Prioritization of location queries in a location-based services system
First Claim
1. A method of providing location-based services, the method comprising the steps of:
- separating users associated with respective mobile user devices associated with a wireless network into at least a first group of users of a first benefit class of a location-based service and a second group of users of a second benefit class of the location-based service;
obtaining location information for said mobile user devices, wherein the location information is obtained more frequently for the mobile user devices of users in the first group than for the mobile user devices of users in the second group; and
controlling delivery of at least one message to a given one of the mobile user devices based on the location information.
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Abstract
Location-based services are provided in a communication system comprising at least a portion of at least one wireless network. In one aspect of the invention, users associated with respective mobile user devices are separated into at least a first group of users of a first benefit class of a location-based service and a second group of users of a second benefit class of the location-based service. Location information is obtained for the mobile user devices, with the location information being obtained more frequently for the mobile user devices of users in the first group than for the mobile user devices of users in the second group. At least one message is controllably delivered to a given one of the mobile user devices based on the location information.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing location-based services, the method comprising the steps of:
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separating users associated with respective mobile user devices associated with a wireless network into at least a first group of users of a first benefit class of a location-based service and a second group of users of a second benefit class of the location-based service; obtaining location information for said mobile user devices, wherein the location information is obtained more frequently for the mobile user devices of users in the first group than for the mobile user devices of users in the second group; and controlling delivery of at least one message to a given one of the mobile user devices based on the location information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for use in providing location-based services, the apparatus comprising:
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a location-based services system comprising at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory; wherein the location-based services system is adapted to separate users associated with respective mobile user devices associated with a wireless network into at least a first group of users of a first benefit class of a location-based service and a second group of users of a second benefit class of the location-based service, and to obtain location information for said mobile user devices, wherein the location information is obtained more frequently for the mobile user devices of users in the first group than for the mobile user devices of users in the second group; and wherein the location-based services system is further adapted to control delivery of at least one message to a given one of the mobile user devices based on the location information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A mobile user device associated with a wireless network, the mobile user device being configured to receive at least one message that is controllably delivered to the mobile user device based on location information obtained for the mobile user device;
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wherein users associated with respective ones of the mobile user device and other mobile user devices associated with the wireless network are separated into at least a first group of users of a first benefit class of a location-based service and a second group of users of a second benefit class of the location-based service; and wherein location information is obtained more frequently for the mobile user devices of users in the first group than for the mobile user devices of users in the second group. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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