Enabling exchange of location and other status information between prose users
First Claim
1. A method for communicating status information, the method comprising:
- receiving a match report from a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) at a proximity service (ProSe) function, the match report comprising an indication that location information was received, the location information being associated with a second WTRU;
determining whether the first WTRU is authorized to use the location information associated with the second WTRU; and
if the first WTRU is authorized to use the location information associated with the second WTRU, sending a match report acknowledgement to the first WTRU, the match report acknowledgement comprising location authorization information associated with the second WTRU, the location authorization information permitting the first WTRU to pass the location information associated with the second WTRU to an application in the first WTRU.
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Abstract
Location and other status information may be communicated between Proximity Service (ProSe) users. A ProSe function may retrieve a ProSe WTRU'"'"'s location data from SLP and provide it to a monitoring WTRU via a ProSe discovery procedure or EPC-level ProSe discovery procedure. A ProSe function may retrieve a ProSe WTRU'"'"'s location data from a ProSe WTRU and provide it to monitoring WTRUs via a ProSe discovery procedure. A ProSe WTRU may broadcast its location and/or other status information in a discovery message. A ProSe function may encrypt the location and/or other status information for encryption before broadcast. A ProSe WTRU may send its location and/or other status information via a user plane to another ProSe WTRU or ProSe group. A ProSe function may verify whether a WTRU is permitted to disclose and/or process information (e.g., location information) and may indicate to a WTRU whether to disclose information, e.g., before the information is disclosed, and/or whether to process the information.
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1. A method for communicating status information, the method comprising:
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receiving a match report from a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) at a proximity service (ProSe) function, the match report comprising an indication that location information was received, the location information being associated with a second WTRU; determining whether the first WTRU is authorized to use the location information associated with the second WTRU; and if the first WTRU is authorized to use the location information associated with the second WTRU, sending a match report acknowledgement to the first WTRU, the match report acknowledgement comprising location authorization information associated with the second WTRU, the location authorization information permitting the first WTRU to pass the location information associated with the second WTRU to an application in the first WTRU. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A public land mobile network (PLMN) device comprising:
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a memory to store processor-executable instructions; and a processor to execute the processor-executable instructions to; receive a match report from a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) at a proximity service (ProSe) function, the match report comprising an indication that location information was received, the location information being associated with a second WTRU; determine whether the first WTRU is authorized to use the location information associated with the second WTRU; and if the first WTRU is authorized to use the location information associated with the second WTRU, send a match report acknowledgement to the first WTRU, the match report acknowledgement comprising location authorization information associated with the second WTRU, the location authorization information permitting the first WTRU to pass the location information associated with the second WTRU to an application in the first WTRU. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:
a processor configured to; send a match report to a proximity service (ProSe) function, the match report comprising an indication that location information has been received, the location information being associated with a second WTRU; receive a match report acknowledgement comprising location authorization information associated with the second WTRU on a condition that the second WTRU is authorized to disclose the location information to the first WTRU; and allow an application in the first WTRU to access the location information associated with the second WTRU based on receiving the location authorization information in the match report acknowledgement. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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