Location information service for a cellular telecommunications network
First Claim
1. A method of providing a location information service to mobile stations in a cellular telecommunications network, comprising sending a request for location information from a mobile station as a message through the network to a location message server, deriving from a data store location information based on the cell occupied by at least one mobile station, and sending the data through the network from the location message server as a message to the mobile station that requested the information, the method being performed without pre-registering the mobile station for the location information service.
10 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A cellular telecommunications network provides a location information service. A landmark location server (11) has an associated data store (12) of data concerning location information associated with individual cells of the network. The server (11) is responsive to a request for location information from a mobile station (MS1). The request is sent as a SMS through the network (PLMN1). The server (11) obtains location information from the data store (12) based on the cell (C1) occupied by MS1 or another mobile station (MS2). The network is configured to send the location information as a SMS to the mobile station (MS1) that requested the information, without having to pre-register the mobile station for the location information service.
121 Citations
19 Claims
-
1. A method of providing a location information service to mobile stations in a cellular telecommunications network, comprising
sending a request for location information from a mobile station as a message through the network to a location message server, deriving from a data store location information based on the cell occupied by at least one mobile station, and sending the data through the network from the location message server as a message to the mobile station that requested the information, the method being performed without pre-registering the mobile station for the location information service.
- 8. A cellular telecommunications network with a location information service, comprising a location server having an associated data store of data concerning location information associated with individual cells of the network, the server being responsive to a request for location information from a mobile station sent as a message through the network and operable to derive from the data store location information based on the cell occupied by at least one mobile station, the network being configured to send the data as a message to the mobile station that requested the information, without pre-registering the mobile station for the location information service.
-
12. A method of operating a mobile station to receive location information from a location information service in a cellular telecommunications network, comprising
sending a request for location information from a mobile station as a message through the network to a location message server, and receiving from the location message server, a message containing location information based on the cell occupied by at least one mobile station, the method being performed without pre-registering the mobile station for the location information service.
-
13. A mobile station for receiving location information from a location information service in a cellular telecommunications network, comprising
circuitry operable to send a request for location information from a mobile station as a message through the network to a location message server, and circuitry operable to receive from the location message server, a message containing location information based on the cell occupied by at least one mobile station, the provision of the location information being made without pre-registering the mobile station with the location information service.
-
16. A method of providing privacy in a location information service to mobile stations in a cellular telecommunications network, comprising
in a first mode sending a request for location information from a mobile station as a message through the network to a location message server, deriving location information based on the location of at least one mobile station, sending the location information to a third party application, using the third party application to develop data based on the location information, and sending the data through the network from the location message server as a message to the mobile station that requested the information, and in a second mode, inhibiting data from the third party application being sent, in response to a privacy request from said at least one mobile station.
-
19. A cellular telecommunications network comprising
a location message server for deriving location information based on the location of at least one mobile station a mobile station operable to send a request for location information as a message through the network to the server, and a third party application to develop data based on the location information, the network being operable in a first mode to send the data through the network from the location message server as a message to the mobile station that requested the information, and in a second mode, to inhibit data from the third party application being sent, in response to a privacy request from said at least one mobile station.
Specification