Communication management system for personalized mobility management of wireless services and method therefor

• US 6,609,004 B1
• Filed: 09/22/2000
• Issued: 08/19/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ohel, Hagai, Morse, Gary James
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thanh Cong
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gantt, Alan T.
• Application Number:
  US09/667,847
• Time in Patent Office: 1,061 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456, 455/414, 701/206, 701/207, 701/208
• US Class Current: 455/456.5
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/02 using radio waves using satellite radio beacon systems for determining position G01S19/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/14 Backbone network devices

Abstract

A communication management system (48) for personalized mobility management of wireless services includes at least one wireless communication device (36), a mobility aware content server (50), and a wireless communication system (10). The mobility aware content server (50) sends a location specific content (60) to the wireless communication system (10) in response to a current location (62), a movement speed (64), and a movement direction (66) of the wireless communication device (36). The wireless communication system (10) is coupled to the mobility aware content server (50), and, upon receipt of the location specific content (60) from the mobility aware content server (50), transmits the location specific content (60) to the wireless communication device (36).

Claims

1. A communication management system for personalized mobility management of wireless services, wherein the communication management system, comprises:

at least one wireless communication device;

a radio tower for determining and communicating a plurality of location information including a current location, a movement speed, and a movement direction of the wireless communication device;

a mobility aware content server, wherein the mobility aware content server sends a location specific content to a wireless communication system in response to receiving from the radio tower the current location, the movement speed, and the movement direction of the wireless communication device; and

the wireless communication system, coupled to the mobility aware content server, wherein the wireless communication system, upon receipt of the location specific content from the mobility aware content server, transmits the location specific content to the wireless communication device.

2. A communication management system for personalized mobility management of wireless services as recited in claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device comprises:

a first device antenna, wherein the first device antenna receives a message from the wireless communication system;

a device receiver coupled to the first device antenna for receiving the communication signals transmitted by the wireless communication system;

a device processor coupled to the device receiver, for processing received messages;

a device memory coupled to the device processor, wherein the device processor stores the message in the device memory;

a device transmitter coupled to the device processor, wherein the device transmitter sends a signal such as an uplink message in response to a command from the device processor.

3. A communication management system for personalized mobility management of wireless services as recited in claim 2, wherein the wireless communication device further comprises:

a global positioning satellite antenna; and

a global positioning satellite receiver coupled to the global positioning satellite antenna, wherein the global positioning satellite receiver receives a plurality of signals via the GPS antenna corresponding to a current location of the wireless communication device.

4. A communication management system for personalized mobility management of wireless services as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobility aware content server comprises:

a first server antenna, wherein the first server antenna receives a server input from the wireless communication system;

a server receiver coupled to the first server antenna, wherein the server receiver demodulates the received server input;

a server processor coupled to the server receiver for processing the received server input;

a server content memory coupled to the server processor, for storing a plurality of content information including a location specific content information;

a server user memory coupled to the server processor, for storing a location information for a plurality of device users,

wherein the server processor is programmed to calculate a first user content location using the plurality of locations for a first user, and further wherein the first user content location is stored in the server user memory, and further wherein the server processor determines the location specific content to send in response to a content request by matching the first user content location with the plurality of content information;

a second server antenna; and

a server transmitter coupled to the second server antenna and further coupled to the server processor, for sending the location specific content via the second server antenna to the wireless communication device in response to a command from the server processor.

7. A communication management system for personalized mobility management of wireless services as recited in claim 1, wherein the radio tower sends the plurality of location information to the mobility aware content server using a location protocol, and further wherein the location protocol comprises:

an address, wherein the address is a unique selective call address assigned to the wireless communication device in the wireless communication system; and

a location control code, wherein the location control code is a unique control code indicating that the plurality of location information for the wireless communication device follows.

8. A communication management system for personalized mobility management of wireless services as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobility aware content server sends the location specific content using a content protocol, and further wherein the content protocol comprises:

an address, wherein the address is a unique selective call address assigned to the wireless communication device in the wireless communication system;

a content control code, wherein the content control code is a unique control code indicating that the message being communicated relates to a location specific content for the wireless communication device;

a content request flag, wherein the content request flag identifies that a request for content information has been enabled;

a content attached flag, wherein the content attached flag identifies that the location specific content follows in the message; and

the location specific content.

5. Within a communication management system, a method for personalized mobility management of wireless services comprising:

within a radio tower;

determining a plurality of location information for a first user; and

communicating the plurality of location information for the first user;

within a mobility content server;

receiving a server input including the location information for the first user from the radio tower;

storing the location information for the first user in one of a plurality of locations for the first user in a user memory;

calculating a first user content location using the plurality of locations for the first user;

storing the first user content location in the user memory; and

identifying one or more location specific content associated with the first user in response to a content request from the first user by matching the first user content location with a plurality of content information stored in a content memory.

6. Within a communication management system, a method for personalized mobility management of wireless services comprising:

within a wireless communication system;

initiating a content request from a device user using a message input device; and

communicating a server input including the content request via a network; and

within a mobility content server;

receiving the server input including the content request;

identifying a required content information for the device user;

accessing a server content memory to obtain the content information which is preferably a location specific content; and

sending the content information such as the location specific content to the wireless communication system.

9. A mobile vehicle for use within a communication management system for personalized mobility management of wireless services, the mobile vehicle comprising:

a vehicle wireless communication device, wherein the vehicle wireless communication device transmits a plurality of locations via a wireless communication system to a mobility aware content server;

a vehicle address, wherein the vehicle address is a unique selective call address in the wireless communication system;

a plurality of vehicle status indicators coupled to the wireless communication device,

wherein the vehicle wireless communication device analyzes the plurality of vehicle status indicators and responds thereto by transmitting a message including a vehicle content request to the mobility aware content server, and further wherein the vehicle wireless communication device receives one or more location specific content associated with the plurality of vehicle status indicators and the plurality of locations from the mobility content aware server in response to transmitting the vehicle content request.

10. A mobile vehicle as recited in claim 9, wherein the plurality of vehicle status indicators includes a vehicle current location.

11. A mobile vehicle as recited in claim 9, wherein the plurality of vehicle status indicators includes a vehicle speed.

12. A mobile vehicle as recited in claim 9, wherein the plurality of vehicle status indicators includes a vehicle direction.

13. A mobile vehicle as recited in claim 9, wherein the plurality of vehicle status indicators includes a vehicle temperature.

14. A mobile vehicle as recited in claim 9, wherein the plurality of vehicle status indicators includes a vehicle fuel status.

15. A mobile vehicle as recited in claim 9, wherein the plurality of vehicle status indicators includes a vehicle engine status.

16. A mobile vehicle for use within a communication management system for personalized mobility management of wireless services as recited in claim 9, wherein the vehicle content request comprises:

the vehicle address;

a vehicle current location;

a vehicle speed;

a vehicle direction; and

a vehicle content information request, wherein the location specific content received by the vehicle wireless communication device from the mobility aware content server is further associated with the vehicle current location, the vehicle speed, and the vehicle direction.