Location information service method

• US 8,514,782 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2009
• Issued: 08/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Jae-Hyuk
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Huy D
• Assistant Examiner(s): HALL, TEISHA DANEA
• Application Number:
  US12/934,238
• Publication Number:
  US 20110022710A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,603 Days
• Field of Search: 370/328, 370/252, 455/456.1
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A location service method in a terminal includes: receiving a message including a first parameter with respect to an inner area determined based on a particular geographic area and a second parameter with respect to an outer area from a server; and checking whether or not the terminal leaves the particular geographic area through the parameters of the inner area and the outer area.

Claims

1. A location service method in a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, a message comprising a first parameter indicating one of an inner area and an outer area determined based on a particular geographic area, and a second parameter indicating a list of cell IDs corresponding to the area indicated by the first parameter; and

checking whether or not the terminal leaves the particular geographic area based on the first and second parameters,

wherein the first parameter indicates the outer area if whether or not the terminal leaves the particular geographic area should be repeatedly reported, and indicates the inner area if whether or not the terminal leaves the particular geographic area should be reported one time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the inner area is fully included in the particular geographic area, and the outer area is an area completely surrounding the boundary of the particular geographic area.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first parameter is an Area Id Set Type parameter, and the second parameter is an Area Id Set parameter.

4. A location service method in a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, a message comprising a first parameter indicating one of an inner area and an outer area determined based on a particular geographic area, and a second parameter indicating a list of cell IDs corresponding to the area indicated by the first parameter; and

checking whether or not the terminal leaves the particular geographic area based on the first and second parameters,

wherein the first parameter indicates the outer area if whether or not the terminal leaves the particular geographic area should be repeatedly reported, and indicates the inner area if whether or not the terminal leaves the particular geographic area should be reported one time.