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US 9,807,548 B2Granted
Method and system for obtaining location information from a wireless network
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorColin Kahn
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Abstract
Systems, methods, apparatus and mechanisms for deriving user device location information by exploiting existing voice and/or data capabilities within the Radio Access Network (RAN) layer of a 4G or 3G wireless network, and offering the derived user device location information to network optimization functions, application and/or service providers via an application programming interface (API).
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a network element of a wireless network, an access network mobility management area update signal of a wireless access device of the wireless network, wherein the access network mobility management area update signal is indicative of a user equipment (UE) crossing an area boundary;
- determining, at the network element based on the access network mobility management area update signal, that said UE is located within an area associated with an authorized application or network optimization function that is authorized to receive UE location information for UEs located within said area;
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- providing UE location information of said UE from the network element toward the authorized application or network optimization function that is authorized to receive UE location information for UEs located within said area, using an application programming interface (API) associated with the network element, based on the determination that the UE is located within the area associated with the authorized application or network optimization function that is authorized to receive UE location information for UEs located within said area.
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A system for managing location-enabled applications, the system comprising:
- an access network manager comprising a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the access network manager configured to:
- receive, at the access network manager of a wireless network, an access network mobility management area update signal of a wireless access device of the wireless network, wherein the access network mobility management area update signal is indicative of a user equipment (UE) crossing an area boundary;
- determine, at the access network manager based on the access network mobility management area update signal, that the UE is located within an area associated with an authorized application or network optimization function that is authorized to receive UE location information for UEs located within said area;
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- provide UE location information of said UE from the access network manager toward the authorized application or network optimization function that is authorized to receive UE location information for UEs located within said area, using an application programming interface (API) associated with the access network manager, based on the determination that the UE is located within the area associated with the authorized application or network optimization function that is authorized to receive UE location information for UEs located within said area.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including software instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a network element of a wireless network, an access network mobility management area update signal of a wireless access device of the wireless network, wherein the access network mobility management area update signal is indicative of a user equipment (UE) crossing an area boundary;
- determining, at the network element based on the access network mobility management area update signal, that said UE is located within an area associated with an authorized application or network optimization function that is authorized to receive UE location information for UEs located within said area;
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- providing UE location information of said UE from the network element toward the authorized application or network optimization function that is authorized to receive UE location information for UEs located within said area, using an application programming interface (API) associated with the network element, based on the determination that the UE is located within the area associated with the authorized application or network optimization function that is authorized to receive UE location information for UEs located within said area.
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A computer program product storing software instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a network element of a wireless network, an access network mobility management area update signal of a wireless access device of the wireless network, wherein the access network mobility management area update signal is indicative of a user equipment (UE) crossing an area boundary;
- determining, at the network element based on the access network mobility management area update signal, that said UE is located within an area associated with an authorized application or network optimization function that is authorized to receive UE location information for UEs located within said area;
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- providing UE location information of said UE from the network element toward the authorized application or network optimization function that is authorized to receive UE location information for UEs located within said area, using an application programming interface (API) associated with the network element, based on the determination that the UE is located within the area associated with the authorized application or network optimization function that is authorized to receive UE location information for UEs located within said area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.