Location reporting method and related mobile communication terminal
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1. A location reporting method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving at a mobile communication terminal, from a computer through a mobile communication network, data comprising a character string representing a request for location information;
identifying, with said mobile communication terminal, a description format for said requested location information;
acquiring at said mobile communication terminal location information indicating a location of said mobile communication terminal;
said mobile communication terminal upon acquisition of said location information, substituting said acquired location information for said character string in accordance with said description format; and
transmitting a resulting data to said computer as up data.
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Abstract
Menu data supplied from an IP server 500 to a mobile station 101 is embedded with a location information substitution data string “NULLAREA” together with a URL of a particular IP server 500. The mobile station 101, upon detection of the location information substitution data string from a menu data selected by the user, determines whether location information can be transmitted to the IP server 500. In the case where the determination is that the transmission is permitted, the mobile station 101 detects its location information and, after substituting the location information for the location information substitution data string, transmits the data to the IP server 500.
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62 Claims
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1. A location reporting method, comprising the steps of:
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receiving at a mobile communication terminal, from a computer through a mobile communication network, data comprising a character string representing a request for location information; identifying, with said mobile communication terminal, a description format for said requested location information; acquiring at said mobile communication terminal location information indicating a location of said mobile communication terminal; said mobile communication terminal upon acquisition of said location information, substituting said acquired location information for said character string in accordance with said description format; and transmitting a resulting data to said computer as up data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 59, 61)
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23. A location reporting method for reporting, to a predetermined computer, location information of a mobile communication terminal acquired in a mobile communication network serving the mobile communication terminal which is capable of performing radio communication, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring by said mobile communication terminal location information indicating said location of said mobile communication terminal for use by a destination mobile communication terminal; said mobile communication terminal retrieving from memory a pre-stored network address and a character string, the pre-stored network address indicative of a server that provides map location information that is accessible by said destination mobile communication terminal in conjunction with said location information; and transmitting, by said mobile communication terminal, said pre-stored network address for receipt by said destination mobile communication terminal after substituting said acquired location information for said character string. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:
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communication means for receiving through a mobile communication network data containing a character string comprising a request for location information from a computer; and a processor configured to identify a description format for said requested location information; said processor further configured to acquire location information indicating a location of said mobile communication terminal; wherein said processor is further configured to substitute said acquired location information for at least a portion of said character string in accordance with said description format, wherein said communication means is further configured to transmit said data that includes substituted information as up data to said computer. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 60, 62)
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45. A mobile communication terminal served by a mobile communication network and reporting location information of itself to a predetermined computer, comprising:
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acquiring means for acquiring location information indicating a location of said mobile communication terminal, for use by an arbitrary terminal; and transmitting means for substituting said acquired location information for a character string included with a network address of a server, the server configured to supply map information based on said location information, said map information displayable by said arbitrary terminal, wherein said transmitting means is configured to transmit said address and said location information for receipt by said arbitrary terminal to allow a present location of said mobile communication terminal to be mapped by said arbitrary terminal using said location information and said network address to obtain map information. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47)
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48. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:
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a radio unit configured to receive wirelessly transmitted data that includes a predetermined data string, the predetermined data string comprising a request for a current location of said mobile communication terminal; a microcomputer configured to direct acquisition of location information indicative of a current location of said mobile communication terminal in response to existence of said request; wherein said microcomputer is configured to replace at least a portion of said predetermined data string with said acquired location information; and wherein, after replacement with said location information, said radio unit is configured to wirelessly transmit a resulting data as up data in response to said request. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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