METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING A LOST AND/OR STOLEN PHONE BASED ON SUPL NETWORK INITIATED, TRIGGERED BY REVERSE-BILLED SMS

• US 20090124267A1
• Filed: 10/08/2008
• Published: 05/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: del Castillo, Manuel
• Application Number:
  US12/247,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20090124267A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.600
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/48 by combining or switching between position solutions derived from the satellite radio beacon positioning system and position solutions derived from a further system
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/0069 Cell search, i.e. determining cell identity [cell-ID] design of multiplexing codes H04J13/00; processing access restriction or access information H04W48/16; discovery of network devices for network data management H04W8/005; sounding signals for channel estimation H04L25/0226; structure of reference signals in multicarrier modulation systems H04L27/2613; frame, time or carrier synchronisation in multicarrier modulation systems H04L27/2655
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/126 Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A user and/or owner of a mobile terminal may access a password protected application that is enabled to determine a location of the mobile terminal. In this regard, the mobile terminal may receive a reverse billed SMS message from a communication device hosting a web server application. The reverse billed SMS message comprising a request for mobile terminal location may be authenticated by the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may be billed for the SMS message. A response from the mobile terminal may comprise its location. A navigation satellite system receiver such as GPS and/or GLONASS and/or an assisted navigation satellite system receiver may be utilized to determine the mobile terminal location. In addition, cell ID, location ID and/or network mobile report (NMR) information may be utilized to determine the mobile terminal location.

Claims

1. A method for device location, the method comprising:

receiving by a mobile terminal, a reverse billed SMS message from a communication device, wherein said reverse billed SMS message requests a location of said mobile terminal and is billed to said mobile terminal;

generating a response to said received reverse billed SMS message comprising said location of said mobile terminal; and

communicating said generated response comprising said location of said mobile terminal to said communication device.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising authenticating said reverse billed SMS message by said mobile terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising determining said location of said mobile device via a navigation satellite system receiver coupled to said mobile terminal.

4. The method according to claim 3, comprising determining said location of said mobile device via assisted navigation satellite system receiver coupled to said mobile terminal.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said navigation satellite system receiver comprises a global positioning system and/or a GLONASS receiver.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said communication device comprises a web server.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said communication device comprises a wireless service provider operated device.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said mobile terminal communicates said generated response comprising said location of said mobile terminal to said communication device upon successful authentication of said received reverse billed SMS message.

9. The method according to claim 1, comprising determining said location of said mobile terminal based on cell ID and/or location ID information of a base station serving said mobile terminal.

10. The method according to claim 1, comprising determining said location of said mobile terminal based on network mobile report (NMR) information.

11. A system for device location, the system comprising:

one or more processors in a mobile terminal, wherein said one or more processors receives a reverse billed SMS message from a communication device, wherein said reverse billed SMS message requests a location of said mobile terminal and is billed to said mobile terminal;

said one or more processors generates a response to said received reverse billed SMS message, said response comprising said location of said mobile terminal; and

said one or more processors communicates said generated response comprising said location of said mobile terminal to said communication device.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein said one or more processors are operable to authenticate said reverse billed SMS message by said mobile terminal.

13. The system according to claim 11 wherein said one or more processors are operable to determine said location of said mobile device via a navigation satellite system receiver coupled to said mobile terminal.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein said one or more processors are operable to determine said location of said mobile device via assisted navigation satellite system receiver coupled to said mobile terminal.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein said navigation satellite system receiver comprises a global positioning system and/or a GLONASS receiver.

16. The system according to claim 11, wherein said communication device comprises a web server.

17. The system according to claim 11, wherein said communication device comprises a wireless service provider operated device.

18. The system according to claim 11, wherein said mobile terminal communicates said generated response comprising said location of said mobile terminal to said communication device upon successful authentication of said received reverse billed SMS message.

19. The system according to claim 11, wherein said one or more processors are operable to determine said location of said mobile terminal based on cell ID and/or location ID information of a base station serving said mobile terminal.

20. The system according to claim 11 wherein said one or more processors are operable to determine said location of said mobile terminal based on network mobile report (NMR) information.