Adaptive control of crowdsourcing data using mobile device generated parameters

摘要

Method and apparatus for performing crowdsourcing are disclosed. The method may include monitoring environment of a mobile device, determining a level of crowdsourcing in accordance with one or more mobile device generated parameters corresponding to the environment, and performing crowdsourcing in accordance with the level of crowdsourcing determined. The level of crowdsourcing comprises one or more of quantity of crowdsourcing data to be collected by the mobile device, frequency of crowdsourcing operations to be performed by the mobile device, and type of quantization to be applied to the crowdsourcing data collected.

主权项

1. A method of crowdsourcing, comprising:
monitoring an environment of a mobile device; determining one or more mobile device generated parameters in accordance with the environment of the mobile device; determining a level of crowdsourcing in accordance with the one or more mobile device generated parameters, wherein the level of crowdsourcing controls a quantity of crowdsourcing data to be collected or uploaded by the mobile device, and wherein determining a level of crowdsourcing in accordance with the one or more mobile device generated parameters comprises calculating a ratio of number of access points identified in a currently obtained scan list to number of access points identified in a corresponding previously obtained scan list, calculating a ratio of an average number of access points identified in currently obtained multiple scan lists to the number of access points identified in corresponding previously obtained multiple scan lists, or some combination thereof; and performing crowdsourcing in accordance with the level of crowdsourcing determined.