Method and system for managing mobile station location information
First Claim
1. A method of managing location information relating to a mobile station, said mobile station configured to send and receive communications via a wireless telecommunications network, said method comprising:
- said wireless telecommunications network obtaining a location of said mobile station;
storing said location in a location register of said wireless telecommunications network, wherein said location register stores said location associated with an identification of said mobile station and a timestamp;
a location gateway receiving a request from a location-based application external to said mobile station, wherein said request specifies a zone;
in response to said request, said location gateway sending a query to said location register, wherein said query asks for an identification of mobile stations that are located in said zone; and
in response to said query, said location register identifying said mobile station to said location gateway when said location stored in said location register is in said zone.
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Abstract
Mobile stations initiate location determination sessions, such as at predetermined time intervals, with a wireless telecommunications network. The wireless telecommunications network obtains the locations of the mobile stations as a result of the location determination sessions, and the mobile station locations are stored in one or more location registers. The location information stored in the location register(s) may then be used by location-based applications. For example, an application may request that the wireless telecommunications network provide a specified service to the mobile stations that are located in a specified zone according to the mobile station locations stored in the location register(s).
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15 Claims
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1. A method of managing location information relating to a mobile station, said mobile station configured to send and receive communications via a wireless telecommunications network, said method comprising:
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said wireless telecommunications network obtaining a location of said mobile station; storing said location in a location register of said wireless telecommunications network, wherein said location register stores said location associated with an identification of said mobile station and a timestamp; a location gateway receiving a request from a location-based application external to said mobile station, wherein said request specifies a zone; in response to said request, said location gateway sending a query to said location register, wherein said query asks for an identification of mobile stations that are located in said zone; and in response to said query, said location register identifying said mobile station to said location gateway when said location stored in said location register is in said zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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