency event is associated with a blackout period) or if the emergency position location does not correlate (i.e., match) with a location listed in the user profile 303, the position location server 302 attempts to refine the emergency position location based on the information in the user profile 303 (7). When refining the emergency position location, the position location server 302 determines the most likely position location of the user based on the emergency position location, if provided, and the information in the user profile 303.
- an emergency position location is received with the emergency event and the emergency position location correlates with a user-reported location in the user profile 303, the user-reported location is reported to the emergency personnel. If an emergency position location is received with the emergency event and the emergency position location does not correlate with a user-reported location in the user profile 303, but is within a predefined or predetermined radius of a user-reported location in the user profile 303, the emergency position location is refined to match the position location of the user- reported location and the user-reported location is reported to the emergency personnel.
- the emergency position location does not correlate with a user-reported location in the user profile 303, and the emergency position location is not within a predefined radius of a user-reported location in the user profile 303, the received emergency position location is not refined and is reported as is. Finally, if an emergency position location is not received with the emergency event (i.e., the emergency event has a blackout period), the position location server 302 tries to guess the most likely position location of the user.
- the position location server 302 guesses the most likely position location of the user based on the a previously reported position location, a location in the user profile 303 that correlates with the previously reported position location, recorded blackout periods in the user profile 303, the distance of user-reported locations during those recorded blackout periods from the previously reported position location, and a length of time between the previously reported position location and the emergency event.
- the position location server 302 After the position location server 302 refines the emergency position location, the position location server 302 sends the user's refined position location to the Public Emergency Assistance Service 310 (8).
- the position location server 302 may also provide the Public Emergency Assistance Service 310 with user information such as the user's sex, age, medical condition, and other medical information useful to any emergency personnel. Based on the information provided by the position location server 302, the Public Emergency Assistance Service 310 then dispatches emergency personnel to assist the user 50 (9).
- FIG. 5 is a flow chart 500 of an exemplary method.
- the method includes maintaining user profile information (502), receiving a plurality of position locations (504), correlating the received position locations to determine failed correlations (506), and determining blackout periods based on whether there is a gap in the received position locations (508).
- the method further includes obtaining location information for the failed correlations and the blackout periods (510).
- the user profile information is updated based on the obtained location information (512).
- the method includes responding to the emergency notification based on at least one of the user profile information or an emergency position location received with the emergency notification (516).
- the user profile information is received for a user.
- the user profile information includes at least one location and a time period associated with each of the at least one location.
- the received position locations are GPS coordinates.
- the received position locations may further be user-reported locations or actual locations. That is, a user may provide actual locations to the UE 100 or the UE 100 may convert the GPS coordinates into actual locations and report the actual locations to the position location server 302.
- the location information obtained in step 510 includes locations corresponding to the failed correlations and the determined blackout periods.
- the correlating of step 506 includes correlating the received position locations with an actual location, correlating position locations that do not correlate with an actual location with the user profile information, and determining the position locations with the failed correlations as the position locations that do not correlate with an actual location or with the user profile information.
- a received position location may be 100 feet from a particular bakery. In such a situation, the received position location will not correlate with the particular bakery. However, the position location server 302 will correlate the received position location with the user profile information. If the user profile information includes the particular bakery as a location that the user visits, the actual location of the received position location will be determined as the particular bakery. If the user profile information does not include the particular bakery as a location that the user visits, the received position location will be flagged as an uncorrected position location or as a failed correlation because the received position location did not correlate with an actual location or with the user profile information.
- the responding to the emergency notification in step 516 includes requesting emergency personnel to attend to a user at an emergency location determined based at least one of the user profile information or a reported emergency position location.
- the method further includes receiving an emergency position location with the emergency notification, correlating the emergency position location with at least one of an actual location or the user profile information to determine the emergency location, and refining the emergency location when the emergency position location does not correlate with said at least one of an actual location or the user profile information, but is within a predetermined radius of a location in the user profile information.
- the process for correlating the emergency position location and refining the emergency location is the same as described in relation to the correlating step 506.
- the method includes determining the emergency location based on at least one previously received position location and the user profile information when an emergency position location is not received with the emergency notification. That is, when an emergency position location is not received with the emergency notification, the position location server 302 must make a best guess of the location of the user based on a previously received position location and the user profile information.
- the exemplary method includes receiving user profile information for a user.
- the user profile information includes at least one location and a time period associated with each of the at least one location.
- the method further includes receiving a plurality of position locations of the user, determining black out periods based on whether there is a gap in the received position locations, and correlating the received position locations with the user profile information to determine the position locations with failed correlations. Locations corresponding to the determined blackout periods and the determined failed correlations of the received position locations are obtained from a user.
- the user profile information is updated based on the locations obtained from the user.
- the method includes requesting emergency personnel to attend to the user at a location determined based on at least one of the user profile information or an emergency position location received with the emergency notification.
- FIG. 6 is a modular diagram of an exemplary apparatus 100.
- the apparatus 100 includes a module 602 that maintains user profile information, a module 604 that receives a plurality of position locations, a module 606 that correlates the received position locations to determine failed correlations, and a module 608 that determines blackout periods based on whether there is a gap in the received position locations.
- the apparatus 100 further includes a module 610 that obtains location information for the failed correlations and the blackout periods.
- the user profile information is updated based on the obtained location information.
- a module 616 responds to the emergency notification based on at least one of the user profile information or an emergency position location received with the emergency notification.
- the apparatus 100 includes means for maintaining user profile information, means for receiving a plurality of position locations, means for correlating the received position locations to determine failed correlations, means for determining blackout periods based on whether there is a gap in the received position locations, means for obtaining location information for the failed correlations and the blackout periods, means for updating the user profile information based on the obtained location information, means for receiving an emergency notification, and means for responding to the emergency notification based on at least one of the user profile information or an emergency position location received with the emergency notification.
- the apparatus 100 includes means for receiving user profile information for a user.
- the user profile information includes at least one location and a time period associated with each of the at least one location.
- the apparatus 100 further includes means for receiving a plurality of position locations of the user, means for determining black out periods based on whether there is a gap in the received position locations, means for correlating the received position locations with the user profile information to determine the position locations with failed correlations, means for obtaining, from the user, locations corresponding to the determined blackout periods and the determined failed correlations of the received position locations, and means for updating the user profile information based on the locations obtained from the user, means for receiving an emergency notification, and means for requesting emergency personnel to attend to the user at a location determined based on at least one of the user profile information or an emergency position location received with the emergency notification.
- the aforementioned means is the processing system 110 configured to perform the function identified in each of the aforementioned means.
- the aforementioned means in the processor 104 configured to perform the function identified in each of the aforementioned means.
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