Radio telecommunication network with fraud-circumventing registration
First Claim
1. In connection with a radio telecommunication system that has a satellite node and which provides communication services to mobile units, a method of qualifying a mobile unit to utilize said communication services, said method comprising the steps of:
- performing, by said mobile unit, a first location process to determine a first location for said mobile unit;
said mobile unit communicating said first location to said system;
said radio telecommunication system performing a second location process in response to communications conducted between said mobile unit and said satellite node, said second location process determining a second location for said mobile unit, said second location having a second location error region; and
said radio telecommunication system deciding whether said first location is reliable in response to said second location error region by determining whether said first location resides within said second location error region, andwhen the first location is not reliable, the method additionally includes the steps of;
repeating the step of said system performing the second location process until said second location is within a predetermined geolocation tolerance for said second location; and
granting system access to said mobile unit based on said second location, and when said first location is reliable, the method additionally includes the step of granting system access to said mobile unit based on said first location.
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Abstract
A system (28) provides communication services to mobile units (24). Mobile units (24) perform a unit-based location process (46, 48) to determine their locations. The system (28) performs a system-based location process (64, 66) to independently determine mobile unit locations. The system-based process may determine location less precisely than the unit-based process. A location selection process (104) evaluates the unit-determined location in view of a system-determined location error region to decide whether the unit-determined location is reliable. If the unit-determined location is reliable, it is used (120) to qualify communication services to be provided to the mobile unit (24). If the unit-determined location is unreliable, the system-based process is repeated (116) to improve the system-determined location precision, and the resulting system-determined location is used (118) to qualify communication services to be provided to the mobile unit (24).
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22 Claims
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1. In connection with a radio telecommunication system that has a satellite node and which provides communication services to mobile units, a method of qualifying a mobile unit to utilize said communication services, said method comprising the steps of:
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performing, by said mobile unit, a first location process to determine a first location for said mobile unit; said mobile unit communicating said first location to said system; said radio telecommunication system performing a second location process in response to communications conducted between said mobile unit and said satellite node, said second location process determining a second location for said mobile unit, said second location having a second location error region; and said radio telecommunication system deciding whether said first location is reliable in response to said second location error region by determining whether said first location resides within said second location error region, and when the first location is not reliable, the method additionally includes the steps of; repeating the step of said system performing the second location process until said second location is within a predetermined geolocation tolerance for said second location; and granting system access to said mobile unit based on said second location, and when said first location is reliable, the method additionally includes the step of granting system access to said mobile unit based on said first location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. In connection with a radio telecommunication system that has a satellite node and which provides communication services to mobile units, a method of qualifying a mobile unit to utilize said communication services, said method comprising the steps of:
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performing a first location process to determine a first location for said mobile unit; communicating said first location to said system; performing a second location process in response to communications conducted between said mobile unit and said satellite node, said second location process determining a second location error region for said mobile unit; deciding whether said first location is reliable in response to said second location error region; configuring said first and second location processes so that said first location has a first location error region associated therewith, and said first location error region is smaller than said second location error region; associating mobile unit geolocation information with user identity information prior to providing communication services to said mobile unit; using said first location for said mobile unit geolocation information when said deciding step decides that said first location is reliable, said mobile unit geolocation information being better than a predetermined geolocation tolerance; and determining, when said deciding step decides that said first location is unreliable, whether said second location error region betters said predetermined geolocation tolerance. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A telecommunication system which selectively provides communication services to a mobile unit, said system comprising:
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a satellite node configured to engage in communications with said mobile unit; and a system processor in data communication with said satellite node, said system processor being configured to obtain a first location for said mobile unit, said first location being determined by a first location process performed by said mobile unit, to perform a second location process to determine a second location having a second location error region, said second location process being performed by said system processor in response to said communications with said mobile unit, and to decide whether said first location is reliable in response to said second location error region, by determining whether said first location resides within said second location error region, and when the first location is not reliable, the system processor repeats the second location process until said second location is within a predetermined geolocation tolerance for said second location and grants system access to said mobile unit based on said second location, and when said first location is reliable, the system processor grants system access to said mobile unit based on said first location. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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Specification