SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION SERVICES FOR MULTIPLE ACCESS NETWORKS FROM A SINGLE LOCATION SERVER
First Claim
1. A method for determining the location of a target device attached to an access network connected to a location server, the location server having a plurality of access networks connected thereto, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving a location request for a target device;
(b) identifying the target device as a function of one or more parameters;
(c) identifying an access network from the plurality of access networks to which the target device is attached as a function of the one or more parameters;
(d) assigning each access network in the plurality of access networks connected to the location server one or more logical identifiers by which an individual location request may be allocated to the respective access network; and
(e) determining an estimated location of the target device as a function of the one or more logical identifiers using a location algorithm appropriate for the identified access network.
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Abstract
A system and method for determining the location of a target device attached to an access network connected to a location server, the location server having a plurality of access networks connected thereto. A location request may be received for a target device whereby the target device is identified as a function of one or more parameters. An access network may be identified from the plurality of access networks to which the target device is attached as a function of the one or more parameters. Each access network in the plurality of access networks connected to the location server may be assigned one or more logical identifiers by which an individual location request may be allocated to the respective access network. An estimated location of the target device may then be determined as a function of the one or more logical identifiers using a location algorithm appropriate for the identified access network.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for determining the location of a target device attached to an access network connected to a location server, the location server having a plurality of access networks connected thereto, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving a location request for a target device; (b) identifying the target device as a function of one or more parameters; (c) identifying an access network from the plurality of access networks to which the target device is attached as a function of the one or more parameters; (d) assigning each access network in the plurality of access networks connected to the location server one or more logical identifiers by which an individual location request may be allocated to the respective access network; and (e) determining an estimated location of the target device as a function of the one or more logical identifiers using a location algorithm appropriate for the identified access network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 13. In a method for locating a target device attached to an access network in a system having a plurality of distinct access networks connected thereto, wherein a location request has been received for the target device, the improvement comprising serving the plurality of distinct access networks using a single location server without regard to underlying protocols employed by the access networks and target device.
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16. A system comprising:
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(a) a location server having; a plurality of location generators for receiving location requests for target devices and for determining a location of the target devices, the location requests having one or more parameters and being classified into location groups having as a function of at least one common parameter, (ii) a plurality of location determination functions for each location generator; and (b) a plurality of access networks connected to the location server, each access network being associated with a location generator as a function of a range of logical identifiers by which a location request may be allocated to the respective access network, wherein the location groups restrict a range of target devices locatable by a location request as a function of said one or more parameters, and wherein each location determination function corresponds to a location algorithm appropriate for a respective access network. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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