METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE IN PROVIDING NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE DATA TO MOBILE STATIONS

摘要

Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices to provide navigation assistance data and/or the like to a mobile station with regard to at least one of a plurality of different indoor regions. For example, a computing platform of a map inference device may establish encoded metadata for at least a portion of an indoor region based, at least in part, on an electronic map, an access point locator, or some combination thereof, and provide such encoded metadata to a repository device that may provide at least a portion of the encoded metadata to a mobile station.

主权项

1. A method comprising, at a positioning assistance server:
obtaining metadata for at least a portion of at least one indoor region corresponding to an electronic map or an access point locator, or any combination thereof, wherein at least a portion of the metadata is obtained from a map server or an access point server or a point of interest server, or any combination thereof; receiving a request for navigation assistance data for the at least one indoor region from a mobile station; and transmitting at least a portion of the navigation assistance data to the mobile station, the navigation assistance data comprising the metadata and further comprising a portion of the electronic map corresponding to the metadata or the access point locator corresponding to the metadata, or any combination thereof, wherein at least a portion of the metadata is for use by the mobile station in a positioning function, a navigation function or a location based service function, or any combination thereof.