Broadcast channel delivery of location-based services information
First Claim
1. A method of providing location-based services, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying a plurality of mobile user devices associated with a wireless network that are located within a common geographic area; and
delivering location-based service information to the plurality of mobile user devices associated with the wireless network over a broadcast channel shared by said mobile user devices;
wherein the delivering step further comprises delivering content summaries to the plurality of mobile user devices over the broadcast channel;
the method further including the steps of;
responsive to delivery of the content summaries over the broadcast channel, receiving from a given one of the mobile user devices a request for particular content associated with a corresponding one of the content summaries; and
delivering the particular content to the given mobile user device;
wherein the request for particular content is automatically generated within the given mobile user device as a function of the delivered content summaries and a location measurement performed by the given mobile user device.
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Abstract
Location-based services are provided in a communication system comprising at least a portion of at least one wireless network. In one aspect of the invention, mobile user devices that are located within a common geographic area are identified, and location-based service information is delivered to the identified mobile user devices over a broadcast channel shared by those mobile user devices. A response to the location-based service information maybe received from at least a given one of the mobile user devices, and at least one message maybe controllably delivered to the given one of the mobile user devices based on the response to the location-based service information.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing location-based services, the method comprising the steps of:
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identifying a plurality of mobile user devices associated with a wireless network that are located within a common geographic area; and delivering location-based service information to the plurality of mobile user devices associated with the wireless network over a broadcast channel shared by said mobile user devices; wherein the delivering step further comprises delivering content summaries to the plurality of mobile user devices over the broadcast channel; the method further including the steps of; responsive to delivery of the content summaries over the broadcast channel, receiving from a given one of the mobile user devices a request for particular content associated with a corresponding one of the content summaries; and delivering the particular content to the given mobile user device; wherein the request for particular content is automatically generated within the given mobile user device as a function of the delivered content summaries and a location measurement performed by the given mobile user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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5. A method of providing location-based services, the method comprising the steps of:
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identifying a plurality of mobile user devices associated with a wireless network that are located within a common geographic area; and delivering location-based service information to the plurality of mobile user devices associated with the wireless network over a broadcast channel shared by said mobile user devices; wherein the location-based service information comprises content-identifying information identifying location-based service content that is available for delivery to the mobile user devices, such that a given one of the mobile user devices can autonomously select from the available location-based service content particular location-based service content to be delivered to that device.
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10. An apparatus for use in providing location-based services, the apparatus comprising:
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a location-based services system comprising at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory; wherein the location-based services system is adapted to identify a plurality of mobile user devices associated with a wireless network that are located within a common geographic area; and wherein the location-based services system is further adapted to control delivery of location-based service information to the plurality of mobile user devices associated with the wireless network over a broadcast channel shared by said mobile user devices; said delivery of location-based service information further comprising delivering content summaries to the plurality of mobile user devices over the broadcast channel; wherein responsive to delivery of the content summaries over the broadcast channel, a request is received from a given one of the mobile user devices for particular content associated with a corresponding one of the content summaries, and the particular content is delivered to the given mobile user device; and wherein the request for particular content is automatically generated within the given mobile user device as a function of the delivered content summaries and a location measurement performed by the given mobile user device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a mobile user device associated with a wireless network, the mobile user device being configured to receive location-based service information delivered over a broadcast channel shared by the mobile user device and at least one additional mobile user device identified as being commonly located therewith; said delivery of location-based service information further comprising delivering content summaries to the mobile user devices over the broadcast channel; wherein responsive to delivery of the content summaries over the broadcast channel, the configured mobile user device generates a request for particular content associated with a corresponding one of the content summaries; and wherein the request for particular content is automatically generated within the mobile user device as a function of the delivered content summaries and a location measurement performed by the mobile user device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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