Location information service for a cellular telecommunications network
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A method of providing a location finding service to mobile stations in a cellular telecommunications network, comprising:
- sending a request for location finding information from a mobile station as a message through the network to a location message server;
retrieving data from a data store corresponding to the location finding information based on the cell occupied by at least one mobile station; and
sending the data through the network from the location message server as a message to the mobile station that requested the location finding information; and
whereinthe method is performed without pre-registering the mobile station for the location finding service.
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Abstract
A cellular telecommunications network provides a location information service. A landmark location server (11) has an associated data store (12) of data concerning location information associated with individual cells of the network. The server (11) is responsive to a request for location information from a mobile station (MS1). The request is sent as a SMS through the network (PLMN1). The server (11) obtains location information from the data store (12) based on the cell (C1) occupied by MS1 or another mobile station (MS2). The network is configured to send the location information as a SMS to the mobile station (MS1) that requested the information, without having to pre-register the mobile station for the location information service.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of providing a location finding service to mobile stations in a cellular telecommunications network, comprising:
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sending a request for location finding information from a mobile station as a message through the network to a location message server; retrieving data from a data store corresponding to the location finding information based on the cell occupied by at least one mobile station; and sending the data through the network from the location message server as a message to the mobile station that requested the location finding information; and
whereinthe method is performed without pre-registering the mobile station for the location finding service. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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- 10. A cellular telecommunications network with a location finding service, comprising a location server having an associated data store of data concerning location finding information associated with individual cells of the network, the server being responsive to a request for the location finding information from a mobile station sent as a message through the network and operable to derive data from the data store corresponding to the location finding information based on the cell occupied by at least one mobile station, the network being configured to send the data as a message to the mobile station that requested the location finding information, without pre-registering the mobile station for the location finding service.
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12. A method of operating a mobile station to receive location information from a location finding service in a cellular telecommunications network, comprising:
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sending a request for location finding information from a mobile station as a message through the network to a location message server; and receiving from the location message server, a message containing the location finding information based on the cell occupied by at least one mobile station; and
whereinthe method is performed without pre-registering the mobile station for the location finding service.
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13. A mobile station for receiving location finding information from a location finding service in a cellular telecommunications network, comprising:
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circuitry operable to send a request for location finding information from a mobile station as a message through the network to a location message server; and circuitry operable to receive from the location message server, a message containing location finding information based on the cell occupied by at least one mobile station; and
whereinprovision of the location finding information being made without pre-registering the mobile station with the location finding service. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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Specification