Location information for a mobile station
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- communicating a first message to a mobile station to move to a traffic channel in response to a callback to the mobile station by at least one of an emergency services entity or a law enforcement entity;
communicating, to the mobile station and over the traffic channel, a second message containing;
an indicator having two or more available alternate states including a first state to indicate that the second message is related to at least one of an emergency-related location service or a law enforcement-related service, and a second state to indicate that the second message is related to a value-added service; and
an information element separate from the indicator and within the second message that indicates a location request for a location of the mobile station;
receiving an indication of an acceptance of the location request by the mobile station;
receiving information via the traffic channel regarding the location of the mobile station.
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Abstract
In a wireless communications network, a method of performing a location service with respect to a mobile station includes communicating a paging message containing an indication of whether the paging message is related to at least one of an emergency-related location service and a law enforcement-related location service. In another aspect, a mobile station in a wireless communications network communicates messaging to move the mobile station to a traffic channel in response to a callback by at least one of an emergency services entity and a law enforcement entity. The mobile station also receives a location request on the traffic channel, the location request containing an indication of whether the location request is related to at least one of an emergency-related location service and a law enforcement-related location service.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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communicating a first message to a mobile station to move to a traffic channel in response to a callback to the mobile station by at least one of an emergency services entity or a law enforcement entity; communicating, to the mobile station and over the traffic channel, a second message containing; an indicator having two or more available alternate states including a first state to indicate that the second message is related to at least one of an emergency-related location service or a law enforcement-related service, and a second state to indicate that the second message is related to a value-added service; and an information element separate from the indicator and within the second message that indicates a location request for a location of the mobile station; receiving an indication of an acceptance of the location request by the mobile station; receiving information via the traffic channel regarding the location of the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising:
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receiving at a mobile station a first message instructing the mobile station to move to a traffic channel in response to a callback from at least one of an emergency services entity or a law enforcement entity; causing the mobile station to move to the traffic channel; receiving a second message by the mobile station and over the traffic channel, the second message containing; an indicator having two or more available alternate states including a first state to indicate that the second message is related to at least one of the emergency-related location service or the law enforcement-related location service, and a second state to indicate that the second message is related to a value-added service; and an information element within the second message that indicates that the message is location-related; examining the second message to determine whether to accept the message based on association of the second message with either an emergency-related location service or a law enforcement-related location service; responding to the second message by sending a response over the traffic channel indicating acceptance of a location service-related option specified in the second message. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A mobile device comprising:
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one or more processors; at least one machine-readable storage memory storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to cause the mobile device to perform operations comprising; receiving messaging to cause the mobile device to move to a traffic channel of a wireless communications network in response to a callback by at least one of an emergency services entity or a law enforcement entity; receiving a location request on the traffic channel containing an indication that the location request is related to at least one of an emergency-related location service or a law enforcement-related location service; sending location information of the mobile device in response to the location request; receiving a page containing an indication that the page is associated with at least one of an emergency-related location service or a law enforcement-related location service; and responding to the page by accepting a service option of the page based on the indication.
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15. A system comprising:
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an interface to communicate messages to a mobile station; a controller having a processor; and one or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the system to perform operations including; communicating a first message to the mobile station to move to a traffic channel in response to a callback to the mobile station by at least one of an emergency services entity or a law enforcement entity; configuring a second message, including setting a first indicator in the second message to a state of two or more available alternate states of the indicator, the two or more states including a first state that indicates that the second message is related to at least one of an emergency-related location service and or a law enforcement-related location service, and a second state that indicates that the second message is related to a value-added service; including within the second message a second indicator indicating a location request for a location of the mobile station; communicating the second message over the traffic channel to the mobile station; receiving an indication of an acceptance of the location request by the mobile station; and receiving location information from the mobile station over the traffic channel. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A mobile station comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations including; moving to a traffic channel in response to a callback to the mobile station by at least one of an emergency services entity or a law enforcement entity; receiving a page over the traffic channel; identifying within the page an information element that specifies that the page is related to a location request; identifying within the page an indicator having two or more available alternate states including a first state to indicate that the page is related to at least one of an emergency-related location service or a law enforcement-related service, and a second state to indicate that the page is related to a value-added service; and communicating over the traffic channel an indication of an acceptance of the location request, and location information for a location of the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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