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Mobile-initiated location measurement

  • US 8,565,715 B2
  • Filed: 05/19/2006
  • Issued: 10/22/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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