Technique for notification of mobile terminals by geographical co-ordinates
First Claim
1. A wireless telecommunications network comprising at least one base station transmitter and a plurality of user equipments able to receive radio messages from the at least one base station transmitter, the network being adapted to transmit a notification message to at least a sub-group of the user equipments, a first part of the message comprising a representation from which a user equipment can determine whether its present location is within a certain geographical area, and to read a second part of the message in accordance with the result of the determination.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a wireless telecommunications network comprising at least one base station transmitter and a plurality of user equipments able to receive radio messages from the at least one base station transmitter. The network is adapted to transmit a notification message to at least a sub group of the user equipments, a first part of the message comprising a representation from which a user equipment can determine whether its present location is within a certain geographical area. Once the user equipment has determined that it is within this area a second part of the message is read. This second part preferably includes a reason for the notification, e.g. a description of an emergency. To read this message the user equipment may be required to access the network so that the use of the service can be billed.
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- 1. A wireless telecommunications network comprising at least one base station transmitter and a plurality of user equipments able to receive radio messages from the at least one base station transmitter, the network being adapted to transmit a notification message to at least a sub-group of the user equipments, a first part of the message comprising a representation from which a user equipment can determine whether its present location is within a certain geographical area, and to read a second part of the message in accordance with the result of the determination.
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7. A method of operating a wireless telecommunications network comprising at least one base station transmitter and a plurality of user equipments able to receive radio messages from the at least one base station transmitter, the method comprising:
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transmitting a notification message to at least a sub-group of the user equipments, a first part of the message comprising a representation from which a user equipment can determine whether its present location is within a certain geographical area;
at least the sub-group of the user equipment, receiving the message and determining whether their present location is within the geographical area; and
the sub-group of user equipments reading a second part of the message in accordance with the result of the determination. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A mobile user equipment for use with a wireless telecommunications network comprising at least one base station transmitter, the user equipment comprising:
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an antenna for receiving a notification message from the base station transmitter, a first part of the message including a representation from which the user equipment can determine whether its present location is within a certain geographical area;
a means for determining whether the present location of the user equipment is within the geographical are; and
a means for reading a second part of the message in response to the determination.
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14. A method of operating a mobile user equipment for use with a wireless telecommunications network comprising at least one base station transmitters the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a message from the base station transmitter, a first part of the message including a representation from which the user equipment can determine whether its present location is within a certain geographical area;
determining whether the location of the user equipment is within the geographical area; and
reading a second part of the message in response to the determination.
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15. A base station transmitter for use in a wireless telecommunications network for transmitting messages to at least one user equipment, the transmitter being adapted to transmit a two-part notification message, a first part of the message including a representation from which a user equipment can determine whether its present position is within a geographical area and a second part containing information relevant to the geographical area.
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16. A method of operating a base station transmitter for use in a wireless telecommunications network for transmitting to at least one user equipment, the method comprising the steps of:
the transmitter transmitting a two-part notification message, a first part of the message including a representation from which the user equipment can determine whether its present position is within a geographical area and a second part containing information relevant to the geographical area.
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