METHOD FOR MANAGING SERVICE REQUESTS VIA A MOBILE STATION OF A DIGITAL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

• US 20090176504A1
• Filed: 05/04/2006
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: People Geo Contact
• Original Assignee: People Geo Contact
• Inventors: Poveda, Philippe
• Application Number:
  US12/298,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20090176504A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.100
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

The invention proposes a method and mobile station application designed for managing service requests via a digital mobile communications network, comprising the steps of: —connecting (S50) to a receiver adapted for receiving signals from a satellite positioning system data; —storing (S60) in the mobile station position data obtained from said signals received from the satellite positioning system; in which the steps of connecting and storing are performed while allowing said mobile station to originate outgoing calls and receive incoming calls, the method further comprising a step of: —sending (S 130) via said digital mobile communication network a signal requesting a service centre, upon request of the user, said requesting signal comprising an identifier of the mobile station and a selection of positioning data stored prior to the user'"'"'s request and said service centre being adapted for deploying automated predefined services in response to the requesting signal.

Claims

1. A method for managing service requests via a mobile station of a digital mobile communications network, comprising the steps of:

connecting via said mobile station to a receiver adapted for receiving signals from a satellite positioning system data;

storing in the mobile station positioning data obtained from said signals received from the satellite positioning system;

in which the steps of connecting and storing are performed while allowing said mobile station to originate outgoing calls and receive incoming calls, the method further comprising the steps of;

sending from said mobile station via said digital mobile communication network a requesting signal to a service centre, upon request of the user, said requesting signal comprising;

an identifier of the mobile station; and

a selection of positioning data stored prior to the user'"'"'s request, and

deploying from said service centre an automated predefined service upon receiving the requesting signal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , in which said mobile station comprises said receiver.

3. The method according to claim 1, in which the step of connecting to said receiver comprises setting up a radio link to said receiver, said receiver being external to said mobile station.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises a step of activating a functionality of said mobile station, concomitant with or subsequent to said step of sending a signal to said service centre.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that the functionality activated is an incoming call.

6. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that the functionality activated is an image and/or sound recording functionality.

7. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that the step of deploying comprises a step of sending from the service centre to the mobile station a response signal in response to said requesting signal, the activation step being triggered upon receiving said response signal.

8. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises a step of configuring a hot key or shortcut for activating said user request for sending the signal requesting the service centre.

9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises steps of:

configuring services of the service centre from the mobile station; and

sending a corresponding signal comprising at least an identifier for the mobile station and information related to service options.

10. The management method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises a step, prior to the step of sending said requesting signal, of suggesting to the user the sending of said requesting signal, in the case of detecting a loss of:

signals from the digital mobile communication network;

signals from said satellite positioning system;

or

connection to the receiver, the user request at the step of sending said requesting signal then being acceptance of the suggestion.

11. The management method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises the steps, prior to the step of sending said requesting signal, of:

computing a distance deviation from stored positioning data and reference positioning data; and

suggesting to the user sending of said requesting signal, if said deviation exceeds a threshold value, the user request at the step of sending said requesting signal then being acceptance of the suggestion.

12. The management method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises a step of:

validating frequency parameterization for connecting to the receiver.

13. A method for managing service requests via a mobile station of a digital mobile communications network, comprising the steps of:

setting up a radio link from said mobile station to a receiver, said receiver being external to said mobile station and receiving signals from a satellite positioning system data;

storing positioning data obtained from said signals received from the satellite positioning system;

in which the steps of connecting and storing are performed while allowing said mobile station to originate outgoing calls and receive incoming calls, the method further comprising steps of;

sending from said mobile station via said digital mobile communications network a requesting signal to a service centre, upon user request, in which said signal comprises;

an identifier of the mobile station; and

a selection of positioning data stored prior to the user'"'"'s request,

receiving a response signal sent from the service centre in response to said requesting signal.

14. A mobile station application adapted to be installed in a mobile, station and designed to carry out the steps of:

connecting from said mobile station to a receiver adapted for receiving signals from a satellite positioning system data;

storing in said mobile station positioning data obtained from said signals received from the satellite positioning system;

in which the steps of connecting and storing are performed while allowing said mobile station to originate outgoing calls and receive incoming calls,

sending from said mobile station via said digital mobile communication network a requesting signal to a service centre, upon request of the user, said requesting signal comprising;

an identifier of the mobile station; and

a selection of positioning data stored prior to the user'"'"'s request,

receiving a response signal sent from the service centre in response to said requesting signal.

15. A mobile station comprising a mobile station application according to claim 14.