DEVICE AND METHOD IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20090233628A1
• Filed: 03/14/2008
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications USA Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: VENDEL, Mattias
• Application Number:
  US12/048,686
• Publication Number:
  US 20090233628A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.600
• 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 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

The invention is directed towards a method in a first wireless communication device, for retrieving information data. The information data is retrieved from a remote data base accessible to a second communication device. The first wireless communication device and the second communication device are adapted to communicate with each other. The communication is made in a communication network. The method comprises the step of sending a request for retrieving information data. The request is sent to the second communication device. Also, the method comprises the step of receiving the requested information data from the second communication device.

Claims

1. A method performed by a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

calculating the geographical position of the wireless communication device;

sending a request to another wireless communication device, the request comprising an indication of the geographical position of the wireless communication device, an indication of a request category associated with the geographical position, and a trigger to automatically initiate a search of information accessible to the other wireless communication device; and

receiving from the other wireless communication device the requested information associated with the calculated position.

2. The method of claim 1, where the category of information is one or more of a name, a telephone number, an address, an email address, or a geographical location.

3. The method of claim 1, where the request is sent to the other wireless communication device as a Short Messaging Service (SMS) message.

4. The method of claim 1, where the request is sent to the other wireless communication device using Bluetooth protocol.

5. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a geographical positioning unit adapted to determine the geographical position of the wireless communication device;

a sending unit, adapted to send a request for information to at least one other wireless communication device, the request including an indication of the geographical position of the wireless communication device, an indication of a request category associated with the geographical position, and a trigger to automatically initiate a search of information accessible to the at least one other wireless communication device; and

a receiving unit, adapted to receive the requested information from the at least one other wireless communication device.

6. The wireless communication device of claim 5, where the category of information is associated with the geographical position of the wireless communication device.

7. A method performed by a wireless communication device, the method comprising:

receiving a request to provide information to another wireless communication device, the request including an indication of the geographical position of the other wireless communication device, an indication of a request category associated with the geographical position, and a trigger to initiate a search of information accessible to the wireless communication device;

automatically searching for the requested information in response to receiving the trigger;

extracting the requested information; and

sending the requested information to the other wireless communication device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

inviting a user of the wireless communication device to approve the sending the requested information to the other wireless communication device.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

inhibiting the sending the requested information to the other wireless communication device if the sending is not approved by a user of the wireless communication device.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

calculating the position of the wireless communication device in response to receiving the request; and

providing the calculated position of the wireless communication device to the other wireless communication device.

11. The method of claim 7, where the sending the requested information to the other wireless communication device includes using a Short Messaging Service (SMS).

12. The method of claim 7, where the sending the requested information to the other wireless communication device includes using Bluetooth protocol.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

alerting a user of the wireless communication device of the request to provide information.

14. A wireless communication device, comprising:

a receiving unit to receive a request over a communication network, the request including an indication of the geographical position of another wireless communication device, an indication of the category of information being requested, and a trigger to initiate a search of information accessible to the wireless communication device;

a detecting unit to detect the trigger in the request;

a searching unit to search a memory for the requested information when the trigger is detected in the request;

an extracting unit to extract the requested information from the memory; and

a providing unit to send the requested information to the other wireless communication device.

15. The wireless communication device of claim 14, where the detecting unit associates the geographical position of the other wireless communication device with the category of information being requested.

16. The wireless communication device of claim 14, further comprising:

a geographical positioning unit adapted to determine a geographical position of the wireless communication device.

17. The wireless communication device of claim 16, further comprising:

a camera unit adapted to take photos and store the photos in the memory.

18. The wireless communication device of claim 17, where the photos stored in the memory are associated with the geographical position where the photo was taken, the geographical position being detected by the geographical positioning unit.

19. In a wireless communication device, a computer-readable memory comprising computer-executable instructions, the computer-readable memory comprising:

one or more instructions for receiving a request to provide information to another wireless communication device, the request including an indication of the geographical position of the other wireless communication device, an indication of the category of information being requested, and a trigger to initiate a search of information accessible to the wireless communication device;

one or more instructions for detecting the trigger;

one or more instructions for automatically searching in a memory for the requested information in response to detecting the trigger using the indication of the category of information and the indication of the geographical position of the other wireless communication device;

one or more instructions for extracting the requested information from the memory; and

one or more instructions for sending the requested information to the other wireless communication device.

20. The computer-readable memory of claim 19, further comprising:

one or more instructions for inviting approval of a user of the wireless communication device for sending the requested information to the other wireless communication device.

21. A system comprising:

a first wireless communication device to;

calculate the geographical position of the first wireless communication device, and

send a request to a second wireless communication device, the request comprising an indication of the geographical position of the first wireless communication device, an indication of a request category associated with the geographical position, and a trigger to automatically initiate a search of information accessible to the second wireless communication device; and

a second wireless communication device to;

receive the request,

automatically search for the requested information in response to receiving the trigger,

extract the requested information, and

send the requested information to the first wireless communication device;

where the first wireless device is further configured to receive from the second wireless communication device the requested information and provide the requested information to a user.