Method for authorizing location services
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1. A method for authorizing location based communication services between a mobile telecommunication network and a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining a location of the mobile device;
determining by the mobile telecommunication network whether the mobile device allows a notification by entities in a proximity of the location; and
receiving by the mobile device a list of messages from the entities in the proximity of the location.
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Abstract
A presence server (70) receives a location from a location server (60) of a mobile device (10). If the mobile device has location based communication services provisioned for it (112), the presence server retrieves a current list of businesses authorized to send notifications to the mobile device (162). If the business is at the location of the mobile device (164) and if the mobile device allows notifications from that business (168), the presence server sends the notifications to the mobile device (170).
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1. A method for authorizing location based communication services between a mobile telecommunication network and a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a location of the mobile device;
determining by the mobile telecommunication network whether the mobile device allows a notification by entities in a proximity of the location; and
receiving by the mobile device a list of messages from the entities in the proximity of the location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for authorizing location based communication services by a mobile device, the method comprising the steps:
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determining a location of a mobile device;
receiving by the mobile device a list of entities in a proximity of the location; and
selecting by the mobile device at least one entity on the list for allowing a message to be received by the mobile device.
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20. A method for authorizing location based communication services by a mobile telecommunication network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving by a presence server of the mobile telecommunication network a location of a mobile device;
obtaining by the presence server a list of entities authorized to send a notification to the location of the mobile device; and
sending by the presence server the notification of each entity which is authorized to the mobile device.
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