# US 7,412,247 B2 · Remote location based services

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- Number: US 7,412,247 B2
- Document ID: US7412247B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 10/871,915
- Filed: 2004-06-18
- Published: 2005-01-06
- Granted: 2008-08-12
- Earliest claimed: 2003-06-26
- Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation
- Inventors: Ian Hughes
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7412247B2

## CPC

- H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information
- H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services
- H04L 67/52: specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

The invention relates to a method, system and service for processing at a remote device a request from a first device, the method has the steps of receiving a request message to obtain information on location based services available at the physical location of the remote device from the first device, determining a user defined query in the request message, routing the query to an appropriate response service, formulating the response from the response service into a response message, and routing the response message to the first device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for processing at a remote device a request from a first device, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving a request message sent from a first device to a second, remote device to obtain information on location based services available at the physical location of the remote device;
determining a user defined query in the request message;
routing the query to an appropriate response service;
formulating the response from the response service into a response message; and
routing the response message to the first device;
wherein:
the first and second devices are part of a wireless cellular communication system including a plurality of geographically defined cells;
the first and second devices are in different ones of said plurality of cells;
the receiving step includes the steps of
a user accessing a web site of the response service, formulating the request message, and sending the request message from the first device to the second device; and
said request message includes
i) an identification of the remote device,
ii) a subject identifying the type of information requested, and
iii) an action tag indicating the type of lookup query to be performed in order to obtain the requested information.