67 results about "Location based applications" patented technology

The present invention discloses a method and system for providing location-based services to a remote terminal that is connected to various types of communication systems. A tailored request for information is generated with the remote terminal. In addition, a geographic indicator associated with the remote terminal is also generated in the preferred embodiment. The tailored request for information and the geographic indicator are transmitted to a location-based application server. A structured response to the tailored request for information is generated with the location-based application server, wherein the structured response is based on the geographic indicator of the remote terminal. The structured response is the transmitted to the remote terminal using one of several different types of communication protocols and / or mediums.

Multiple location finding equipment (LFE) inputs are used to enhance location information made available to wireless location-based applications. A wireless network utilizes a mobile switching center to route communications between wireless stations, a network platform, and a variety of LFE systems. A Location Finding System (LFS), resident on the network platform, receives location information from the LFEs and provides location information to wireless location based applications. In this regard, the LFS can receive input information at varying time intervals of varying accuracies and in various formats, and can provide standardized outputs to the applications, for example, depending on the needs of the applications. Multiple inputs may also be co-processed for enhanced accuracy. A specification can be used to ensure that location information at least meets certain minimum criteria, such as geographical accuracy, allowable age, acceptable response time, and confidence.

A method, system, and article of manufacture enable the use of location based applications (LBA). A location server (LS) on a wireless network receives trigger information from a LBA that is located outside of the wireless network. The trigger information defines a source locatable, spatial information (defining spatial criteria for a target locatable), a notification flag (describing) an interaction between the source locatable and the spatial criteria), and temporal information (defining a time period the trigger will be active). The LS determines if the triggers are active based on the temporal information and obtains updated locations if the trigger is active. Active triggers are evaluated to determine if a trigger alert has been caused by the locatables interacting with each other pursuant to the spatial information and notification flag. A location answer is pushed to the LBA if a trigger alert has been caused.

A location-based messaging system and its methods of operation disclosed, including methods for sending geographic location information for a target address from a computing device to a receiving device that will enable the receiving device to display a map and / or directions from a geographic location of the receiving device to the geographic location of the target address. Methods for processing and distributing location-based data, methods for receiving and responding to location-based data, and methods for virally distributing location-based applications are also disclosed.

A network entity includes a controller adapted to operate a location-based application for initiating a location reporting session. The location reporting session includes determining and reporting a current location of a mobile station based on one or more parameters having one or more associated values, where, when the session is a periodic location reporting session, one of the parameters may be a periodicity of reporting the current location of the mobile station. The location-based application is also adapted to change the value of one or more of the parameters during the location reporting session. The same location reporting session may therefore continue based on the changed values of the respective parameter(s).

An Internet protocol (IP) based location system that employs a global positioning system (GPS) component in connection with a position determining entity (PDE) component to determine location of target mobile station(s) via the Internet. As such the system provides an internet protocol based scheme (e.g., UDP) to initiate a location determination session within a CDMA network. The system can provide a location determining service even when the mobile station(s) are not within a home network (e.g., roaming situations). The system can also employ HTTP over TCP / IP so as to facilitate communications between the mobile station(s) and a mobile positioning center (MPC) (e.g., authentication and / or security protocols / schemes). Furthermore, the system can identify a PDE of a plurality of available PDEs that is most suitable for a given state of the mobile station and / or state of the user and / or particular location based application being employed by the mobile station.

A system for developing location-based applications comprising: a mobile device. A carrier-positioning infrastructure, communicating with the mobile device for enabling the use of location-based applications by the mobile device. A mobile location-based application provider providing location-based applications to the at least one mobile device. A mobile location-based application server. A location-based application residing at the server. The location-based application requiring location functionality for the location-based application to become functional with the mobile device. A portal, communicating with said location-based application. The portal storing location-based application functionality to be used by the location-based application stored at the location-based application server to enable the mobile device to operate the mobile location-based application.

The present invention provides for a portable electronics device and a method of using the same. In one embodiment, the portable electronics device is comprised of (1) a position locator for determining an approximate location of the device; (2) an application correlator for correlating the approximate location with an application; and (3) a ranking generator for ranking the application relative to the approximate location.

A system and method are disclosed for rendering geographically and / or temporally relevant POI information on a mobile client device. A mobile device client transmits its current location to a server. The server determines and transmits to mobile client device geographically and / or temporally relevant POI information based on the received current location of the mobile client device and its predicted future locations. The mobile client device renders the received POI information when it becomes geographically relevant.

The invention discloses a method of rapidly providing position service and geographic information, referring to a method of wireless interconnectnig mobile position, and concretely the composition ofthe GIS / GPS / LBS synthetical informatino platform and the operating method. It provides the service of position and geophgraic information for all the applications based on position by adopting the techniques and the means such as Global Position System, handset mobile position system, wireless communication, Internet and geographic information system, depending on electronic map and based on mobile target position. The method includes GIS geographic information data service, position data service, inserted map engine and expense calculation and rigid identification.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for obtaining the location of a terminal, a related device and a system. The method comprises the following steps that: a first terminal transmits a location obtaining request to a second terminal; the second terminal responds to the location obtaining request, starts a locating function to obtain current location information of the second terminal, and transmits the obtained location information of the second terminal to the first terminal; the first terminal takes the location information of the second terminal as own location information, and carries out location-based application operations according to the location information. According to the method, the related device and the system provided by the invention, when the terminal which cannot locate needs to carry out location, the more accurate location information of the terminal can be obtained and reported to a corresponding application server, and thus, the problem that the location is inaccurate when the location is located according to an IP of a terminal is solved, and the implementation of the service for pushing service messages based on the accurate location is facilitated.

Architecture that integrates location-based information and application-driven devices (e.g., cell phones). Users can now be provided the most relevant application and / or application data based on the user location. Thus, users are assisted in finding the relevant application(s) to accomplish a task based on their current location. More specifically, given a location (e.g., business) registered to a service, the user's client application is automatically updated to comprise the data relevant to that location. Alternatively, or in combination therewith, the service can suggest installing a new application relevant to the location.

A system and / or method may be provided to install applications based on location. In particular, a location of a user device may be detected. Based on the location of the user device, one or more applications may be selected to be installed automatically on the user device. Further, when the user device departs from the location, the application may automatically be uninstalled. Thus, applications may be installed and / or uninstalled on the user device based on the location of the user device. The automatically installed application may provide functionality or information associated with the location that triggered the installation. For example, a merchant's store may be associated with the merchant's application which may be installed automatically on devices of customers who enter the merchant's store.

A method for managing location based applications providing crowdsourced structured points of input for data entry includes deploying deployable applications to a mobile computing device. Each deployable application includes a location based application component and a corresponding point of input defining structured data to be provided through a user interface control for a portion of a display for the application component. The method also includes selecting a subset of the deployable applications for display in the mobile computing device and activating one of the deployable applications in the subset for display in the mobile computing device to receive data input. Further, the method includes receiving data input for a point of input corresponding to a location based application component of the activated one of the deployable applications. Finally, the method includes storing geographic coordinates and the data input in connection with a portion of a display, such as a map display, for a corresponding application component of the activated one of the deployable applications.

A location-based messaging system and its methods of operation are disclosed, including methods for virally distributing location-based applications are also disclosed. Methods for sending geographic location information for a target address from a computing device to a receiving device that will enable the receiving device to display a map and / or directions from a geographic location of the receiving device to the geographic location of the target address, methods for processing and distributing location-based data, and methods for receiving and responding to location-based data.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for deploying a location based applications providing crowdsourced structured points of input for data entry. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for deploying a location based application providing crowdsourced structured points of input for data entry includes the selection of a location based application component, such as a map, for inclusion in a deployable application and the definition of a point of input for the location based application component. In this regard, the point of input can include at least one user interface control accepting data input of structured data. Finally the deployable application can be uploaded to a deployable application repository over a computer communications network for deployment to requesting mobile devices over the computer communications network.

A location-based messaging system and its methods of operation are disclosed, including methods for receiving and responding to location-based data. Methods for sending geographic location information for a target address from a computing device to a receiving device that will enable the receiving device to display a map and / or directions from a geographic location of the receiving device to the geographic location of the target address, methods for processing and distributing location-based data, and methods for virally distributing location-based applications are also disclosed.

A system and method are disclosed for displaying geographically and / or temporally relevant multimedia notes on a mobile client device. The user creates a multimedia note through the mobile client device and transmits the note to the server. The server publishes the note and when the note becomes geographically and / or temporally relevant for other users, the server transmits the note to mobile client devices of those users. The server also tracks the route of a mobile client device and generates a web presentation with the tracked route including the multimedia notes embedded in various locations of the route.

A system for utilizing a location-based application across a plurality of networks. A target mobile device operates within a target network of the plurality of networks. A requesting device operates within a requesting network of the plurality of networks. The requesting device transmits a location request for a location of the target mobile device utilizing a location-based service application. A gateway operatively communicates with the requesting network and target network. The gateway receives the location request and determines the target network and communication and location technologies utilized by the target network and transmits the request to the target network utilizing the communication location technology for extraction of the location information. The gateway extracts the location information of the target mobile device and transmits the location of the target mobile device to the requesting device for use with the location-based service application.

A method, system, and article of manufacture enable the use of location based applications (LBA). A location server (LS) on a wireless network receives trigger information from a LBA that is located outside of the wireless network. The trigger information defines a source locatable and spatial information (defining spatial criteria for a target locatable). Triggers are evaluated to determine if a trigger has been activated by the locatables interacting with each other pursuant to the spatial information / criteria. A location answer is pushed to a location based application outside of the network if a trigger has been activated (i.e., if the source and target locatables comply with the spatial criteria).

The present invention provides a method involving a mobile unit, a location server, a location-based application client, and a location-based application server configured to provide location-based applications. The method includes receiving, at the location server and from the location-based application server, a request from location-based application client for a current location of the mobile unit and attempting, at the location server, to determine the current location of the mobile unit. The method also includes providing, from the location server to the location-based application server, information indicating a previous location of the mobile unit when the attempt to determine the current location of the mobile unit is unsuccessful.

A location-based messaging system and its methods of operation are disclosed, including methods for processing and distributing location-based data. Methods for sending geographic location information for a target address from a computing device to a receiving device that will enable the receiving device to display a map and / or directions from a geographic location of the receiving device to the geographic location of the target address, methods for receiving and responding to location-based data, and methods for virally distributing location-based applications are also disclosed.

An exemplary method includes a location-based application management system 1) determining that a mobile device associated with a user is located within a geographic vicinity associated with an entity, 2) automatically identifying, in response to the determining, an executable application associated with the entity, and 3) facilitating execution by the mobile device of the identified executable application while the mobile device is located within the geographic vicinity associated with the entity. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

A network entity includes a controller adapted to operate a location-based application for initiating a location reporting session. The location reporting session includes determining and reporting a current location of a mobile station based on one or more parameters having one or more associated values, where, when the session is a periodic location reporting session, one of the parameters may be a periodicity of reporting the current location of the mobile station. The location-based application is also adapted to change the value of one or more of the parameters during the location reporting session. The same location reporting session may therefore continue based on the changed values of the respective parameter(s).

Methods, program products, and systems for location-based application program management are described. A mobile device can receive a first application program to be executed in an application subsystem. The first application program can be configured to be invoked or notified when the mobile device is located at a defined location. The mobile device can register the first application program to a second application program that executes in a baseband subsystem. The mobile device can set the application subsystem to a power-saving operating mode. The second application program can monitor a current location of the mobile device. When the mobile device is currently located at the defined location, the second application program can set the application subsystem to an active operating mode, and invoke the first application program.

A system (200) for protecting location information has beacons (240), a provider server (220) for providing at least one location based service, a location server (230) and mobile devices (210). The mobile device has a location engine (211) for controlling the location information and a location based application (212) for using the location information. The provider server generates unique data and authorizes the location based application, and subsequently provides location based services in dependence on an encrypted location. The location server determines the location based on a property of the radiation and encrypts the location. The location engine obtains a verification of customer data of the location based application, which indicates that use rights allow transfer of the location information to the location based application, and upon obtaining the verification transfers the encrypted location to the location based application. The location based application is authorized by the provider server, processes the encrypted location and uses the location based service.

A system and / or method may be provided to install applications based on location. In particular, a location of a user device may be detected. Based on the location of the user device, one or more applications may be selected to be installed automatically on the user device. Further, when the user device departs from the location, the application may automatically be uninstalled. Thus, applications may be installed and / or uninstalled on the user device based on the location of the user device. The automatically installed application may provide functionality or information associated with the location that triggered the installation. For example, a merchant's store may be associated with the merchant's application which may be installed automatically on devices of customers who enter the merchant's store.