Location information system and method for performing notification based upon location

• US 8,036,680 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2009
• Issued: 10/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Shim, Dong-Hee
• Primary Examiner(s): Corsaro; Nick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Choo; Munsoon
• Application Number:
  US12/498,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20090279484A1
• Time in Patent Office: 827 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.2, 4554321-4353, 4554561-457, 455/404.2
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• 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 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/16 selectively restricting mobility data tracking

Abstract

According to an embodiment, a location based notification method in a SLP (SUPL Location Platform) includes transmitting, by the SLP, a session initialization message including a notification mode parameter indicating one or more of notification and verification based upon the location of the terminal to the terminal; receiving a positioning initialization message from the terminal; calculating the location of the terminal by performing a positioning process with the terminal; transmitting a session notification message including a notification element to the terminal when the location of the terminal is calculated; receiving a session notification response message including a notification response by the user of the terminal from the terminal; and transmitting the location of the terminal to a client who has requested the location of the terminal when the session notification response message is received.

Claims

1. A location based notification method in a SLP (SUPL (Secure User Plane) Location Platform) for calculating and providing a location of a terminal according to a client'"'"'s request, the method comprising:

transmitting, by the SLP, a SUPL INIT (SUPL Initialization) message to the terminal before a connection with the terminal is established, the SUPL INIT message including a notification mode parameter indicating whether or not a notification and verification based on the location of the terminal are to be performed after the location of the terminal is calculated;

receiving, by the SLP, a SUPL POS NIT (SUPL Positioning Initialization) message from the terminal to start a positioning session with the terminal;

calculating, by the SLP, the location of the terminal by performing a positioning process with the terminal;

after the location of the terminal is calculated, transmitting, by the SLP, a SUPL NOTIFY message including a notification element to the terminal if the notification mode parameter indicates that the notification and verification based on the location of the terminal are to be performed;

receiving, by the SLP from the terminal in response to the SUPL NOTIFY message, a SUPL NOTIFY RESPONSE message that includes a verification indicating whether to allow or not allow a provision of the calculated location of the terminal to a client who has requested the location of the terminal; and

transmitting, by the SLP, the calculated location of the terminal to the client who has requested the location of the terminal when the received SUPL NOTIFY RESPONSE message includes the verification indicating to allow the provision of the calculated location of the terminal to the client.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

checking, by the SLP, a privacy of the terminal to check whether the location-based notification and verification are required, before transmitting the SUPL INIT message,

wherein the SUPL INIT message and the SUPL NOTIFY message are transmitted to the terminal when the location-based notification and verification are required.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transferring, by the SLP, an end message to the terminal when the SUPL NOTIFY RESPONSE message is received, before transmitting the calculated location of the terminal to the client.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the verification indicating whether to allow or not allow a provision of the calculated location of the terminal denotes that the SUPL NOTIFY RESPONSE message is set to “

allowed”

if a user of the terminal grants permission for transmitting the calculated location of the terminal, or denotes that the SUPL NOTIFY RESPONSE message is set to “

not allowed”

if a user of the terminal does not grant permission for transmitting the calculated location of the terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the calculated location of the terminal is performed by using a MLP SLIA (Standard Location Immediate Answer) message.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from a SUPL agent, a MLP SLIR (Standard Location Immediate Request) message that includes at least an ms-id, client-id, and QoP (Quality of Position).

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

before a releasing step, transmitting, by the SLP, a session end message to the terminal after receiving the SUPL NOTIFY RESPONSE message when the notification mode parameter indicates that the notification and verification based on the location of the terminal are to be performed; and

releasing the connection with the terminal after transmitting the session end message.