Fecha de publicación: 12/04/2017 Fuente: Wipo "IOT" In an embodiment, an Internet of Things (IoT) device obtains augmented location information (ALI) that identifies (i) one or more device classifications (e.g., mobile, geo-static, etc.) for one or more IoT devices near the IoT device in the IoT environment and/or (ii) immediate surroundings (e.g., a picture, an audio recording, etc.) of the one or more IoT devices, and generates a location profile of the IoT device based on the obtained ALI. In another embodiment, a power-limited IoT device selects a proxy IoT device. The selected proxy IoT device performs an ALI reporting function on behalf of the power-limited IoT device, while the power-limited IoT device refrains from performing the ALI reporting function.