Method for enabling a location service client to contact a user of a mobile device
First Claim
1. A method for enabling one or more of a plurality of location service clients (LSCs) to contact a user of a mobile device, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- selection of at least one authorized LSC type on the mobile device, said at least one authorized LSC type selected from type identifiers associated with said plurality of LSCs;
transmission of one or more type identifiers from the mobile device to a server in a telecommunication system, the one or more type identifiers identifying the selected at least one authorized LSC type;
analysis of the type identifier by said server to determine one or more LSCs associated with the selected type;
determination of at least one address of the one or more LSCs associated with the selected type;
determining whether a threshold number has been reached, the threshold number indicating a limit for a number of said LSCs;
limiting to the threshold number the number of the one or more LSCs to which said information is to be sent; and
,sending information from said server to the at least one address of the one or more LSCs associated with the selected type, said information enabling said one or more LSCs to contact said mobile device.
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Abstract
A method for sending (700) information enabling a contacting of a user of a mobile device (MS) to at least one location service client (CL1,CL2) is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of selection (200) of a type of location service clients on the mobile device (MS), transmission (300) of a type identifier from the mobile device (MS) to a server (NS) in a telecommunication system, the type identifier identifying the selected type of location service clients, analysis (400) of the type identifier for a determination (500) of one or more location service clients (CL1,CL2) associated (100) with the selected type of location service clients, determination (600) of at least one address of the one or more determined location service clients (CL1,CL2) according to a result of the analysis (400), and sending (700) information enabling the contacting of the user to the one or more location service clients (CL1,CL2) whose addresses are determined.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for enabling one or more of a plurality of location service clients (LSCs) to contact a user of a mobile device, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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selection of at least one authorized LSC type on the mobile device, said at least one authorized LSC type selected from type identifiers associated with said plurality of LSCs; transmission of one or more type identifiers from the mobile device to a server in a telecommunication system, the one or more type identifiers identifying the selected at least one authorized LSC type; analysis of the type identifier by said server to determine one or more LSCs associated with the selected type; determination of at least one address of the one or more LSCs associated with the selected type; determining whether a threshold number has been reached, the threshold number indicating a limit for a number of said LSCs; limiting to the threshold number the number of the one or more LSCs to which said information is to be sent; and
,sending information from said server to the at least one address of the one or more LSCs associated with the selected type, said information enabling said one or more LSCs to contact said mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A server of a telecommunication system operative to enable one or more of a plurality of location service clients (LSCs) to contact a user of a mobile device, said server operative to:
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receive one or more type identifiers from the mobile device, said one or more type identifiers identifying at least one authorized LSC type selected on said mobile device, said at least one authorized LSC type selected from type identifiers associated with said plurality of LSCs; analyze the type identifier to determine one or more LSCs associated with the selected type; determine at least one address of the one or more LSCs associated with the selected type; determine whether a threshold number has been reached, the threshold number indicating a limit for a number of said LSCs; limit to the threshold number the number of the one or more LSCs to which said information is sent; and
,send information to the at least one address of the one or more LSCs associated with the selected type, said information enabling said one or more LSCs to contact said mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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