Location dependent services
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsDirk Trossen, Dana Pavel
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Abstract
A service provider entity includes a communication interface for communication with user equipment and for receiving location information from a plurality of different communication systems. The service provider entity further includes a processor for processing the received location information for determining the location of user equipment subscribing to the service provider entity and for providing services for the subscribing user equipment based on the determined location of the user equipment. A service can also be provided for the user in accordance with a registration if a check indicates that at least one condition that triggers providing the service and registered at the service providing entity is met.
Claims36
A service provider entity comprising:
- a communication interface for communication with user equipment and for receiving location information from a plurality of different communication systems;
- and
- a processor for processing the received location information for determining a location of user equipment subscribing to the service provider entity and for providing services for the subscribing user equipment based on the determined location of the user equipment.
A method of providing location dependent services for a user, the method comprising:
- communicating a request for a location dependent service from user equipment to a service provider entity that is operated independently from a communication network the user equipment subscribes to;
- receiving at the service provider entity information from a plurality of different communication systems;
- processing the received information for determining a location of the user equipment for providing the location dependent service for the user equipment based on the determined location of the user equipment and the request for the location dependent service.
A method of providing a service for a user of user equipment, said user equipment being adapted for communication via a communication system, the method comprising:
- registering in a service provider entity information regarding at least one condition that triggers providing the service for the user, said service provider entity being arranged to receive location information regarding user equipment from a plurality of sources;
- receiving at the service provider entity information associated with a location of the user equipment;
- determining a current location of the user equipment at the service provider entity based on said received information;
- verifying at the service provider entity if said at least one condition that triggers providing the service is met;
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- providing the service for the user in accordance with registered information.
A location service entity for providing location dependent services for a user of user equipment, said user equipment being adapted for communication via a communication system, the location service entity comprising:
- a database for enabling the user to register information regarding at least one condition that triggers providing the service for the user,
- an interface to receive location information regarding the user equipment from a plurality of sources associated with different communication systems, and
- a processor for determining the current location of the user equipment based on said received location information, for verifying if said at least one condition that triggers providing the service is met, and for providing the service for the user in accordance with the registered information.
An apparatus for providing location dependent services for a user, comprising:
- communicating means for communicating a request for location dependent services from user equipment to a service provider entity that is operating independently from a communication network to which the user equipment subscribes;
- receiving means for receiving the service provider entity information from a plurality of different communication systems;
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- processing means for processing the received information for determining a location of the user equipment for providing the location dependent service for the user equipment based on the determined location of the user equipment and the request for the location dependent service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.