Wireless virtual-network systems and methods to operate the same
OwnerTony Wong, Xiaolin Lu +1inventors
InventorsTony Wong, Xiaolin Lu, Kush Parikh
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Abstract
Wireless virtual-network systems and methods to operate the same are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving a positioning system signal identifying a location of a mobile device, determining a service zone for the mobile device by comparing the location to a database identifying geographic locations of service zones, and determining a service parameter for the mobile device based upon the service zone.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- receiving a positioning system signal identifying a location of a mobile device;
- determining a service zone for the mobile device by comparing the location to a database identifying geographic locations of service zones;
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- determining a service parameter for the mobile device based upon the service zone.
An apparatus comprising:
- a database mapping service parameters to geographic locations;
- a service authorizer to receive location information from a mobile device and to access the database to determine a service parameter associated with the mobile device based upon the location information, wherein the location information is obtained via a positioning system receiver associated with the mobile device;
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- a baseband module to communicate the service parameter to the mobile device via a wireless signal.
A method comprising:
- determining a location with a positioning system receiver;
- sending a service request and an identification of the location to a wireless basestation transceiver subsystem (BTS);
- and
- receiving a service parameter associated with the service request from the BTS, wherein the service parameter is determined based upon the location.
An article of manufacture storing machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to:
- receive a positioning system signal identifying a location of a mobile device;
- determine a service zone for the mobile device by comparing the location to a database identifying geographic locations of service zones;
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- determine a service parameter for the mobile device based upon the service zone.
A method comprising:
- providing a plurality of cells in a wireless network, each of the cells corresponding to a respective service area associated with a wireless basestation transceiver subsystem (BTS);
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- associating a geographic area with a service zone, wherein the geographic area of the service zone is not coextensive with any of the cells of the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.