Granted Patent B2

US 12,571,869 · App. 17/777,822 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Inventors: Renaud Cazoulat (Chatillon, FR); Stéphane Glaziou (Chatillon, FR); Valerie Ledunois (Chatillon, FR); Claudia Meza Balanta (Chatillon, FR)

Assignee: ORANGE

G01S5/0072G01S5/019G01S5/0284

Abstract

Claims (25)

1 . A method comprising:

managing transmission of a location of a first geo-tag, which is able to communicate with a second geo-tag, depending on a proximity between the first and second geo-tags, the first and second geo-tags being classified into a plurality of respective tag categories, the first geo-tag being associated with a first tag category, the managing being implemented in the first geo-tag and comprising:

obtaining the tag category associated with the second geo-tag;

detecting whether the first geo-tag is proximate the second geo-tag; and

in response to detecting proximity between the fist geo-tag and the second geo-tag and if the obtained tag category belongs to a second tag category:

transmitting, to the second geo-tag, a request to transfer the management of the transmission of the location of the first geo-tag;

otherwise, the first geo-tag transmitting the location to a server.

2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the categories are ranked, and the transmitting of the request to transfer is performed based on hierarchical levels of said categories.

3 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transfer is preceded by receiving an acknowledgement message from the second geo-tag.

4 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , comprising stopping the transfer as soon as the first geo-tag is out of range of the second geo-tag.

5 . A management entity for managing transmission of a location of a first geo-tag, which is able to communicate with a second geo-tag, depending on a proximity between the first and second geo-tags, the first and second geo-tags being classified into a plurality of respective categories, the first geo-tag being associated with a first tag category, the management entity comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon which when executed by the processor configure the management entity to:

obtain the tag category associated with the second geo-tag;

detect whether the first geo-tag is proximate the second geo-tag; and

in response to detecting proximity between the fist geo-tag and the second geo-tag and if the obtained tag category belongs to a second tag category:

transmit, to the second geo-tag, a request to transfer the management of the transmission of the location of the first geo-tag;

otherwise, the first geo-tag transmitting the location to a server.

6 . A geo-tag comprising the management entity as defined in claim 5 .

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable data medium storing at least one series of program code instructions for executing a method for managing transmission of a location of a first geo-tag, which is able to communicate with a second geo-tag, depending on a proximity between the first and second geo-tags, when the instructions are executed by a processor of the first geo-tag, the first and second geo-tags being classified into a plurality of respective categories, the first geo-tag being associated with a first tag category, the method comprising:

obtaining the tag category associated with the second geo-tag;

detecting whether the first geo-tag is proximate the second geo-tag; and

in response to detecting proximity between the fist geo-tag and the second geo-tag and if the obtained tag category belongs to a second tag category:

transmitting, to the second geo-tag, a request to transfer the management of the transmission of the location of the first geo-tag;

otherwise, the first geo-tag transmitting the location to a server.

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