Location services for and about mobile nodes
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1. A method, comprising:
- identifying a first node and an entity; and
serving the first node with a service based on a location of the entity, wherein the method is implemented by a location based application residing on a the first node, and wherein the entity is configured to be a mobile entity.
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Abstract
IP-based Location Services (IP-LCS) is a valuable application that may be supported by a majority of cellular phones in the future. Services offered by such applications can be closely coupled to the location of the user. IP-LCS may be designed to permit a location based application resident on a mobile terminal to track a mobile terminal or a cluster of mobile terminals, or to otherwise provide location based services to a mobile node based on the location of another mobile node or a cluster of mobile nodes.
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1. A method, comprising:
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identifying a first node and an entity; and
serving the first node with a service based on a location of the entity, wherein the method is implemented by a location based application residing on a the first node, and wherein the entity is configured to be a mobile entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method, comprising:
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providing a request from a location based application to a mobile node;
forwarding, by the mobile node, the request to a location information platform;
identifying, by the location information platform, a second mobile node from the request;
identifying, by the location information platform, a second location information platform corresponding to the second mobile node;
contacting, by the location information platform, the second location information platform with the request;
obtaining, by the second location information platform location information of the second mobile node; and
providing the location information to the location based application. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising:
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receiving a request from a location based application of a mobile node for location information regarding a second mobile node;
identifying a resource for the location information;
obtaining the location information from the resource; and
providing the location information to the location based application. - View Dependent Claims (14, 16)
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15. The method of claim 15, wherein the performing the obtaining and providing periodically is responsive to the receiving the request periodically.
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17. A device, comprising:
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a location based application resident on the device; and
a transceiver configured to obtain a location of an entity to activate the location based application, wherein the device is configured to be mobile, and wherein the entity is configured to be a mobile node or a cluster. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A system, comprising:
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a location based application configured to provide a request to a mobile terminal;
the mobile terminal configured to receive the request, and forward the request to an location information platform;
the location information platform configured to receive the request from the mobile terminal, to identify a second mobile terminal from the request, to identify a second location information platform corresponding to the second mobile node, and to contact the second location information platform with the request;
the second location information platform configured to receive the request, obtain location information of the second mobile node, and provide the location information to the location based application. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A device, comprising:
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a receiver unit configured to receive a request from a location based application of a mobile node for location information regarding a second mobile node;
an identification unit configured to identify a resource for the location information;
an obtainer unit configured to obtain the location information from the resource; and
a provision unit configured to provide the location information to the location based application. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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