Apparatus and method to provide current location information services in a network
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1. A method provided across a network, comprising the steps of:
- receiving from a communications device across the network a location identifier corresponding to said communications device, and a user identifier associated with a user;
retrieving a user profile associated with said user identifier, said user profile comprising at least one stored location identifier; and
accepting a location corresponding to said received location identifier as a current location of said communications device if said received location identifier matches one of said stored location identifiers.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method that provides current location information services in a network are described. In one preferred embodiment, a location identifier and a user identifier are received from a user. A user profile associated with the user identifier is retrieved from a database of user profiles. The user profile includes one or more stored location identifiers associated with the user. The received location identifier is then compared to the stored location identifiers to determine matching location identifiers and further to determine current location information of the user.
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35 Claims
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1. A method provided across a network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving from a communications device across the network a location identifier corresponding to said communications device, and a user identifier associated with a user;
retrieving a user profile associated with said user identifier, said user profile comprising at least one stored location identifier; and
accepting a location corresponding to said received location identifier as a current location of said communications device if said received location identifier matches one of said stored location identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for providing current location services in a network, comprising:
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means for receiving from a communications device across the network a location identifier corresponding to said communications device, and a user identifier associated with a user;
means for retrieving a user profile associated with said user identifier, said user profile comprising at least one stored location identifier; and
means for accepting a location corresponding to said received location identifier as a current location of said communications device if said received location identifier matches one of said stored location identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for providing current location services in a network, comprising:
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a location registrar entity for receiving from a communications device a location identifier corresponding to said communications device, and a user identifier associated with a user, and for retrieving a user profile associated with said user identifier, said user profile comprising at least one stored location identifier; and
a location management entity coupled to said location registrar entity, said location management entity comprising means for accepting a location corresponding to said received location identifier as a current location of said communications device if said location identifier matches one of said stored location identifiers.
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