Apparatus and method for providing position information in a mobile communication system
First Claim
1. A method of a mobile communication terminal requesting to provide position information, the method comprising:
- displaying a map for a user of the terminal;
detecting a plurality of touches of the user;
identifying a plurality of coordinates of the map corresponding to the touches;
generating a designated position region based on the identified coordinates;
generating a message comprising a position condition for a correspondent terminal, wherein the position condition comprises information identifying the designated position region, and wherein the information identifying the designated position region comprises start coordinates corresponding to a first touch of the user, a latitude and a longitude corresponding to the start coordinates, an aspect ratio of the map, and a plurality of region coordinates corresponding to touches of the user other than the first touch;
sending the generated message to the correspondent terminal; and
receiving a message indicating whether the position condition is violated from the correspondent terminal.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for providing position information in a mobile communication system includes setting, at a mobile communication terminal which requests to provide the position information, a position condition to provide the position information. The mobile communication terminal generates a message including the position condition, and sends the generated message to a correspondent terminal of which the position information is to be acquired. The mobile communications terminal also receives a position information request message including the position condition from a correspondent terminal, determines whether the position condition is violated or not by periodically acquiring its position information, and sends a message informing of the position information violation to the correspondent terminal when the position condition is violated.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of a mobile communication terminal requesting to provide position information, the method comprising:
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displaying a map for a user of the terminal; detecting a plurality of touches of the user; identifying a plurality of coordinates of the map corresponding to the touches; generating a designated position region based on the identified coordinates; generating a message comprising a position condition for a correspondent terminal, wherein the position condition comprises information identifying the designated position region, and wherein the information identifying the designated position region comprises start coordinates corresponding to a first touch of the user, a latitude and a longitude corresponding to the start coordinates, an aspect ratio of the map, and a plurality of region coordinates corresponding to touches of the user other than the first touch; sending the generated message to the correspondent terminal; and receiving a message indicating whether the position condition is violated from the correspondent terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of a mobile communication terminal requested to provide position information, the method comprising:
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receiving a message comprising a position condition from a correspondent terminal, wherein the position condition comprises information identifying a designated position region, wherein the designated position region comprises a plurality of coordinates of a map corresponding to a plurality of touches of a user, and wherein the information identifying the designated position region comprises start coordinates corresponding to a first touch of the user, a latitude and a longitude corresponding to the start coordinates, an aspect ratio of the map, and a plurality of region coordinates corresponding to touches of the user other than the first touch; determining whether the position condition is violated by periodically acquiring position information of the terminal; and sending a message indicating whether the position condition is violated to the correspondent terminal. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for use in a mobile communication terminal configured for requesting to provide position information, the apparatus comprising:
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a display unit configured to display a map for a user of the terminal; a controller configured to detect a plurality of touches of the user, identify a plurality of coordinates of the map corresponding to the touches, generate a designated position region based on the identified coordinates, and generate a message comprising a position condition for a correspondent terminal, wherein the position condition comprises information identifying the designated position region, and wherein the information identifying the designated position region comprises start coordinates corresponding to a first touch of the user, a latitude and a longitude corresponding to the start coordinates, an aspect ratio of the map, and a plurality of region coordinates corresponding to touches of the user other than the first touch; and a transceiver configured to send the generated message to the correspondent terminal under the control of the controller and further configured to receive a message from the correspondent terminal, the message indicating whether the position condition is violated. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus of a mobile communication terminal requested to provide position information, the apparatus comprising:
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a transceiver configured to receive a message comprising a position condition from a correspondent terminal, wherein the position condition comprises information identifying a designated position region, wherein the designated position region comprises a plurality of coordinates of a map corresponding to a plurality of touches of a user, and wherein the information identifying the designated position region comprises start coordinates corresponding to a first touch of the user, a latitude and a longitude corresponding to the start coordinates, an aspect ratio of the map, and a plurality of region coordinates corresponding to touches of the user other than the first touch; a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver configured to acquire position information of the terminal; and a controller configured to determine whether the position condition is violated by periodically acquiring the position information of the terminal through the GPS receiver and configured to control the transceiver to send a message indicating whether the position condition is violated to the correspondent terminal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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