METHOD FOR DEFERRED LOCATION REPORTING

• US 20060293051A1
• Filed: 03/28/2006
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Ewert, Jorg Christian, Luca, Enrico De, Lala, Alessandro, Iovieno, Maurizio, Stumpert, Martin
• Application Number:
  US11/277,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20060293051A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/433
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/063 using wireless information transmission between the vehicle and a fixed station identification of vehicles G08G
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events

Abstract

The invention relates to the provision of deferred location reporting wherein the reporting is triggered by a trigger location change event. Trigger location change events are either related to a user of a cellular telecommunication network entering, leaving or changing an area, or to an area, which is entered or left by a user.

Claims

1. A method in a cellular telecommunications network of deferring provision of location information of a user to a client external to the network, comprising the steps of:

specifying accuracy of subscriber location information to the client;

defining, or receiving a definition of, at least one triggering location change event for the subscriber;

monitoring the triggering location change event for the subscriber;

detecting the triggering location change event;

determining the location of the user;

transforming location information of the user from telecommunication network coordinates to geographical coordinates; and

sending the geographical coordinates of the user location to the client.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein a trigger location change event is an entering or a leaving of one of an area served by a mobile switching center, an area served by a General Packet Radio Service support node, a cell, a location area, a routing area, and a service area.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the location of the user further comprises executing a positioning procedure.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein monitoring and detecting of a trigger location change event and initiating the provision of the location of the user to the client is performed by user equipment

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the monitoring and detecting of a trigger location change event and initiating the provision of location information to the client is performed by a node of the cellular telecommunication network

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing an indicator that the trigger location change event is defined for the user in a node performing a home location register function.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising verifying that the user has granted a permission to provide the client with the user location information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger location change event is defined as an entering or leaving of a particular predefined area.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein information about the velocity of a user when entering or leaving the particular predefined area is provided to the client.

28. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of sending the location information of the user to the client further comprises the location information comprising geographical coordinates.

10. A node in a cellular telecommunication network adapted for deferred provision of location information of a user to a client external to the network, the node comprising:

means for applying a client specified accuracy to a location of the user;

means for defining, or receiving a definition of, at least one triggering location change event for the user;

means for monitoring the triggering event for the user;

means for detecting the triggering event, means for determining the location of the user;

means for transforming location information of the user from telecommunication network coordinates to geographical coordinates; and

means for sending the location information of the user to the client.

11. The node of claim 10, wherein a trigger location change event is an entering or a leaving of one of an area served by a mobile services switching center, an area served by a General Packet Radio Service support node, a cell, a location area, a routing area, and a service area.

12. The node of claim 10, wherein the means for determining the location of the user further comprises means for executing a positioning procedure.

13. The node of claim 10, wherein equipment associated with the user and in communication with the node performs the monitoring and detecting of a trigger location change event and initiates the provision of the user location to the client.

14. The node of claim 10 is further adapted for performing the monitoring and detecting of a trigger location change event and initiating the provision of the user location information to the client.

15. The node of claim 14 wherein the node is further adapted for performing home location register functions and is adapted for storing an indicator that the trigger location change event is defined for the user.

16. The node of claim 10, further comprising means for verifying that the user has granted a permission to provide the client with location information.

17. The node of claim 10, wherein the trigger location change event is defined as an entering or leaving of a particular predefined area.

18. The node of claim 17, wherein information about the velocity of a user when entering or leaving the particular predefined area is provided to the client.

29. The node of claim 10, wherein the step of sending the location information of the user to the client further comprises the location information comprising geographical coordinates.

19. A system for deferred provision of location information of a cellular telecommunication network user to a client external to the network, wherein the system comprises:

means for specifying accuracy of the user location information to the client;

means for defining, or receiving a definition of, at least one triggering location change event for the user;

means for monitoring the triggering event for the user;

means for detecting the triggering event;

means for determining the location of the user;

means for transforming location information of the user from telecommunication network coordinates to geographical coordinates; and

means for sending the geographical coordinates of the user to the client.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein a trigger location change event is an entering or a leaving of one of an area served by a mobile services switching center, an area served by a General Packet Radio Service support node, a cell, a location area, a routing area, and a service area.

21. The system according to claim 19, wherein the means for determining the location of the user further comprises means for executing a positioning procedure.

22. The system according to claim 19, wherein equipment associated with the user and in communication with the node performs the monitoring and detecting of a trigger location change event and initiates the provision of the user location to the client.

23. The system according to claim 19, wherein a node in the cellular telecommunication network is adapted for performing the monitoring and detecting of a trigger location change event and initiating the provision of location information to the client.

24. The system according to claim 23, wherein the node is further adapted for performing home location register functions and is adapted for storing an indicator that a trigger location change event is defined for the user.

25. The system according to claim 19, further comprising means for verifying that the user has granted a permission to provide the client with location information.

26. The node of claim 19, wherein the trigger location change event is defined as an entering or leaving of a particular predefined area.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein information about the velocity of a user when entering or leaving the particular predefined area is provided to the client.

30. The system of claim 19, wherein the step of sending the location information of the user to the client further comprises the location information comprising geographical coordinates.