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US 2010/0248747 A1Published application
System and Method for Location Transparency
AssigneeSybase 365, Inc.
InventorRobert C. Lovell, JR.
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Abstract
A service that augments a key element of Unified Messaging and Unified Communications initiatives—i.e., Mobile Subscriber Location Awareness—to enhance substantially the value, usefulness, etc. of the presence awareness, place shifting, etc. components of such initiatives. The service may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located, full-featured Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.
Claims15
1-29. (canceled)
A method for providing contact information for a Mobile Subscriber (MS), the method comprising:
- receiving from the MS registration information comprising (i) information about predetermined locations frequented by the MS and (ii) contact information corresponding to at least one of the predetermined locations;
- receiving from a wireless carrier providing service to a Wireless Device (WD) of the MS an indication of a location of the WD, yielding a current WD location;
- based at least in part on the current WD location, identifying one of the predetermined locations frequented by the MS as a current MS location;
- receiving at a gateway a contact inquiry for the MS, the contact inquiry comprising a MS identifier;
- based at least in part on the MS identifier selecting contact information corresponding to the current MS location, if any, yielding current MS contact information;
- and
- generating a response message comprising the current MS contact information.
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A method for providing contact information for a Mobile Subscriber (MS), the method comprising:
- receiving from a wireless carrier providing service to a Wireless Device (WD) of the MS information on a location of the WD, yielding a current WD location;
- based at least in part on the current WD location updating a repository comprising predefined locations frequented by the MS yielding a current MS location;
- receiving at a gateway a contact inquiry for the MS, the contact inquiry comprising a MS identifier;
- based at least in part on the MS identifier retrieving from the repository contact information corresponding to the current MS location, if any, yielding current MS contact information;
- and
- generating a response message comprising the current MS contact information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.