Priority handling of location services in a mobile communications network
AssigneeEricsson Inc.
InventorsDimitrios Papadimitriou, Theodore Havinis
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Abstract
Provided is a method, computer program, and system that implements a location service in a mobile communications network to generate a location estimate for a terminal device associated with a user. The method takes a location request, and, with a precision that is dependent on an assigned priority level, estimates the location of a mobile phone. The computer program implements the method in software with modular programming. The system achieves the present invention by applying a location services algorithm to a mobile communications network.
Claims20
A method that provides a location service in a mobile communications network to provide a location estimate for a terminal device associated with a user, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a location request;
- associating the user with a subscribed priority level;
- prompting the user to enter a desired priority level;
- receiving the desired priority level;
- determining if the desired priority level exceeds the subscribed priority level;
- in response to said determining step processing the location request to determine the location estimate of the terminal device, the precision of the location estimate based on the higher of the desired priority level or the subscribed priority level;
- and
- reporting the location estimate.
Machine-readable instructions executable by a computer for providing a location estimate for a terminal device associated with a user in a mobile communications network, said instructions comprising steps for:
- receiving a location request;
- associating the user with a subscribed priority level;
- prompting the user to enter a desired priority level;
- receiving the desired priority level;
- determining if the desired priority level exceeds the subscribed priority level;
- in response to said determining step processing the location request to determine the location estimate of the terminal device, the precision of the location estimate based on the higher of the desired priority level or the subscribed priority level;
- and
- reporting the location estimate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.