Service providing method and system

• US 20080263151A1
• Filed: 05/27/2008
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Sugiyama, Hiroshi, Doi, Miwako
• Application Number:
  US12/153,822
• Publication Number:
  US 20080263151A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0414 during transmission, i.e. party's identity is protected against eavesdropping, e.g. by using temporary identifiers, but is known to the other party or parties involved in the communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

In a service provider system, a service provider provides service information dependent on location information of a mobile terminal to the mobile terminal in response to a service request with the location information sent by the mobile terminal. A communication control unit controls communication between the mobile terminal and the service provider. The communication control unit converts a user identifier of the mobile terminal in the service request to a temporary identifier for the communication.

Claims

1. A service providing method, comprising the steps of:

obtaining location information for a mobile terminal sent by the mobile terminal; and

providing a service dependent on the location information to the mobile terminal in response to a service request sent by the mobile terminal.

2. The service providing method according to claim 1,

wherein the service is provided in the area neighboring the location of the mobile terminal.

3. The service providing method according to claim 2,

further comprising the steps of:

obtaining a moving speed of the mobile terminal with the location information,

wherein the size of the area corresponds to the moving speed of the mobile terminal.

4. The service providing method according to claim 1,

further comprising the step of:

providing the location information to the mobile terminal in response to a location information request sent by the mobile terminal before the step of obtaining the location information.

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