METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION OF TARGET DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method of providing a location of a target device to an application implementing a location based service, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for a location reference from the target device at a first location server;
generating the location reference in response to the request, an external domain to which the location reference is attributed corresponding to a second location server different from the first location server;
providing the location reference to the target device, the target device providing the location reference to the application, which subsequently requests the location of the target device from the second location server using the location reference;
receiving a query from the second location server requesting the location of the target device, the query including the location reference; and
identifying the target device using the location reference.
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Abstract
A method of providing a location of a target device to an application implementing location based services includes receiving a request for a location resource from the target device at a first location server and generating the location resource in response to the request, where an external domain to which the location resource is attributed corresponds to a second location server different from the first location server. The location resource is provided to the target device, the target device providing the location resource to the application, which subsequently requests the location of the target device from the second location server using the location resource. A query is received from the second location server requesting the location of the target device, the query including the location resource. The target device is identified using the location resource.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing a location of a target device to an application implementing a location based service, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for a location reference from the target device at a first location server; generating the location reference in response to the request, an external domain to which the location reference is attributed corresponding to a second location server different from the first location server; providing the location reference to the target device, the target device providing the location reference to the application, which subsequently requests the location of the target device from the second location server using the location reference; receiving a query from the second location server requesting the location of the target device, the query including the location reference; and identifying the target device using the location reference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of providing a location of a target device to an application implementing a location based service, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for a location of the target device from the application at a second location server, the request including a location reference identifying the target device and a first location server that generated the location reference; querying the first location server identified in the location reference for the location of the target device, the first location server determining the location of the target device identified in the location reference; receiving the determined location of the target device from the first location server; and providing the determined location of the target device to the application. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for retrieving a location of a target device, the system comprising:
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an asserting location information server (LIS) in an enterprise network, the asserting LIS providing a location uniform resource identifier (URI) to a target device in the enterprise network, the target device sending the location URI to an Internet application providing a location based service to the target device, wherein the location URI points to a validating LIS and includes parameters that identify the target device and the asserting LIS, respectively; and the validating LIS in a carrier network, the validating LIS receiving the location URI from the Internet application in a request for the location of the target device, identifying the asserting LIS using the corresponding identification parameter in the location URI, providing the location URI in a request to the asserting LIS for the location of the target device, receiving the location of the target device from the asserting LIS, and providing the received location of the target device to the Internet application, wherein the asserting LIS does not have a trust relationship with the Internet application. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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