Creating optimum temporal location trigger for multiple requests

• US 20090149193A1
• Filed: 12/01/2008
• Published: 06/11/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Hines, Gordon John, Lamprecht, Leslie Johann
• Application Number:
  US12/292,918
• Publication Number:
  US 20090149193A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• 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 8/08 Mobility data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/14 between corresponding nodes

Abstract

A technique evaluates overlapping request intervals, and from them determines a temporal reporting interval that satisfies requirements for all that overlap. The temporal reporting interval represents a temporal trigger used to best support multiple triggers on the same target, without modification or support by the target mobile. Disclosed embodiments relate to an example of location requests wherein multiple users, by chance, request location triggered services on the same target mobile during the same time period. To minimize the usage of mobile and network resources, the present invention reduces the number of active triggers on a target mobile subjected to multiple requests (e.g., location requests from multiple tracking applications).

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A method of creating an optimum temporal response trigger on a wireless device, comprising:

receiving a plurality of requests for location information;

determining an optimum response level for at least one common parameter of each of said plurality of trigger requests; and

triggering a single response to each of said Plurality of trigger requests based on said optimum response level.

3. The method of creating an optimum temporal response trigger on a wireless device according to claim 2, wherein:

said location information is requested to be sent periodically.

4. The method of creating an optimum temporal response trigger on a wireless device according to claim 2, wherein:

said location information is requested to be sent whenever a location of said wireless device changes outside a given tolerance.

5. The method of creating an optimum temporal response trigger on a wireless device according to claim 2, wherein:

said location information is requested to be sent periodically and whenever a location of said wireless device changes outside a given tolerance.

6. The method of creating an optimum temporal response trigger on a wireless device according to claim 2, wherein said optimum response level comprises at least one of:

target mobile identifier;

quality of position;

reporting start time;

reporting stop time; and

reporting interval.

7. The method of creating an optimum temporal response trigger on a wireless device according to claim 6, wherein said optimum response level further comprises:

triggered services capabilities of said wireless device.

8. The method of creating an optimum temporal response trigger on a wireless device according to claim 2, wherein said optimum response level comprises:

target mobile identifier;

quality of position;

reporting start time;

reporting stop time; and

reporting interval.

9. (canceled)

10. Apparatus for creating an optimum temporal response trigger on a wireless device, comprising:

means for receiving a plurality of requests for location information;

means for determining an optimum response level for at least one common parameter of each of said Plurality of overlapping trigger requests; and

means for triggering a single response to each of said plurality of overlapping trigger requests based on said optimum response level.

11. The apparatus for creating an optimum temporal response trigger on a wireless device according to claim 10, wherein:

said location information is requested to be sent periodically.

12. The apparatus for creating an optimum temporal response trigger on a wireless device according to claim 10, wherein:

said location information is requested to be sent whenever a location of said wireless device changes outside a given tolerance.

13. The apparatus for creating an optimum temporal response trigger on a wireless device according to claim 10, wherein:

said location information is requested to be sent periodically and whenever a location of said wireless device changes outside a given tolerance.

14. The apparatus for creating an optimum temporal response trigger on a wireless device according to claim 10, wherein said optimum response level comprises at least one of:

target mobile identifier;

quality of position;

reporting start time;

reporting stop time; and

reporting interval.

15. The apparatus for creating an optimum temporal response trigger on a wireless device according to claim 14, wherein said optimum response level further comprises:

triggered services capabilities of said wireless device.

16. The apparatus for creating an optimum temporal response trigger on a wireless device according to claim 10, wherein said optimum response level comprises:

target mobile identifier;

quality of position;

reporting start time;

reporting stop time; and

reporting interval.