Method and system for location-based communication

• US 9,883,334 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2015
• Issued: 01/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Van Wyk, Ryan, Steinbrueck, Scott, Jennings, Phillip
• Primary Examiner(s): Ton, Dang
• Application Number:
  US14/816,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20150341395A1
• Time in Patent Office: 911 Days
• Field of Search: 370339
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0018 Transmission from mobile station to base station
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42357 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like

Abstract

A method and system for location-based communication. A selection of a source transceiver from a plurality of available transceivers associated with a source may be received. A telephony session may be initiated with the selected source transceiver. A mobile target transceiver may be geographically located. A result of the geographic location regarding the located mobile target transceiver may be provided. The located mobile target transceiver may be connected to the telephony session.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining, by a processor of a system, from a service provider, a geographic location of a target mobile device;

providing, by the processor, the geographic location of the target mobile device to an internet-protocol-television device for display by the internet-protocol-television device; and

sending, by the processor, an instruction to the target mobile device for a user of the target mobile device to leave the geographic location.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from a source transceiver associated with the internet-protocol-television device, a request to initiate a telephone session between the target mobile device and the source transceiver associated with the internet-protocol-television device; and

initiating the telephone session between the target mobile device and the source transceiver associated with the internet-protocol-television device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a directions request relating to the geographic location of the target mobile device; and

providing, to the target mobile device, directions between the geographic location and a target location.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, from a source transceiver associated with the internet-protocol-television device, a request to obtain the geographic location of the target mobile device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising sending the request to obtain the geographic location to the target mobile device.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising sending, in response to the request to obtain the geographic location of the target mobile device, a notification to the target mobile device that a location search for the geographic location of the target mobile device is being conducted.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving updates on the geographic location of the target mobile device from the service provider; and

providing updates of the geographic location of the target mobile device to the internet-protocol-television device.

8. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising;

obtaining a geographic location of a target mobile device from a service provider,

providing the geographic location of the target mobile device to an internet-protocol-television device for display by the internet-protocol-television device, and

sending an instruction to the target mobile device for a user of the target mobile device to leave the geographic location.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from a source transceiver associated with the internet-protocol-television device, a request to initiate a telephone session between the target mobile device and the source transceiver associated with the internet-protocol-television device; and

initiating the telephone session between the target mobile device and the source transceiver associated with the internet-protocol-television device.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a directions request relating to the geographic location of the target mobile device; and

providing, to the target mobile device, directions between the geographic location and a target location.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise receiving, from a source transceiver associated with the internet-protocol-television device, a request to obtain the geographic location of the target mobile device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise sending the request to obtain the geographic location to the target mobile device.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise sending, in response to the request to obtain the geographic location of the target mobile device, a notification to the target mobile device that a location search for the geographic location of the target mobile device is being conducted.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving updates on the geographic location of the target mobile device from the service provider; and

providing updates of the geographic location of the target mobile device to the internet-protocol-television device.

15. A memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

obtaining a geographic location of a target mobile device from a service provider;

providing the geographic location of the target mobile device to an internet-protocol-television device for display by the internet-protocol-television device; and

sending an instruction to the target mobile device for a user of the target mobile device to leave the geographic location.

16. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from a source transceiver associated with the internet-protocol-television device, a request to initiate a telephone session between the target mobile device and the source transceiver associated with the internet-protocol-television device; and

initiating the telephone session between the target mobile device and the source transceiver associated with the internet-protocol-television device.

17. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a directions request relating to the geographic location of the target mobile device; and

providing, to the target mobile device, directions between the geographic location and a target location.

18. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise receiving, from a source transceiver associated with the internet-protocol-television device, a request to obtain the geographic location of the target mobile device.

19. The memory of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise sending the request to obtain the geographic location to the target mobile device.

20. The memory of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise sending, in response to the request to obtain the geographic location of the target mobile device, a notification to the target mobile device that a location search for the geographic location of the target mobile device is being conducted.