Extended triggered position method and device

• US 8,000,722 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2008
• Issued: 08/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: YAN, Xiaolu
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelin, Jean A
• Application Number:
  US12/234,535
• Publication Number:
  US 20090036142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,061 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.4, 455/456.5, 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/414.1, 455/414.2
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• 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 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• 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 8/10 between location register and external networks

Abstract

An extended triggered location method and device is provided. The device includes the following: a location calculating unit to calculate location of the target terminal and determine the location information, and a third party location reporting unit to send the location information of the target terminal to the third party terminal periodically or only when the area triggered condition is sufficed. With the present invention, the third party terminal can obtain the location information of the target terminal periodically or receive the notice of the target terminal'"'"'s entry into/exit from a target area, in accordance with the principles of periodical location or area trigger location. Thereby, the invention supplies new location service application and satisfies the subscriber'"'"'s demand for different location service applications.

Claims

1. A triggered location device, comprising:

a location calculating unit, configured to calculate location information of a target SET to obtain the location of the target SET;

a location notifying unit, configured to send the location information of the target SET to a third party SET periodically according to periodically triggered calculation of the location of the target SET or send the location information to the third party SET when an area event triggering condition is met; and

a location policy negotiating unit, configured to make a setting to instruct the location notifying unit to notify the third party SET of the location information of the target SET;

wherein the third party SET is specified in a triggered location start message sent from the target SET to a location server, or specified in private setting of the target SET, or specified in a mobile location protocol triggering location report request message.

2. The triggered location device according to claim 1, wherein:

the location policy negotiating unit, is further configured to negotiate with the target SET for the triggered location in initial stage of location session, including negotiating on sending the location information of the target SET to the third party SET;

the location calculating unit is further configured to calculate the location of the target SET according to the negotiation result on triggered location from the location policy negotiating unit, to obtain the location of the target SET; and

the location notifying unit is further configured to send the location information of the target SET to the third party SET, according to the negotiation result on sending the location information of the target SET to the third party SET.

3. The triggered location device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a private setting unit, configured to set private policy related to a location request initiator;

wherein, the location notifying unit is configured to analyze the private policy set by the private setting unit, and send the location information of the target SET to the third party SET if the private setting unit sets to notify the third party SET of the location information of the target SET.

4. The triggered location device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a location result notifying unit, configured to notify a location request initiator of the location of the target SET obtained by the location calculating unit.

5. The triggered location device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a location information storage unit, configured to store the location information of the target SET; and

when receiving a location information request, the location notifying unit sends the location information of the target SET stored in the location information storage unit to the third party SET.

6. The triggered location device according to claim 1, wherein, the location notifying unit is configured to send the location information of the target SET that carries target SET ID, location information of the target SET, and/or location information of the target SET where the target SET meets the area event triggering condition to the third party SET periodically or only when the area event triggering condition is met.

7. The triggered location device according to claim 1, wherein, the location notifying unit is further configured to send the location information of the target SET to the third party SET via the home location server for the third party SET periodically or only when the area event triggering condition is met.

8. A triggered location method, comprising:

pre-specifying information of a third party SET that requires location notification;

sending, by a location server, location information of a target SET according to the pre-specified information of the third party SET that requires location notification, wherein the location information is sent periodically after the location information of the target SET is obtained in a location stage according to periodically triggered calculation of the location of the target SET, or when an area event triggering condition is met, after the location information of the target SET is obtained in a location stage;

wherein, the pre-specifying information of the third party SET that requires location notification further comprises;

for SET-initiated triggered location, specifying the third party SET in a trigged location start message sent from the target SET to the location server or specifying the third party SET in private setting of the target SET; and

for network-initiated triggered location, specifying the third party SET in a Mobile Location Protocol Triggering Location Report Request, MLP TLRR, message sent from a Security User Plane Location, SUPL, agent to the location server, and making, by the location server, the setting to instruct notifying the third party SET of the location information via a triggered location start message that carries the information in the MLP TLRR message.

9. The triggered location method according to claim 8, wherein, the private setting of the target SET comprises:

whether notification and verification are both required for a location requester and/or the third party SET to be notified of the location; and

/or

whether to notify and verify once in initial stage of a triggered location procedure or whenever a location session starts; and

/or

whether to notify the target SET of the location result that is sent to the third party.

10. The triggered location method according to claim 9, further comprising:

for network-initiated periodical location or area event triggered location, sending a message carrying parameters of notification and/or verification to the target SET, in the initial stage of location or whenever the location starts, if the private setting of the target SET specifies verification from the target SET is required for the requester and/or the third party SET;

receiving an SUPL triggered start message, in which the parameters indicating whether to permit the notification and/or verification is carried, from the target SET;

sending an SUPL triggered response message to the target SET, if the target SET permits the notification and/or verification;

not sending the location information or the triggered event to the third party when the location procedure is terminated or the area event is triggered, if the target SET verifies to reject the request for sending the location information to the third party.

11. The triggered location method according to claim 8, wherein, the process of sending the location information to the third party SET further comprises:

sending, by the location server, to the third party SET a location notification message and carrying in the location notification message the target SET ID, location information of the target SET, and/or information on that the target SET meets the area event triggering condition are carried.

12. The triggered location method according to claim 11, wherein, the location notification message is carried via a Short Messaging Service, SMS, or a Wireless Access Protocol Push, WAP PUSH, or over IP.

13. The triggered location method according to claim 11, wherein, if multiple third party SETs requiring location notification are specified, the location server sends a location notification message to each the third party SETs in sequence.

14. The triggered location method according to claim 11, further comprising:

returning an acknowledge notification from the third party SET to the location server, when the third party SET receives the location notification message sent from the location server;

for SET-initiated triggered location, sending an SUPL report message from the location server to the target SET, to notify the target SET that the third party SET has received the location information, and then terminating the location process, when the location server receives the acknowledge notification from the third party SET;

for network-initiated triggered location, sending an MLP TLREP message from the location server to the SUPL agent, to notify the SUPL agent that the third party has received the location notification message, and then terminating the location process, when the location server receives the acknowledge notification from the third party SET.

15. The triggered location method according to claim 14, further comprising:

resending the location notification message for predefined times, by the location server, to the third party SET, if the location server cannot receive the acknowledge notification from the third party SET within a first predefined time; and

returning, by the location server, a failure notification message to the target SET and preserving the obtained location information of the target SET locally or in the target SET, if the location server still cannot receive any acknowledge notification from the third party SET after the location server resends the location notification message to the third party SET for the predefined times.

16. The triggered location method according to claim 15, further comprising:

if any other SET requests the historical location information of the target SET from the home location server for the target SET, determining, by the home location server for the target SET, whether it is allowed to provide the historical location information of the target SET to the requesting SET, and, if allowed, sending the historical location information of the target SET that is stored locally or in the target SET to the requesting SET, by the home location server.

17. The triggered location method according to claim 8, wherein, the step of sending the location information to the third party SET further comprises:

sending, by the location server, the location information of the target SET to the third party SET over the IP network.

18. The triggered location method according to claim 8, wherein, the location server comprises the home location server for the target SET or the visit location server if the target SET is in roaming state.

19. The triggered location method according to claim 8, the step of sending the location information to the third party SET further comprises:

sending, by the home location server for the target SET, the location information of the target SET to the home location server for the third party SET; and

sending, by the home location server for the third party SET, the location information to the third party SET, if the third party SET and the target SET are not under the same location server.

20. A triggered location method, comprising:

sending, by a location server, the location information of a target SET,

periodically, after the location information of the target SET is obtained in a location stage according to periodically triggered calculation of the location of the target SET, or

when the area event triggering condition is met, after the location information of the target SET is obtained in a location stage;

according to a pre-specifying information of a third party SET that requires location notification,

wherein for SET-initiated triggered location, specifying the third party SET in a trigged location start message sent from the target SET to the location server or specifying the third party SET in private setting of the target SET, and

wherein for network-initiated triggered location, specifying the third party SET in a Mobile Location Protocol Triggering Location Report Request, MLP TLRR, message sent from a Security User Plane Location, SUPL, agent to the location server.