Access to mobile location related information

• US 9,351,111 B1
• Filed: 03/06/2015
• Issued: 05/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kaufman, David, Eberhart, Andrew
• Primary Examiner(s): Eng, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hammonds, Marcus
• Application Number:
  US14/641,247
• Time in Patent Office: 445 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-457, 455/466, 705 1449- 1464
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Access to location information related to mobile devices is disclosed. A component can receive a subscription request related to returning location related data associated with a set of network event locating system (NELOS) information. NELOS information can be received from a NELOS component and can be derived from timed fingerprint location (TFL) information associated with a user equipment (UE). TFL information and NELOS information can be distinct from location information determined from conventional techniques which can provide for additional benefit. The subscription request can indicate continuing access to location information without subsequent requests. Moreover, access can be via a push of information to a subscribing device.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving a request for mobile device location information from a subscribing device associated with a subscriber identity; and

in response to receiving network event locating system (NELOS) information related to a location of a mobile device, facilitating access to location data related to the NELOS information based on a parameter of the request satisfying a rule related to a permission to access the location data, wherein the NELOS information comprises an estimation of a geographic location of the mobile device based on a differential time measurement between the mobile device and a first and second NodeB device, a first historic geographic location value for a first NodeB site pair of devices comprising the first NodeB device, and a second historic geographic location value for a second NodeB site pair of devices comprising the second NodeB device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the access to the location data comprises pushing the location data to the subscribing device without requiring a further request from the subscribing device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the access to the location data comprises publishing the location data to facilitate a polling of the location data by the subscribing device without receiving a further request from the subscribing device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the access to the location data comprises receiving a subsequent request from the subscribing device to access the location data.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the parameter of the request comprises an indicator of a one-time access to the location data by the subscribing device.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the parameter of the request comprises an indicator of a continuing access to the location data by the subscribing device, and wherein the continuing access is allowed until a condition related to the continuing access is satisfied.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the NELOS information is related to idle-state timed fingerprint location information.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the execution of the executable instructions occurs in a network device of an internet based cloud environment.

9. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a device comprising a processor, a subscription request from a subscribing device;

receiving, by the device, network event locating system (NELOS) information related to a location of a user equipment, wherein the NELOS information comprises an estimation of a geographic location of the user equipment based on a differential time measurement related to a disposition of the user equipment relative to a first NodeB device and a second NodeB device, a first historic geographic location value for a first NodeB site pair of devices comprising the first NodeB device, and a second historic geographic location value for a second NodeB site pair of devices comprising the second NodeB device; and

enabling, by the device, access to a data deliverable, by the subscribing device, wherein the data deliverable comprises information related to the NELOS information based on the subscription request.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the enabling the access to the data deliverable comprises accessing the data deliverable via a push of information to the subscribing device without an additional request from the subscribing device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the enabling the access to the data deliverable comprises publishing the data deliverable to facilitate a polling of the data deliverable by the subscribing device without an additional request from the subscribing device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein a parameter of the subscription request comprises an indicator of a number of accesses to the data deliverable enabled by the device for the subscribing device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the number of accesses is one access.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the number of accesses is more than one access.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the NELOS information is related to idle-state timed fingerprint location information.

16. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving a request for mobile device location information from a subscribing device associated with a subscriber identity;

receiving network event locating system (NELOS) information related to a location of a mobile device, wherein the NELOS information comprises an estimation of a geographic location of the mobile device based on a differential time measurement related to a proximity of the mobile device to a first NodeB device and a second NodeB device, a first historic geographic location value for a first NodeB site pair of devices comprising the first NodeB device, and a second historic geographic location value for a second NodeB site pair of devices comprising the second NodeB device;

generating location data in response to an analysis of the NELOS information based on the request; and

sharing the location data with the subscribing device.

17. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the sharing the location data comprises pushing the location data to the subscribing device without requiring a further request from the subscribing device.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein a parameter of the request comprises an indicator of a number of shares of the location data with the subscribing device.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the number of shares is more than one share.

20. The computer machine-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the NELOS information is related to idle-state timed fingerprint location information.