System for providing location-based services in a wireless network, such as providing notification regarding meetings, destination arrivals, and the like
First Claim
1. In a system for providing telecommunication services between multiple cell phones and multiple network access points, including a cell phone associated with a subscriber, an apparatus comprising:
- at least one location server coupled among at least some of the network access points;
at least one database coupled with the location server, wherein the database includes a list of possible meeting invitees and location information regarding points of interest or meeting locations, and wherein the location server is configured to;
obtain a request from the subscriber'"'"'s cell phone for a meeting between the subscriber and at least one invitee associated with a cell phone of the invitee based at least in part on the list of possible meeting invitees;
receive a specified meeting location from the subscriber'"'"'s cell phone based at least in part on the location information regarding points of interest or meeting locations;
determine a geographic location of the invitee'"'"'s cell phone; and
provide a notification message to at least the subscriber'"'"'s cell phone when the invitee'"'"'s cell phone is located at or near the specified meeting location.
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Abstract
A system obtains a request from a subscriber associated with a first mobile device or notification when at least one person associated with a second mobile device arrives at or near a predetermined location. The system automatically determines a location of at least the second mobile device and provides a notification message to the first mobile device when the second mobile device is at or near the predetermined location. The system can also provide the notification message to another telecommunications or computing device coupled to the network and specified by the subscriber.
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43 Claims
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1. In a system for providing telecommunication services between multiple cell phones and multiple network access points, including a cell phone associated with a subscriber, an apparatus comprising:
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at least one location server coupled among at least some of the network access points;
at least one database coupled with the location server, wherein the database includes a list of possible meeting invitees and location information regarding points of interest or meeting locations, and wherein the location server is configured to;
obtain a request from the subscriber'"'"'s cell phone for a meeting between the subscriber and at least one invitee associated with a cell phone of the invitee based at least in part on the list of possible meeting invitees;
receive a specified meeting location from the subscriber'"'"'s cell phone based at least in part on the location information regarding points of interest or meeting locations;
determine a geographic location of the invitee'"'"'s cell phone; and
provide a notification message to at least the subscriber'"'"'s cell phone when the invitee'"'"'s cell phone is located at or near the specified meeting location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In a system for providing wireless telecommunication services to mobile devices over a network, a method comprising:
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obtaining a request from a subscriber associated with a first mobile device for notification when at least one person associated with a second mobile device arrives at or near a predetermined location;
automatically determining a location of at least the second mobile device; and
providing a notification message to the first mobile device, or to another telecommunications or computing device coupled to the network specified by the subscriber, when the second mobile device is at or near the predetermined location. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A computer-readable medium whose contents cause at least a first mobile telecommunication device associated with a user to perform a method to receive location-based services from at least one telecommunications server, the method comprising:
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at the first mobile telecommunications device, providing to the telecommunications server a request for notification when at least one person associated with a second mobile telecommunications device arrives at or within a predetermined radius of a predetermined location ; and
at the first mobile telecommunications device, receiving and providing to the user a notification message when the second mobile telecommunications device is at or within the predetermined radius of the predetermined location. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. In a system for providing wireless telecommunication services to mobile devices over a network, an apparatus comprising:
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means for obtaining a request from a subscriber associated with a first mobile device for notification when at least one person associated with a second mobile device arrives at or within a predetermined radius of a predetermined location;
means for automatically obtaining location information associated with at least the second mobile device; and
means for providing a notification message to the first mobile device, or to another telecommunications or computing device coupled to the network and specified by the subscriber, when the second mobile device is near the predetermined location, or providing an estimated time of arrival message indicating when the second mobile device is estimated to be near the predetermined location. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A wireless telecommunications apparatus for providing to a user location-based services within a wireless telecommunications network, the wireless telecommunications apparatus comprising:
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a wireless transceiver;
at least one input device;
at least one output device; and
a processor coupled to the wireless transceiver, input device, and output device, wherein the processor is configured to;
operate within the wireless telecommunications network and to communicate with a location server;
provide to the location server a request for notification when at least one person associated with another wireless telecommunications apparatus arrives at, within a predetermined radius of, or near a predetermined location;
receive from the location server a notification message when the another wireless telecommunications apparatus is at, within the predetermined radius of, or near the predetermined location; and
provide to the user the notification message via the output device. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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