Method and system for generating presence information with regard to people visiting an area of interest

• US 20090029722A1
• Filed: 07/11/2008
• Published: 01/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke KPN NV
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke KPN NV
• Inventors: Rutten, Joost, Verhoef, Dirk Antonie
• Application Number:
  US12/218,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20090029722A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.300
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• 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 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

The invention relates to an information system for generating presence information with regard to people visiting an area of interest. The system comprises a detection system arranged to detect locations of a plurality of mobile terminals, an identification system arranged to identify subscribers of said plurality of mobile terminals, a subscriber information system arranged to provide subscriber related information with regard to said subscribers, and a processing module arranged to create said presence information for said area of interest using said location information of said subscribers and said subscriber related information.

Claims

1. Information system for generating presence information with regard to people visiting an area of interest, said system comprising:

a detection system arranged to detect locations of a plurality of mobile terminals;

an identification system arranged to identify subscribers of said plurality of mobile terminals;

a subscriber information system arranged to provide subscriber related information with regard to said subscribers;

a processing module arranged to create said presence information for said area of interest using said location information of said subscribers and said subscriber related information.

2. Information system for generating presence information according to claim 1, said information system further comprising a further processing module arranged to aggregate information about specific groups of subscribers.

3. Information system for generating presence information according to claim 1, wherein said detection system comprises a location server of a mobile communication network.

4. Information system for generating presence information according to claim 1, wherein said detection system comprises a network probe arranged to tap location area updates from a communication line between a base station controller and a switching node or between said base station controller and a base stations of a mobile communication network.

5. Information system for generating presence information according to claim 1, wherein said detection system comprises a dedicated base station arranged to broadcast a unique Location area code (LAC) to mobile terminals.

6. Information system for generating presence information according to claim 5, wherein said dedicated base station is arranged to carry signalling but not traffic.

7. Method of generating presence information with regard to people visiting an area of interest, said method comprising:

detecting locations of a plurality of mobile terminals;

identifying subscribers of said plurality of mobile terminals;

providing subscriber related information with regard to said subscribers;

creating output data using said location information of said subscribers and said subscriber related information.