CLIENT ACCESS TO MOBILE LOCATION SERVICES

• US 20140274135A1
• Filed: 05/30/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: EDGE, Stephen William, WACHTER, Andreas Klaus
• Granted Patent: US 11,265,673 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

A method of providing location services at a location server for a venue includes: receiving a request for location service, where the request for location service comprises at least one of a first identification of at least one mobile device or an identification of a target area; and sending a response, where the response comprises at least one of a second identification of at least one mobile device or an identification of a geographic area, where at least one of the first identification of at least one mobile device, the second identification of at least one mobile device, the identification of the target area, or the identification of the geographic area comprises a venue-specific identification.

Claims

1. A method of providing location services at a location server for a venue, the method comprising:

receiving a request for location service, wherein the request for location service comprises at least one of a first identification of at least one mobile device or an identification of a target area; and

sending a response, wherein the response comprises at least one of a second identification of at least one mobile device or an identification of a geographic area;

wherein at least one of the first identification of at least one mobile device, the second identification of at least one mobile device, the identification of the target area, or the identification of the geographic area comprises a venue-specific identification.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification of the target area or the identification of the geographic area comprises the venue-specific identification and the venue-specific identification comprises a civic location.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the civic location comprises a venue-specific portion and a global portion.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first identification of at least one mobile device or the second identification of at least one mobile device comprises the venue-specific identification and the venue-specific identification comprises a venue-specific name.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the venue-specific name identifies an individual mobile device or a group of mobile devices.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending an analytics report comprising at least one of a starting number of mobile devices, a number of entering mobile devices, a number of leaving mobile devices, a mean number of mobile devices, or a mean dwell time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for location service and the response comprise messages for the Mobile Location Protocol (MLP) of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).

8. A location server comprising:

a transceiver configured to send communications to, and receive communications from, a location services client; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to receive a request for location service received from the location services client through the transceiver to form a response, and to send the response toward the location services client through the transceiver;

wherein the request for location service comprises at least one of a first identification of at least one mobile device or an identification of a target area;

wherein the response comprises at least one of a second identification of at least one mobile device or an identification of a geographic area; and

wherein at least one of the first identification of at least one mobile device, the second identification of at least one mobile device, the identification of the target area, or the identification of the geographic area comprises a venue-specific identification.

9. The location server of claim 8, wherein the identification of the target area or the identification of the geographic area comprises the venue-specific identification and the venue-specific identification comprises a civic location.

10. The location server of claim 9, wherein the civic location comprises a venue-specific portion and a global portion.

11. The location server of claim 8, wherein at least one of the first identification of at least one mobile device or the second identification of at least one mobile device comprises the venue-specific identification and the venue-specific identification comprises a venue-specific name.

12. The location server of claim 11, wherein the venue-specific name identifies an individual mobile device or a group of mobile devices.

13. The location server of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to prepare and send an analytics report toward the location services client through the transceiver, the analytics report comprising at least one of a starting number of mobile devices, a number of entering mobile devices, a number of leaving mobile devices, a mean number of mobile devices, or a mean dwell time.

14. The location server of claim 8, wherein the request for location service and the response comprise messages for the Mobile Location Protocol (MLP) of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).

15. A method of providing location services at a location services client, the method comprising:

sending a request for location service, wherein the request for location service comprises at least one of a first identification of at least one mobile device or an identification of a target area;

receiving a response, wherein the response comprises at least one of a second identification of at least one mobile device or an identification of a geographic area; and

providing the location service using the response;

wherein at least one of the first identification of at least one mobile device, the second identification of at least one mobile device, the identification of the target area, or the identification of the geographic area comprises a venue-specific identification.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the identification of the target area or the identification of the geographic area comprises the venue-specific identification and the venue-specific identification comprises a civic location.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the civic location comprises a venue-specific portion and a global portion.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein at least one of the first identification of at least one mobile device or the second identification of at least one mobile device comprises the venue-specific identification and the venue-specific identification comprises a venue-specific name.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the venue-specific name identifies an individual mobile device or a group of mobile devices.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the location services client is a location based services application server.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving an analytics report comprising at least one of a starting number of mobile devices, a number of entering mobile devices, a number of leaving mobile devices, a mean number of mobile devices, or a mean dwell time, wherein providing the location service includes using the analytics report.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein the request for location service and the response comprise messages for the Mobile Location Protocol (MLP) of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).

23. A location services client comprising:

a transceiver configured to send communications to, and receive communications from, a location server; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to;

send a request for location service toward the location server through the transceiver, wherein the request for location service comprises at least one of a first identification of at least one mobile device or an identification of a target area;

receive a response to the request from the location server through the transceiver, wherein the response comprises at least one of a second identification of at least one mobile device or an identification of a geographic area; and

provide the location service using the response;

wherein at least one of the first identification of at least one mobile device, the second identification of at least one mobile device, the identification of the target area, or the identification of the geographic area comprises a venue-specific identification.

24. The location services client of claim 23, wherein the identification of the target area or the identification of the geographic area comprises the venue-specific identification and the venue-specific identification comprises a civic location.

25. The location services client of claim 24, wherein the civic location comprises a venue-specific portion and a global portion.

26. The location services client of claim 23, wherein at least one of the first identification of at least one mobile device or the second identification of at least one mobile device comprises the venue-specific identification and the venue-specific identification comprises a venue-specific name.

27. The location services client of claim 26, wherein the venue-specific name identifies an individual mobile device or a group of mobile devices.

28. The location services client of claim 23, wherein the location services client is a location based services application server.

29. The location services client of claim 23, wherein the processor is further configured to receive an analytics report, from the location server through the transceiver, comprising at least one of a starting number of mobile devices, a number of entering mobile devices, a number of leaving mobile devices, a mean number of mobile devices, or a mean dwell time, and wherein to provide the location service the processor is configured to use the analytics report.

30. The location services client of claim 23, wherein the request for location service and the response comprise messages for the Mobile Location Protocol (MLP) of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).