EFFICIENCY CROWDSOURCING OF WIRELESS NETWORK-RELATED DATA

摘要

Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for improved efficiency crowdsourcing of wireless network-related data, such as for use in or with a mobile communication device, for example.

主权项

1. A method at mobile device, comprising:
obtaining an observation of a wireless transceiver based, at least in part, on one or more signals transmitted by said wireless transceiver and received at said mobile device; if said observation is obtained within a time period of a position fix of sufficient accuracy, transmitting one or more messages to a server, said one or more messages comprising said observation with an estimated location of said mobile device determined based, at least in part, on said position fix; and if said observation is not obtained within said time period of said position fix of sufficient accuracy, limiting transmission of said observation to said server based, at least part, on one or more parameters stored in a memory of said mobile device.