Location reporting with secure user plane location (SUPL)

• US 9,860,695 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2014
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Wachter, Andreas, Edge, Stephen William, Burroughs, Kirk Allan
• Primary Examiner(s): Issing, Gregory C.
• Application Number:
  US14/482,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20150005006A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,210 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0869 for achieving mutual authentication cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for mutual authentication H04L9/3273
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/16 selectively restricting mobility data tracking

Abstract

Techniques for supporting periodic and other location services with Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) and other location architectures are described. The techniques can provide position estimates for a SUPL enabled terminal (SET) to a SUPL agent periodically and/or based on trigger events. A Home SUPL Location Platform (H-SLP) receives from the SUPL agent a request for position estimates for the SET. The H-SLP starts a SUPL location session with the SET. For each of at least one reporting event during the location session, the H-SLP obtains a position estimate for the SET and sends the position estimate to the SUPL agent. The position estimate may be derived by the SET and sent to the H-SLP. Alternatively, the position estimate may be derived by the H-SLP based on measurements from the SET.

Claims

1. A Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) enabled terminal (SET) comprising:

at least one processor configured to;

receive a first message from a Home SUPL Location Platform (H-SLP) to initiate a triggered location session, the first message including a trigger type and a positioning method requested by the H-SLP, wherein the trigger type is an area event;

determine whether the SET can support the positioning method requested by the H-SLP;

transmit a second message to the H-SLP to start the triggered location session in response to the first message, wherein the second message includes an indication whether the SET can support the positioning method requested by the H-SLP;

receive a third message in response to the second message, the third message including an area event trigger for the area event;

determine at least one position estimate for the SET in response to the area event trigger being satisfied;

report the at least one position estimate for the SET to the H-SLP.

2. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to select a positioning method from among a plurality of positioning methods supported by the SET, and wherein the at least one position estimate is determined in accordance with the selected positioning method.

3. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine the at least one position estimate for the SET in response to occurrence of the area event and in response to a standalone positioning method being selected.

4. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine the at least one position estimate for the SET in response to occurrence of the area event and in response to a SET based positioning method being selected.

5. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal of claim 1, wherein the first message is a SUPL initiate message, the second message is a SUPL triggered start message, and the third message is a SUPL triggered response message.

6. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal of claim 1, wherein the area event trigger comprises the SET entering a predefined geographic area.

7. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal of claim 1, wherein the area event trigger comprises the SET leaving a predefined geographic area.

8. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal of claim 1, wherein the area event trigger comprises the SET remaining within a predefined geographic area.

9. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal of claim 1, wherein the third message comprises a reporting mode indicator.

35. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal of claim 1, wherein determining the at least one position estimate for the SET in response to the area event trigger being satisfied comprises comparing a position estimate to the area-event condition.

10. A method performed by a Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal (SET) comprising:

receiving a first message from a Home SUPL Location Platform (H-SLP) for initiating a triggered location session, the first message including a trigger type and a positioning method requested by the H-SLP, wherein the trigger type is an area event;

determining whether the SET can support the positioning method requested by the H-SLP;

transmitting a second message to the H-SLP to start the triggered location session in response to the first message, wherein the second message includes an indication whether the SET can support the positioning method requested by the H-SLP;

receiving a third message in response to the second message, the third message including an area event trigger for the area event;

determining at least one position estimate for the SET in response to the area event trigger being satisfied; and

reporting the at least one position estimate for the SET to the H-SLP.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

selecting a positioning method from among a plurality of positioning methods supported by the SET, and wherein the at least one position estimate is determined in accordance with the selected positioning method.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

deriving the at least one position estimate for the SET in response to occurrence of the area event and in response to a standalone positioning method being selected.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

deriving the at least one position estimate for the SET in response to occurrence of the area event and in response to a SET based positioning method being selected.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the first message is a SUPL initiate message, the second message is a SUPL triggered start message, and the third message is a SUPL triggered response message.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the area event trigger comprises the SET entering a predefined geographic area.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the area event trigger comprises the SET leaving a predefined geographic area.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the area event trigger comprises the SET remaining within a predefined geographic area.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the third message comprises a reporting mode.

19. A Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal (SET) comprising:

means for receiving a first message from a Home SUPL Location Platform (H-SLP) for initiating a triggered location session, the first message including a trigger type and a positioning method requested by the H-SLP, wherein the trigger type is an area event;

means for determining whether the SET can support the positioning method requested by the H-SLP;

means for transmitting a second message to the H-SLP to start the triggered location session in response to the first message, wherein the second message includes an indication whether the SET can support the positioning method requested by the H-SLP;

means for receiving a third message in response to the second message, the third message including an area event trigger for the area event;

means for determining at least one position estimate for the SET in response to the area event trigger being satisfied; and

means for reporting the at least one position estimate for the SET to the H-SLP.

20. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal (SET) of claim 19, further comprising:

means for selecting a positioning method from among a plurality of positioning methods supported by the SET, and wherein the at least one position estimate is determined in accordance with the selected positioning method.

21. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal (SET) of claim 19, further comprising:

means for determining the at least one position estimate for the SET in response to occurrence of the area event and in response to a standalone positioning method being selected.

22. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal (SET) of claim 19, further comprising:

means for determining the at least one position estimate for the SET in response to occurrence of the area event and in response to a SET based positioning method being selected.

23. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal (SET) of claim 19, wherein the area event trigger comprises the SET entering a predefined geographic area.

24. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal (SET) of claim 19, wherein the area event trigger comprises the SET leaving a predefined geographic area.

25. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal (SET) of claim 19, wherein the area event trigger comprises the SET remaining within a predefined geographic area.

26. The Secure User Plane Location enabled terminal (SET) of claim 19, wherein the third message comprises a reporting mode indicator.

27. A non-transient computer-readable medium having instructions, encoded thereon, executable by a computer, comprising instructions to:

receive a first message from a Home SUPL Location Platform (H-SLP) for initiating a triggered location session, the first message including a trigger type and a positioning method requested by the H-SLP, wherein the trigger type is an area event;

transmit a second message to the H-SLP to start the triggered location session in response to the first message, wherein the second message includes an indication whether the SET can support the positioning method requested by the H-SLP;

receive a third message in response to the second message, the third message including an area event trigger for the area event;

determine at least one position estimate for a SET in response to the area event trigger being satisfied;

report the at least one position estimate for the SET to the H-SLP.

28. The non-transient computer-readable medium of claim 27, further comprising instructions to:

select a positioning method from among a plurality of positioning methods supported by the SET, and wherein the at least one position estimate is determined in accordance with the selected positioning method.

29. The non-transient computer-readable medium of claim 27, further comprising instructions to:

determine the at least one position estimate for the SET in response to occurrence of the area event and in response to a standalone positioning method being selected.

30. The non-transient computer-readable medium of claim 27, further comprising instructions to:

determine the at least one position estimate for the SET in response to occurrence of the area event and in response to a SET based positioning method being selected.

31. The non-transient computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the area event trigger comprises the SET entering a predefined geographic area.

32. The non-transient computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the area event trigger comprises the SET leaving a predefined geographic area.

33. The non-transient computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the area event trigger comprises the SET remaining within a predefined geographic area.

34. The non-transient computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the third message comprises a reporting mode.