Location information system reflecting user preferences and service providing method thereof
First Claim
1. A user preference service method, comprising:
- setting by a user, a user profile for reporting a representative location;
obtaining location information indicating a physical location of the user; and
reporting the representative location if the obtained location information overlaps with the representative location; and
activating at least one user preference set by the user or at least one user terminal operation set by the user, based upon the physical location of the user.
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Abstract
For users with user terminals in a wireless or mobile network, a mechanism is provided for returning a representative location based on the user'"'"'s profile settings and the user'"'"'s current physical location. The representative location is not the user'"'"'s actual physical location, but a conceptual location used for reporting the user'"'"'s physical location in order to activate various functions and capabilities of the user terminal according to where the user is located. By employing representative locations, various necessary information and corresponding relationships between the user'"'"'s actual location, which may continuously change due to the user'"'"'s mobility, and the user preferences containing profile settings allowing the user'"'"'s terminal to operate in a certain manner designated for certain physical locations, are more efficiently handled and managed.
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63 Claims
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1. A user preference service method, comprising:
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setting by a user, a user profile for reporting a representative location;
obtaining location information indicating a physical location of the user; and
reporting the representative location if the obtained location information overlaps with the representative location; and
activating at least one user preference set by the user or at least one user terminal operation set by the user, based upon the physical location of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A user preference service method, comprising:
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activating at least one user preference set by the user or at least one user terminal operation set by the user, based upon a physical location of the user, by receiving user preferences to be stored in a subscriber profile function unit, and activating the at least one user preference or the at least one user terminal operation if a user terminal enters into and is located within a particular physical region, or by comparing a value of the user'"'"'s actual physical location that is provided from a location calculation function unit with user preferences stored in a storage medium, if there is a tracking request of a user, and activating the at least one user preference or the at least one user terminal operation according to the comparing. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A user preference service method, comprising:
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allowing a user to set a user profile including user preference information containing a representative location to be reported;
calculating a location information indicating a physical location of the user wherein the location information is calculated by the location server if an agent server requests a user'"'"'s location information;
comparing the physical location with the user preference information; and
reporting the user representative location information to the agent server. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A user preference service method, comprising:
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storing preference information in an application of a user terminal;
storing a preference region in a location enabler of the user terminal;
requesting a user location from a location server; and
if the user location overlaps with the preference region, activating the preference information associated with the preference region. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. In a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) based location information system, a user preference service method comprising:
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transmitting by a SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET), a SUPL start message to a SUPL Location Platform (SLP);
determining, by the SLP, a location of the SET by sending and receiving SUPL position messages with the SET;
requesting user preference information to a Privacy Check Entity (PCE); and
upon receiving the user preference information, reporting to the SET by using a SUPL end message, a user preference information that had been set for a preference region in which the SET is currently located in. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. In a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) based location information system, a user preference service method comprising:
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establishing by a SUPL agent, at least one location report condition in a SUPL Location Platform (SLP);
performing a location session by transmitting a SUPL initialization message from the SLP to a SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET), if the at least one location report condition is satisfied;
starting a location measurement by transmitting a SUPL start message from the SET to the SLP;
measuring a location of the SET by the SLP upon sending and receiving SUPL position messages with the SET;
informing that location measurement procedures have been completed by transmitting a SUPL end message from the SLP to the SET, when the location of the SET has been calculated;
requesting user preference information from a Privacy Check Entity (PCE) by the SLP; and
upon receiving the user preference information, reporting to the SUPL agent, a user preference information that had been set for a preference region in which the SET is currently located in. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. In a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) based location information system, a user preference service method comprising:
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requesting by a SUPL agent, a location report of a SUPL Enabled Terminal (SET) from a SUPL Location Platform (SLP);
performing a location session by transmitting a SUPL initialization message from the SLP to the SET;
starting a location measurement by transmitting a SUPL position initialization message from the SET o the SLP;
measuring a location of the SET by the SLP upon sending and receiving SUPL position messages with the SET;
informing that location measurement procedures have been completed by transmitting a SUPL end message from the SLP to the SET, when the location of the SET has been calculated;
requesting user preference information from a Privacy Check Entity (PCE) by the SLP; and
upon receiving the user preference information, reporting to the SUPL agent, a user preference information that had been set for a preference region in which the SET is currently located in. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A mobile communications system comprising:
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a user terminal adapted to allow a user to set a user profile including user preference information containing a representative location to be reported; and
a location server adapted to receive a request for location information that indicates a physical location of the user, and to report the representative location if the location information overlaps with the representative location. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60)
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61. A location server comprising:
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a location calculation function unit adapted to receive a request for location information that indicates a physical location of the user terminal, and to obtain the location information of the user terminal; and
a subscriber profile function unit adapted to store user preference information, to compare the obtained location information with the stored user preference information containing at least one representative location to be reported, and to report a particular representative location if the obtained location information overlaps with the particular representative location based upon the comparing performed by the location calculation function.
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62. A user terminal comprising:
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a terminal application adapted to allow a user to set a user profile including user preference information containing a representative location to be reported; and
a location enabler adapted to optionally calculate a location information that indicates a physical location of the user terminal and optionally negotiate with a location server to perform the calculating, and to compare the location information with the user preference information. - View Dependent Claims (63)
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