SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING LOCATION INFORMATION

摘要

Disclosed is a system and method for handling location information which collects and evaluates information from multiple sources (101, 102, 103, 104), and thus make proper use of all available location information. Location sources can include mobile electronic devices such as mobile telephones, cell phones, hand-held computers, personal digital assistants, pagers, Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, and other pervasive computing devices. Satellite-based or network-based positioning technologies make it possible to determine the geographic location of these wireless electronic devices and their users (e.g. location-based services for users of mobile telephones use such positioning technologies). Location sources can also include computer-based models, schedules or calendars that give a person's expected location depending on the date and time.