Open location management device
First Claim
1. An open location management device comprising:
- a location information provider list for recording the IDs of at least one location information provider capable of performing location management;
location information provider selecting means for selecting one of the location information provider in said location information provider list to provide the location information of a user for the location information requester, in response to a request for performing location management with respect to the user from a location information requester;
location information notifying means for notifying said location information requester the location information of the user provided by the selected location information provider in said location information provider list; and
said location information provider selecting means selecting the location information provider based on specific selection policy.
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Abstract
The invention provides an open location management device, an open location management system and an open location management method, in which an open location management device receives a user location management request from a location information requester, and selects one location management provider from one or more location management providers to provide the user location information for the location information requestor. A unique user ID is assigned to each user in the system. By employing the invention, the location information requester can leverage the user location information provided by external location information providers, such that the burden of performing the location management of the location information requestor can be reduced.
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1. An open location management device comprising:
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a location information provider list for recording the IDs of at least one location information provider capable of performing location management;
location information provider selecting means for selecting one of the location information provider in said location information provider list to provide the location information of a user for the location information requester, in response to a request for performing location management with respect to the user from a location information requester;
location information notifying means for notifying said location information requester the location information of the user provided by the selected location information provider in said location information provider list; and
said location information provider selecting means selecting the location information provider based on specific selection policy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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6. An open location management method, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a user location management request including a user ID from a location information requester;
sending to at least one location information provider a location information inquiry request including the user ID;
receiving the returned location information from the at least one location information provider;
selecting one location information returned from one of the at least one location information provider;
returning the selected location information to said location information requester;
characterized in that;
said selecting step further comprising the step of selecting the location information provider based on specific selection policy. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20)
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10. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing open location management, the computer readable program code means in said computer program product comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to effect the functions of:
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a location information provider list for recording the IDs of at least one location information provider capable of performing location management;
location information provider selecting means for selecting one of the location information provider in said location information provider list to provide the location information of a user for the location information requester, in response to a request for performing location management with respect to the user from a location information requester;
location information notifying means for notifying said location information requester the location information of the user provided by the selected location information provider in said location information provider list; and
said location information provider selecting means selecting the location information provider based on specific selection policy.
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11. An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing open location management, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to effect the steps of:
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receiving a user location management request including a user ID from a location information requester;
sending to at least one location information provider a location information inquiry request including the user ID;
receiving the returned location information from the at least one location information provider;
selecting one location information returned from one of the at least one location information provider;
returning the selected location information to said location information requester;
characterized in that;
said selecting step further comprising the step of selecting the location information provider based on specific selection policy.
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