Communication system and a mobile station, proxy location server and method of operation for use in the system
First Claim
1. A communication system comprising:
- a mobile station operable to communicate with other mobile stations via a first wireless link of a first kind between the mobile station and a communications network and with proxy location servers via a second wireless link of a second kind different from the first kind;
a proxy location server, operably coupled to a short-range communicator and to a location server, and configured to, responsive to establishing communication by a second wireless link of the second kind with the mobile station via the short-range communicator when the mobile station and the short-range communicator are within a communication range of one another;
upload to the mobile station one or more location-based unavailability responses associated with a location of the proxy location server that can be provided by the proxy location server upon request for a location of the mobile station from a querying terminal, andreceive from the mobile station, in response to the upload, an indication of a selected one of the one or more location-based unavailability responses; and
wherein the proxy location server is further configured to, responsive to one of (i) receiving the indication from the mobile station and (ii) receiving a location query message from the location server querying the location of the mobile station, provide the selected one of the one or more location-based unavailability responses to the location server.
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Abstract
A communication system (100) comprises a plurality of mobile stations (118, 124) each operable to communicate with other communication stations by a wireless link of a first kind, at least one location indicator (116) operable to detect by a wireless link of a second kind a location of at least one (118) of the mobile stations when the at least one mobile station is within a communication range of the location indicator, at least one proxy location server (110) operably coupled to at least one associated location indicator (116), and a location server (108) operable to communicate with the at least one proxy location server to receive a notification of the location of the at least one mobile station (118) when detected to be within communication range of the associated location indicator (116).
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18 Claims
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1. A communication system comprising:
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a mobile station operable to communicate with other mobile stations via a first wireless link of a first kind between the mobile station and a communications network and with proxy location servers via a second wireless link of a second kind different from the first kind; a proxy location server, operably coupled to a short-range communicator and to a location server, and configured to, responsive to establishing communication by a second wireless link of the second kind with the mobile station via the short-range communicator when the mobile station and the short-range communicator are within a communication range of one another; upload to the mobile station one or more location-based unavailability responses associated with a location of the proxy location server that can be provided by the proxy location server upon request for a location of the mobile station from a querying terminal, and receive from the mobile station, in response to the upload, an indication of a selected one of the one or more location-based unavailability responses; and wherein the proxy location server is further configured to, responsive to one of (i) receiving the indication from the mobile station and (ii) receiving a location query message from the location server querying the location of the mobile station, provide the selected one of the one or more location-based unavailability responses to the location server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of operation of a communication system having a mobile station that is operable to communicate with other communication stations by a wireless link of a first kind between the mobile station and a communications network, a location server, a proxy location server, and a short-range communicator coupled to the proxy location server, the method comprising:
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the proxy location server, responsive to detecting, via the short-range communicator, that the mobile station is within communication range of the short-range communicator and establishing communication with the mobile station by a wireless link of a second kind, different from the first kind, via the short-range communicator; uploading to the mobile station one or more location-based unavailability responses associated with a location of the proxy location server that can be provided by the proxy location server upon request for a location of the mobile station from a querying terminal, and receiving from the mobile station, in response to the uploading, an indication of a selected one of the one or more location-based unavailability responses, and the proxy location server, responsive to one of (i) receiving the indication from the mobile station and (ii) receiving a location query message from the location server querying the location of the mobile station, provide the selected one of the one or more location-based unavailability responses of the location server. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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