Employing an alternate identifier for subscription access to mobile location information

• US 10,516,972 B1
• Filed: 06/01/2018
• Issued: 12/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2018
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kaufman, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Cumming, William D
• Application Number:
  US15/996,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20190373414A1
• Time in Patent Office: 571 Days
• Field of Search: 4554042, 4554321, 4554561, 4554141
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/017 identifying vehicles G08G1/015, G08G1/054 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/127 to a central station ; Indicators in a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

Access to location information related to mobile devices is disclosed. A component can receive a subscription request comprising an alternate identity corresponding to a primary identity and related to returning location related data associated with a set of network event locating system (NELOS) information. NELOS information can be received from a NELOS component and can be derived from timed fingerprint location (TFL) information associated with a user equipment (UE). TFL information and NELOS information can be distinct from location information determined from conventional techniques that can provide for additional benefit. The subscription request can indicate continuing access to location information without subsequent requests. Moreover, access can be via a push of information to a subscribing device.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving a request for mobile device location information, wherein the request indicates an alternative identity, and wherein the alternative identity identifies a vehicle;

determining a primary identity for a mobile device corresponding to the alternative identity, wherein the determining is based on a previously designated relationship between the alternative identity and the primary identity; and

in response to receiving location information related to a location of the mobile device associated with the primary identity, facilitating access to location data related to the location information based on a parameter of the request satisfying a rule related to a permission to access the location data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the access to the location data comprises pushing the location data to the subscribing device without a further request from the subscribing device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the access to the location data comprises publishing the location data to facilitate a polling of the location data, based on the alternative identity, by the subscribing device without receiving a further request from the subscribing device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the access to the location data is based on the alternative identity and comprises receiving a subsequent request from the subscribing device to access the location data.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the parameter of the request comprises an indicator of a continuing access to the location data by the subscribing device, and wherein the continuing access is allowed until a condition related to the continuing access is satisfied.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the alternative identity is a vehicle identification number identifier.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the alternative identity is a license plate identifier.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the alternative identity is a fleet vehicle identification identifier.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a device comprising a processor, a subscription request from a subscribing device, wherein the subscription request comprises a subscriber designated identifier that identifies a vehicle;

determining, by the device, a primary identifier of a user equipment based on a previously defined relationship between the primary identifier and the subscriber designated identifier, wherein the previously defined relationship is based on a historical subscriber input;

receiving, by the device, location information related to a location of the user equipment associated with the primary identifier; and

enabling, by the device, access to a data deliverable by the subscribing device, wherein the data deliverable comprises information related to the location information based on the subscription request.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the enabling the access to the data deliverable comprises accessing the data deliverable via a push of information to the subscribing device without an additional request from the subscribing device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the enabling the access to the data deliverable comprises publishing the data deliverable to facilitate a polling of the data deliverable, based on the subscriber designated identifier, by the subscribing device without an additional request from the subscribing device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining the primary identifier of the user equipment is based on the previously defined relationship between the primary identifier and a vehicle identification number.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining the primary identifier of the user equipment is based on the previously defined relationship between the primary identifier and a license plate number.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining the primary identifier of the user equipment is based on the previously defined relationship between the primary identifier and a fleet vehicle identification number.

15. A machine-readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a device comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

receiving a request for mobile device location information from a subscribing device associated with a subscriber designated identity identifying a vehicle;

receiving network event locating system information related to a location of a mobile device affiliated with a primary identity;

in response to determining the primary identity based on the subscriber designated identity, wherein the determining the primary identity is based on previously received subscriber provided relationship information indicating a relationship between the subscriber designated identity and the primary identity, generating location data based on analysis of the network event locating system information; and

sharing the location data with the subscribing device.

16. The machine-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the sharing the location data comprises pushing the location data to the subscribing device without requiring a further request from the subscribing device.

17. The machine-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the sharing the location data comprises publishing the location data to facilitate a polling of the location data, based on the subscriber designated identity, by the subscribing device without receiving a further request from the subscribing device.

18. The machine-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the sharing the location data is based on the subscriber designated identity and comprises receiving a subsequent request from the subscribing device to access the location data.

19. The machine-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the request comprises an indicator of a continuing access to the location data by the subscribing device, and wherein the continuing access is allowed until a condition related to the continuing access is satisfied.

20. The machine-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the subscriber designated identity is selected from a group comprising a vehicle identification number, a license plate identifier, and a fleet vehicle identifier.