Locating a mobile station and applications therefor
First Claim
1. A method for providing for each mobile unit (M) of more than one of a plurality of wireless mobile units, corresponding one or more notifications for a condition related to a user of the mobile unit M utilizing one of a plurality of resources, wherein there is a network having a plurality of geographically spaced apart stationary network access units for receiving wireless signals from the mobile unit M, comprising performing, for each mobile unit, M, of the mobile units, the following steps by computational equipment:
- (a) receiving input from a user of a service, the service for providing the corresponding one or more notifications to M;
wherein the input includes;
a user request for receiving at M a wireless transmission of the notifications when an occurrence of the condition is identified, wherein one or more notification criteria are available whose evaluation is for identifying the occurrence of the condition;
(b) subsequently, receiving geolocation data for the mobile unit M, the geolocation data indicative of a location, L, for the mobile unit M,wherein the geolocation data is obtained using location indicative data having measurements of signals, S, communicated wirelessly to or from the mobile unit M, at least some of the signals S having corresponding different locations for (i) being transmitted to the mobile unit M, or (ii) being received by one of the access units from the mobile unit M;
wherein for each of the different locations, the geolocation data includes data indicative of a geographic position of the different location; and
(c) evaluating a portion of the notification criteria using the geolocation data, the evaluation for determining whether one of the resources is (i) available for utilization by the user, and (ii) in a predetermined proximity of the mobile unit M, and wherein the evaluation is dependent upon a priority for the user to utilize one of the resources; and
(d) when the portion of the notification criteria evaluates to a first result, a step is performed of notifying the user by a wireless network transmission of at least one of the notifications, the at least one notification including location information for routing the mobile unit M to one of the resources, R, wherein the location information is obtained using the geolocation data;
(e) determining a further result indicative of the one resource R being unavailable before the mobile unit M is identified as being at the resource R; and
(f) performing the steps (b), (c), and (d) again for identifying another resource for the user to utilize when the further result is determined, wherein the priority for the user increases with each performance of step (d).
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Abstract
A location system and applications therefor is disclosed for wireless telecommunication infrastructures. The system is an end-to-end solution having one or more location systems for outputting requested locations of handsets or mobile stations (MS) based on, e.g., CDMA, GSM, GPRS, TDMA or WIFI communication standards, for processing both local mobile station location requests and more global mobile station location requests via, e.g., Internet communication between a distributed network of location systems. The following applications may be enabled by the location system: 911 emergency calls, tracking, navigation, people and animal location including applications for confinement to and exclusion from certain areas, friend finder applications, and applications for allocating user desired resources based on the user'"'"'s location.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for providing for each mobile unit (M) of more than one of a plurality of wireless mobile units, corresponding one or more notifications for a condition related to a user of the mobile unit M utilizing one of a plurality of resources, wherein there is a network having a plurality of geographically spaced apart stationary network access units for receiving wireless signals from the mobile unit M, comprising performing, for each mobile unit, M, of the mobile units, the following steps by computational equipment:
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(a) receiving input from a user of a service, the service for providing the corresponding one or more notifications to M; wherein the input includes;
a user request for receiving at M a wireless transmission of the notifications when an occurrence of the condition is identified, wherein one or more notification criteria are available whose evaluation is for identifying the occurrence of the condition;(b) subsequently, receiving geolocation data for the mobile unit M, the geolocation data indicative of a location, L, for the mobile unit M, wherein the geolocation data is obtained using location indicative data having measurements of signals, S, communicated wirelessly to or from the mobile unit M, at least some of the signals S having corresponding different locations for (i) being transmitted to the mobile unit M, or (ii) being received by one of the access units from the mobile unit M; wherein for each of the different locations, the geolocation data includes data indicative of a geographic position of the different location; and (c) evaluating a portion of the notification criteria using the geolocation data, the evaluation for determining whether one of the resources is (i) available for utilization by the user, and (ii) in a predetermined proximity of the mobile unit M, and wherein the evaluation is dependent upon a priority for the user to utilize one of the resources; and (d) when the portion of the notification criteria evaluates to a first result, a step is performed of notifying the user by a wireless network transmission of at least one of the notifications, the at least one notification including location information for routing the mobile unit M to one of the resources, R, wherein the location information is obtained using the geolocation data; (e) determining a further result indicative of the one resource R being unavailable before the mobile unit M is identified as being at the resource R; and (f) performing the steps (b), (c), and (d) again for identifying another resource for the user to utilize when the further result is determined, wherein the priority for the user increases with each performance of step (d). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, for each mobile unit (M) of more than one of a plurality of wireless mobile units, of providing for a condition related to a user of the mobile unit M utilizing one of a plurality of resources, wherein there is a network having a plurality of spaced apart stationary network access units, the access units selectively available for receiving wireless signals from the mobile unit M as it moves in an area having wireless coverage provided by the network, comprising performing the following steps by computational equipment:
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(a) receiving input from a first user for a wireless service to the mobile unit M, wherein the input is used for establishing a data content of a persistent data storage, the data content including an authorization by the first user for providing the service with one or more wireless locations of the mobile unit M; wherein one or more notification criteria are available whose evaluation is for determining whether there is an occurrence of the condition; (b) receiving, from the mobile unit M, a communication via one of the access units of the network, the communication including geolocation data for the mobile unit M, the geolocation data indicative of a location, L, for the mobile unit M, wherein the geolocation data is obtained from location indicative measurements of a plurality of wireless signals communicated to or from the mobile unit M, each of the wireless signals having a different location for being transmitted to or received from the mobile unit M, the measurement for each of the different locations being indicative of a geographic position of the different location; (c) evaluating at least a portion of the notification criteria for determining (i) whether one of the resources is available for utilization by the user, and (ii) whether the geolocation data identifies that the mobile unit M is in a predetermined proximity of the resources, and wherein the evaluation is dependent upon a priority for the user to utilize one of the resources; when the portion of the notification criteria evaluates to a first result, a step is performed of notifying the user by a wireless network transmission, the transmission including location information for routing the mobile unit M to one of the resources, R, wherein the location information is obtained using the geolocation data; (d) determining a further result indicative of the one resource R being unavailable before the user of the mobile unit M utilizes the resource R; and (e) performing the steps (b) and (c) again for identifying another resource for the user to utilize when the further result is determined, wherein the priority for the user increases with each performance of step (d). - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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