Location services interworking with intelligent network
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1. A method comprising:
- initiating a communication between a mobile station and a communication network;
calculating a geographical location of the mobile station for use in call establishment; and
subsequently initiating establishment of a call between the mobile station and the network; and
providing the geographical location from a core network node to a service control device in association with at least one communication control related event, wherein the initiating includessupplying location information indicating the previously calculated geographical location to the core network node;
subsequently routing the call between the mobile station and the network, wherein indicating the geographical location of the mobile station is conducted via the core network node serving the mobile station; and
communicating said location information from said core network node to the service control device.
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Abstract
The invention provides location information indicating the geographical location of a mobile station via a core network node serving the mobile station. The method includes the steps of initiating a communication between the mobile station and the network by calculating the geographical location, supplying corresponding location information indicating the geographical location to the core network node, and subsequently routing the communication between the mobile station and the network.
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26 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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initiating a communication between a mobile station and a communication network; calculating a geographical location of the mobile station for use in call establishment; and subsequently initiating establishment of a call between the mobile station and the network; and providing the geographical location from a core network node to a service control device in association with at least one communication control related event, wherein the initiating includes supplying location information indicating the previously calculated geographical location to the core network node; subsequently routing the call between the mobile station and the network, wherein indicating the geographical location of the mobile station is conducted via the core network node serving the mobile station; and communicating said location information from said core network node to the service control device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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initiating a communication between a mobile station and a communication network; calculating a geographical location of the mobile station for use in call establishment; and subsequently initiating establishment of a call between the mobile station and the network, wherein the initiating includes supplying location information indicating the previously calculated geographical location to a core network node; and subsequently routing the call between the mobile station and the network, wherein indicating the geographical location of the mobile station is conducted via the core network node serving the mobile station; wherein the calculating the geographical location comprises providing a radio access network serving the geographical location of the mobile station with an initiate positioning signal; supplying the radio access network with locating signals, wherein the geographical location of the mobile station is calculated based upon the locating signals; and responsive to the locating signals supplied by the radio access network, executing a location calculation to thereby calculate the geographical location. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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providing means for providing a location application of a communication network with location information for use in call establishment; initiating means for initiating a communication between a mobile station and the communication network; calculating means for calculating the geographical location; initiating means for subsequently initiating establishment of a call between the mobile station and the network; and providing means for providing the geographical location from a core network node to a service control device in association with at least one communication control related event, wherein the initiating means includes supplying means for supplying location information indicating the previously calculated geographical location to the core network node; routing means for subsequently routing the call between the mobile station and the network, wherein indicating the geographical location of the mobile station is conducted via the core network node serving the mobile station; and communicating means for communicating said location information from said core network node to the service control device.
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a communication establishment and control device configured to control at least one service control device; a communication related event reporting device configured to report at least one communication control related event towards the at least one service control device; a location receiving device configured to receive location information indicating a previously calculated geographical location of a mobile station; and a reporting device configured to report the geographical location in association with the at least one communication control related event. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer program, embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program configured to control a processor to perform a method comprising:
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initiating a communication between a mobile station and a communication network; calculating a geographical location of the mobile station for use in call establishment; and subsequently initiating establishment of a call between the mobile station and the network; and providing the geographical location from a core network node to a service control device in association with at least one communication control related event, wherein the initiating includes supplying location information indicating the previously calculated geographical location to the core network node; subsequently routing the call between the mobile station and the network, wherein indicating the geographical location of the mobile station is conducted via the core network node serving the mobile station; and communicating said location information from said core network node to the service control device.
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