1. A method for causing generation of calibration data for a wireless network wherein position determination of a handset is performed, the network including a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) and a Position Determination Device (PDD), the method comprising:
receiving a phone call from the handset via the MSC;
sending a first position request message to the PDD in response to the received phone call;
receiving a position response message from the PDD;
sending a second position request message to the PDD in response to the same received phone call and the received position response message;
continuously sending a plurality of subsequent position request messages to the PDD in response to the same received phone call;
terminating the sending of a plurality of subsequent position request messages, when a termination trigger is received from the MSC; and
sending a call termination message to the MSC in response to the received termination trigger.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing the generation of output data for use in network calibration.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the termination trigger is a call termination message from the MSC.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the termination trigger is release of the received phone call.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a synthesized audio feedback.
6. A method for causing generation of calibration data in a wireless network including a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), and a Position Determination Device (PDD) to determine position of a handset, the method comprising:
receiving a trigger from the MSC;
sending a position request message to the PDD in response to the received trigger;
receiving a position request response message from the PDD;
continuously sending subsequent position request messages to the PDD in response to the same received trigger, until a termination command is received;
terminating the sending subsequent position request messages, when the termination command is received; and
causing the generation of output data for use in network calibration.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the trigger is generated by a call origination message from the MSC.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein the trigger is generated by a received call from the handset.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising generating a synthesized audio feedback.
10. The method of claim 6, wherein the termination command is a call termination message from the MSC.
11. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending a call termination message to the MSC in response to the received termination command.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein the termination occurs when the received call from the handset is released.
13. The method of claim 12, further comprising sending a call termination message to the MSC upon the release of the call origination message from the MSC.
14. The method of claim 6, wherein the termination command is generated after a predetermined number of subsequent position request messages are sent to the PDD.
15. A system for causing generation of calibration data for a wireless network wherein position determination of a handset is performed, the network including a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) and a Position Determination Device (PDD) comprising:
means for receiving a phone call from the handset via the MSC;
means for sending a first position request message to the PDD in response to the received phone call;
means for receiving a position response message from the PDD;
means for sending a second position request message to the PDD in response to the same received phone call and the received position response message;
means for continuously sending a plurality of subsequent position request messages to the PDD in response to the same received phone call;
means for terminating the sending of a plurality of subsequent position request messages, when a termination trigger is received from the MSC; and
means for sending a call termination message to the MSC in response to the received termination trigger.
16. The system of claim 15, further comprising means for causing the generation of output data for use in network calibration.
17. The system of claim 15, wherein the termination trigger is a call termination message from the MSC.
18. The system of claim 15, wherein the termination trigger is release of the received phone call.
19. The method of claim 15, further comprising generating a synthesized audio feedback.
20. A system for causing generation of calibration data in a wireless network including a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), and a Position Determination Device (PDD) to determine position of a handset comprising:
means for receiving a trigger from the MSC;
means for sending a position request message to the PDD in response to the received trigger;
means for receiving a position request response message from the PDD;
means for continuously sending subsequent position request messages to the PDD in response to the same received trigger, until a termination command is received;
means for terminating the sending subsequent position request messages, when the termination command is received; and
means for causing the generation of output data for use in network calibration.
21. The system of claim 20, wherein the trigger is generated by a call origination message from the MSC.
22. The system of claim 20, wherein the trigger is generated by a received call from the handset.
23. The system of claim 22, further comprising generating a synthesized audio feedback.
24. The system of claim 20, wherein the termination command is a call termination message from the MSC.
25. The system of claim 22, further comprising means for sending a call termination message to the MSC in response to the received termination command.
26. The system of claim 23, wherein the termination occurs when the received call from the handset is released.
27. The system of claim 26, further comprising means for sending a call termination message to the MSC upon the release of the call origination message from the MSC.
28. The system of claim 20, wherein the termination command is generated after a predetermined number of subsequent position request messages are sent to the PDD.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method, comprising:
detecting identification means located within an area;
identifying a person associated with the identification means;
determining if the person is a person of interest;
notifying a user that the person of interest is located in the area; and
wherein a person of interest further comprises a person with whom the user is scheduled to attend a future event or a person in a contact list associated with the user.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the identification means further comprises a self-powered Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of identifying a person associated with the identification means further comprises:
accessing a remote directory;
locating a record in the remote directory that is associated with the identification means; and
reading identification data that identifies the person from the record in the remote directory.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the person is a person of interest further comprises:
accessing a user calendar; and
determining that the person is a person of interest if the person is listed in the user calendar as being scheduled to attend an upcoming event that is scheduled on the user calendar.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the person is a person of interest further comprises:
accessing a user contact list; and
determining that the person is a person of interest if the person is listed in the user contact list.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the area further comprises an area implicitly defined by range within which the detection means is able to detect the identification means.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the area further comprises an area within fifty (50) feet of the user.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the area further comprises a same building in which the user is located.
9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising accessing a web site associated with the person if the person is a person of interest, the web site including one or more of the following: personal information related to the person of interest; information related to the work of the person of interest; documents related to the person of interest.
10. One or more computer-readable media having executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, implement the following steps:
receiving a signal from a device associated with a person indicating that the device is located within a certain range of a user;
identifying the person with whom the device is associated;
determining if the person is scheduled to attend a future event with the user; and
providing a user notification that the person is located within the certain range of the user.
11. The one or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 10, wherein the certain range further comprises fifty (50) feet.
12. The one or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 10, wherein the certain range further comprises a same room in which the user is situated.
13. The one or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 10, wherein the certain range further comprises a same building in which the user is situated.
14. The one or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 10, wherein the device further comprises one of the following devices: a powered Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag; a Bluetooth-compatible electronic device; an electronic device configured to transmit infrared (IR) signals.
15. The one or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 10, wherein the determining if the person is scheduled to attend a future event with the user further comprises accessing a user calendar to determine if the person is scheduled to attend an event listed on the user calendar.
16. The one or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 10, wherein the identifying the person with whom the device is associated further comprises:
obtaining a device identifier from the device;
providing the device identifier to a remote a directory that stores information that relates persons with devices; and
determining the person that is associated with the device having the device identifier.
17. The one or more computer-readable media as recited in claim 10, further comprising providing an approximate position of the person of interest relative to the user.
18. A system, comprising:
detection means configured to detect a remote identification device;
identification means configured to identify a person associated with the remote identification device;
means to determine whether the person is a person of interest; and
notification means configured to notify a user when the person of interest is in proximity to the user.
19. The system as recited in claim 18, wherein:
a person of interest further comprises a person scheduled to attend an upcoming event with the user; and
the means to determine whether a person is a person of interest further comprises a user calendar that identifies upcoming events scheduled for the user and attendees scheduled to attend the upcoming events.
20. The system as recited in claim 18, wherein the identification means further comprises the person’s name stored on the remote identification device.