METHOD AND NOTIFYING UNIT FOR PROVIDING A NOTIFICATION ABOUT AN EVENT
First Claim
1. A method performed by a hardware notifying unit associated with a mobile network for wireless communication, for providing a notification to mobile terminals regarding an event that potentially affects persons located in the vicinity of the event, the method comprising:
- obtaining a location of the event,identifying a set of radio nodes of the mobile network which are located within an affected area around the obtained location of the event,determining a group of mobile terminals handled by users potentially affected by the event and moving basically towards the location of the event, based on at least two latest connections each mobile terminal has made with at least two of the identified radio nodes, andproviding a notification about the event to each mobile terminal in the determined group of mobile terminals.
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Abstract
A notification is provided to mobile terminals regarding an event that potentially affects persons located in the vicinity. A notifying unit obtains a location of the event and identifies a set of radio nodes of a mobile network which are located within an affected area around the obtained location of the event. The notifying unit then determines a group of mobile terminals handled by users potentially affected by the event and moving basically towards the location of the event, based on at least two latest connections each mobile terminal has made with at least two of the identified radio nodes. The notifying unit finally provides a notification about the event to each mobile terminal in the determined group of mobile terminals. Thereby, no notification will be sent in vain to mobile terminals not moving towards the event so their users are deemed not interested in such a notification.
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1. A method performed by a hardware notifying unit associated with a mobile network for wireless communication, for providing a notification to mobile terminals regarding an event that potentially affects persons located in the vicinity of the event, the method comprising:
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obtaining a location of the event, identifying a set of radio nodes of the mobile network which are located within an affected area around the obtained location of the event, determining a group of mobile terminals handled by users potentially affected by the event and moving basically towards the location of the event, based on at least two latest connections each mobile terminal has made with at least two of the identified radio nodes, and providing a notification about the event to each mobile terminal in the determined group of mobile terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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11. The hardware notifying unit associated with a mobile network for wireless communication, the notifying unit being configured to provide a notification to mobile terminals regarding an event that potentially affects persons located in the vicinity of the event, the notifying unit comprising:
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a processor configured to; obtain a location of the event, identify a set of radio nodes of the mobile network which are located within an affected area around the obtained location of the event, and to determine a group of mobile terminals handled by users potentially affected by the event and moving basically towards the location of the event, based on at least two latest connections each mobile terminal has made with at least two of the identified radio nodes, and provide a notification about the event to each mobile terminal in the determined group of mobile terminals. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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