Auto-focused information services tailored to location of end user
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving an information service request initiated by a customer;
receiving presence/location information indicating at least a location of the customer, defining a customer location;
focusing the information service request toward information that is tailored to the customer location, defining focused information content; and
sending at least indicia of the focused information content to the customer.
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Abstract
Communication networks and methods are disclosed that provide an information service that is tailored (or “auto-focused”) to individual customers or subsets of customers based on the location of those customers. The information service is implemented in one embodiment within a communication network (e.g., IMS network or traditional wireless network) having a presence/location server that maintains presence/location information associated with various customers served by the communication network.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving an information service request initiated by a customer; receiving presence/location information indicating at least a location of the customer, defining a customer location; focusing the information service request toward information that is tailored to the customer location, defining focused information content; and sending at least indicia of the focused information content to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An IMS network for providing an information request service that is focused to a customer location, the IMS network comprising:
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a Call Session Control Function (CSCF) element operable to receive a location non-specific information service request and forward the request to a Service Broker; a Service Capability Interaction Manager (SCIM) element operable as Service Broker to focus the information service request to the customer location; and a Presence/Location Server operable to obtain location information of the customer and communicate the location information to the SCIM, the SCIM focusing the information service request based on the location information.
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12. An article comprising:
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one or more computer-readable signal-bearing media; and means in the one or more media, responsive to receiving a location non-specific information service request, for receiving presence/location information indicating a customer location and focusing the information service request toward information that is tailored to the customer location.
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