Consequential location derived information
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1. A method of providing information regarding a wireless device, comprising:
- receiving, at a network node, a current request for location information regarding a wireless device;
retrieving, from said network node, said location information regarding said wireless device; and
in response to said current request for location information regarding said wireless device, triggering, by said network node, transmission of said location information regarding said wireless device to both a requesting application device and a non-requesting application device said location information is obtained in response to a network trigger generated in response to said wireless device moving from a first cell-site to a second cell site;
wherein said non-requesting application device previously requested location information regarding said wireless device prior to said current request for location information.
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Abstract
The number of messages required in networks where location services are deployed may be reduced, by providing updated location information regarding particular subscribers, or even all subscribers, to subscribed or otherwise logged applications or services upon obtaining and providing location information for a different application or service. Consequential watch services in accordance with the principles of the present invention provide location information to one or more services OTHER than or in ADDITION to the service currently requesting location information, based on subscription to a suitable service.
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1. A method of providing information regarding a wireless device, comprising:
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receiving, at a network node, a current request for location information regarding a wireless device; retrieving, from said network node, said location information regarding said wireless device; and in response to said current request for location information regarding said wireless device, triggering, by said network node, transmission of said location information regarding said wireless device to both a requesting application device and a non-requesting application device said location information is obtained in response to a network trigger generated in response to said wireless device moving from a first cell-site to a second cell site; wherein said non-requesting application device previously requested location information regarding said wireless device prior to said current request for location information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Apparatus for providing information regarding a wireless device, comprising:
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means for receiving, at a network node, a current request for location information regarding a wireless device; means for retrieving, from said network node, said location information regarding said wireless device said means for retrieving obtains said location information in response to a network trigger generated in response to said wireless device moving from a first cell-site to a second cell-site; and means for triggering, by said network node, transmission of said location information regarding said wireless device to both a requesting application device and a non-requesting application device, said transmission being triggered in response to said current request for location information regarding said wireless device; wherein said non-requesting application device previously requested location information regarding said wireless device prior to said current request for location information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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Current AssigneeTeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
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Original AssigneeTeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
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InventorsHines, Gordon John, Cousins, Will
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Primary Examiner(s)Chang, Kent
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Assistant Examiner(s)WOO, KUO-KONG
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Application NumberUS11/511,454Publication NumberTime in Patent Office2,240 DaysField of Search455/221.1, 455/435.1, 455/433, 455/404.2, 455/414.2, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/414, 455/456.1, 709/245US Class Current455/456.1CPC Class CodesA63B 2053/0491 with added weights, e.g. ch...A63B 53/047 iron-typeA63B 60/00 Details or accessories of g...A63B 60/52 with slitsH04W 4/02 Services making use of loca...H04W 4/029 Location-based management o...
