Transmission of location and directional information associated with mobile communication devices
First Claim
1. A method of providing mobile device location information of a called party to a calling party during a call set-up, the method comprising:
- creating a database of mobile communication device subscribers to a location service;
maintaining a location database of current geographic location information for a mobile communication device associated with each of the mobile communication device subscribers to the location service;
upon receiving an incoming call from the calling party to a mobile communication device of the called party, verifying, using the database of mobile communication device subscribers, if the mobile communication device of the called party is subscribed to the location service;
if the mobile communication device of the called party is subscribed to the location service, ascertaining a current location of the mobile communication device of the called party from the location database;
transmitting the current location of the mobile communication device of the called party to the calling party during the call set-up; and
transmitting speed and direction information of the mobile communication device of the called party to the calling party.
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Abstract
A method and arrangement for providing location information of a called mobile communication device to a calling party is implemented through a mobile device locator platform disposed in the communication network. A mobile device subscriber to the location service initiates a process where the location of his mobile device is updated on a regular basis and the location information stored in a database on the platform. When a call is placed to his subscribed device, the location information is transmitted to the calling party prior to setting up the call to the called device, allowing the calling party to determine whether or not to proceed with the call, as well as eliminating the need to ask the common question “where are you?” when placing a call to a mobile device.
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1. A method of providing mobile device location information of a called party to a calling party during a call set-up, the method comprising:
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creating a database of mobile communication device subscribers to a location service; maintaining a location database of current geographic location information for a mobile communication device associated with each of the mobile communication device subscribers to the location service; upon receiving an incoming call from the calling party to a mobile communication device of the called party, verifying, using the database of mobile communication device subscribers, if the mobile communication device of the called party is subscribed to the location service; if the mobile communication device of the called party is subscribed to the location service, ascertaining a current location of the mobile communication device of the called party from the location database; transmitting the current location of the mobile communication device of the called party to the calling party during the call set-up; and transmitting speed and direction information of the mobile communication device of the called party to the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system comprising:
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a subscriber database comprising identified subscribers to a location service, the subscriber database comprising a mobile device number associated with a mobile communication device of a called party; a locator database comprising mobile device location information associated with the mobile communication device of the called party, the locator database for receiving the mobile device location information associated with the mobile communication device of the called party from a base station in communication with the mobile communication device of the called party; a switch for verifying, upon receiving an incoming call from a calling party to the mobile communication device of the called party, if the mobile communication device of the called party is subscribed to the location service, and if the mobile communication device of the called party is subscribed to the location service, ascertaining the mobile device location information associated with the mobile communication device of the called party from the locator database; and a transmission module for retrieving the mobile device location information associated with the mobile communication device of the called party from the locator database, transmitting the mobile device location information associated with the mobile communication device of the called party to the calling party during a call set-up between the calling party and the called party, and transmitting speed and direction information associated with the mobile communication device of the called party to the calling party during the call set-up. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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