Wireless application protocol (wap) application location based services (lbs)
AssigneeTeleCommunication Systems, Inc.
InventorDrew Morin
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Abstract
A Location Based Service (LBS) enabled Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) application operating in a microbrowser of a mobile device is given the ability to trigger a network initiated LBS request from a WAP application server. The WAP application server (or SMS gateway) acts as a proxy and issues an LBS request to a relevant LBS platform. In response, the WAP application server receives the requested location information from the LBS platform and initiates a WAP session with the mobile device using a WAP PUSH command. In this way, the WAP application running on the mobile device can act on requested and received LBS input from a network LBS platform.
Claims22
A method of providing location based services to a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-enabled wireless device, comprising:
- receiving via a wireless network a WAP request from an application operating in a wireless device;
- initiating a location based service (LBS) request to an LBS platform, in response to said WAP request;
- receiving an LBS reply, in response to said LBS request;
- and
- providing location information received in said LBS reply to said wireless device.
A method of providing location based services to a Short Messaging Services (SMS)-enabled wireless device, comprising:
- receiving via a wireless network an SMS request from an application operating in a wireless device;
- initiating a location based service (LBS) request to an LBS platform, in response to said SMS request;
- receiving an LBS reply, in response to said LBS request;
- and
- providing location information received in said LBS reply to said wireless device.
Apparatus for providing location based services to a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-enabled wireless device, comprising:
- means for receiving via a wireless network a WAP request from an application operating in a wireless device;
- means for initiating a location based service (LBS) request to an LBS platform, in response to said WAP request;
- means for receiving an LBS reply, in response to said LBS request;
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- means for providing location information received in said LBS reply to said wireless device.
Apparatus for providing location based services to a Short Messaging Services (SMS)-enabled wireless device, comprising:
- means for receiving via a wireless network an SMS request from an application operating in a wireless device;
- means for initiating a location based service (LBS) request to an LBS platform, in response to said SMS request;
- means for receiving an LBS reply, in response to said LBS request;
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- means for providing location information received in said LBS reply to said wireless device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.