Abstract: Certain aspects of a method and system for communicating location of a mobile device for hands-free payment may include a peer-to-peer ad-hoc network that comprises a plurality of mobile devices, a plurality of access points, and a plurality of point of sale (POS) devices. A first mobile device may determine its location coordinates and communicate them to a selected POS device via the peer to peer ad-hoc network. At least one of the plurality of mobile devices and/or the plurality of access points may be within a defined proximity of the selected POS device. In some instances, the first POS device may receive via one or more intermediate mobile devices in the peer-to-peer ad-hoc network, location coordinates and payment transaction information of a selected mobile device. At least one of the intermediate mobile devices may be within a defined proximity of the first POS device.

Abstract: A system and method for determining the presence of an individual at a particular spot within a location preferably based on the strength of signals received from beacons assigned to the particular spot by a software application (“App”) running on an electronic device of the individual. In one embodiment, certain presence calculations are performed by the App. In another embodiment, the App forwards information regarding the received beacon signals to an electronic identification and location tracking system and the presence calculations are performed by the system.

Abstract: The deployment of content and computing resources for implementing a distributed software application can be optimized based upon customer location. The volume and geographic origin of incoming requests for a distributed software application are determined. Based upon the volume and geographic origin of the incoming requests, content and/or one or more instances of the distributed software application may be deployed to a geographic region generating a significant volume of requests for the distributed software application. Content and/or instances of a distributed software application might also be speculatively deployed to a geographic region in an attempt to optimize the performance, cost, or other attribute of a distributed software application.

Abstract: In a positioning method and a terminal according to the present disclosure, a processor positions a location of the terminal through interferometric positioning using a plurality of positioning signals received from a plurality of satellites. The processor calculates an integer bias for the plurality of positioning signals, selects a group of location candidates based on a float solution acquired through the calculation of the integer bias, and notifies that the terminal is located at a predetermined point on a map under a condition in which the group of location candidates is included in a line-shaped area.

Abstract: A computer-implemented patient information presentation method is disclosed. The method includes extracting, from records maintained for a patient under care in a healthcare facility, a subset of data points for that patient that are determined to represent data points of highest relevance to a subset of potential caregivers for the patient. The method also includes grouping the subset of data points into a plurality of groups based on a determined relatedness among data points in each of the plurality of groups, and generating a display for presentation to a caregiver that shows at least some of the subset of data points arranged in the groups.

Abstract: A mediator system, which serves as a conduit between a customer and merchants, includes customer profile data. The mediator system analyzes the customer profile data, and assigns an indication to a customer represented by the customer profile data. The mediator system then provides the indication to the merchants, and then receives bids from the merchants. The bids are for establishing a connection between the merchants and the customer. The mediator system provides to a portion of the merchants, based on the bids, a connection to the customer.

Abstract: A system to effectuate passive check-in with respect to a user's mobile device is described. A server system may be configured to receive communications from a GPS-enabled mobile device (e.g., a mobile phone), extract a stream of locations from the received communications, and use the location information to determine whether a boundary-crossing event has occurred with respect to the mobile device. In response to detecting a boundary-crossing event, the server may communicate a message, such as a recommendation, to the mobile device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for real-time user engagement, interactions, and management for various events. A beacon device, either a standalone beacon tag or a part of a user device, is able to interact with a gateway and/or a server.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed that provide a pickup process for items purchased from a store. In some embodiments, a mobile computing device of a customer may determine whether the mobile computing device and therefore the customer are in a pickup zone for a store. In response to determining that the mobile computing device is in the pickup zone, the mobile computing device may notify the customer and request whether the customer wishes to initiate pickup of purchased items from the store. The mobile computing device may notify a merchandise pickup system of the customer's desire to pickup the purchased items.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to navigating based on directionality. An embodiment determines a position and a direction of a mobile device, determines one or more paths from the mobile device to one or more destinations associated with a current location of the mobile device, and displays one or more direction indicators corresponding to the one or more paths to the one or more destinations.

Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with another terminal; a display unit configured to display information; and a controller configured to in response to the other terminal being a first distance to the mobile terminal, display first information associated with the other terminal via the display unit, and in response to the other terminal being a second distance closer than the first distance to the mobile terminal, display second information associated with the other terminal via the display unit.

Abstract: A group recommendation provides end users in a social group a set of recommended destinations based on the combined personal preferences of the members of the social group. Members of a social group are identified using a combination of location based signals and social graph information in response to receiving a recommendation request. The group recommendation may be determined by combining the personal preferences associated with each member of the group into a master preference profile. Alternatively, the group recommendation may be determined by first calculating an individual recommendation list for each member of the social group and then calculating a composite score for each recommendation on the individual recommendation lists.

Abstract: A user device receives a service device identifier via a Wi-Fi scan at a location and transmits the received service device identifier to an management system via a network. If the management computing system receives multiple service device identifiers from the user computing device, the management computing system receives location data of the user computing device and signal strength data associated with each of the service device identifiers. The management system receives location data from the user computing device and determines a particular service device identifier from the multiple identified service device identifiers having a strongest signal strength where the user computing device location data also indicates the user computing device to be located within a geofence boundary associated with the service device. The management system transmits user account information to the selected service system computing device.

Abstract: Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for dynamically retrieving and monitoring geo-fence activity. A meta geo-fence may be identified based on a user device geolocation. The meta geo-fence having a radius that is dynamically generated to include previously defined geo-fences within or touching the meta geo-fence. User device geolocation may be monitored in relation to the defined geo-fences included in the radius of the meta geo-fence. A communication may be sent to the user device when the user device reports that the user device has entered or exited one of the previously defined geo-fences within or touching the radius of the meta geo-fence.

Abstract: The present invention provides techniques for utilizing opportunities presented by events and social gatherings, such as online advertisement targeting and communications related opportunities. Techniques are provided in which information is obtained that provides an indication that a set of users, including mobile electronic device users, are in a specified area, and indicating that at least some of the set of users are at a particular event or gathering. A virtual user grouping may be formed, and communications between users of the grouping is facilitated, based at least in part on the particular event or gathering.

Abstract: Spatial information associated with a terminal connected to a network via a radio link is monitored. Depending on the spatial information and further depending on spatially-resolved quality of a data transmission, it is selected between operation of the data transmission in the first mode and in a second mode.

Abstract: Systems and techniques to determine an approximate location for a mobile device using historic location information. In an aspect, a SUPL Location Platform (SLP), which is a location server in SUPL, may receive data from SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET). The data may include the Multiple Location IDs Parameter. The real time Location ID Parameter may not have a current status. The SLP may determine an approximate position for the SET based on the Multiple Location IDs Parameter data received from the SET. The SLP may then send the approximate position to the SET or a SUPL Agent, or may use the approximate position information in another way.

Abstract: Techniques are generally described that relate to a method and system for selecting an advertisement for a subscriber of a multi-platform service operating over a transmission medium. An advertisement computer presents advertisements to the subscriber over a platform included in the multiplatform service. Each of the advertisements is associated with a geographic location. The advertisement computer may receive positive responses to the presentment of the plurality of advertisements and define a target geographic area. A plurality of local advertisement responses from the positive responses are selected by the advertisement computer. Each local advertisement response is associated with a location inside the defined target geographic area. The advertisement computer defines a positive response area based on the plurality of local advertisement responses and selects a first new advertisement.

Abstract: A platform generates a personalized itinerary and corresponding map for a user within a venue. The personalized itinerary includes at least one recommended point of interest, the recommendation generated based on a location of the recommended point of interest relative to a location of the user, and based on a comparison between user profile information concerning the user and point of interest information concerning the recommended point of interest.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for vehicle localization based on wireless local area network nodes. An example disclosed vehicle includes a wireless network controller and a location tracker. In response to losing reception of GPS signals, the location tracker scans for wireless network nodes via the wireless network controller, and when second locations of the wireless network nodes are stored in memory, determines a current location of the vehicle based on a particle filtering technique and received signal strength measurements from the wireless network nodes.

Abstract: A position associated information providing method, implemented by an electronic device supporting the same, includes identifying a condition of position information set to an application running or execution-requested, obtaining position information corresponding to the identified condition of the position information, and providing the obtained position information to the application.

Abstract: IOT device-based messaging communications systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example system includes an Internet-of-things backend system comprising IOT devices that implement proximity and physical web discovery services and implement a modified short-range wireless communication protocol stack for communicating with communication devices at a kernel level; and each of the communication devices being configured to with receive messages from the Internet-of-things backend system over a short-range wireless connection, the messages are presented to the communication devices without an application being installed on the communication devices, the modified short-range wireless communication protocol stack being configured based on a short-range wireless protocol that is active on the each of the communication devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure may include a method of automated travel planning including obtaining first and second life events as a basis for travel. The method may include receiving first electronic content and storing it such that it is associated with the first life event, receiving second electronic content and storing it such that it is associated with the second life event, and identifying a first location for the first life event and a second location for the second life event. The method may also include electronically generating a map of the first and second life events, the map including transportation between the first location and the second location, the first electronic content associated with the first life event, and the second electronic content associated with the second life event. The method may also include automatically generating an itinerary including the transportation between the first and second life events.

Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a camera, a display unit, and a controller for finding parkable areas matching an overall width of a vehicle by detecting a distance between a plurality of objects in an image obtained by the camera, providing parkable area information corresponding to the parkable areas on the image through the display unit, and selecting one of the parkable areas.

Abstract: Provided is a process, including: obtaining geolocations histories of computing devices; assigning different subsets of the location histories to different computing devices in a compute cluster; querying a geographic information system (GIS) with geolocations in the geolocations histories to obtain identifiers of chain retail establishments; determining visit graphs for the individuals; and determining, for a given retail chain and a given individual, a score indicative of an affinity of the given individual to the given retail chain based on the visit graphs for more than 100 individuals including the given individual.

Abstract: A method for disseminating information regarding a problem and administering medical interventions comprises providing a mobile device wirelessly connectable to a network, receiving and storing contact information corresponding to a designated list of information recipients, receiving, via the mobile device and via the wireless trigger transmitting to the mobile device, a signal from a user indicating the problem, receiving, via the mobile device, information regarding the problem, transmitting an indication of the problem to a rescue clearinghouse via the network, prompting a participant of the rescue clearinghouse, different from the user, to make a decision about a course of action regarding the problem, and at least one of transmitting the information regarding the problem to the information recipients from the designated list and transmitting the information regarding the problem to a government rescue organization, based at least in part on the decision.

Abstract: A system that determines that devices are co-located in an acoustic region and selects a single device to which to send incoming notifications for the acoustic region. The system may group devices into separate acoustic regions based on selection data that selects between similar audio data received from multiple devices. The system may select the best device for each acoustic region based on a frequency that the device was selected previously, input/output capabilities of the device, a proximity to a user, or the like. The system may send a notification to a single device in each of the acoustic regions so that a user receives a single notification instead of multiple unsynchronized notifications. The system may also determine that acoustic regions are associated with different locations and select acoustic regions to which to send a notification based on location.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the monitoring and detection of a device relocation. A location fingerprint may be generated for a device, wherein the location fingerprint includes information associated with proximal devices. Proximal devices may be identified based on communications received by the device from the proximal devices, and may include devices that are determined to be near in proximity to the device. A baseline location fingerprint may be generated at an instance when the device is expected to be within a designated premise. Subsequent captures of a location fingerprint of the device may be periodically or conditionally taken, and the subsequent location fingerprints may be compared to the baseline location fingerprint. If a significant difference exists between a subsequent location fingerprint and the baseline location fingerprint, a determination may be made that the device has potentially been relocated away from a designated premise.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a method and an apparatus for geographic location positioning. The method includes: first obtaining a target IP address of a target terminal device; then determining a plurality of geographic areas where the target IP address presents; determining at least one piece of real-time data corresponding to the target IP address from the database, wherein the real-time data includes a target geographic location where the target IP address presents within a predetermined period; determining a target geographic area currently corresponding to the target IP address from the plurality of geographic areas based on the target geographic location included in the real-time data; finally determining location information corresponding to the target terminal device based on the target geographic area. It can accurately locate a terminal device without depending on a positioning module of the terminal device itself by means of the solution.

Abstract: A network computer system can control the display of user interface features on remote computing devices. The network computer system can manage a requester profile for each of the plurality of requesters. A requester profile can be associated with historical data corresponding to previous services received or requested by the respective requester. Based on data associated with the requester profile, the network computer system can generate accelerator features to be displayed on a user interface of the computing device of the requester, where each of the accelerator features is selectable to cause the computing device of the requester to determine, without subsequent manual intervention, a service location where a service is to be completed for the requester.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a processing circuit configured to obtain activity recognition information which is determined on the basis of sensing information of a plurality of users, the activity recognition information indicating recognized activities of the plurality of users based on location information of the plurality of users, and generate information for displaying representations of the recognized activities of the plurality of users in relation to a map by using specified criteria.

Abstract: An improved technique for the estimation of the location of a wireless terminal. A disclosed location engine is capable of utilizing a service set identifier (SSID) or a media access control (MAC) address, or both, received from a reporting wireless terminal, in order to improve the estimate of the wireless terminal's location. The location engine generates a first hypothesis for the location of the wireless terminal based on evidence of the location of the wireless terminal, such signal strength measurements, wherein the evidence is independent of the SSID and MAC addresses. The location engine also generates a second hypothesis for the location based on the SSID or a third hypothesis for the location based on the MAC address, or both. An estimate of location of the wireless terminal is based on a combination of the first, second, and third hypotheses. The estimate can then be used in a location-based application.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes automatically determining, in response to user input that includes an indication that the user is generating social-network content, a location of the user. The social network has a number of nodes and a number of edges connecting the nodes, and at least one node corresponds to the user. The method includes sending, automatically and without requiring further user input, the location from a client computing device of the user to an external server computing device and receiving from the server an identification of one or more places corresponding to the location.

Abstract: A group recommendation provides end users in a social group a set of recommended destinations based on the combined personal preferences of the members of the social group. Members of a social group are identified using a combination of location based signals and social graph information in response to receiving a recommendation request. The group recommendation may be determined by combining the personal preferences associated with each member of the group into a master preference profile. Alternatively, the group recommendation may be determined by first calculating an individual recommendation list for each member of the social group and then calculating a composite score for each recommendation on the individual recommendation lists.

Abstract: A method for recognizing movements of objects in a parking area for vehicles by processing images acquired by at least one camera. At least two images acquired by a camera are compared in order to recognize the movements of an object, differences between the two images being evaluated. If it is recognized in this context that a movement of an object has ended, the position of the object is stored in a memory.

Abstract: Systems and methods for statistical dynamic geofencing are discussed. For example, a method for statistical dynamic geofencing can include operations such as receiving a location-based campaign request, analyzing demographic data, determining a geofence parameter, generating a geofence, and distributing location-aware advertisements. The location-based campaign request can include a list of points of interest (POIs) and a target demographic parameter. The demographic data can include data from geographic areas surrounding at least a portion of the POIs as well as data related to the target demographic parameter. The geofence can be generated based at least in part on the geofence parameter, where the geofence parameter directly affects either the size or shape of the geofence. The location-aware advertisements are distributed to a plurality of mobile devices determined to be within the geofence.

Abstract: A confined space estimation system, and a confined space estimation method capable of accurately confirming a confined space formed in the event of a disaster, estimates a confined space comprising a storage device which stores information indicating a geographical space, and a processor which divides the geographical space into grids. Based on location information sent from a terminal, the processor periodically aggregates a number of terminals within the grids or a number of terminals that passed through boundaries between the grids, extracts grids or boundaries in which the aggregated number of terminals is a predetermined number and in which there is no change in the aggregated number of terminals, determines whether the extracted grids or boundaries can be linked to form an annular shape, and, if the annular shape can be formed, estimates a geographical space configured from the grids within the formed annular shape as the confined space.

Abstract: A message creator encodes message information into an original message. The message creator transmits the original message to a message recipient via a first medium. The message recipient receives the original message and decodes the original message to extract the encoded message information. The message recipient adds and/or modifies an attribute of the original message and re-encodes the message information in a modified message. The computer system transmits the modified message as if it were transmitted from the message creator to the message recipient. One attribute that the message recipient may modify is the message medium. As a result, the modified message may be transmitted via a different medium than the original message.

Abstract: The present invention is in the technical field of geolocation. More particularly, the present invention is in the technical field of making content in the form of electronic data available for retrieval when a device has satisfied the Retrieval Range and other Rules which govern the ability to retrieve the content. Retrieval of Content by user devices may be based on Rules communicated by an App, Admin or third party interface and shall be contained and processed by an application interface engine.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for tracking a person in a group of people. An example method includes establishing an ad-hoc network between mobile devices for each of the people in the group. A distance from a mobile device for a person in the group is determined to a mobile device for a group leader, based at least in part, on a number of hops between the mobile device for the person and mobile devices for other people in the group to reach the mobile device for the group leader. A direction to the mobile device for the group leader is determined, based at least in part, on the number of hops to reach the mobile device for the group leader by a number of paths.

Abstract: This application relates to reporting and monitoring a location of a mobile device. Disclosed is an attendance recording service in which when an employee requests attendance recording using a mobile application installed in a smartphone, the smartphone communicates with a server and records clock-in and clock-out of the employee. When the employee selects an attendance recording request button from the mobile application, an analysis is made as to whether the employee is positioned in a workplace, and clock-in or clock-out of the employee is recorded only when it is determined that the employee is positioned in the workplace, thereby maintaining reliable attendance recording.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods, and computer program products for providing a centralized, integrated geolocation resource transfer system that is configured to facilitate operative communication between resource entity systems and external devices located within the geographic fence. In this regard, the invention is configured to dynamically identify a plurality of users located within the geographic fence, in real-time. In addition, the invention is configured to facilitate a resource entity system to customize a user interface of a user device based on the user's location. Furthermore, the system is configured to optimize flux parameters and resource distribution in a geographic fence.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for managing a plurality of user devices. In one exemplary embodiment, a unified user interface is provided which is configured to display to a user status information and frequency of use information regarding a plurality of health monitoring devices associated to the user. Such a unified interface assists the user in building healthy habits, meeting health-related goals, and ensuring that the user's devices are well maintained. The display is derived from information obtained and processed at a management entity in communication with the plurality of health monitoring devices.

Abstract: Electronic devices described herein are configured to use a beaconing capability to enable responders to locate a user of the electronic device. The beacon payload includes an incident identifier, among other data, that enables responders to identify the specific electronic device that was used to place the emergency call. The beacon payload is dynamically updated with refreshed data to enable responders to locate the user of the electronic device that may potentially be in transit from one location to another, and to adapt to changing circumstances associated with the emergency situation.

Abstract: The method and system described herein is directed to a method and system that provides users with channels or categories to report information or incidents that are only visible to them on their device when they are proximate to the organization requesting such information from a user.

Abstract: Systems and methods including mobile devices determining their locations using location determination units, such as GPS receivers. A computing device generates a statistical measurement of location pattern changes in relation to a predetermined region for a predetermined period of time. The measurement is generated from a difference between responses of exposed mobile devices and responses of non-exposed mobile devices, which devices are selected based on a cluster analysis to match the distributions of the exposed mobile devices and the non-exposed mobile devices in an attribute space. Each response of a mobile device can be computed based on applying, at a time instance, an anti-symmetric weight function having an exponential distribution to a time series of visitation measurements to generate a response corresponding to the time instance, and summing the responses corresponding to time instances falling within the predetermined period of time as the response of the mobile device.

Abstract: A system may identify attributes of a geofence surrounding a location. The attributes of the geofence may represent merchant characteristics of a brick-and-mortar store and may further represent item characteristics of merchandise items available for sale from the brick-and-mortar store. A subset of users from a plurality of users eligible to receive the geofence may be selected based at least in part on matching the attributes of the geofence to preferences associated with each user among the subset of users. Geofence data representing the geofence may be sent to each of the client devices operated by the subset of the plurality of users. An indication may be received from a client device operated by a user of the user crossing into the geofence based on the geofence data. Lastly, a notification may be presented to the client device operated by the user.

Abstract: A method associates social media messages with venues. A social network graph includes users, messages from users, and venues. The venues include multiple primary venues and a no-venue. A link between a message and the no-venue node indicates that the message is not associated with a primary venue. Training feature vectors are constructed that measure connectedness between messages and venues. The process trains a classifier to estimate probabilities that messages are associated with venues. A new social media message is received, and the process constructs a feature vector using the same features as the training vectors, measuring connectedness between the new message and the no-venue. The classifier computes a probability that the new message is associated with the no-venue. When the probability exceeds a predefined threshold, the new message is not associated with any of the primary venues. Otherwise, the new message is associated with one of the primary venues.

Abstract: A method for establishing and monitoring a Bluetooth low energy wireless network comprises the following steps. A first Bluetooth wireless device in the plurality of Bluetooth low energy wireless devices is controlled from a broadcast state into a detection state. In the detection state, the first Bluetooth wireless device receives a first connectable broadcast signal transmitted from a second Bluetooth wireless devices of the Bluetooth low energy wireless device. The first Bluetooth wireless device establishes a first Bluetooth connection with the second Bluetooth wireless device according to the first connection request. A trigger instruction is transmitted from the first Bluetooth wireless device to the second Bluetooth wireless device via the first Bluetooth connection, in order to control the second Bluetooth wireless device to enter into a detection state.

Abstract: A base station utilizes duty cycle requirements of each of multiple base station components to efficiently consume power. The base station may include a synchronization module that allows the base station to send collected data from a cache to a gateway, which then, sends it up to the cloud. The base station may also include a sensor connectivity module that establishes a connection between the base station and data collecting devices deployed to collect data for storage in the cache. A base station controller serves as the cache for the data collected by the sensor module and sends the data to the gateway for synchronization in the cloud using the synchronization module. A base station controller determines/coordinates the duty cycle of the sensor connectivity module and synchronization module in a power efficient way depending on the current power available to the base station, network needs, and the weather conditions.