Method and system for obtaining services

• US 8,626,598 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2009
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Wirola, Lauri, Halivaara, Ismo, Syrjrinne, Jari
• Primary Examiner(s): ZURITA, JAMES H
• Application Number:
  US12/992,750
• Publication Number:
  US 20110071926A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,709 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26.1, 705/27.1
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/05 providing aiding data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities
• 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 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• 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 64/003 locating network equipment

Abstract

A method for obtaining a service by a first terminal related to a network entity, the method comprising receiving information indicative of capabilities related to the network entity; and selecting one or more of the capabilities.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining at a first terminal a service related to locating a second terminal by;

receiving at the first terminal information from the second terminal that is indicative of available services related to locating the second terminal; and

selecting in the first terminal one or more of the available locating services indicated in said information from the second terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information is indicative of at least one of capabilities and subscriptions of the second terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the available services for locating the second terminal comprise low accuracy and high accuracy positioning services.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the available services comprise free services and services available at a cost.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:

accessing a payment service to acquire one or more services available at a cost.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information is displayed through a user interface of the first terminal in terms of quality-of-service and cost.

16. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

bypassing a network assistance server.

7. An apparatus, comprising:

at least a processor;

a memory in communicative connection to the processor and having computer program code therein, the computer program code being configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform;

obtaining at a first terminal a service related to locating a second terminal by;

receiving at the first terminal information from the second terminal that is indicative of available services related to locating the second terminal; and

selecting in the first terminal one or more of the available locating services indicated in said information from the second terminal.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the information is indicative of at least one of capabilities and subscriptions of the second terminal.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the available services for locating the second terminal comprise low accuracy and high accuracy positioning services.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the available services comprise free services and services available at a cost.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the computer code is further configured to cause the apparatus to perform:

accessing a payment service to acquire one or more services available at a cost.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the apparatus is a user terminal.

17. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising computer code configured to cause the apparatus to perform:

bypassing a network assistance server.

13. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium with computer coded instructions stored therein, said instructions configured to, when executed by a processor, cause an apparatus to perform:

obtaining at a first terminal a service related to locating a second terminal by;

receiving at the first terminal information from the second terminal that is indicative of available services related to locating the second terminal; and

selecting in the first terminal one or more of the available locating services indicated in said information from the second terminal.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the information is indicative of at least one of capabilities and subscriptions of the second terminal.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the available services related to locating the second terminal comprise low accuracy and high accuracy positioning services.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising coded instructions configured to cause the apparatus to perform:

bypassing a network assistance server.