Mobile-initiated location measurement
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1. A method of providing location-based services, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining profile information for users associated with respective mobile user devices associated with a wireless network;
obtaining location information for said mobile user devices; and
controlling delivery of at least one message to a given one of the mobile user devices based on the location information and the profile information;
wherein the steps are performed by at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory;
wherein the location information is obtained for respective ones of said mobile user devices responsive to location determinations initiated by those mobile user devices;
wherein a given one of the mobile user devices initiates a corresponding one of the location determinations responsive to detection within that mobile user device of a substantial change in its location;
wherein the step of obtaining location information further comprises the steps of;
receiving from the given mobile user device a request for a location readout session;
setting up a traffic channel for the location readout session responsive to said request; and
receiving from the given mobile user device a corresponding portion of the location information over the traffic channel; and
wherein the given one of the mobile user devices initiates the corresponding location determination responsive to an indication that its location is likely to have changed by more than a designated amount relative to a previous location determination for that mobile user device.
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Abstract
Location-based services are provided in a communication system comprising at least a portion of at least one wireless network. In one aspect of the invention, profile information is obtained for users associated with respective mobile user devices, and location information is obtained for the mobile user devices. At least one message is controllably delivered to a given one of the mobile user devices based on the location information and the profile information. The location information is obtained for respective ones of the mobile user devices responsive to location determinations initiated by those devices.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of providing location-based services, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining profile information for users associated with respective mobile user devices associated with a wireless network; obtaining location information for said mobile user devices; and controlling delivery of at least one message to a given one of the mobile user devices based on the location information and the profile information; wherein the steps are performed by at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory; wherein the location information is obtained for respective ones of said mobile user devices responsive to location determinations initiated by those mobile user devices; wherein a given one of the mobile user devices initiates a corresponding one of the location determinations responsive to detection within that mobile user device of a substantial change in its location; wherein the step of obtaining location information further comprises the steps of; receiving from the given mobile user device a request for a location readout session; setting up a traffic channel for the location readout session responsive to said request; and receiving from the given mobile user device a corresponding portion of the location information over the traffic channel; and wherein the given one of the mobile user devices initiates the corresponding location determination responsive to an indication that its location is likely to have changed by more than a designated amount relative to a previous location determination for that mobile user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 19)
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9. A location-based services system, the system comprising:
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at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory; wherein the processing device is adapted to obtain profile information for users associated with respective mobile user devices associated with a wireless network, and to obtain location information for said mobile user devices; wherein the processing device is further adapted to control delivery of at least one message to a given one of the mobile user devices based on the location information and the profile information; and wherein the location information is obtained for respective ones of said mobile user devices responsive to location determinations initiated by those mobile user devices; a given one of the mobile user devices initiating a corresponding one of the location determinations responsive to detection within that mobile user device of a substantial change in its location; the processing device being configured to obtain a corresponding portion of the location information for the given mobile user device over a traffic channel set up for a location readout session responsive to a request for the location readout session from the given mobile user device; wherein the given one of the mobile user devices initiates the corresponding location determination responsive to an indication that its location is likely to have changed by more than a designated amount relative to a previous location determination for that mobile user device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a mobile user device associated with a wireless network, the mobile user device being configured to receive at least one message that is controllably delivered to the mobile user device based on a combination of (i) location information of the mobile user device and (ii) profile information of an associated user; wherein the location information is obtained for the mobile user device responsive to a location determination initiated by that mobile user device; the mobile user device initiating the location determination responsive to detection within that mobile user device of a substantial change in its location; wherein the mobile user device transmits a request for a location readout session; wherein the mobile user device transmits the location information over a traffic channel that is set up for the location readout session responsive to said request; and wherein the mobile user devices initiates the location determination responsive to an indication that its location is likely to have changed by more than a designated amount relative to a previous location determination for the mobile user device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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