The major mobile industry players – Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, RIM, Nokia, Palm, Motorola & others – are actively developing new location technologies that will revolutionize smartphone usage, including standard features such as mobile navigation, search and social networking.

In its latest technology trend report, Mobile Location-based Services 2012-2015, Grizzly Analytics reviews the R&D trends among the major companies, as well as note-worthy start-ups, analyzes the implications of these technologies and forecasts whose products are most likely to make it to market and where the biggest opportunities are.

Grizzly Analytics’ in-depth analysis provides equipment manufacturers, tech companies, investors and enterprises critical industry intelligence.

Published: May 23, 2011
Price: $1999
Pages: 155

Executive Summary
Summary of Companies and Research Areas
Grizzly Analytics Speculations for the Mobile Industry
Technology Opportunities Identified by Grizzly Analytics
Broader Commercial Implications & Opportunities
Table of Contents
Mobile Location Services Today: Stand-Alone Innovations
  Today’s Navigation & Mapping
  More Powerful Mobile Navigation & Mapping
  Today’s Friend-Finding Systems and Services
  Today’s Local Search and “Deals”
  Today’s Location-Based Advertising
  Today’s Location Sharing
  Location-Based News
  Summary of Today’s Stand-Alone Location Services
Local Business Search
  Google Patent on Local Search
  The Local Search Challenge: Gathering Useful Local Data
  Methods of Gathering Detailed Local Data
  The Future of Local Search: Power and Usability
Integrating Location Deeply into Other Services & Functions
  Adding Location to Other Services
  Stronger Location Integration
Integrating Location into Core Cellphone Functions
  Integrating Location into Phone Calendar
  Nokia Research on Location-Based Contacts
  Meeting-Spot-Related Communication & Contact Lists
  Location-Based Word Completion
  Location-Based Emergency Phone Calls
  Integrating Location into Phone Contact Actions
  Conclusions for Location Integration in Phone Functions
Integrated Navigation and Mapping
  Social Route Planning
  Social Networking: Sharing Routes and Locations
  Promoting Businesses Along a Navigation Route
  Navigating to Gas Stations When Car Fuel Level is Low
  Navigation with Local Media
  Navigation Using Phone Camera
  Summary of Integrated Navigation
Location-Based Tasks and Reminders
  Not Only Identifying Locations, but Reasoning about them
  WHERE.COM’s Broad Granted Patent on Location Alerting
  Palm (HP) Research on Location-Based Notifications
  Combining GPS and Cell Data for Efficient Location Alerts
  Location-Based Reminders Calculating Travel Time
  Managing Sets of Location Triggers
  Early Patent Granted for Location Alarm Device
  Another patent granted early
  Server-Based Location Alerts
  Other Relevant Patent Applications
  Location-Based Triggers in Symbian Roadmap
  Nokia Situations – Trial Implementation
  3rd-Party Applications for Location-Based Notifications
  WakeUp (Symbian)
  Location Alarm Plus (Java)
  Location Alarm (Android)
  Tasker (Android)
  newGEO Alert (iPhone)
  LocationNotes (iPhone)
  Wake Me Up (iPhone)
  Open Issues for Location-Based Alerts
  Related University Research
  Grizzly Predictions for Location-Based Alerts
  Broader Implications of Location-Based Alerts
Location-Based Media
  Sony Ericsson Research in Location-Based Media
  Other Industry Research in Location-Based Media
  Experimental Apps in Location-Based Media
  Nokia Research in Location-Based Media
  Mitsubishi Research in Location-Based Media
  Matsushita Electric Research on Location-Based Media
  Google Location-Based Media
  Microsoft R&D Related Potentially to Location-Based Media
  3rd-Party Mobile Apps for Location-Based Media
  Start-up Companies in Location-Based Media
  Other Research in Location-Based Media
  Do Users Want Location-Based Media?
  Location-Based Media Conclusions
  Broader Implications of Location-Based Media
Location-Based Phone Personalization
  Research on Location-Based Preferences
  Nokia Situations – Trial Implementation
  Tasker (Android)
  Other Location-Based Phone Personalization Apps
  Start-up Company R&D in Location-Based Personalization
  Google and Apple: Settings Based on Motion Sensing
  Summary of Location-Based Phone Personalization
User location logging: Building Lists of Wi-Fi & Cell Locations
  User Location Logging in Practice Today
  Accusations of Violating Privacy by Logging Locations
  Company Statements about Use of Location Logs
  Data Maintained by iOS
  Data Maintained by Android
  Confirmation of Android Feeding Google’s Wi-Fi Database
  Apple Research on Location Logging
  Other Research in Location Logging for Database Building
  Summary & Predictions
  Broader Implications of Location Logging for Location Lists
User location tracking: Learning user profiles
  Beyond Positioning: Other Ways Location Logs Can Be Used
  Google Analyzing User Locations
  Indications of Google Technology for User Data Analysis
  Other Research in Using Location Logs for User Profiling
  Nokia NokoScope Project
  Nokia Research Prior to NokoScope
  Speculation of Technologies in NokoScope/EveryBit
  Status of Nokia’s NokoScope Ongoing Research
  Other Research on User Profiling from Location Logs
  Speculation of R&D by Apple
  User Interest in Location Log Analysis for Personalization
  Grizzly Predictions for Location Logging & Analysis
  Broader Implications for Location Logging & Analysis
Generating Traffic Reports from Cellphone Locations
  Waze: Start-up in Crowd-Generated Traffic Reports
  Nokia’s Research in Generating Traffic Reports
  Google’s Research in Generating Traffic Reports
  Other Research in Generating Traffic Warnings
  Analyzing GPS Data to Find Non-Dynamic Traffic Patterns
  Summary & Predictions for Deriving Data from Locations
Required Innovation: Indoor Location Positioning
  Nokia Research Video of Indoor Positioning
  Nokia Research: Details from a Research Presentation
  Nokia’s Patents on Indoor Positioning
  Nokia’s Ongoing Research
  Navteq Indoor Mapping
  Samsung Research in Indoor Positioning
  RIM Research in Indoor Positioning
  Research in Indoor Positioning by Radio Reception
  Early Research on Bluetooth-Based Indoor Positioning
  Other Patent Applications on Indoor Positioning
  Tracking Location by Sensors Detecting Movements
  Start-up Companies in Indoor Positioning
  Summary and Predictions for Indoor Positioning
  Broader Implications for Indoor Positioning