×

System and method for utilizing IP-based wireless telecommunications client location data

  • US 8,953,567 B2
  • Filed: 10/22/2007
  • Issued: 02/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for provisioning location information of wireless handheld devices communicating via a wireless local area computer networks (WLAN) for location-based services the method comprising:

  • receiving a registration request from a wireless handheld device at a server computer,wherein the handheld device is capable of communicating over both a cellular phone network under a wireless protocol and an internet protocol (IP)-based WLAN under a WLAN protocol,wherein the IP-based WLAN protocol differs from the wireless protocol for the cellular phone network,wherein the wireless protocol for the cellular phone network includes multiple layers in a protocol stack, including an IP layer,wherein the IP-based WLAN includes at least one wireless access point for communicating with the wireless handheld device under a known IP-based WLAN protocol, andwherein the registration request is received for communication over the WLAN;

    obtaining location information regarding a geographic location of the wireless handheld device,wherein the location information includes at least one location parameter defined by a location-based service application;

    registering the handheld device for communication over the WLAN,wherein the registering includes storing the location information of the handheld device on at least one storage element;

    providing the location information to a location-based service provider in response to a first location request from the location-based service provider if the location information satisfies the at least one location parameter,wherein the location information is provided over a user plane,wherein the user plane employs an abstraction platform configured to deliver services over the cellular phone network, andwherein the abstraction platform permits the location-based service provider to program applications that deliver services over the cellular phone network by ignoring protocol stack layers below the IP layer; and

    obtaining updated location information in response to a second location request, wherein the second location request is received when the at least one location parameter is not satisfied by the location information received in response to the first location request.

View all claims
  • 7 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×