Location Leveling

The answer to a location dependent query depends on the location of the mobile user. However, the location granularity to which the mobile unit is bound by a location service may differ from that stored in the content provider's database. As a result, a location granularity mismatch occurs. We propose a general software architecture to solve this problem that we call location leveling. As our layered location leveling solution is independent of the support provided by the wireless provider and the content provider, it is flexible enough to be used by any. In addition, the software approach used is based on solid theoretical foundation found in previous multimedia modeling studies.

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