Location services interworking with intelligent network
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1. A method comprising:
- causing, at least in part, a detection of a request for an establishment of a communication session over a communications network with a mobile terminal;
determining, in response to the request, location information of the mobile terminal for use in the establishment of the communication session; and
determining to generate a setup request for the establishment of the communication session for forwarding, along with the location information, to a core node of the communications network.
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Abstract
The invention provides location information indicating the geographical location of a mobile station via a core net-work 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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1. A method comprising:
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causing, at least in part, a detection of a request for an establishment of a communication session over a communications network with a mobile terminal; determining, in response to the request, location information of the mobile terminal for use in the establishment of the communication session; and determining to generate a setup request for the establishment of the communication session for forwarding, along with the location information, to a core node of the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, cause, at least in part, a detection of a request for an establishment of a communication session over a communications network with the apparatus; determine, in response to the request, location information of the apparatus for use in the establishment of the communication session; and determine to generate a setup request for the establishment of the communication session for forwarding, along with the location information, to a core node of the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a core node of a communications network, a setup request for an establishment of a communication session over a communications network with a mobile terminal, wherein the setup request is received along with location information for the mobile terminal for use in the establishment of the communication session; and determining to generate a control initiation message, including the location information, for provision to a service node of the communications network, for initiating control functions associated with the establishment of the communications session. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, receive a setup request for an establishment of a communication session over a communications network with a mobile terminal, wherein the setup request is received along with location information for the mobile terminal for use in the establishment of the communication session; and determine to generate a control initiation message including the location information for provision to a service node of the communications network, for initiating control functions associated with the establishment of the communications session. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:
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a processing, at a core node of a communications network, of a setup request for an establishment of a communication session over a communications network with a mobile terminal, wherein the setup request is received along with location information for the mobile terminal for use in the establishment of the communication session; and at least one determination to generate a control initiation message, including the location information, for provision to a service node of the communications network, for initiating control functions associated with the establishment of the communications session. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A system comprising:
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a mobile terminal configured to, cause, at least in part, a detection of a request for an establishment of a communication session over a communications network, in response to the request, determine location information of the mobile terminal for use in the establishment of the communication session, determine to generate a setup request for the establishment of the communication session, and cause, at least in part, a forwarding of the setup request, along with the location information, to a core node of the communications network; and the core node configured to determine to generate a control initiation message to forward, along with the location information, to a service node of the communications network, for initiating control functions associated with the establishment of the communications session. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A method comprising:
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providing a location application of a communication network with location information indicating the geographical location of a mobile station, via a core network node serving the mobile station; initiating a communication between the mobile station and the network; calculating the geographical location; subsequently initiating establishment of a call between the mobile station and the network, wherein the initiation includes supplying location information indicating the calculated geographical location to the core network node; and subsequently routing the call between the mobile station and the network. - View Dependent Claims (61)
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