Context-aware telephony services using a location-based rules builder

A mobile telephone including a location infrastructure application configured to provide location information to a server, and receive responses from the server, the mobile telephone comprising:

• a location determining module configured to generate location information related to a position of the mobile telephone;
• the mobile telephone sending the location information to a server;
• the mobile telephone receiving from the server instructions to perform at least one action based on the location information sent to the server;
• and
• wherein the creation of the instructions includes:
• receiving, at a server for the location infrastructure application and from a client via a rules builder interface, a first selection specifying a first user context that includes detection of a first event involving a mobile telephone occurring in or near a first pre-defined geographic area;
• receiving, at the server and from the client via the rules builder interface, a second selection, the second selection including a first action to be implemented by the location infrastructure application upon detection that all conditions specified by the first user context are satisfied;
• generating, at the server, a first rule incorporating the first selection and the second selection;
• storing, at the server, the first rule in a rules repository on behalf of the client;
• monitoring, at the server over a first period of time, geolocation data of the mobile telephone;
• determining, based on the geolocation data, that all conditions specified by the first user context have been satisfied;
• and
• causing the first action to be performed via a mobile application running on the mobile telephone.

A location infrastructure system, the system including:

• a mobile telephone including:
• a location infrastructure application configured to provide location information to a server associated with the location infrastructure application, receive responses and instructions from the server, and perform at least one action based on the instructions,
• a location determining module configured to generate location information related to a position of the mobile telephone and send the location information to the server;
• and
• the server, comprising a processor and machine-readable media including instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive, at the server and from a client via a rules builder interface, a first user context selection to serve as a trigger for a first rule, the first user context selection specifying a first user context that includes detection of a first event occurring in or near a first pre-defined geographic area;
• receive, at the server and from the client via the rules builder interface, a response selection for the first rule, the response selection including at least a first action to be implemented by the location infrastructure application upon detection that all conditions specified by the first user context selection are satisfied;
• receive, at the server and from the mobile telephone, first location data for the mobile telephone over a first period of time;
• verify, at the server and based on the first location data, the first event occurred in or near the first pre-defined geographic area;
• and
• cause, by the server and in response to the verification, the first action to be performed.