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US 8,050,243METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING PROXIMITY TO A WLAN FOR A UMA/GAN COMPATIBLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Mattias Ostergren
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a mobile telephone as an exemplary mobile electronic device that includes a WLAN proximity evaluation function;
FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the electronic device of
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a communications system in which the electronic device of
FIG. 4 is a flow chart representing an exemplary method of WLAN proximity evaluation using the electronic device of
FIG. 5 is a flow chart representing an exemplary method of probing for one or more WLANs.
Claims define the patent's legal scope. Independent claims stand alone; dependent claims (nested) narrow them. Click a claim to expand its dependents.
. A method of initiating a probe for a WLAN by a generic access network enabled electronic device, comprising: generating a current location metric for the electronic device, the location metric being a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that have a relationship to a current position of the electronic device and are ordered in accordance with respective signal strength values that are ascertained at the current position; comparing the location metric with a reference location metric for the WLAN, the reference location metric being a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that have a relationship to a former position of the electronic device where the electronic device was connected to the WLAN and the base station identifiers for the reference location metric are ordered in accordance with respective signal strength values that were ascertained at the former position; and if the electronic device is connected to the WLAN: if the location metric has less than a first predetermined threshold geographic correlation with the reference location metric, associating the location metric with the WLAN as an additional reference location metric; else, if the location metric has greater than a second predetermined threshold geographical correlation to the location metric, initiating the probe.
. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing includes generating a matching score having a value based on how well the order of the base station identifiers in the location metric corresponds to the order of the base station identifiers in the reference location metric.
. The method of claim 1, wherein there are multiple WLANs and the WLANs are probed in an order determined by: for each WLAN, comparing the location metric to reference location metrics for the WLAN to generate a geographic matching score for each comparison and determining a maximum one of the matching scores; and ordering the WLANs based on the maximum matching score for each WLAN.
. The method of claim 1, wherein if the electronic device is not connected to the WLAN, establishing a delay duration until a next current location metric for the electronic device is generated, the delay duration based on a geographical correspondence between the current location metric and the reference location metric.
. A method of evaluating proximity of an electronic device to a WLAN, comprising: generating a current location metric for the electronic device, the location metric defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that is ordered based on signal strength values for each base station identifier; scoring the location metric for geographic correspondence to one or more reference location metrics, each reference location metric corresponding to a position at which the electronic device was connected to the WLAN and is defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that are sorted based on signal strength values for each base station identifier at a time when the reference location metric was established; and determining if the geographical correspondence is favorable to probe for the WLAN based on a result of the scoring.
. The method of claim 7, wherein the geographic correspondence between the location metric and each reference location metric is defined by a matching score that has a value based on how well the order of the base station identifiers in the location metric corresponds to the order of the base station identifiers in the reference location metric.
. The method of claim 7, further comprising probing for the WLAN if the determining is favorable.
. The method of claim 7, further comprising establishing a delay duration until a next current location metric for the electronic device is generated, the delay duration based on a geographical correspondence between the current location metric and the one or more reference location metrics.
. A generic access network enabled mobile electronic device, comprising: a radio circuit that establishes communications with a core mobile communications network over a cellular communications base station or a WLAN depending on WLAN availability; and a controller that evaluates proximity to the WLAN, wherein the controller is configured to: generate a current location metric for the electronic device, the location metric defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that is ordered based on signal strength values for each base station identifier; score the location metric for geographic correspondence to one or more reference location metrics, each reference location metric corresponding to a position at which the electronic device was connected to the WLAN and is defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that are sorted based on signal strength values for each base station identifier at a time when the reference location metric was established; and determine if the geographical correspondence is favorable to probe for the WLAN based on a result of the scoring.
. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the geographical correspondence between the location metric and each reference location metric is defined by a matching score that has a value based on how well the order of the base station identifiers in the location metric corresponds to the order of the base station identifiers in the reference location metric.
. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the electronic device probes for the WLAN if the determination is favorable.
. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to establish a delay duration until a next current location metric for the electronic device is generated, the delay duration based on a geographical correspondence between the current location metric and the one or more reference location metrics.
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US 8,050,243Patent drawings and their descriptions. Click a drawing to enlarge it.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a mobile telephone as an exemplary mobile electronic device that includes a WLAN proximity evaluation function;
FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the electronic device of
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a communications system in which the electronic device of
FIG. 4 is a flow chart representing an exemplary method of WLAN proximity evaluation using the electronic device of
FIG. 5 is a flow chart representing an exemplary method of probing for one or more WLANs.
Claims define the patent's legal scope. Independent claims stand alone; dependent claims (nested) narrow them. Click a claim to expand its dependents.
. A method of initiating a probe for a WLAN by a generic access network enabled electronic device, comprising: generating a current location metric for the electronic device, the location metric being a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that have a relationship to a current position of the electronic device and are ordered in accordance with respective signal strength values that are ascertained at the current position; comparing the location metric with a reference location metric for the WLAN, the reference location metric being a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that have a relationship to a former position of the electronic device where the electronic device was connected to the WLAN and the base station identifiers for the reference location metric are ordered in accordance with respective signal strength values that were ascertained at the former position; and if the electronic device is connected to the WLAN: if the location metric has less than a first predetermined threshold geographic correlation with the reference location metric, associating the location metric with the WLAN as an additional reference location metric; else, if the location metric has greater than a second predetermined threshold geographical correlation to the location metric, initiating the probe.
. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing includes generating a matching score having a value based on how well the order of the base station identifiers in the location metric corresponds to the order of the base station identifiers in the reference location metric.
. The method of claim 1, wherein there are multiple WLANs and the WLANs are probed in an order determined by: for each WLAN, comparing the location metric to reference location metrics for the WLAN to generate a geographic matching score for each comparison and determining a maximum one of the matching scores; and ordering the WLANs based on the maximum matching score for each WLAN.
. The method of claim 1, wherein if the electronic device is not connected to the WLAN, establishing a delay duration until a next current location metric for the electronic device is generated, the delay duration based on a geographical correspondence between the current location metric and the reference location metric.
. A method of evaluating proximity of an electronic device to a WLAN, comprising: generating a current location metric for the electronic device, the location metric defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that is ordered based on signal strength values for each base station identifier; scoring the location metric for geographic correspondence to one or more reference location metrics, each reference location metric corresponding to a position at which the electronic device was connected to the WLAN and is defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that are sorted based on signal strength values for each base station identifier at a time when the reference location metric was established; and determining if the geographical correspondence is favorable to probe for the WLAN based on a result of the scoring.
. The method of claim 7, wherein the geographic correspondence between the location metric and each reference location metric is defined by a matching score that has a value based on how well the order of the base station identifiers in the location metric corresponds to the order of the base station identifiers in the reference location metric.
. The method of claim 7, further comprising probing for the WLAN if the determining is favorable.
. The method of claim 7, further comprising establishing a delay duration until a next current location metric for the electronic device is generated, the delay duration based on a geographical correspondence between the current location metric and the one or more reference location metrics.
. A generic access network enabled mobile electronic device, comprising: a radio circuit that establishes communications with a core mobile communications network over a cellular communications base station or a WLAN depending on WLAN availability; and a controller that evaluates proximity to the WLAN, wherein the controller is configured to: generate a current location metric for the electronic device, the location metric defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that is ordered based on signal strength values for each base station identifier; score the location metric for geographic correspondence to one or more reference location metrics, each reference location metric corresponding to a position at which the electronic device was connected to the WLAN and is defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that are sorted based on signal strength values for each base station identifier at a time when the reference location metric was established; and determine if the geographical correspondence is favorable to probe for the WLAN based on a result of the scoring.
. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the geographical correspondence between the location metric and each reference location metric is defined by a matching score that has a value based on how well the order of the base station identifiers in the location metric corresponds to the order of the base station identifiers in the reference location metric.
. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the electronic device probes for the WLAN if the determination is favorable.
. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to establish a delay duration until a next current location metric for the electronic device is generated, the delay duration based on a geographical correspondence between the current location metric and the one or more reference location metrics.
Layer stacks claimed or described, ordered top of device to substrate.
generic access network enabled mobile electronic device
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Atlas literature
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US 8,050,243Patent drawings and their descriptions. Click a drawing to enlarge it.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a mobile telephone as an exemplary mobile electronic device that includes a WLAN proximity evaluation function;
FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the electronic device of
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a communications system in which the electronic device of
FIG. 4 is a flow chart representing an exemplary method of WLAN proximity evaluation using the electronic device of
FIG. 5 is a flow chart representing an exemplary method of probing for one or more WLANs.
Claims define the patent's legal scope. Independent claims stand alone; dependent claims (nested) narrow them. Click a claim to expand its dependents.
. A method of initiating a probe for a WLAN by a generic access network enabled electronic device, comprising: generating a current location metric for the electronic device, the location metric being a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that have a relationship to a current position of the electronic device and are ordered in accordance with respective signal strength values that are ascertained at the current position; comparing the location metric with a reference location metric for the WLAN, the reference location metric being a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that have a relationship to a former position of the electronic device where the electronic device was connected to the WLAN and the base station identifiers for the reference location metric are ordered in accordance with respective signal strength values that were ascertained at the former position; and if the electronic device is connected to the WLAN: if the location metric has less than a first predetermined threshold geographic correlation with the reference location metric, associating the location metric with the WLAN as an additional reference location metric; else, if the location metric has greater than a second predetermined threshold geographical correlation to the location metric, initiating the probe.
. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing includes generating a matching score having a value based on how well the order of the base station identifiers in the location metric corresponds to the order of the base station identifiers in the reference location metric.
. The method of claim 1, wherein there are multiple WLANs and the WLANs are probed in an order determined by: for each WLAN, comparing the location metric to reference location metrics for the WLAN to generate a geographic matching score for each comparison and determining a maximum one of the matching scores; and ordering the WLANs based on the maximum matching score for each WLAN.
. The method of claim 1, wherein if the electronic device is not connected to the WLAN, establishing a delay duration until a next current location metric for the electronic device is generated, the delay duration based on a geographical correspondence between the current location metric and the reference location metric.
. A method of evaluating proximity of an electronic device to a WLAN, comprising: generating a current location metric for the electronic device, the location metric defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that is ordered based on signal strength values for each base station identifier; scoring the location metric for geographic correspondence to one or more reference location metrics, each reference location metric corresponding to a position at which the electronic device was connected to the WLAN and is defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that are sorted based on signal strength values for each base station identifier at a time when the reference location metric was established; and determining if the geographical correspondence is favorable to probe for the WLAN based on a result of the scoring.
. The method of claim 7, wherein the geographic correspondence between the location metric and each reference location metric is defined by a matching score that has a value based on how well the order of the base station identifiers in the location metric corresponds to the order of the base station identifiers in the reference location metric.
. The method of claim 7, further comprising probing for the WLAN if the determining is favorable.
. The method of claim 7, further comprising establishing a delay duration until a next current location metric for the electronic device is generated, the delay duration based on a geographical correspondence between the current location metric and the one or more reference location metrics.
. A generic access network enabled mobile electronic device, comprising: a radio circuit that establishes communications with a core mobile communications network over a cellular communications base station or a WLAN depending on WLAN availability; and a controller that evaluates proximity to the WLAN, wherein the controller is configured to: generate a current location metric for the electronic device, the location metric defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that is ordered based on signal strength values for each base station identifier; score the location metric for geographic correspondence to one or more reference location metrics, each reference location metric corresponding to a position at which the electronic device was connected to the WLAN and is defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that are sorted based on signal strength values for each base station identifier at a time when the reference location metric was established; and determine if the geographical correspondence is favorable to probe for the WLAN based on a result of the scoring.
. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the geographical correspondence between the location metric and each reference location metric is defined by a matching score that has a value based on how well the order of the base station identifiers in the location metric corresponds to the order of the base station identifiers in the reference location metric.
. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the electronic device probes for the WLAN if the determination is favorable.
. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to establish a delay duration until a next current location metric for the electronic device is generated, the delay duration based on a geographical correspondence between the current location metric and the one or more reference location metrics.
Layer stacks claimed or described, ordered top of device to substrate.
generic access network enabled mobile electronic device
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Atlas literature
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US 8,050,243Patent drawings and their descriptions. Click a drawing to enlarge it.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a mobile telephone as an exemplary mobile electronic device that includes a WLAN proximity evaluation function;
FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of the electronic device of
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a communications system in which the electronic device of
FIG. 4 is a flow chart representing an exemplary method of WLAN proximity evaluation using the electronic device of
FIG. 5 is a flow chart representing an exemplary method of probing for one or more WLANs.
Claims define the patent's legal scope. Independent claims stand alone; dependent claims (nested) narrow them. Click a claim to expand its dependents.
. A method of initiating a probe for a WLAN by a generic access network enabled electronic device, comprising: generating a current location metric for the electronic device, the location metric being a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that have a relationship to a current position of the electronic device and are ordered in accordance with respective signal strength values that are ascertained at the current position; comparing the location metric with a reference location metric for the WLAN, the reference location metric being a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that have a relationship to a former position of the electronic device where the electronic device was connected to the WLAN and the base station identifiers for the reference location metric are ordered in accordance with respective signal strength values that were ascertained at the former position; and if the electronic device is connected to the WLAN: if the location metric has less than a first predetermined threshold geographic correlation with the reference location metric, associating the location metric with the WLAN as an additional reference location metric; else, if the location metric has greater than a second predetermined threshold geographical correlation to the location metric, initiating the probe.
. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing includes generating a matching score having a value based on how well the order of the base station identifiers in the location metric corresponds to the order of the base station identifiers in the reference location metric.
. The method of claim 1, wherein there are multiple WLANs and the WLANs are probed in an order determined by: for each WLAN, comparing the location metric to reference location metrics for the WLAN to generate a geographic matching score for each comparison and determining a maximum one of the matching scores; and ordering the WLANs based on the maximum matching score for each WLAN.
. The method of claim 1, wherein if the electronic device is not connected to the WLAN, establishing a delay duration until a next current location metric for the electronic device is generated, the delay duration based on a geographical correspondence between the current location metric and the reference location metric.
. A method of evaluating proximity of an electronic device to a WLAN, comprising: generating a current location metric for the electronic device, the location metric defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that is ordered based on signal strength values for each base station identifier; scoring the location metric for geographic correspondence to one or more reference location metrics, each reference location metric corresponding to a position at which the electronic device was connected to the WLAN and is defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that are sorted based on signal strength values for each base station identifier at a time when the reference location metric was established; and determining if the geographical correspondence is favorable to probe for the WLAN based on a result of the scoring.
. The method of claim 7, wherein the geographic correspondence between the location metric and each reference location metric is defined by a matching score that has a value based on how well the order of the base station identifiers in the location metric corresponds to the order of the base station identifiers in the reference location metric.
. The method of claim 7, further comprising probing for the WLAN if the determining is favorable.
. The method of claim 7, further comprising establishing a delay duration until a next current location metric for the electronic device is generated, the delay duration based on a geographical correspondence between the current location metric and the one or more reference location metrics.
. A generic access network enabled mobile electronic device, comprising: a radio circuit that establishes communications with a core mobile communications network over a cellular communications base station or a WLAN depending on WLAN availability; and a controller that evaluates proximity to the WLAN, wherein the controller is configured to: generate a current location metric for the electronic device, the location metric defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that is ordered based on signal strength values for each base station identifier; score the location metric for geographic correspondence to one or more reference location metrics, each reference location metric corresponding to a position at which the electronic device was connected to the WLAN and is defined by a list of cellular communication base station identifiers that are sorted based on signal strength values for each base station identifier at a time when the reference location metric was established; and determine if the geographical correspondence is favorable to probe for the WLAN based on a result of the scoring.
. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the geographical correspondence between the location metric and each reference location metric is defined by a matching score that has a value based on how well the order of the base station identifiers in the location metric corresponds to the order of the base station identifiers in the reference location metric.
. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the electronic device probes for the WLAN if the determination is favorable.
. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to establish a delay duration until a next current location metric for the electronic device is generated, the delay duration based on a geographical correspondence between the current location metric and the one or more reference location metrics.
Layer stacks claimed or described, ordered top of device to substrate.
generic access network enabled mobile electronic device