Location-Based Mobile Call Routing for Transient Users
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current telecommunications systems lack the ability to facilitate calls to individuals based on their location without a permanently associated number, limiting the caller's ability to connect with unknown callees present at a specific geographical location.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that allows callers to initiate location-based calls to mobile devices of individuals present at a specified or deduced location, without requiring a statically associated identifier, by detecting and connecting with potential callees who satisfy location-related criteria, while preserving callee privacy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a caller uses traditional directory services to reach a callee, then the caller can connect to known callees with permanently associated numbers, but the caller cannot call unknown callees who are merely present at a given location without a permanently associated number
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a location-based calling system that acts as an intermediary between callers and transient callees. The system receives location information from the caller, identifies mobile devices at that location, and establishes connections without requiring permanent number associations. This intermediary layer enables calls to unknown callees while managing the complexity of location-based identification and connection establishment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic callee identification based on real-time location data rather than static number associations. The system continuously monitors mobile device locations and dynamically identifies callees present at the specified location at the time of the call request. This dynamic approach allows the system to adapt to changing presence conditions while maintaining manageable complexity through automated location tracking and matching.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a callee's number is permanently associated with an address for directory services to work, then the directory service can connect calls, but the system cannot support mobile devices with changing numbers or unknown callees
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the identification parameter from permanent phone numbers to dynamic location information. Instead of relying on fixed number-address associations, the system uses real-time location data as the key parameter for identifying callees. This parameter change enables the system to support mobile devices with changing numbers while maintaining reliable connections by verifying presence at the specified location at the time of the call request.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary location detection and callee identification before establishing the call connection. By pre-identifying mobile devices at the target location and verifying their presence, the system ensures reliable connections even when callees have unknown or changing numbers. This preliminary action of location-based identification precedes the actual call establishment, guaranteeing connection reliability.
3Ease of operation
If the system identifies and connects to transient callees at a location, then location-based communication with unknown callees is enabled, but the complexity of detecting and managing transient presence increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a system where mobile devices self-report their location information to the telecommunications system. Each mobile device continuously provides its location data, and the system automatically processes this information to identify callees at the specified location. This self-service approach simplifies the ease of operation for callers while managing system complexity through automated location processing and transient presence detection without requiring manual intervention.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If the system preserves callee privacy by not revealing identifiers, then privacy is protected, but the caller cannot verify the specific callee being contacted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses the telecommunications system as an intermediary that protects callee privacy while enabling caller connection. The system receives location information from the caller, identifies matching mobile devices, and establishes connections without revealing callee identifiers to the caller. This intermediary role preserves callee privacy by filtering out identifying information while still enabling the caller to reach the intended callee through location-based matching.
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AI summary
An instruction for making a call to a location is received at an application executing in a service provider system. The location is a place where different callees with different mobile devices are present at different times, and a callee is present with a mobile device at the place at a given time therefore the call is made to the mobile device of the callee in order to call the location. Using the application, a set of locations corresponding to a set of subscribers is detected. From the set of subscribers, a set of potential callees is identified. Each mobile device associated with each callee in the set of potential callees is present at the location at the given time. Using the application, the call is established between a caller's device and the mobile devices of a subset of potential callees, the subset of potential callees including the callee.