METHOD OF PROVIDING LOCATION-BASED SERVICE IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20090156233A1
• Filed: 08/06/2008
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avivid Innovative Media Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hsiu-Ping Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Hsiu-Ping
• Granted Patent: US 8,254,963 B2
• 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: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A location-based service method may include receiving a plurality of data through a first communication equipment, wherein each of the plurality of data is related to an indicator, the indicator being configured to indicate if the data is related to the location of a provider of the data, receiving a query through the first communication equipment or a second communication equipment located closely to the first communication equipment, and searching the plurality of data to find data related to the location of the provider and also related to the query to form a search result related to the query.

Claims

1. A location-based service method, comprising:

receiving a plurality of data through a first communication equipment, wherein each of the plurality of data is related to an indicator, the indicator being configured to indicate if the data is related to the location of a provider of the data;

receiving a query through the first communication equipment or a second communication equipment located closely to the first communication equipment; and

searching the plurality of data to find data related to the location of the provider and also related to the query to form a search result related to the query.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first communication equipment and the second communication equipment including at least one of a base station, a relay station, a subscriber station or a mobile station.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data includes the indicator.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the query comprises a key word formed by editing through an input method or transforming through a voice input.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving a query through the first communication equipment or a second communication equipment located closely to the first communication equipment further comprising:

providing a plurality of choices for a user to select at least one of the plurality of the choices to form the query.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing data whose related indicator indicating the data is related to the location of the provider of the data into a location-based service server,

wherein the searching the plurality of data to find data related to the location of the provider and also related to the query to form a search result related to the query is to search the data stored in the location-based service server and find those related to the query.

7. A location-based service, comprising:

receiving a data and an indicator through a third communication equipment, wherein the data is related to the indicator and the indicator is configured to indicate if the data is related to the location of a provider of the data;

transmitting the data and the indicator to a location-based service provider;

receiving a query through the third communication equipment or a fourth communication equipment located closely to the third communication equipment;

transmitting the query to the location-based service provider; and

transmitting a search result related to the query to a user through the third communication equipment or the fourth communication equipment, wherein the search result is formed by searching a plurality of data received by the third equipment to find data related to the location of the provider and also related to the query.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the third communication equipment and the fourth communication equipment including at least one of a base station, a relay station, a subscriber station or a mobile station.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the data includes the indicator.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the query comprises a key word formed by editing through an input method or transforming through a voice input.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the receiving a query through the third communication equipment or a fourth communication equipment located closely to the third communication equipment further comprising:

providing a plurality of choices for a user to select at least one of the plurality of the choices to form the query.

12. A location-based service method, comprising:

providing a data related to an indicator;

configuring the indicator to point out the data is related to the location of a provider of the data if the data is related to the location of a provider of the data; and

transmitting the data and the indicator to a server through a fifth communication equipment to store the data in the server for a user to transmit a query to search the data related to the location of the provider of the data through the fifth communication equipment or a sixth communication equipment located closely to the fifth communication equipment.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the third communication equipment and the fourth communication equipment including at least one of a base station, a relay station, a subscriber station or a mobile station.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the data includes the indicator.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the query comprises a key word formed by at least one of editing the key word through an input method, generating the key word from a voice input or picking up a choice from a plurality of choices to form the key word.

16. A location-based service method in a communication system, the communication system including a plurality of base stations, relay stations and mobile stations, wherein each of the plurality of base stations is capable of assigning address information to each relay station and mobile station located in its cell to make each relay station and mobile station located in its cell having its unique address information, the method comprising:

receiving a first data and a first address information related to a first relay station or a mobile station which a provider of the first data used to upload the first data to form a second data if the first data is related to the location of the provider of the first data;

storing the second data into a location-based service server,

wherein the location-based service server stores a plurality of the second data;

receiving a query sent by a second mobile station and a second address information related to the second mobile station information through a second base station;

searching the plurality of the second data to find data which is related to the query and its first address information is related to the second address information to form a search result; and

transmitting the search result to the mobile station.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the data includes the indicator.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the query comprises a key word formed by editing through an input method or transforming through a voice input.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the address information, the first address information and the second address information comprise at least one of an IP address, a mobile IP address or an Identifier.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

updating the first address information related to the first data if the provider of the first data communicates to a third base station or a third relay station when the provider leaves the coverage of the first base station or the first relay station and enters the coverage of the third base station or third relay station.