US 2015/0319574 A1Published application

Triggered location services

AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated

InventorsAndreas K. Wachter, Stephen W. Edge, Kirk Allan Burroughs

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Abstract

An example method includes: obtaining a location of a reference mobile terminal; and either: (1) sending, to a target mobile terminal, the location of the reference mobile terminal and a trigger parameter associated with a trigger event, the trigger parameter defining a moving geographical target area; and receiving an indication that the trigger event has occurred; or (2) determining a location of the moving geographical target area; determining a location of the target mobile terminal relative to the moving geographical target area; and determining whether the trigger event has occurred; where the trigger event comprises the target mobile terminal being inside the moving geographical target area, being outside the moving geographical target area, entering the moving geographical target area, and/or leaving the moving geographical target area.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A method of supporting location services, the method comprising:

establishing a first communication session between a server and a reference mobile terminal;
obtaining, at the server, a location of the reference mobile terminal;
establishing a second communication session between the server and a target mobile terminal;
and
either:
(1) sending, from the server to the target mobile terminal, the location of the reference mobile terminal and a trigger parameter associated with a trigger event, the trigger parameter defining a moving geographical target area that is associated with a location of the reference mobile terminal and that is configured to move in synch with the reference mobile terminal;
and
receiving, at the server from the target mobile terminal, an indication that the trigger event has occurred;
or
(2) determining, at the server, a location of the moving geographical target area based on the location of the reference mobile terminal;
determining, at the server, a location of the target mobile terminal relative to the moving geographical target area based at least in part on at least one location related measurement for the target mobile terminal;
and
determining, at the server, whether the trigger event has occurred based at least in part on the location of the target mobile terminal relative to the moving geographical target area;
wherein the trigger event comprises the target mobile terminal being inside the moving geographical target area, the target mobile terminal being outside the moving geographical target area, the target mobile terminal entering the moving geographical target area, the target mobile terminal leaving the moving geographical target area, or a combination thereof.

11 more elements

A server for supporting location services, the server comprising:

means for establishing a first communication session with a reference mobile terminal and a second communication session between the server and a target mobile terminal;
means for obtaining a location of the reference mobile terminal using the first communication session;
and
either:
(1) means for sending, to the target mobile terminal, the location of the reference mobile terminal and a trigger parameter associated with a trigger event, the trigger parameter defining a moving geographical target area that is associated with a location of the reference mobile terminal and that is configured to move in synch with the reference mobile terminal;
and
means for receiving, from the target mobile terminal, an indication that the trigger event has occurred;
or
(2) means for determining a location of the moving geographical target area based on the location of the reference mobile terminal;
means for determining a location of the target mobile terminal relative to the moving geographical target area based at least in part on at least one location related measurement for the target mobile terminal;
and
means for determining whether the trigger event has occurred based at least in part on the location of the target mobile terminal relative to the moving geographical target area;
wherein the trigger event comprises the target mobile terminal being inside the moving geographical target area, the target mobile terminal being outside the moving geographical target area, the target mobile terminal entering the moving geographical target area, the target mobile terminal leaving the moving geographical target area, or a combination thereof.

10 more elements

A server for supporting location services, the server comprising:

a processor configured to:
establish a first communication session with a reference mobile terminal and a second communication session between the server and a target mobile terminal;
obtain a location of the reference mobile terminal using the first communication session;
and
either:
(1) send, to the target mobile terminal, the location of the reference mobile terminal and a trigger parameter associated with a trigger event, the trigger parameter defining a moving geographical target area that is associated with a location of the reference mobile terminal and that is configured to move in synch with the reference mobile terminal;
and
receive, from the target mobile terminal, an indication that the trigger event has occurred;
or
(2) determine a location of the moving geographical target area based on the location of the reference mobile terminal;
determine a location of the target mobile terminal relative to the moving geographical target area based at least in part on at least one location related measurement for the target mobile terminal;
and
determine whether the trigger event has occurred based at least in part on the location of the target mobile terminal relative to the moving geographical target area;
wherein the trigger event comprises the target mobile terminal being inside the moving geographical target area, the target mobile terminal being outside the moving geographical target area, the target mobile terminal entering the moving geographical target area, the target mobile terminal leaving the moving geographical target area, or a combination thereof.

11 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable medium residing on a server that includes at least one computer, the computer-readable medium comprising code to cause the at least one computer to:

establish a first communication session with a reference mobile terminal and a second communication session between the server and a target mobile terminal;
obtain a location of the reference mobile terminal using the first communication session;
and
either:
(1) send, to the target mobile terminal, the location of the reference mobile terminal and a trigger parameter associated with a trigger event, the trigger parameter defining a moving geographical target area that is associated with a location of the reference mobile terminal and that is configured to move in synch with the reference mobile terminal;
and
receive, from the target mobile terminal, an indication that the trigger event has occurred;
or
(2) determine a location of the moving geographical target area based on the location of the reference mobile terminal;
determine a location of the target mobile terminal relative to the moving geographical target area based at least in part on at least one location related measurement for the target mobile terminal;
and
determine whether the trigger event has occurred based at least in part on the location of the target mobile terminal relative to the moving geographical target area;
wherein the trigger event comprises the target mobile terminal being inside the moving geographical target area, the target mobile terminal being outside the moving geographical target area, the target mobile terminal entering the moving geographical target area, the target mobile terminal leaving the moving geographical target area, or a combination thereof.

10 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/746,627Filed 22 Jun 2015
Priority: 9 Feb 2009
Published: 5 Nov 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H04W 4/029
Services making use of location information: location-based management or tracking services
H04W 4/021
Services making use of location information: services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
H04W 4/20
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e.…
H04W 88/02
Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices: terminal devices

Family

Application61/151,089Us provisional application · filed 9 Feb 2009
Application12/702,159Continuation · filed 8 Feb 2010
Application14/746,627Continuation
US 2010/0203902 A1Published application
US 9,125,018 B2Related patent
US 2015/0319574 A1This patent

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