System and method for providing location based services using collaborative networks
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1. A method provided on hardware or a combination of software and hardware, comprising:
- receiving a user preference mode of notification of location information of a mobile user;
registering, by a processor, a publish subscribe format based on the user preference mode of notification of the location information of the mobile user, the publish subscribe format comprising at least one of a SIP, SMS, Rich Site Summary (RSS) and ATOM feed, and the publish subscribe format being provided by one or more users including the mobile user;
receiving a subscription to the location information of the mobile user from an end user;
requesting the location information of the mobile user from a location platform;
receiving the location information of the mobile user from the location platform and send the location information to a notification gateway;
publishing the location information of the mobile user to the end user using the publish subscribe format;
visually rendering the location information to the end user based on one of the publish subscribe formats; and
charging the end user a fee for the location information, wherein the charging is provided by sending a charging record to a charging platform using diameter based Rf protocol.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for providing location based services. The system includes at least one module configured to publish location information of a mobile user using a publish subscribe format based on a user preference mode of notification.
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1. A method provided on hardware or a combination of software and hardware, comprising:
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receiving a user preference mode of notification of location information of a mobile user; registering, by a processor, a publish subscribe format based on the user preference mode of notification of the location information of the mobile user, the publish subscribe format comprising at least one of a SIP, SMS, Rich Site Summary (RSS) and ATOM feed, and the publish subscribe format being provided by one or more users including the mobile user; receiving a subscription to the location information of the mobile user from an end user; requesting the location information of the mobile user from a location platform; receiving the location information of the mobile user from the location platform and send the location information to a notification gateway; publishing the location information of the mobile user to the end user using the publish subscribe format; visually rendering the location information to the end user based on one of the publish subscribe formats; and charging the end user a fee for the location information, wherein the charging is provided by sending a charging record to a charging platform using diameter based Rf protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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9. A computer program product comprising a tangible computer usable storage medium having readable program code embodied in the storage medium, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:
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receive publication preferences of a mobile user; set up the publication preferences of the mobile user including publish subscribe formats of location information of the mobile user, the publish subscribe formats comprising Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Web Services, Rich Site Summary (RSS) and ATOM feed based notifications, and the publish subscribe formats being provided by one or more users comprising the mobile user; receive a subscription to the location information for the mobile user from at least one other user; request the location information of the mobile user from a location platform; receive the location information of the mobile user from the location platform and send the location information to a notification gateway; publish the location information of the mobile user to the at least one other user using one of the publish subscribe formats provided by the mobile user; visually render the location information to the at least one other user based on one of the publish subscribe formats; and send charging information to a charging platform using diameter protocol. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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