Method for providing communication services based on geographic location
First Claim
1. A method for a communication system controller to provide system features to a communication unit based on a geographic location of the communication unit, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving location coordinates of the communication unit and a request to use a system feature of a plurality of system features provided by the communication resource controller;
determining a location of the communication unit based on the location coordinates;
determining whether the location of the communication unit is within a predetermined geographic region;
determining whether the system feature indicated in the request is restricted within the predetermined geographic region; and
transmitting service restriction information to the communication unit when the system feature indicated in the request is restricted within the predetermined geographic region and the communication unit is located within the predetermined geographic region, wherein the service restriction information identifies limitations of using the system feature in the predetermined geographic region.
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Abstract
Communication services can be controlled within geographic areas (126) by a communication resource controller (101). This occurs, when the communication resource controller (101) receives the location of a particular communication unit (102, 103) and a particular service request. Having this information, the communication resource controller (101) accesses a database (124) and determines whether that particular service request is restricted in the area that the unit is located. If the service is restricted in that area, the communication unit'"'"'s (102, 103) request is denied.
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11 Claims
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1. A method for a communication system controller to provide system features to a communication unit based on a geographic location of the communication unit, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving location coordinates of the communication unit and a request to use a system feature of a plurality of system features provided by the communication resource controller; determining a location of the communication unit based on the location coordinates; determining whether the location of the communication unit is within a predetermined geographic region; determining whether the system feature indicated in the request is restricted within the predetermined geographic region; and transmitting service restriction information to the communication unit when the system feature indicated in the request is restricted within the predetermined geographic region and the communication unit is located within the predetermined geographic region, wherein the service restriction information identifies limitations of using the system feature in the predetermined geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for controlling use of system features of a communication system based on a geographic location of a communication unit, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting, by the communication unit, location coordinates of the communication unit and a request to use a system feature of a plurality of system features provided by the communication system; receiving, by a communication resource controller, the location coordinates and the request; determining, by the communication resource controller, a location of the communication unit based on the location coordinates; determining, by the communication resource controller, whether the location of the communication unit is within a predetermined geographic region; determining, by the communication resource controller, whether the system feature indicated in the request is restricted within the predetermined geographic region; transmitting, by the communication resource controller, service restriction information to the communication unit when the system feature indicated in the request is restricted within the predetermined geographic region and the communication unit is located within the predetermined geographic region, wherein the service restriction information identifies limitations of using the system feature in the predetermined geographic region; and utilizing, by the communication unit, the system feature in accordance with the service restriction information while the communication unit is located within the predetermined geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for a communication unit to access system features of a communication system based on a geographic location of the communication unit, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining a location of the communication unit; determining whether the location of the communication unit is within a predetermined geographic region; determining whether a desired system feature of a plurality of system features is restricted within the predetermined geographic region; when the desired system feature is restricted within the predetermined geographic region and the communication unit is located within the predetermined geographic region, ascertaining limitations of use of the desired system feature in the predetermined geographic region; and utilizing the desired system feature in accordance with the limitations of use while the communication unit is located within the predetermined geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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