COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION THEREIN

• US 20090098888A1
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: YOON, Mu Hy
• Application Number:
  US12/165,224
• Publication Number:
  US 20090098888A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/15 Information service where the information is dependent on the location of the subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A communication device, computer program product and method of providing location information therein are disclosed. The communication device includes a wireless communication unit and a controller connected to the wireless communication unit and configured to share device location information with another communication device, the controller further configured to hierarchically set a device location resolution level to be shared with the another communication device.

Claims

1. A communication device, comprising:

a wireless communication unit; and

a controller connected to the wireless communication unit and configured to share device location information with another communication device, the controller further configured to hierarchically set a device location resolution level to be shared with the another communication device.

2. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to hierarchically set the device location resolution level in accordance with a distance separating the communication device and the another communication device.

3. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to hierarchically set the device location resolution level in accordance with a permission level.

4. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to select the another communication device from a list of other communication devices.

5. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to transmit, via the wireless communication unit, the device location information.

6. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to transmit the device location information in concert with a submission of a request to register the another communication device with a location information providing service.

7. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the controller is configured to transmit the device location information in response to an access of a location information providing service by the another communication device.

8. The communication device of claim 5, wherein the location based information comprises at least one of postal address information, POI (point of interest) information, setup name information and relative location information.

9. A method of sharing device location information with another communication device, comprising of:

hierarchically setting a device location resolution level for device location information to be shared with the another communication device; and

sharing the device location information with the another communication device in accordance with the device location resolution level.

10. The method of claim 9, the step of hierarchically setting comprising:

setting the device location resolution level in accordance with one of

a distance between the communication device and the another communication device, and

a permission level established between the communication device and the another communication device.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

selecting the another communication device from a list of other devices.

12. The method of claim 9, the step of sharing comprising:

transmitting the device location information to the another communication unit.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of transmitting comprises:

registering the another communication device with a location information providing service.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of transmitting comprises:

transmitting the device location information in response to an access of a location information providing service by the another communication device.