Remote location based services

• US 20050003834A1
• Filed: 06/18/2004
• Published: 01/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines SA (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Hughes, Ian
• Granted Patent: US 7,412,247 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

The invention relates to a method, system and service for processing at a remote device a request from a first device, the method has the steps of receiving a request message to obtain information on location based services available at the physical location of the remote device from the first device, determining a user defined query in the request message, routing the query to an appropriate response service, formulating the response from the response service into a response message, and routing the response message to the first device.

Claims

1. A method for processing at a remote device a request from a first device, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a request message to obtain information on location based services available at the physical location of the remote device from the first device;

determining a user defined query in the request message;

routing the query to an appropriate response service;

formulating the response from the response service into a response message; and

routing the response message to the first device.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the physical location of the remote device is determined by a home location register located in a mobile switching center in a cell.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the request message is processed by a response agent.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the response agent determines if a request message is an authorized request.

5. A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein an authorized request is defined by a user in a user profile.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the response agent is deployed in a cell.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the response agent is deployed in the remote device.

8. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the response message is routed over a wireless transmission means defined in the user profile.

9. A system for processing at a remote device a request from a first device, the system comprising:

means for receiving a request message from the first device to obtain information on location based services available at the physical location of the remote device;

means for determining a user defined query in the request message;

means for routing the query to an appropriate response service;

means for formulating the response from the response service into a response message; and

means for routing the response message to the first device.

10. A system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the request message is processed by a response agent.

11. A system as claimed in claim 9, comprising means within the response agent for determining whether the request message is an authorized request.

12. A system as claimed in claim 9, comprising a user profile for determining whether an authorized request is defined by a user.

13. A system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the response agent is deployed in a cell.

14. A system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the response agent is deployed in the remote device.

15. A system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the response message is routed over a wireless transmission means defined in a user profile.

16. A system as claimed in claim 9 wherein the physical location of the remote device is determined by a home location register located in a mobile switching center in a cell.

17. A remote location based service for a user for processing at a remote device a request from a first device, the service comprising the steps of:

receiving a request message from the user to obtain information on location based services available at the physical location of the remote device from a first device;

determining a user defined query in the request message;

routing the query to an appropriate response service;

formulating the response from the response service into a response message; and

routing the response message to the user at the first device.

18. A computer program product for instructing a processor to process at a remote device a request from a first device, the program product comprising:

a computer readable medium;

first program instruction means for receiving a request message to obtain information on location based services available at the physical location of the remote device from the first device;

second program instruction means for determining a user defined query in the request message;

third program instruction means for routing the query to an appropriate response service;

fourth program instruction means for formulating the response from the response service into a response message; and

fifth program instruction means for routing the response message to the first device; and

wherein

all said program instructions means are recorded on said medium.