Profile Based Communications Service
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1. A method of propagating to a user of a zone, information relating to the zone, the method comprising:
- associating the user with the zone; and
transmitting information relating to the zone to the associated user.
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Abstract
A mobile radio communications network is disclosed in which zones may be defined for provision of location based services and applications. Various methods are also disclosed for using the defined zones in different ways for different applications. The methods include associating users with zones, updating users of zones with changes to the zones, controlling zone size and dynamically uploading zone profiles to users based on the user'"'"'s geographical location.
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31 Claims
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1. A method of propagating to a user of a zone, information relating to the zone, the method comprising:
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associating the user with the zone; and transmitting information relating to the zone to the associated user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A mobile radio communications network having at least one zone and at least one user of that zone, the mobile radio communications network comprising:
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a database having stored thereon a profile of the at least one zone and association data associating the at least one user with the at least one zone; a receiver for receiving information relating to the at least one zone; and a transmitter for transmitting information relating to the at least one zone to the associated at least one user. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A database for use with a mobile radio communications network having at least one zone and at least one user of the at least one zone, the database having stored thereon:
a profile of the at least one zone and association data associating the at least one user with the at least one zone. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of making available one or more zone profiles to a mobile radio terminal in a mobile radio communications network, the method comprising:
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detecting the mobile radio terminal entering a zone in the mobile radio communications network; and upon detecting that the mobile radio terminal has entered the zone, transmitting a transmission making available to the mobile radio terminal, a profile of the at least one sub-zone associated with the zone. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A mobile radio communications network for providing one or more zone profiles to a mobile radio terminal, the mobile radio communications network comprising:
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a database containing profiles for a zone and at least one sub-zone; a zone transition detector for detecting when the mobile radio terminal enters the zone; and a transmitter for transmitting a transmission to the mobile radio terminal when the zone detector detects that the mobile radio terminal has entered the zone, to provide the profile of the at least one sub-zone to the mobile radio terminal.
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24. A mobile radio terminal for use in a mobile radio communications network having a zone and at least one sub-zone of the zone, the mobile radio terminal comprising:
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a memory having a profile of a zone stored thereon; a transmitter for transmitting a signal to the mobile radio communications network upon the mobile radio terminal entering the zone; a receiver for receiving from the mobile radio communications network a transmission providing a profile of a sub-zone within the zone; and - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A mobile radio terminal for use in a mobile radio communications network having a zone and at least one sub-zone associated with the zone, the mobile radio terminal having:
a memory having profiles of the zone and the at least one sub-zone stored thereon, wherein upon receipt of an instruction from the mobile radio communications network, the at least one sub-zone profile is activated. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A method of controlling the size of a zone in a mobile radio communications network, the zone being defined by at least one signal strength measurement for a cell in the mobile radio communications network, the method comprising:
varying a standard deviation for the at least one signal strength measurement. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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