Method and system for utilizing a location-based internetwork gateway

• US 9,590,995 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2016
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Workday Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Loc-Aid Technologies Incorporated (TechnoCom Corporation)
• Inventors: Sudit, Isaias, Longbottom, Jerome
• Primary Examiner(s): Batista, Marcos
• Application Number:
  US15/237,256
• Publication Number:
  US 20160352742A1
• Time in Patent Office: 204 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-4563, 370/338
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• 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 8/16 selectively restricting mobility data tracking

Abstract

A system for utilizing a location-based application across a plurality of networks. A target mobile device operates within a target network of the plurality of networks. A requesting device operates within a requesting network of the plurality of networks. The requesting device transmits a location request for a location of the target mobile device utilizing a location-based service application. A gateway operatively communicates with the requesting network and target network. The gateway receives the location request and determines the target network and communication and location technologies utilized by the target network and transmits the request to the target network utilizing the communication location technology for extraction of the location information. The gateway extracts the location information of the target mobile device and transmits the location of the target mobile device to the requesting device for use with the location-based service application.

Claims

1. A system for utilizing a location-based application across a plurality of networks comprising:

a target mobile device operating within a target network of said plurality of networks, wherein the target network has a first communication technology and a first user software application;

a requesting device operating within a requesting network of said plurality of networks wherein the requesting network has a second communication technology and a second user software application, the requesting device transmitting a location request for a location of said target mobile device utilizing a location-based service application using a third user software application executed on a location-based services application server; and

a gateway operatively communicating with said target network and requesting network that use the first and second communication technologies respectively, said gateway receiving the location request via the second communication technology, and the second user software application, and determining the target network and the first communication technology and the first user software application utilized by said target network;

reformatting the request to said first communication technology and the first user software application, and transmitting the request to said target network utilizing said first communication technology and said first user software application for extraction of a location response by said target network, receiving the location response of the target mobile device via the first communication technology and the first user software application, reformatting the location of the target mobile device to the third user software application to be utilized by the location-based service application server and transmitting the location of the target mobile device to the requesting device for use with the location-based service application.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the location-based services application server is operated within said requesting network, the location request being transmitted to the location-based services application server, the location-based services application server transmitting at least the location request to the gateway, and the gateway sending the location response to the location-based services application server for use with the location-based services application.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a database, the gateway communicating with the database, said database including a lookup table, the gateway utilizing the lookup table for determining the target network, the first communication technology and the first user software application utilized by said target network.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said gateway utilizes said lookup table for determining at least one of the communication technology and location technology utilized by the target network.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the target device determines whether said location request is authorized, and at least one of said gateway and said target network refusing to provide location information in response to said request.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said gateway creates a text message transmitted to said target network for extracting the location response from said target network.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said target network includes location determining infrastructures, said gateway communicating with the location determining infrastructure to extract the location response.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said gateway stores request authorizations and determines whether said location request is authorized, and preventing such request where said request is unauthorized.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second target mobile device operating within a second target network of said plurality of networks, said gateway communicating with said second target network and determining a second target network and third communication technology utilized by said second target network in response to said location request, transmitting the location request to said second target network utilizing said third communication technology for extraction of a second location response by said second target network, receiving the second location response of the second target mobile device and reformatting and transmitting the location of the second target mobile device to the requesting device for use with the location-based service application.

10. A method for utilizing a location-based application across a plurality of networks between a target mobile device operating within a target network of said plurality of networks having a first communication technology and a first user software application, a requesting device operating within a requesting network of said plurality of networks having a second communication technology and a second user software application, the method comprising:

making a request from a requesting device for a location of said target mobile device using the second communication technology, utilizing a location-based service application having a third user software application that is executed on a location-based services application server;

receiving the request at a gateway communicating between said requesting network and said target network;

determining the target network from said plurality of networks and the first communication technology and first user software application of the target network;

reformatting the request to said first communication technology, and the first user software application;

transmitting the request to said target network utilizing said first communication technology and said first user software application for extraction of a location response by said target network;

receiving said location response via the first communication technology and the first user software application at said gateway;

reformatting the location response to the third user software application to be utilized by the location-based service application server; and

transmitting the location response to the location-based services application server to be sent to the requesting device for use with the location-based service application.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said gateway determines the target network, the first communication technology and the first application technology utilized by said target network, from a lookup table.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of the gateway communicating with a database, said database including a lookup table, the gateway utilizing the lookup table for determining whether the location request is authorized.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of determining whether the request is authorized by querying the target mobile device;

and transmitting an authorization response from said target mobile device to said gateway.

14. The method of claim 11, comprising the step of at least one of said gateway and target network refusing to provide the location response in response to said request when authorization is denied.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of the gateway communicating with a database, the database containing a lookup table, the gateway querying the lookup table to determine the target network.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein said request includes a destination identifier, the gateway utilizing the destination identifier to query the lookup table for identifying the target network.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of transmitting the request to said target network utilizing said location technology for extraction by stimulating a short text message to said target network.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein said target network includes location determining infrastructure, and further comprising the step of extracting the location response log querying the location determining infrastructure.