EVALUATION OF SPATIAL RULES OVER A MOBILE POPULATION
First Claim
1. In a communication network, a method for evaluating rules, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving one or more rules from an application; and
sending a trigger to said application based on said one or more rules.
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Abstract
Spatial rules involve locations of entities, such as wireless devices, from a mobile population. When evaluating rules in a communication network, attributes of an entity are determined, where one of the attributes comprises location of the entity. Rules are evaluated to produce one or more results, each of the rules operating on the attributes of the entity. Specified actions for the rules are performed, based on the evaluation of the rules. At least one of the specified actions comprises communicating a result to an application. The communication network may have a portion that is wireless. An attribute of the entity can include subscriber information and an entity generally corresponds to a particular subscriber in the communication network, but the entity may also correspond to multiple subscribers. An entity may be a wireless device, which can subscribe to a network. Rules can apply to particular geographical regions, to particular subscribers, to both, or to additional criteria.
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45 Claims
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1. In a communication network, a method for evaluating rules, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving one or more rules from an application; and sending a trigger to said application based on said one or more rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An article of manufacture for evaluating rules, the article of manufacture comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of; receiving one or more rules from an application; and sending a trigger to said application based on said one or more rules. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. In a communication network, an apparatus for evaluating rules, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one computer system comprising; one or more memories; and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured; receive one or more rules from an application; and send a trigger to said application based on said one or more rules. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. In a communication network, an apparatus for evaluating rules, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one computer system comprising; one or more memories; and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured; receive one or more rules in one or more nodes; and reduce said one or more rules based on subscribers associated with one or more of said nodes. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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42. In a communication network, a method for evaluating rules, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving one or more rules in one or more nodes; and reducing said one or more rules based on subscribers associated with one or more of said nodes. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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