Method and system for optimizing uploading of location data for location based services

摘要

A mobile device may be operable to collect location data for a RF node and cache the collected location data in the mobile device. Resources that may be utilized for improving the uploading of the cached location data to a location server may be determined by the mobile device. The cached location data may be communicated, to the location server for updating a location database, by the mobile device utilizing the determined resources. The mobile device may determine and utilize an opportunistic transport based on a data usage and/or an access. The mobile device may store a subset of the location database locally for comparing with the cached location data for redundancy. The compared location data may be transmitted by the mobile device to the location server for updating the location database if the compared location data are not redundant data.

主权项

1. A method for communication in a mobile device, the method comprising:
identifying, by said mobile device, a first transport to upload collected location data to a location server; caching, by said mobile device, said collected location data corresponding to a node of a communication network in said mobile device; identifying, by said mobile device, a plurality of resources for uploading said cached collected location data to said location server; identifying, by said mobile device, a second transport to upload said cached collected location data to said location server based upon a resource from among said identified plurality of resources, said second transport being characterized as improving uploading of said cached collected location data to said location server as compared to uploading said cached collected location data using said first transport; and communicating, by said mobile device, said cached collected location data to said location server utilizing said second transport.