Systems and methods for determining the location of mobile devices independent of location fixing hardware

摘要

Implementations relate to systems and methods for determining a location of a mobile device. The mobile device can query other mobile devices within service range for identification information, and send the identification information to a remote server for storage therein. The remote server can receive location information from other mobile devices corresponding to the identification information. The mobile device can send a location query to the remote server, which can determine or calculate a location of the mobile device based on the identification and/or location information of the other mobile devices. The remote server can provide the location of the mobile device to the mobile device for use in associated mobile applications.

主权项

1. A system for enabling location services, comprising:
a server configured to: receive location information from each of a set of mobile devices, wherein each of the set of mobile devices sends the location information to the server over a wireless interface; maintain a record of the location information for each of the set of mobile devices, wherein the location information for each mobile device is associated with an identification of each mobile device; receive a request for a location from a mobile device, the request including identifications for other mobile devices of the set of mobile devices within a range of a self-configuring network interface of the mobile device; determine the location of the mobile device utilizing available location information, from the record, associated with the received set of identifications; and provide the determined location to the mobile device.