US 2014/0349687 A1 · METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LOCATION AWARE TRACKING AND SERVICES VIA AN IP MULTIMEDIA RESIDENTIAL GATEWAY

Abstract

In an IP multimedia gateway, locations corresponding to communicatively coupled communication devices are determined and transmitted to a service provider device (SPD) that provides services to the communication devices. Communication devices receive location based service profiles from the (SPD) based on the determined locations. Services content from the (SPD) is communicated with the communication devices and/or with the (SPD), based on the profiles. The determined locations are received from communication devices which may be local or remote. A device location map is generated to be displayed by communication devices. The gateway may be integrated in an STB/DTV that displays the determined locations. Content is communicated to communication devices based on their location. The (SPD) may provide content and/or control information for communication device services. Locations are associated with client devices for detecting cloned client devices where determined locations are different than associated locations and/or for restricting services based on location.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

determining, by an intermediary for connecting a communication device to a network, a location corresponding to the communication device that is communicatively coupled to the intermediary based at least in part on whether the communication device is in a local location or a remote location relative to the intermediary;
transmitting the location to a service provider;
receiving a location based service profile from the service provider associated with the communication device, the location based service profile determined according to the location;
and
communicating content to the communication device according to the location based service profile, wherein the content is communicated to the communication device utilizing a local communication protocol responsive to the communication device being in the local location or a remote communication protocol responsive to the communication device being in the remote location.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable in an intermediary configured to connect a communication device to a network, comprising code that, when executed, causes the intermediary to:

determine a location of the communication device communicatively coupled to the intermediary using location data obtained by the communication device and whether the communication device is in a local location or a remote location relative to the intermediary;
transmit the location to a service provider device in communication with the intermediary;
receive a location based service profile from the service provider device, the location based service profile determined by the service provider device based at least in part on the location of the communication device;
and
communicate content to the communication device based at least in part on the location based service profile, the content configured to be rendered on the communication device, wherein the content is communicated to the communication device utilizing a local communication protocol responsive to the communication device being in the local location or a remote communication protocol responsive to the communication device being in the remote location.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and system for providing location aware tracking and services via an ip multimedia residential gateway

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Method and system for providing location aware tracking and services via an ip multimedia residential gateway

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