It is described a method of UWB-based communication between a mobile device (101, 401) and at least one peer device (102, 402a,b,c), the method comprising while the mobile device (101, 401) is in an idle mode: a synchronizing step (410) including that the mobile device (401) sends at least one synchronization message (418) without performing full Ranging cylce; the peer device (402) receiving the synchronization message (418); and the peer device (402) synchronizing with the mobile device (410) based on the received synchronization message (418); the method comprising while the mobile device (401) is in a non-idle mode: the mobile device starting a UWB-based DS-TWR session (425, 525, 526) with the synchronized peer device, in order to control the smart-device (402c, 502c) via the mobile device.

An embodiment of the invention provides a method for a location tracking, applied to a mobile device, an indoor access point (AP) and at least one indoor Internet of Things (IoT) device, comprising: receiving, by the indoor AP, a first set of location information of the mobile device from the mobile device at outdoor, wherein the first set of location information is determined according to a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS); determining, by the indoor AP, a second set of location information of the indoor AP according to the first set of location information; determining, by the indoor AP, a third set of location information of the at least one indoor IoT device according to the second set of location information; and transmitting, by the indoor AP, the third set of location information to the at least one indoor IoT device.

An embodiment of the invention provides a method for a location tracking, applied to a mobile device, an indoor access point (AP) and at least one indoor Internet of Things (IoT) device, comprising: receiving, by the indoor AP, a first set of location information of the mobile device from the mobile device at outdoor, wherein the first set of location information is determined according to a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS); determining, by the indoor AP, a second set of location information of the indoor AP according to the first set of location information; determining, by the indoor AP, a third set of location information of the at least one indoor IoT device according to the second set of location information; and transmitting, by the indoor AP, the third set of location information to the at least one indoor IoT device.

Embodiments detect stops by an entity on a pre-planned trip that includes a plurality of stops and a planned sequence of stops. Embodiments receive a first geo-location message indicating a first location and corresponding first time for the entity. Embodiments, based on the first geo-location message and a previous geo-location message, generate an enter geofence set and an exit geofence set. When the entity is currently, based on the previous geo-location message, at one of the stops and the current stop is in the exit geofence set, embodiments store the first time as a departure time for the current stop. When the entity is not currently, based on the previous geo-location message, at one of the stops and the enter geofence set is non-empty, embodiments store the first time as an arrival time for a stop corresponding to the first location.

Embodiments detect stops by an entity on a pre-planned trip that includes a plurality of stops and a planned sequence of stops. Embodiments receive a first geo-location message indicating a first location and corresponding first time for the entity. Embodiments, based on the first geo-location message and a previous geo-location message, generate an enter geofence set and an exit geofence set. When the entity is currently, based on the previous geo-location message, at one of the stops and the current stop is in the exit geofence set, embodiments store the first time as a departure time for the current stop. When the entity is not currently, based on the previous geo-location message, at one of the stops and the enter geofence set is non-empty, embodiments store the first time as an arrival time for a stop corresponding to the first location.

Apparatus, systems, and methods for tracking the location of an individual during a fitness activity are disclosed. A method of tracking a participant engaged in a fitness activity includes determining a location of the participant during the fitness activity based on data received at a portable fitness device used by the participant; determining a location of a spectator during the fitness activity based on data received at a mobile spectator device used by the spectator; from a server, sending an alert to a spectator at a spectator device during the fitness activity indicating that the participant is within a predetermined distance of the spectator; and sending an alert to the portable fitness device during the fitness activity indicating that the spectator is within a predetermined distance of the participant.

A spreadsheet template control of data flow and process for moving and retrieving between at least one source node/device and at least one target node/device in a network environment, is disclosed herein. At least one metadata definition an at least one processing rule can be retrieved from an import process spreadsheet file in order to thereby pull/receive a data element from at least one source node/device in an enterprise network environment. Further, at least one metadata and at least one rule can be retrieved from a transform process spreadsheet file in order to thereby covert, cleanse and collate the data element into a data store of transformed data. Finally, at least one metadata and at least one rule is retrieved from an export process spreadsheet file for pushing the transformed data into at least one target node/device in the network environment.

A spreadsheet template control of data flow and process for moving and retrieving between at least one source node/device and at least one target node/device in a network environment, is disclosed herein. At least one metadata definition an at least one processing rule can be retrieved from an import process spreadsheet file in order to thereby pull/receive a data element from at least one source node/device in an enterprise network environment. Further, at least one metadata and at least one rule can be retrieved from a transform process spreadsheet file in order to thereby covert, cleanse and collate the data element into a data store of transformed data. Finally, at least one metadata and at least one rule is retrieved from an export process spreadsheet file for pushing the transformed data into at least one target node/device in the network environment.

A method for communicating an estimate of the location of at least one radio terminal to a connected object. The method is implemented by a mobile terminal and includes: receiving, at a given time, via at least one received radio signal, at least one identifier of a radio terminal; obtaining at least one estimate of the location of an identified radio terminal; associating, with each identifier, the location of the corresponding radio terminal and the time of reception of the corresponding radio signal; and broadcasting the aforementioned association via at least one radio signal to at least one connected object.

An object is to provide a technique that allows a first mobile unit to provide an appropriate display that makes it possible to easily identify a second mobile unit in a rendezvous of the first mobile unit and the second mobile unit. A For the rendezvous of the first mobile unit and the second mobile unit, a rendezvous assistance apparatus includes a first controller that performs control to cause a first display of the first mobile unit to display a first display object on the basis of the first receive information received by the first mobile unit, the first display object indicating the position of at least part of the second mobile unit accompanied with the first image or a landscape of the outside of the first mobile unit corresponding to the first image.