Method and apparatus for performing session info query for user plane location

• US 9,386,406 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2013
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Burroughs, Kirk A, Edge, Stephen William, Lin, Ie-Hong, Wachter, Andreas Klaus
• Primary Examiner(s): Bengzon, Greg C
• Application Number:
  US14/088,244
• Publication Number:
  US 20140080523A1
• Time in Patent Office: 956 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/34 Selective release of ongoing connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/38 triggered by timers

Abstract

Techniques for querying for information on location sessions in a user plane location architecture are described. In an aspect, a location server may send a query message to a terminal to query for information on active location sessions, e.g., when at least one location session for periodic triggered service or area event triggered service is deemed to be active. The terminal may return a response message containing a list of session identifiers (IDs) for the active location sessions, parameters for the active location sessions, capabilities of the terminal, etc. The location server may compare the information received from the terminal and information stored at the location server. The location server may terminate each location session deemed to be active at only the terminal or only the location server. The location server may restart or terminate each location session having inconsistent parameters at the terminal and the location server.

Claims

1. A method of supporting location services, comprising:

generating, by a terminal, a list of active location sessions that are currently in progress between the terminal and a location server, wherein the list of active location sessions comprises an indication of at least two active location sessions when the terminal identifies that there are at least two active location sessions currently in progress between the terminal and the location server;

generating a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) UPDATE message comprising the list of active location sessions; and

sending the SUPL UPDATE message to the location server, without solicitation from the location server, to update the location server with the list of active location sessions.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending the SUPL UPDATE message comprises sending the update message if no messages have been exchanged with the location server within a predetermined time period for an active location session.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

periodically sending the SUPL UPDATE message unless instructed otherwise by the location server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the SUPL UPDATE message further comprises information on capabilities of the terminal, and wherein the sending the SUPL UPDATE message comprises sending the SUPL UPDATE message if the capabilities of the terminal have changed since last reported to the location server.

5. A method of supporting location services, comprising:

receiving a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) UPDATE message comprising a first list of active location sessions, identified by a terminal, as currently in progress between the terminal and a location server, wherein the first list of active location sessions comprises an indication of at least two active location sessions when the terminal identifies that there are at least two active location sessions currently in progress between the terminal and the location server, the SUPL UPDATE message being received from the terminal without solicitation from the location server; and

updating a second list of active location sessions at the location server with the first list of active location sessions in the SUPL UPDATE message.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the SUPL UPDATE message further comprises information on capabilities of the terminal.

7. An apparatus for supporting location services, comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory coupled to the at least one processor to store program code, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the processor to;

generate a list of active location sessions that are currently in progress between a terminal and a location server, wherein the list of active location sessions comprises an indication of at least two active location sessions when the terminal identifies that there are at least two active location sessions currently in progress between the terminal and the location server;

generate a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) UPDATE message comprising the list of active location sessions; and

send the SUPL UPDATE message to the location server, without solicitation from the location server, to update the location server with the list of active location sessions.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the sending the update message comprises sending the SUPL UPDATE message if no messages have been exchanged with the location server within a predetermined time period for an active location session.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

the at least one processor further configured to periodically send the SUPL UPDATE message unless instructed otherwise by the location server.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the SUPL UPDATE message further comprises information on capabilities of the terminal, and wherein the sending the SUPL UPDATE message comprises sending the SUPL UPDATE message if the capabilities of the terminal have changed since last reported to the location server.

11. An apparatus for supporting location services, comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory coupled to the at least one processor to store program code, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the processor to;

receive a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) UPDATE message comprising a first list of active location sessions, identified by a terminal, as currently in progress between the terminal and a location server, wherein the first list of active location sessions comprises an indication of at least two active location sessions when the terminal identifies that there are at least two active location sessions currently in progress between the terminal and the location server, the SUPL UPDATE message being received from the terminal without solicitation from the location server; and

update a second list of active location sessions at the location server with the first list of active location sessions in the SUPL UPDATE message.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the SUPL UPDATE message further comprises information on capabilities of the terminal.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations for supporting location services, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

code for generating, by a terminal, a list of active location sessions that are currently in progress between the terminal and a location server, wherein the list of active location sessions comprises an indication of at least two active location sessions when the terminal identifies that there are at least two active location sessions currently in progress between the terminal and the location server;

code for generating a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) UPDATE message comprising the list of active location sessions; and

code for sending the SUPL UPDATE message to the location server, without solicitation from the location server, to update the location server with the list of active location sessions.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code, which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations for supporting location services the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

code for receiving a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) UPDATE message comprising a first list of active location sessions, identified by a terminal, as currently in progress between the terminal and a location server, wherein the first list of active location sessions comprises an indication of at least two active location sessions when the terminal identifies that there are at least two active location sessions currently in progress between the terminal and the location server, the update message being received from the terminal without solicitation from the location server; and

code for updating a second list of active location sessions at the location server with the first list of active location sessions in the SUPL UPDATE message.