Location-based information intermediation and acquisition method, intermediation computer system, and mobile communication terminal

• US 20060105780A1
• Filed: 12/14/2005
• Published: 05/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Shimotani, Mitsuo, Ueda, Fumio, Ozaki, Minoru
• Granted Patent: US 7,127,259 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.100
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/28 with correlation of data from several navigational instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A system for providing a mobile communication terminal, the position of which can be detected with location-based information that is associated with a detected position, and a method of service for providing the mobile communication terminal with the location-based information automatically and quickly by synchronizing with behavior of the mobile communication terminal. A location-based information intermediation method and a location-based information acquisition method are disclosed. Still further, the present invention provides the mobile communication terminal and the intermediation computer system for the method.

Claims

1-3. -3. (canceled)

4. An intermediation computer system comprising:

a communicating unit for communicating with a terminal on a network;

a database for storing basic data that associates a location on a network of an information source having location-based information that is provided on the network with distribution conditions that include a distribution area of the location-based information; and

a processing unit for reading the basic data that corresponds to the search conditions from the database when said communicating unit receives search conditions for the location-based information from said terminal, creating a information source and distribution condition list that is comprised of the basic data read, and then transmitting the information source and distribution condition list through said communicating unit to a particular mobile communication terminal.

5. An intermediation computer system comprising:

a communicating unit for communicating with a terminal on a network;

a database for storing an information source and distribution condition list that associates a location on the network of an information source having predetermined location-based information that is provided on the network with distribution conditions that include a distribution area of the location-based information; and

a processing unit for reading the information source and distribution condition list that corresponds to the search conditions from the database when said communicating unit receives search conditions for the location-based information from said terminal and transmitting the information source and distribution condition list read through said communicating unit to a particular mobile communication terminal.

6-41. -41. (canceled)