System and method for controlling notification of terminal location

• US 20030187980A1
• Filed: 01/22/2003
• Published: 10/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Sakata, Kazuhiro
• Application Number:
  US10/348,003
• Publication Number:
  US 20030187980A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A system controls notification of a user location to a server in accordance with a notification control condition including a not-notifying condition and a process termination condition The location of the user is detected by a location detector. The server is not notified of the location of the user terminal when the not-notifying condition is satisfied unless the process termination condition is satisfied. When the process termination condition is satisfied, the location notification is terminated.

Claims

1. A system for notifying a server of a location of a user terminal, comprising:

a storage for storing a notification control condition included in a notification request;

a location detector for detecting a location of the user terminal; and

a controller controlling location notification in response to the notification request such that location information of the user terminal is sent to the server depending on whether the notification control condition is satisfied.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the notification control condition comprises at least one of a not-notifying condition and a process termination condition,

wherein the location notification is inhibited when the not-notifying condition is satisfied and is permitted when the not-notifying condition is not satisfied, and

wherein the location notification is terminated when the process termination condition is satisfied.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the notification control condition comprises at least one of geographic location condition and time condition.

4. The system according to claim 2, wherein the notification control condition comprises at least one of geographic location condition and time condition.

5. The system according to claim 2, wherein, unless the process termination condition is satisfied, the controller controls the location notification at predetermined time intervals such that the location notification is inhibited when the not-notifying condition is satisfied and is permitted when the not-notifying condition is not satisfied.

6. A method for notifying a server of a location of a user terminal, comprising the steps of:

a) receiving a notification control condition comprising at least a first condition;

b) storing the notification control condition;

c) detecting a location of the user terminal;

d) repeatedly notifying the server of the location of the user terminal depending on the notification control condition unless the first condition is satisfied; and

e) terminating notification of the location of the user terminal when the first condition is satisfied.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the notification request further includes a second condition, wherein the step d) comprises the steps of:

d.1) when the first condition is not satisfied, determining whether the second condition is satisfied;

d.2) when the second condition is not satisfied, notifying server of the location of the user terminal;

d.3) when the second condition is satisfied, not notifying the server of the location of the user terminal; and

d.4) repeating the steps d.1)-d.3) unless the first condition is satisfied.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the first condition is one of geographic location condition and time condition.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the second condition is one of geographic location condition and time condition.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein the notification control condition is designated before receiving a notification request from the user terminal.

11. The method according to claim 6, wherein, immediately after receiving a notification termination request from the user terminal, the notification of the location of the user terminal is terminated.

12. The method according to claim 6, wherein, when the notification of the location of the user terminal is terminated, at least one of the server and the user terminal is notified of notification termination.

13. A program instructing a computer to notify a server of a location of a user terminal, the program comprising the steps of:

a) receiving a notification control condition comprising at least a first condition;

b) storing the notification control condition;

c) detecting a location of the user terminal;

d) repeatedly notifying the server of the location of the user terminal depending on the notification control condition unless the first condition is satisfied; and

e) terminating notification of the location of the user terminal when the first condition is satisfied.

14. The program according to claim 13, wherein the notification request further includes a second condition, wherein the step d) comprises the steps of:

d.1) when the first condition is not satisfied, determining whether the second condition is satisfied;

d.2) when the second condition is not satisfied, notifying the server of the location of the user terminal;

d.3) when the second condition is satisfied, not notifying the server of the location of the user terminal; and

d.4) repeating the steps d.1)-d.3) unless the first condition is satisfied.