Substantially continuous location logging for geographic-positioning capable devices
In one embodiment, a mobile computing device has a first processor and a second processor. The mobile device determines an operating condition of the mobile device, the operating condition being based on at least the current time of day, a current activity of a user associated with the mobile device, or a current proximity of the mobile device to a place connected to the user of the mobile device through an on-line social network. If the operating conditions of the mobile device are satisfied, the first processor of the mobile device sends a message to the second processor of the mobile device, the message causing the second processor to transition from a sleep state to an active state.
1. A method comprising:
determining, by one or more first processors of a mobile device, an operating condition of the mobile device, the operating condition comprising a current proximity of the mobile device to one or more places of a ranked list of places, the ranked list of places ranked based on a distance from a current location of the mobile device and an activity of one or more of the user's social contacts associated with each place of the ranked list of places accessed from a social-networking system; and
if the operating condition satisfies the operating condition of the mobile device, then sending, by the first processors, a message to one or more second processors of the mobile device, the message causing one or more of the second processors to transition from a sleep state to an active state.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operating condition further comprises:
a current time of day; or
a current activity of a user associated with the mobile device.
3. The method of claim 2 , where in the current location is based at least in part on:
a global positioning system (GPS) signal;
a Wi-Fi signal; or
a cellular radio signal.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the operating condition further comprises a predicted trajectory of the mobile device based on the current location and a location history of the mobile device.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more places are associated with one or more entities of the on-line social network.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the user is further associated with the one or more entities through an on-line social network of the social-networking system.
7. The method of claim 2 , wherein the operating condition comprises:
determining that the current time of day corresponds to a time where a user of the mobile device is sleeping; and
if the current time of day corresponds to a sleeping time of the user, then refraining from sending the message to the second processors.
8. The method of claim 2 , wherein determining the current activity of the user comprises determining a relative location of the mobile device to the user.
9. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media within a mobile device, the media embodying logic that is operable when executed to:
determine an operating condition of the mobile device, the operating condition comprising a current proximity of the mobile device to one or more places of a ranked list of places, the ranked list of places ranked based on a distance from a current location of the mobile device and an activity of one or more of the user's social contacts associated with each place of the ranked list of places accessed from a social-networking system; and
if the operating condition satisfies the operating condition of the mobile device, then send a message to one or more second processors of the mobile device, the message causing one or more of the second processors to transition from a sleep state to an active state.
10. The media of claim 9 , wherein the operating condition further comprises:
a current time of day; or
a current activity of a user associated with the mobile device.
11. The media of claim 10 , where in the current location is based at least in part on:
a global positioning system (GPS) signal;
a Wi-Fi signal; or
a cellular radio signal.
12. The media of claim 10 , wherein the operating condition further comprises a predicted trajectory of the mobile device based on the current location and a location history of the mobile device.
13. The media of claim 9 , wherein each of the one or more places are associated with one or more entities of the on-line social network.
14. The media of claim 13 , wherein the user is further associated with the one or more entities through an on-line social network of the social-networking system.
15. The media of claim 10 , wherein the operating condition comprises:
determining that the current time of day corresponds to a time where a user of the mobile device is sleeping; and
if the current time of day corresponds to a sleeping time of the user, then refraining from sending the message to the second processors.
16. The media of claim 10 , wherein determining the current activity of the user comprises determining a relative location of the mobile device to the user.
17. A system comprising:
one or more first processors;
one or more second processors; and
a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to:
determine an operating condition of the mobile device, the operating condition comprising a current proximity of the mobile device to one or more places of a ranked list of places, the ranked list of places ranked based on a distance from a current location of the mobile device and an activity of one or more of the user's social contacts associated with each place of the ranked list of places accessed from a social-networking system; and
if the operating condition satisfies the operating condition of the mobile device, then send a message to one or more second processors of the mobile device, the message causing one or more of the second processors to transition from a sleep state to an active state.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the operating condition further comprises:
a current time of day; or
a current activity of a user associated with the mobile device.
19. The system of claim 18 , where in the current location is based at least in part on:
a global positioning system (GPS) signal;
a Wi-Fi signal; or
a cellular radio signal.
20. The system of claim 18 , wherein the operating condition further comprises a predicted trajectory of the mobile device based on the current location and a location history of the mobile device.