Method for providing information reflecting mobile user action, and mobile switching center, information providing apparatus, and mobile unit implementing the same
First Claim
1. A method of providing mobile user action information, comprising the steps of:
- (a) automatically gathering information reflecting an action of an user of a mobile unit;
(b) storing said gathered action information in association with said mobile unit; and
(c) providing said stored action information.
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Abstract
The invention makes it possible to quickly confirm the safety of people in an area stricken by a disaster such as an earthquake while protecting people'"'"'s privacy, even in a situation where communication calls cannot be established due to network congestion. An event reflecting an action of the user of a mobile unit in a designated area, such as a change in the location registration of the mobile unit, is detected by a user event detecting unit 18. in mobile switching equipment 12, and stored in a user event storing unit 22 in an information providing apparatus 16. In an information providing method, when there is an incoming call to a mobile unit in the designated area, for example, if the call cannot be established due to network congestion, the call is connected to an information providing unit 24 which provides user action information, by voice, to the calling party.
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1. A method of providing mobile user action information, comprising the steps of:
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(a) automatically gathering information reflecting an action of an user of a mobile unit;
(b) storing said gathered action information in association with said mobile unit; and
(c) providing said stored action information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of providing mobile user action information, comprising the steps of:
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(a) automatically gathering information reflecting an action of a user of a mobile unit; and
(b) transmitting said gathered action information in order to have said action information be stored in association with said mobile unit and to have said action information be provided.
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5. An action information providing method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving information automatically gathered as reflecting an action of a user of a mobile unit;
(b) storing said received action information in association with said mobile unit; and
(c) providing said action information.
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6. A mobile switching center comprising:
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means for automatically gathering information reflecting an action of a user of a mobile unit; and
means for transmitting said gathered action information in order to have said action information be stored in association with said mobile unit and to have said action information be provided. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. An action information providing apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving information automatically gathered as reflecting an action of a user of a mobile unit;
means for storing said received action information in association with said mobile unit; and
means for providing said action information.
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11. A method for providing mobile user action information, comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting, at a mobile unit, information reflecting an action of a user of said mobile unit;
(b) reporting said detected action information from said mobile unit to a network;
(c) storing said reported action information in association with said mobile unit at the network side; and
(d) providing said stored action information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile unit comprising:
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means for detecting an action of a user of said mobile unit; and
means for reporting said detected action to a network side. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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