METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATIC MAINTENANCE OF A GEOPOSITION SYSTEM

摘要

An apparatus for augmenting associations between places and fingerprints includes a processor and memory storing executable computer code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including detecting fingerprint data from a beacon device(s), as the apparatus traverses one or more physical places. The fingerprint data corresponds to generated summaries of radio information corresponding to the physical places. The computer code may cause the apparatus to compare fingerprint data detected from a subset of beacon devices with canonical fingerprint data, including initial fingerprint data, corresponding to physical places to determine a closest match. The computer code may cause the apparatus to determine a location of the apparatus in the physical place based on determining fingerprint data, detected from the subset of beacon devices in the physical place, that most accurately resembles canonical fingerprint data corresponding to one of the physical places. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
detecting one or more items of fingerprint data received from one or more beacon devices, as a device traverses one or more physical places, the fingerprint data corresponding to one or more generated summaries of radio information corresponding to the one or more physical places; comparing at least one of the items of fingerprint data detected from a subset of beacon devices with canonical fingerprint data, comprising initial fingerprint data, corresponding to the physical places to determine a closest match; and determining, via a processor, a location of the device in the physical place based in part on determining fingerprint data detected from the subset of the beacon devices which are in the physical place that most accurately resembles canonical fingerprint data corresponding to one of a plurality of physical places.