System for providing name of location at which cellular phone terminal unit

• US 20020032036A1
• Filed: 08/31/2001
• Published: 03/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Nakajima, Taketoshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,162,255 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A location name server is disclosed, that comprises a database for storing peripheral information and location names that have been correlated each other as a plurality of sets, a means for transmitting a request for peripheral information to an objective cellular phone terminal unit when a request for the name of a location at which the object cellular phone terminal unit is located is received, a means for searching the database for the name of the location corresponding to peripheral information received from the objective cellular phone terminal unit corresponding to the request for the peripheral information, and a means for transmitting the obtained name of the location to a transmission source of the request therefor.

Claims

1. A location name server, comprising:

a database for storing peripheral information and location names that have been correlated each other as a plurality of sets;

means for transmitting a request for peripheral information to an objective cellular phone terminal unit when a request for a name of a location at which the object cellular phone terminal unit is located is received;

means for searching the database for the name of the location corresponding to peripheral information received from the objective cellular phone terminal unit corresponding to the request for the peripheral information; and

means for transmitting the obtained name of the location to a transmission source of the request therefor.

2. The location name server as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

means for receiving a set of peripheral information and a location name that have been correlated each other from a registering cellular phone terminal unit; and

means for registering the received set of peripheral information and a location name that have been correlated each other to the database.

3. A system for providing the name of a location at which a cellular phone terminal unit is located, comprising:

the location name server as set forth in claim 1 and an objective cellular phone terminal unit,

wherein the objective cellular phone terminal unit comprises;

means for obtaining the peripheral information;

means for receiving the request for the peripheral information from said location name server; and

means for transmitting the peripheral information to said location name server when the request for the peripheral information is received from said location name server.

4. The system as set forth in claim 3, further comprising:

a location information console, comprising;

means for transmitting the request for the name of the location at which the objective cellular phone terminal unit is located to said location name server;

means for receiving the obtained name of the location from said location name server; and

means for displaying the received name of the location.

5. A system for providing the name of a location at which a cellular phone terminal unit is located, comprising:

the location name server as set forth in claim 2 and a registering cellular phone terminal unit,

wherein said registration cellular phone terminal unit comprises;

means for obtaining peripheral information;

means for obtaining the name of a location;

means for correlating the obtained peripheral information and the obtained name of the location; and

means for transmitting a set of the peripheral information and the name of the location that have been correlated to said location name server.

6. A location name server, comprising:

a database for storing peripheral information and location names that have been correlated each other as a plurality of sets;

means for receiving a request for a name of a location as a request containing peripheral information;

means for searching said database for the name of the location corresponding to the peripheral information contained in the request for the name of the location; and

means for transmitting the obtained name of the location to a transmission source for the request of the name of the location.

7. The location name server as set forth in claim 6, further comprising:

means for receiving a set of peripheral information and a location name that have been correlated each other from a registering cellular phone terminal unit; and

means for registering the received set of peripheral information and a location name that have been correlated each other to the database.

8. A system for providing the name of a location at which a cellular phone terminal unit is located, comprising:

the location name server as set forth in claim 6 and an objective cellular phone terminal unit,

wherein said objective cellular phone terminal unit comprises;

means for obtaining peripheral information;

means for transmitting a request for the name of a location as a request containing peripheral information to said location name server; and

means for receiving the obtained name of a location from said location name server.

9. The system as set forth in claim 8, further comprising:

a location information console, comprising;

means for transmitting a request for the name of a location at which said cellular phone terminal unit is located as a request that does not contain peripheral information to said cellular phone terminal unit;

means for receiving the obtained name of the location from said cellular phone terminal unit; and

means for displaying the received name of the location.

10. A system for providing the name of a location at which a cellular phone terminal unit is located, comprising:

the location name server as set forth in claim 7 And a registering cellular phone terminal unit,

wherein the registering cellular phone terminal unit comprises;

means for obtaining peripheral information;

means for obtaining the name of a location;

means for correlating the obtained peripheral information and the obtained name of the location; and

means for transmitting a set of the peripheral information and the name of the location that have been correlated each other to said location name server.