Method for the delivery of area related messages in a mobile communication system
First Claim
1. A method for the delivery of messages to a specified geographical area in a communication system comprising at least a mobile station, at least one serving node, a database server and an application server, the method comprising:
- specifying for the application server a geographical area and at least one message for delivery to subscribers in said geographic area;
translating the geographical area to a first cell set;
performing a search in said database server using said first cell set as search criterion;
as a result of the search, obtaining a list of subscribers within said first cell set; and
delivering said at least one message from said application server to the listed subscribers.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for the delivery of messages to a specified geographical area in a communication system. In the method is specified for an application server a geographical area and a message for delivery. The geographical area is translated to a first set comprising at least one cell set. Each the cell set comprising at least one cell. A search is performed in the database server using at least the first set as search criterion. A search request is sent specifying a second set comprising at least one cell set to at least one serving node. A search is performed in a database comprised in the at least one serving node with the second set as a criterion. From the at least one serving node is provided in response a list comprising information on the subscribers in the area of the second set. Finally, the message is sent from the application server to the subscribers.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for the delivery of messages to a specified geographical area in a communication system comprising at least a mobile station, at least one serving node, a database server and an application server, the method comprising:
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specifying for the application server a geographical area and at least one message for delivery to subscribers in said geographic area;
translating the geographical area to a first cell set;
performing a search in said database server using said first cell set as search criterion;
as a result of the search, obtaining a list of subscribers within said first cell set; and
delivering said at least one message from said application server to the listed subscribers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for the delivery of messages to a specified geographical area comprising:
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at least one mobile station used by a subscriber;
an application server configured to define a geographical area and at least one message for delivery to a subscriber in said geographical area, said application server further adapted to translate the geographical area to a first cell set, and to request the delivery of said the message from said application server to the subscriber;
a database server configured to perform a search with said first cell set as search criterion, as a result of the search obtaining a list of subscribers within said first cell set, and reporting said list to the application server; and
wherein the application server delivers said message from said application server to the listed subscribers. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A network node for reporting subscribers in the area of at least one cell set comprising:
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a location register;
a monitoring database;
a mobility management entity configured to report information on a location update for a monitoring database entity and to perform location updates to said location register, said information comprising a subscriber identity for the routing of messages to the mobile subscriber performing the location update; and
said monitoring database entity configured to perform a search in said monitoring database with said at least one cell set as a criterion and to provide in response a list comprising information on at least one subscriber in the area of said at least one cell set.
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12. A computer program comprising code adapted to perform the following steps when executed on a computer processor:
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reporting information on a location update for a monitoring database entity, said information comprising a subscriber identity for the routing of messages to the mobile subscriber performing the location update;
performing location updates to said location register;
receiving information on at least one cell set from a remote node;
performing a search in a monitoring database with said at least one cell set as a criterion; and
providing, in response to said remote node, a list of subscribers in the area of said at least one cell set. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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